First team stars Lee Sharpe, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Nigel Martyn were thrust into the spotlight alongside models on stage during a fashion show in April 1998. A show of a different kind was being premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse with the life of pools winner Viv Nicholson taking centre stage. Elsewhere traditional horse power returned to the city centre while a Leeds bakery was celebrating its 60th anniversary. This was Leeds in April 1998 - is it a city you remember? READ MORE: 16 iconic YEP front pages from down the decades LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds city centre
Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes was in Leeds to sign copies of his new book at Safeways supermarket on Bond Street in the city centre. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
8. Leeds city centre
Tommy Cooper look-a-like James Henry Parker is pictured outside the Leeds Post Office in City Square where he gave a sneak preview of a forthcoming play about the comic's career. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
9. Little London
Pupils leaving the temporary classrooms at Little London Primary School. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
10. Thackray Medical Museum
Presenter Richard Whiteley and Lord Mayor of Leeds, Coun Linda Middleton, are led blindfolded by Ruthba Amin and Rimmel Walwyn to launch the River Blindness Campaign at the Thackray Medical Museum. | YPN Photo: YPN
11. Leeds city centre
Tray of cakes at Ainsleys Bakery in Leeds celebrating its 60th anniversary year. | YPN Photo: YPN
12. Headingley
Yorkshire's Matthew Wood walks off the pitch at Headingley after being bowled by Somerset's Marcus Trescothick. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd