Arsenal Champions 2026: How Different the World Was When They Last Won in 2004?

Arsenal are Premier League champions again, ending a wait that stretched all the way back to the Invincibles season of 2003-04. Mikel Arteta’s side were crowned champions after Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth made it impossible for City to catch them, sealing Arsenal’s first league title in 22 years.

That gap is long enough for football, technology, politics, culture, prices, and everyday life to feel almost unrecognisable. The last time Arsenal finished top of the league, Arsène Wenger was still redefining English football, Thierry Henry was the league’s most feared forward, and the modern world fans now live in had barely begun to take shape.