It was Alex Ferguson, who went onto the pitch after the final whistle, who began informing some of the players of Stein’s collapse, cheap football kits news of which began to filter through to all of them as they made their way back to the dressing room. He was immediately carried to the away dressing room where attempts were made to resuscitate him. Reports were sketchy initially – television pictures broadcast on ITV showed Stein, who appeared to be both conscious and alert, being carried down the tunnel by a number of police officers, with commentator Brian Moore speculating that he had been overcome with the emotion of the result.