I remember Sheffield Wednesday reaching both cup finals when I was younger, though they lost them both to Arsenal. At the time I associated their success with Chris Waddle and their relegation with him getting older. He was a brilliant player, but looking back they had a few internationals in that side:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_FA_Cup_final

Don’t remember Newcastle winning anything either though they had a fantastically entertaining team that lead the league for ages under Keegan (the “I’d love it if we beat them” season)

Liverpool were amazing in the 80s & ahead then, dominating domestically & in Europe with lots of Scottish players (Hansen, Souness, Nicol, Dalglish). Then Fergie arrived at Man Utd & they overtook Liverpool. But since Liverpool signed Andy Robertson they’ve regained the lead. Now Scott McTominay has found his goal scoring boots maybe the pendulum will swing back?