Some say, it was the side-by-side placement on the printing press, some say the pockets in the wallets were the limiting factor, there is some limited indication that the card size was to match the pocket tobacco box to which these cards were held with a rubber band.
El Hadji-Diouf's petted lip, Majid Boughera's curious attempt to get the referee to re-pocket his red card, and the squaring up of messrs McCoist and Lennon in what looked like an invitation to meet behind the sheds after school, were moments of lunacy.
Misplaced confidence might be a consequence of the financial services industry, which handles credit card hacking briskly and with little out-of-pocket cost to the consumer.