ON THIS DAY

Seven years after leaving Manchester United David Beckham made an emotional playing return to Old Trafford. On loan from American club LA Galazy he came on as a 63rd minute sub for visitors AC Milan in a Champions League Round of Last 16 second leg tie and was given a warm welcome by the home fans. Mind you by then there was very little chance of Golden Balls inspiring the Italians to victory and a place in the quarter-finals. Manchester United had won 3-2 at the San Siro in the first leg and were 3-0 up when Beckham joined the fray. United went on to win 4-0 on the night and 7-2 on aggregate. It was the new Old Trafford wonder-kid - Wayne Rooney - who proved to be the star of the tie, scoring two goals in each leg. Beckham got more applause at the end when he left the pitch wearing a green and yellow scarf which symbolised the Manchester United fans protest again the owners of the club, the Glazer family.

Cardiff City recorded one of their greatest victories when a Brian Clark headed goal saw the Bluebirds beat Real Madrid 1-0 before a near-50,000 crowd at Ninian Park in the ECWC quarter-final 1st leg. Sadly Cardiff lost the return leg 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu and Real went on to reach the final where they lost to Chelsea.