Despite their initial application being turned down, Wigan were elected into the Cheshire County League following the resignation of Manchester Central.

Despite these massive changes, Wigan finished the season in 11th place with 45 points, their second-best finish ever in the Premier League.

Despite initial concerns regarding the leadership of the Knights after the retirement of Paul Harragon, and even more-so when Andrews brother Matthew joined European Super League club the Wigan Warriors, Johns was given the responsibility of captaining the Newcastle squad.

Despite having a successful pre-season period, Guzan was dropped from the first team in favour of compatriot and Premier League veteran Brad Friedel for Villa's opening game of the 2009 – 10 season, against Wigan Athletic.

Despite allowing him to leave on loan Steve Bruce suggested that if Camara wanted to stay at Wigan he was more than welcome to.

Despite building what looked to be a promising squad, and the team enjoying a good start to the season, after a series of disappointing results in the run-up to Christmas, and after gaining only one point from a possible six from bottom-of-the-table Wigan and Derby, there was speculation that Allardyce's tenure at Newcastle could be under threat, with fan protests seeing him unpopular for poor results and poor football.

Despite being an English goalkeeper playing in the Premiership and playing a part in the success of Wigan Athletic in the 2005 – 06 season, Pollitt was not considered by Sven-Göran Eriksson for inclusion in the England squad for the 2006 World Cup.

Despite being well out of playoff contention the Cubs went 24 – 13 under Quade, the best record in baseball during that 37 game stretch and was hired as manager on October 19.

Despite the return of Harris as manager from 1935 – 42 and again from 1950 – 54, Washington was mostly a losing ball club for the next 25 years, contending for the pennant only during World War II.

Despite the lopsided loss in the Super Bowl, Beathard, who traded for or drafted the bulk of the Chargers roster, and who hired coach Ross, was named the NFL's smartest man by Sports Illustrated, and became the only general manager to lead three different teams to the Super Bowl ( Chargers, Dolphins, Redskins ).

Despite having shared a manager with Beefheart in the 1970s, Waits says, " I became more acquainted with him when I got married.

Despite his brother's interference, John Kennedy was firm that Johnson was who he wanted as running mate and met with staffers such as Larry O ' Brien, his national campaign manager, to say Johnson was to be vice president.

Despite his brother's interference, John Kennedy was firm that Johnson was who he wanted as running mate ; he met with staffers such as Larry O ' Brien, his national campaign manager, to say Johnson was to be vice president.

Despite the team's seven-game improvement over the previous season, however, Gene Littles was fired at the end of the season and replaced by general manager Allan Bristow.

Despite this, coach Dick Irvin insisted that general manager Tommy Gorman sign him, being impressed with his play in camp.

Despite this, shortly after the British race McLaren's experienced team manager Teddy Mayer decided not to continue with Villeneuve for the following year.

Despite the good result in 2006, manager Knut Tørum wasn't able to gain the same success in the 2007 season.

Despite his form he earned just one international cap under manager Graham Taylor.

Despite his age, and more pertinently the media's constant references to his age, Arsenal manager Tom Whittaker tried, unsuccessfully, to lure Matthews to Highbury with a lucrative, if somewhat illegal approach.

Despite having problems with manager Paul Ahern, being caught in the middle of a fight between Ahern and his business partner Charles McKenzie, and doing most of the recording work alone, Scholz completed the second Boston album two years after the debut album's release.

Despite critical and commercial success, the group was plagued by internal conflict and legal turmoil, as Roberson and Luckett attempted to split off the group's manager Mathew Knowles.

Despite Frischmann's efforts as the group's de facto manager, the group primarily scored small-scale gigs around London's Camden Town area.

Despite being hounded by devotees to Besant, Judge managed his new organization for about a year until his death in New York, whereupon Katherine Tingley became manager.

Despite their success, rumors began to surface about the duo, and were confirmed later that year, when Milli Vanilli's svengali producer and manager, Frank Farian, publicly revealed that the two hadn't performed a single note on their album.

Despite this, features like native support for file compression and a wide range of file viewers made it the most feature complete Windows file manager of that year.

* Despite the official prohibition against stage plays, theatrical manager and promoter William Beeston finances repairs to the Cockpit Theatre and attempts to assemble and train a company of young actors.

Despite courting controversy by accusing manager Rafael Benítez of ' treating him like a slave ', he insisted that he had no ill feelings towards the club or anyone associated with it and only wanted to leave after failing to make Poland's World Cup squad, but still stayed on for another year at the manager's request.

Despite a period of three years in the wilderness, he always believed that he would return to the national team and, in September 2009 he was called-up to the squad for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Slovakia by interim manager Stefan Majewski: after being on the bench for the first match in Prague, which saw Poland's slim World Cup hopes shattered, Dudek won his 59th cap against the latter on 14 October, in Poland's final competitive game before Euro 2012: in a match which was played in heavy snow and in front of a near-empty Stadion Slaski in Chorzów, he was denied a clean sheet by a Seweryn Gancarczyk own goal, as Poland lost 0 – 1.

Despite a poor start, new manager John King turned playing affairs round and the club enjoyed its most successful FA Cup run in 1986 – 87.

Despite this talent raid, the AWA went on to have another successful year in 1984, mainly because of the arrival of the Road Warriors and an angle uniting longtime heel Jerry Blackwell with Greg Gagne and feuding with former manager Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey.

Despite no coaching experience, he was appointed team manager of the national England Rugby Union side in April 2008, but left the post in November 2011.

Despite a separate offer from an experienced member of the music industry, John Waller, the band accepted Morton's services as manager.

Despite this new approach, their definition of a Basque is still open to interpretation, with both Roberto López Ufarte and Benjamín being overlooked despite having Basque parents.

Despite its acclaim, actor-director Roberto Benigni received criticism for its comedic elements incorporated into the backdrop of the Holocaust.

Despite his tenure with Los Merengues lasting only a year, he was credited with bringing in a number of players such as Šuker, Mijatović, Roberto Carlos and Clarence Seedorf who helped the club establish their Champions League dominance over the next few years.

Despite the loss of Gaizka Mendieta, he inherited from Cuper a team brimming with potential – with Santiago Cañizares, Roberto Ayala, Rubén Baraja, David Albelda, Vicente and Pablo Aimar providing the backbone to a formidable side that had reached back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2000 and 2001, losing only on penalties in 2001 to Bayern Munich.

Despite his domestic successes in winning the Scudetto by a ten point margin, Jose Mourinho's first season in Italy was viewed as disappointing by some Inter fans as they failed to improve on the performances of his predecessor Roberto Mancini in the Champions League.

Despite a new era of great players coming through the ranks including international players including Brazilians Camargo, Taneses and Nilton Rodarte, Peruvian Fernando Alva, Uruguayan Julio Cesar Cortés " el Pocho ", Chileans Hugo Ottensen and domestic players including Miguel " la Mica " González, Herbert Machón, " Míchel " Cornejo, Armando Cortez Sandoval, Roberto " el Cuchillo " Guerra, Jaime " la Chelona " Rodríguez and Carlos " el Cacho " Meléndez.

Despite being fatigued and clearly hurt, Martinez managed to hold and survive the thrilling 12th round.

Despite the polished and complex nature of the Aeneid ( legend stating that Virgil wrote only three lines of the poem each day ), the number of half-complete lines and the abrupt ending are generally seen as evidence that Virgil died before he could finish the work.

Despite the large array of tools available to the ninja, the Bansenshukai warns one not to be overburdened with equipment, stating "... a successful ninja is one who uses but one tool for multiple tasks ".

Despite stating this was a response to consumer demand to improve taste and texture, there was no " new improved recipe " claim placed on New Zealand labels.

