Leeds and its residents were coming to terms with the football clubs's relegation from the top flight of English football. And away from the beautiful game there was lots going on in Leeds, a city with its fair share of ups and downs in 2004. These photos, plucked from the YEP archive, turn the spotlight other stories making the headlines in a year which will live long in the memory of football fans for all the wrong reasons. READ MORE: The ups and downs of Leeds United's Elland Road down the decades
7. Leeds in 2004
Do you remember the fire at Leeds Market in March 2004?
8. Leeds 2004
Your YEP was on the campaign trail. We handed over coupons calling for a children's hospital to Health Minister Melanie Johnson in Westminster.
9. Leeds in 2004
Preliminary construction work had started on the Leeds Supertram, a multi-million pound project which hit the buffers and was never built.
10. Leeds in 2004
The Leeds International Swimming Pool was up for sale. It was later to be demolished.
11. Leeds in 2004
Leeds Festival at Bramham Park. Pictured is the crowd around the main stage taken from the big wheel while Franz Ferdinand were on stage.
12. Leeds in 2004
Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs played at HMV on The Headrow in Leeds city centre.