Ferdinand may not be wedging another medal into an already bulging cabinet like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, but the England defender has been a Red Devil long enough to know what it feels like to be a champion.
There are plenty who have moved to Old Trafford in the intervening four years who do not.
Carrick, Nemanja Vidic, Gabriel Heinze, Alan Smith and even Van der Sar are among the group from yesterday's starting line-up, although the veteran Dutchman did enjoy plenty of similar success in his early days with Ajax.
Wayne Rooney's only previous winners' medal came in the Carling Cup, so the young Merseysider now has a more suitable reward for his talent.
So too does Ronaldo, whose mesmerising skill has provided the platform for so much of United's success this season.
Fittingly, it was the winger touted by his manager as the best player in the world who kept his nerve to send Andreas Isaksson the wrong way after he had made Ball pay for his thuggishness in the sweetest manner possible, when he tricked the City defender into a mis-timed tackle inside the area.
It was his 23rd goal of a stellar campaign, bringing him level with Rooney in the club scoring charts.
'It was a great piece of skill from Ronaldo to get the penalty and when the pressure was on, he stepped up and produced,' said Ferdinand.
Until referee Rob Styles harshly ruled Wes Brown had fouled Ball 11 minutes from time, it appeared United would coast him.
Van der Sar's heroics ensured such a scenario eventually unfolded, quashing any suggestion United's European hangover would linger long enough to drag them down in the league as well.
'Every time we have suffered a setback this season, we have bounced back even better,' said Carrick, before outlining how good it would feel to go to Stamford Bridge as champions on Wednesday.
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