MARC-VIVIEN FOE

died on June 26, 2003. The Manchester City midfielder collapsed playing for the Ivory Coast in the Confederations Cup in France. Foe fell to the ground with nobody near him. An autopsy found he suffered from a congenital heart defect. He was 28.

IN February 2003 the London congestion charge was introduced. It was a fee levied on motorists driving in designated areas of the capital.

THE Christmas No.1 was Girls Aloud with ‘Sound of the Underground’.

Singer Cheryl Tweedy (below) married England defender Ashley Cole in 2004. They divorced six years later.

SUNDERLAND went through three managers on their way to relegation.

The long-serving Peter Reid (right) was sacked in October to be succeeded by Howard Wilkinson. He lasted just five months in the hot seat before being replaced by Mick McCarthy.