manager Bryan Robson insisting that it was impossible to field a team for the game due to so many players being unavailable through injury or illness. The points deduction eventually results in Middlesbrough being relegated from the FA Premier League. April April – Nursery Education Voucher Scheme introduced, guaranteeing a government-funded contribution to the cost of preschool education for 4-year-olds. 6 April – Leicester City and Middlesbrough draw 1–1 in the Football League Cup final at Wembley Stadium, forcing a replay at Hillsborough later this month. 8 April – BBC journalist Martin Bell announces that he is to stand as a candidate against Neil Hamilton in the Tatton constituency on an anti-corruption platform. 11 April – Eight male teenagers are found guilty of raping a 32-year-old Austrian woman in King's Cross, London. 16 April – Leicester City win the Football League Cup for the second time in their history with a 1–0 replay win over Middlesbrough. 18 April – The teenagers who gang raped the Austrian woman are sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in prison at the Old Bailey. 22 April – Middlesbrough reach the FA Cup final for the first time in their history by beating Chesterfield 3–0 in the semi-final replay. 23 April Denis Compton, the legendary cricketer and footballer, dies at the age of 78. Manchester United's hopes of winning the European Cup are ended when they are eliminated from the semi-finals by German champions Borussia Dortmund. 28 April – Lord Taylor of Gosforth, famous for the Taylor Report into the Hillsborough disaster which resulted in all-seater stadiums being made compulsory in top division football, dies aged 66. May 2 May – Being the leader of the party holding a majority after the General Election, Tony Blair MP is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by The Queen. 3 May – Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Love Shine a Light, the first time the UK has won the competition since 1981. 4 May – Manchester United F.C. win the Premier League title for the fourth time in five seasons without kicking a ball, as their last remaining contenders Newcastle United F.C. and Liverpool F.C. fail to win their penultimate games of the season. 17 May – Chelsea F.C. beat Middlesbrough F.C. 2–0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium to win their first major trophy for