The FA Cup Final: our day will come?

As we all know West Ham lost to Liverpool on sodding penalties in the 2006 FA Cup Final. It's interesting to note some of the teams that have reached the Cup Final since: these include Portsmouth (twice), Cardiff City, Everton, Stoke City, Wigan, Hull City, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and now Watford. All clubs that are either smaller or of a comparable size to the Hammers. 

While if you look at the League Cup since West Ham reached the Final in 1981 and lost to Liverpool, it's been reached by Norwich, Sunderland, Oxford, QPR, Luton, Oldham, Sheffield Wed, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Leicester, Middlesbrough, Bolton, Wigan, Birmingham, Cardiff, Swansea, Bradford City and Southampton.

No club has a given right to appear at a Wembley Final — but surely we must be due our turn soon? For a club of West Ham's size and fanbase, WHU has significantly underachieved since the glory days of 1975 and 1980.