That’s the trouble lostock. Too many recent cup finals seem to feature the top 4 – 6 premier league clubs. Clubs who can still have the audacity to play weakened teams & still win.
The only cup final i can think of where a club outside of the “big clubs” won the cup was when portsmouth won it in 2008 (i think it was).
Oh hang on! Some other little club won it in 2013 as well, so i’m told.