The tragic death of Adrian Doherty didn't command too many column inches. The 26-year-old fell into a canal in The Hague, Netherlands and spent a month in a coma before slipping away on June 9, 2000.
The newspapers in England were far too preoccupied with England's build-up to Euro 2000. It was an England team featuring David Beckham, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers - the ones who made it at Manchester United.
But for the cruelty of fate, Doherty would surely have stood alongside the Class of '92 in Old Trafford folklore.