Aston Villa 2015-16 - Position: 20. Points 17Talking of FA Cup finals, it was gilet out, shirt and tie in as Tim Sherwood led Aston Villa to Wembley in 2015, his tactics "bamboozling" Liverpool en route before a heavy final defeat by Arsenal. Middlesbrough 1996-97 - Position: 19th. Points 39Silver hair shimmering in the Teesside sunshine, the sight of Fabrizio Ravanelli celebrating a debut hat-trick against Liverpool - months after scoring in Juventus' Champions League triumph - had Middlesbrough fans dreaming. They almost did an FA and League Cup double, losing both finals, but those dazzling runs could not be replicated in the league.

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