Higginbotham can boast an FA Cup medal himself, albeit as a runner-up with Southampton in the 2003 final defeat by Arsenal.
But the former Derby defender admits to feeling something of a fraud at the Millennium Stadium - having joined the club only the previous January - and he even offered his medal to Saints stalwart Francis Benali, who missed the final.
'I was on the bench for the final but I felt a bit of an impostor - because when I joined the run was already well under way,' said the 28-year-old.
'I did offer my medal to Franny, because I felt he deserved it far more than me. But he wouldn't take it, and the club gave him one in the end.
'As each round went by it was obvious we were getting closer.
'To be involved in the final was something special which can never be taken away from me. But no one is talking about the final just yet.'
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