Tonight’s special occasion comes with its own extra special programme.

As befits the importance and excitement of the evening, the semi-final souvenir edition will be bigger than normal and packed with 100 pages of must read, must see, must keep features and pictures. It costs £5.

There are extensive articles on the Blues history in the League Cup (Carling Cup as it is now known) which we won for the first time in 1969-70.

All the surviving members of that team – which defeated United in the semi-final - have been invited to the match and the programme celebrates their achievements.