But that would have been an original ticket, a historical document worthy of preservation.

The tickets that United are offering, post match, are surely reprints, according to how dyed-in-the-wool collectors see them.

To be fair to United, it was not their idea, they pinched it from Ticketmaster.

TM were approaching their customer base with a sales pitch along the lines of: 'We hope you enjoyed your live concert experience with Madonna, Springsteen, or whoever. Why not have a unique memento of the occasion personalised with your own name and the number of the seat which your buttocks graced for only a measly couple of bucks'.

Take it from me, this idea will spread, I have not yet heard of the same facility being afforded to the rank and file at EP, but the day will surely come.

The ticket from the daylight robbery match at OT is quite a rarity, as the overwhelming majority of the punters that day would have plonked down their cash at the turnstile.