Eddie Thomas has seen it all - and has watched Manchester United win the lot. Thomas' first season at Old Trafford was in 1957 and he'd been to every cup final, including Europeans, until recently when a friend who was responsible for sorting their tickets made an error.
That friend and Thomas are no longer on speaking terms and avoid each other in their local pub. "He doesn't come in when I'm in the pub these days," laughed Thomas about the dispute.
Thomas has lived and breathed United throughout his entire life and he was voted as United's biggest fan by the Manchester Evening News in 2006.
The prize for winning the competition was a limited edition book - the Opus book - that was worth £3,500 and it left him speechless.
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