The battle for tickets at Anfield was as heated as the action on the field between Liverpool and Chelsea last night.
Demand for tickets in the directors' box for the boardroom bunfight was such that Sven Goran Eriksson and Alex McLeish, England and Scotland managers of the recent past, had to settle for seats at the front of the press area.
As he looked down at the battery of cameras, Manchester City boss Eriksson might have mused that life under Thaksin Shinawatra wasn't so bad after all.