Despite his involvement in computing, he does not use the Internet, stating that he does not like to have " technical or mechanical things around me " as it distracts from the process of invention.

Despite Taliban and other anti-government forces stating they intended to disrupt the elections, the polling day went by with minimal violence.

Despite initially stating the record would debut sometime in 2006, it was delayed until 2007.

Despite having his mind and body twisted, Gambit retained a large portion of his former self, stating to Apocalypse, " I'm both Death and Gambit ", and he also remembered his love for Rogue as he could not bring himself to kill her.

Despite the pain, it appears Minnie still attempts to ensure to the public that she is still a Indian stating her name is ' Minnie-Ha !'.

Despite receiving numerous offers to act in other films, she declined, stating that she wanted to concentrate on finishing school.

Despite an announcement by adventure_of_link stating that " ZSNES is NOT dead, it's still in development " made on the ZSNES board after the departure of its original developers zsKnight and _Demo_, development has slowed down dramatically since its last version ( 1. 51 released on 24 January 2007 ).

Despite his earlier promise, the government announced the same day that the state would supply the necessary funds to keep the banks afloat, with Kenny stating that seeking the money from bondholders would be neither " reasonable or logical.

Despite being in demand, she does few films, stating that " I read very few scripts I'm passionate about ... Maybe one in every twenty or thirty.

According to Webster's New International Dictionary, 1993, a person who is a native or resident of Connecticut is a " Connecticuter ", although many prefer " Connecticutian " or the slightly shorter " Connecticite "; Despite Webster's ( West Hartford ) Connecticut roots, none of these are commonly used or even recognized by residents, who prefer the nickname " Nutmegger ", which is not a demonym, and more often no nickname or demonyn, simply stating, " I'm from Connecticut ".

Despite referring to his relationship with Doherty as ' a friendship I cherish ' and stating that a reunion would not be difficult.

Despite speculation that the game would be based on Super Metroid, Ken Lobb, Nintendo of America's Director of Game Development, quelled rumors by stating, " One of the things I wanted to get across in today's meeting is that Metroid is not Super Metroid.

Despite bad and unfavorable reviews, Film Threat praised George and her co-star Ryan Reynolds's performances, stating that they " make a striking couple.

Despite stating that he would withdraw the party from the government unless Olmert resigned, Barak remained in government and took over as Defense Minister.

Despite firmly stating that he was not and never had been gay, Craig announced his intention to resign from the Senate at a news conference on September 1, 2007, but later decided to finish the remainder of his term.

Despite the urging of Banshee, Thunderbird refused to get off the plane, stating that he would show that he was a true Apache warrior, and started hammering at it with his bare fists.

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps is quoted as stating the following upon the FCC decision to characterize FWD's service as an information service: " Despite attempts to characterize this Order as limited to the specific facts of Pulver. com's FWD, I am concerned that the decision speaks much more expansively.

Despite advance warning to Customs of the anticipated arrival of the book, the local official declined to confiscate it, stating " everybody brings that in.

Despite inker Murphy Anderson, and penciller Carmine Infantino stating that Schwartz never acknowledged any relationship to Plastic Man, it's commonly claimed that he said that if he had known that DC owned the name " Plastic Man " ( acquired in 1956 along with other Quality Comics properties ), he'd never have chosen Elongated Man as the name for his own character ..

Despite Mothra stating that Earth belongs to them as well and that it is their duty to defend it, Godzilla and Rodan still refuse ( with Godzilla apparently swearing at Mothra ) and the pair refuse to forgive each other, wanting to continue their fight.

Despite the Doctor claiming that the Time Lords ' interference has put Peri's life in danger, the Valeyard rebuffs this, stating that the Doctor shouldn't have become involved in the first place, and Peri's life is the cost of his involvement.

Despite starting the following season well – unbeaten through the first fifteen league games and heading the table – Watford slumped to finish 9th in Division One with Taylor publicly stating he had lost his powers of motivation.