The Wigan defeat for me was no where near as bad. We had already been FA Cup and EPL winners in the previous years under Mancini.What about Wigan in the FA Cup Final? That defeat and the whole Mancini farce eclipsed the defeats at Halifax, Shrewsbury and against Spurs in the FA Cup final.
I remember saying to my children whose first cup final it was, as Wigan fans rightly celebrated on the tube, let them enjoy their day as unlike us they won’t be back anytime soon
Losing cup finals will never be as bad as being relegated multiple times and the dark days of the third tier