ON THIS DAY

Ledley King scored his first Premer League goal for Tottenham in the 3-3 draw at Bradford City – after just 10 seconds of the match, a Premier League record. 10 th December

Manchester United's David Beckham was banned from driving for 8 months and fined £800 at the Stockport Magistrates Court for driving his £150,000 Ferrari (its a requirement to give the cost of any footballers' car!) at 76mph in a 50mph zone. He later won an appeal against the ban saying that he was trying to escape a paparazzi photographer although the conviction and fine stood.