Given that they'll probably win one on Saturday we decided to make hay while the sun shines and update our '17 things that have happened since Arsenal last won a trophy' post from last year with a few more facts.

Endless fun...

Jose Antonio Reyes has left Arsenal and won the Europa League three times

Smartphones have become widely available


The US elected its first black President ... and re-elected him


Paul Scholes has won three Premier League titles, retired, come back won another title and retired again


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Niall Horan has successfully completed the Junior Cert


Irish golfers have won seven majors

The Playstation 3 has been released ...


The Playstation 4 has been released

as has Lucas Neill – five times.

Pep Guardiola has retired as a player, been appointed manager of Barcelona, won 14 trophies, taken a year out, returned to management and won the Bundesliga


There have been four different Ministers for Transport...

....and four Sugababes line ups


Roy Keane has retired from international football, left Man United, played for Celtic, become a manager, made up with Niall Quinn, managed Sunderland and Ipswich, become a pundit, been appointed assistant manager of Ireland, changed his opinion on Alex Ferguson, successfully grown a beard and shaved it off again

Robin Van Persie's son learned how to walk and has trained with both Man United and Man City


Swansea have been promoted from League 2, League One, the Championship and have won the League Cup

Two golden orb spiders have travelled in space.


Rafa Nadal has won 12 grand slam titles


Sven Goran Eriksson has been involved as manager, director of football etc. with nine different teams

Both 5ive and Blue have broken up and gotten back together again


Leonardo DiCaprio has starred in The Departed, Blood Diamond, Body of Lies, Revolutionary Road, Shutter Island, Inception, J Edgar, Django Unchained, the Great Gatsby and Wolf of Wall Street

Ryan Giggs has won ten trophies, become a coach, celebrated his 40th birthday and become manager of Man United


23 players have left Arsenal and won at least 61 trophies between them

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