BIRTHDAYS
Dejected Scotland fans saw their team thrashed 6-0 by Holland in Amsterdam, the Dutch qualifying for Euro 2004 6-1 on aggregate
Pele scored his 1,000th goal, a penalty for Santos against Vasco da Gama. The Vasco keeper responded by taking off his jersey to reveal a T-shirt with a message congratulating Pele on his achievement.
1997: Gerry Francis resigned as Spurs boss. Chairman Alan Sugar announced that Grasshopper Zurich coach Christian Gross would be taking over. 2007: Former Great Britain rugby league captain Mike Gregory died aged 43 after a four-year battle with a neurological disease.
2008: John Terry nodded home a late winner as England beat Germany 2-1 in a friendly in Berlin.
LAURENT BLANC (53) – ex-France and Paris SaintGermain coach who won the World Cup as a player for Les Bleus in 1998. GAIL DEVERS (52) – American sprint star who won gold in the women’s 100m at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.