David Price's Top 20 Football Photos of the Season

From Old Trafford to Selhurst Park, David Price saw it all through glass and shutter.

While the players chased a title, the club’s long-serving photographer chased something else: those fleeting, perfect frames that tell the story of a season in a single glance. Now, with the campaign over and the trophy safely engraved, he has gone back through thousands of images and pulled out the 20 that stayed with him.

They are not just pictures. They are checkpoints on a journey.

Behind the curtain with Hincapié

It starts in the quiet, away from the roar.

“Hello Hincapie” captures Piero Hincapié during his signing video, flag in hand, bathed in harsh light that slices through the room. It’s a simple scene, but the contrast does the work: new colours, new badge, a defender caught between past and future, framed by the glow of his first day.

Martinelli in full flight

Then the lens moves to the pitch.

“Gabi gets away” freezes Gabriel Martinelli exactly as defenders fear him most. Two Kairat Almaty players close in, but he’s already gone, legs pumping, shoulders driving, the ball almost an afterthought. It’s a clean, unfussy action shot that lets his speed and power tell the story.

Rice, Saka and the competitive streak

Not every key moment comes with a whistle.

“Competitive edge” shows Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka locked into a pre-training game that looks anything but gentle. Faces tight, bodies braced, the kind of playful duel that reveals why standards never drop. It’s football stripped back to its core: two elite players who simply hate to lose.

A city painted red

Then comes the day nobody quite knew how to imagine.

“Parade day” is chaos, colour and catharsis. Red smoke drifts across a frame packed, edge to edge, with supporters. No empty space, no quiet corners – just a capital city turned into a moving, singing backdrop to a Premier League trophy. Price has been to parades before, but this one needed a picture that could breathe in the noise. This is it.

“Picture perfect” catches a smaller detail from the same eruption. Two fans framed neatly in a window, reacting as the buses roll into view, a handmade sign completing the composition. The big occasion shrunk down to a human scale.

A new No. 10 and an old celebration

“Let it all work out” locks onto the club’s new number 10, arm raised, waving to Arsenal supporters. It looks simple, but it wasn’t. Three cameramen fought for the same angle, the same clean line. Price found it, isolating player and gesture in a single, uncluttered frame.

Then there’s “The mask”. Viktor’s trademark celebration was always going to be a recurring motif this season, but catching it clean, without bodies and limbs slicing across the shot, is another matter. Here, the mask pose lands perfectly, iconic and sharp, the kind of image that will follow his name for years.

Floodlights, filters and emotion

“Under the lights” shows the benefit of a veteran’s instinct. Before facing Bayer Leverkusen, Price dug out an old star filter from his office and gambled on it. The result: Declan Rice caught at just the right height, with the floodlights exploding into starbursts behind him. The light doesn’t just illuminate his face, it frames it.

“What it means” turns to raw emotion. Late in the season, every goal felt heavier, every celebration louder. Leandro Trossard and Cristhian erupt after Leo’s crucial strike at the London Stadium, bodies twisting, faces contorted, the pressure of the run-in bursting out in one frame.

“Captain’s glow” is a quieter kind of magic. Martin Ødegaard stands over a free-kick, unknowingly stepping into a thin shaft of light that picks out his number while the rest of the picture sits in shadow. The captain alone in the spotlight, literally, with the game pausing around him.

Cold nights, scoreboard highs

“Cold on the coast” breaks Price’s usual rule. He rarely switches to black and white, but the Bournemouth away trip in January 2026 demanded it. The monochrome treatment amplifies the chill – breath, body language, the bleakness of a winter evening by the sea.

“On the board” revisits a familiar scene. Price had already immortalised Mikel Arteta leaping in celebration from this fixture in his 2025 collection. This time, he chooses a different angle: Arteta celebrating with the Arsenal supporters, the scoreboard looming behind him, context and emotion in one shot.

Rising, leaping, striking

“Rising highest” is organised chaos. A crowded box, bodies everywhere, limbs tangled. Yet in the middle of it all, there’s Gabriel Martinelli – “little Gabi” – soaring above the pack to head home. The eye jumps first to the goal threat, then slowly unpicks the mess around him.

“Chelsea dagger” cuts in another way. Kai Havertz, face lit with pure emotion, steam lifting from his shoulders and catching the floodlights after a decisive moment against his former club. It’s a portrait of release as much as celebration, the cold night air making his effort visible.

Gold patches and cool composure

On trophy day, most lenses chase the silverware. Price looks elsewhere.

“Gold dust” finds Myles proudly displaying his gold Premier League patch, a quieter symbol of supremacy away from the madness around the trophy. While Stuart MacFarlane tracks the main prize, this frame tells a parallel story – what champions look like when they’re not holding the cup.

“Cool customer” belongs to Eberechi Eze, pausing amid the Selhurst Park celebrations, somehow detached and effortlessly stylish while the trophy party erupts behind him. It’s a study in calm set against a backdrop of bedlam, the kind of image that lingers.

“Winning feeling” turns back to the grind that made those scenes possible. Gabriel and William Saliba stride off the London Stadium pitch after a vital win over West Ham, two towering centre-backs sharing a moment that says as much as any post-match quote. Shoulders back, smiles breaking through – job done, pressure sustained.

Derby joy and a nod to history

“NLD emotions” is a North London Derby distilled into one frame. Eberechi covers a huge smile, Zubi offers a casual shrug, Piero Hincapié and Declan Rice look on the verge of exploding. It’s layered, busy, and utterly joyful – a picture that doesn’t just show a result, but a mood.

Finally, “A moment in time” ties everything back to the club’s roots. A simple image, but anchored by the famous Highbury Clock End clock in the background. One season, one team, one trophy – all gently linked to the weight of history ticking away above it.

From Old Trafford in August to that golden afternoon at Selhurst Park in May, David Price’s favourites don’t just document a campaign. They capture how it felt. And in years to come, when the statistics fade and the scorelines blur, these are the frames that will still speak.