Would have been more likely to want to make his name in the biggest match of the season and actually send off a City player. He could forever have been known as the ref who gave the title to Livepool
There are quite a few replicas going round, its what they use when it crops up round the country are events. It wouldn't surprise me a replica is used for the presentation to avoid damage to the original.
Walking back to the station was funny, there was this fan shouting that at least he didn't support a team that will just go down and then come up again but never be near the top teams.