There was further disappointment in 1986 when the Dutch missed out on qualification for the World Cup at the hands of neighbours Belgium in a play-off.

In 1986 – 87 the Penguins missed the playoffs by just two games and saw four teams with equal or worse records qualify.

Def Leppard brought in Jeff Rich in August 1986 to play alongside Allen during Def Leppard's warm-up mini tour of Ireland, but after Rich accidentally missed a gig, he and the band realised Allen could drum alone.

A 2011 documentary film, Catching Hell, draws similarities between Bill Buckner's missed play in the 1986 World Series and the incident.

Wales narrowly missed out on qualifying for the finals, as happened during Rush's career for World Cups in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and Euro 1984, Euro 1988.

In the 1986 – 87 season, Oldham narrowly missed promotion to the First Division finishing three points behind Portsmouth and losing in the inaugural playoffs.

In the 1986 European Cup Final between FC Steaua Bucharest and FC Barcelona, Steaua keeper Helmuth Duckadam saved all four of Barca's penalties, for which he was dubbed " the hero of Seville .. Steaua also missed two, but still prevailed 2 – 0 in the shoot-out to become the only Romanian club side to win the title.

Under Alan Ball's management, Portsmouth narrowly missed winning promotion to the First Division twice before finally succeeding in 1986 – 87.

A bout of enterocolitis meant that he missed the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

Finland missed out on qualification for Euro 1980 by just a point and for the 1986 World Cup by two points.

He missed the entire 1985 – 86 season due to a toe injury but, having passed his 40th birthday, he was able to re-establish himself in the first-team during the 1986 – 87 season.

In 1986, with the SCG as their new home ground, Saints missed the semi finals in all three grades for the first time in 50 years.

After publishing 14 books, he returned to the bottom rung of " The Oxford Times " in 1986, as his police books had made him aware of how much he had missed working with others-his intention being to write in his spare time.

Nigel Mansell missed qualifying on the front row of the grid for the first time since the 1986 Mexican Grand Prix.

* Just as he could not play a test on the tour of England in 1986, he missed a test a Test on his next tour of Pakistan in 1989-90 due to finger injury in the morning of first test.

About 160 million Chinese people had missed all or part of their education because of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and in 1986 the National People's Congress enacted a law calling for nine years of compulsory education.

In 1986 – 87, he missed time with injury and finished with a career-low 41 points.

He remained a mainstay and was part of the side which won the " double " of League championship and FA Cup in 1986, though he missed out on a place in the FA Cup final at a time when only one substitute was permitted.

In the 1985 – 86 season, Wark made 18 appearances, scoring six times, but missed out on the club's run-in to their League and FA Cup " double ", due to a broken ankle suffered just after the turn of 1986, followed by an Achilles tendon injury.

Highlights of his career include winning the Stanley Cup in 1986 while with the Canadiens, being named to play for Team USA in the 1987 Canada Cup and his controversial all-star selection to the 1991 NHL All-Star Game by his then-coach Mike Milbury ( Nilan missed the game with a broken left ankle ), which led to changes in how players are selected for all-star games.

Such form prompted a call-up to the full England squad where he went on to win three caps but missed out on a place in Bobby Robson ’ s 1986 World Cup squad with a broken leg.

A constant force on defense, he missed playing just two games, both in 1986.

Remarkably he never missed a game in 9 seasons with the Eagles, remaining active with the team for 135 consecutive regular-season games until being cut by then-incoming Head Coach Buddy Ryan in 1986.

He missed only 24 games during his career, appearing in all 80 of the Flames ' games in 1980 – 81, 1982 – 83, 1984 – 85 and 1986 – 87.

For example, he once missed first prize in a tournament in Berlin by losing to Sämisch, and when it became clear he was going to lose the game, Nimzowitsch stood up on the table and shouted, " Gegen diesen Idioten muss ich verlieren!

Late in the season, with the Heat well out of any type of realistic playoff contention, head coach Pat Riley missed two games because he went to scout certain NCAA basketball conference tournament games, to prepare in the likely event that the Heat received the number 1 or 2 pick in the 2008 draft.

The team suffered five consecutive defeats, and missed the finals of the tournament for the first time in 17 years.

He missed part of the 1993 – 94 triangular ODI tournament with New Zealand and South Africa due to a hamstring injury in late December, as well as the first two Tests against the South Africans.

Despite being ranked within the world's top 16, Krajicek just missed out on the seedings for the tournament, but when seventh seed ( and world number two ) Thomas Muster pulled out shortly before the tournament due to an injury, Krajicek was given Muster's place in the draw.

Further, she also missed Roland Garros, marking the first Grand Slam tournament since 2003 US Open where neither of the Williams sisters are competing.

After seven successful conversions, Uli Hoeneß missed, leaving Czechoslovakian Antonín Panenka with the opportunity to score and win the tournament.

The Soul lost their Divisional Round Playoff game 31 – 27 to the Orlando Predators in the infamous " round of golf ", so-called because viewers missed much of the 1st quarter of that game and another AFL game being broadcasted simultaneously due to a PGA Golf tournament that was televised on NBC.

In February 2007, a review by the Indianapolis Star of votes in the House of Representatives for the past decade showed that Burton had missed all votes during the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic golf tournament for five years between 2001 and 2007.

Lineker's late equaliser salvaged a draw for England but Shilton could not get close enough to any of the penalties taken by the Germans in the deciding shoot out, while England missed two of theirs and went out of the tournament.

Mariner is best remembered for dragging a devastated Kevin Keegan to his feet in support after the England captain, on as a substitute after a tournament ruined by injury problems, sank to his knees, head in hands, missed an open goal with a header which would have sent England into the semi-finals.

As Hungary also recorded three points, a play-off match ensued, and Wales came from behind at the Råsunda Stadium to advance with a 2 – 1 win ; however Charles was injured in the match and missed out on the rest of the tournament.

On 20 July 2011, during the 2011 Copa America tournament in Argentina, Brazil missed 4 penalties in a row which allowed Paraguay to reach the semi-finals 2 – 0.

Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, who had been drafted into the starting XI as Gianluigi Buffon missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout ( in addition to his penalty save in normal time ) to carry the Italians to the final.

Three missed penalties for Ireland ended their participation in the tournament, and Spain progressed to the next round.

He missed one game in the tournament ( when Keizer played instead ) and was only half-fit for the final after picking up an injury during the semi-final against Brazil.

Milan eventually lost the tournament when Shevchenko missed the crucial penalty in the final against Liverpool.

Craig returned to the US national team for the 1981 Canada Cup but missed the tournament due to injury and the following season was spent in the minor leagues with the Erie Blades.

They finished third behind the Dutch and the Czechs and missed out on another major tournament.

He then moved into an 8 – 2 lead and needed just one frame to win the tournament ( in fact, he had just the pink and black to clear for the match in the eleventh frame, but missed with the rest ).

The Netherlands failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup after failing to compete with Portugal and the Republic of Ireland and so during all of his career with the Netherlands, he had missed one tournament.

However, they finished third in their qualifying group, behind and Yugoslavia, and subsequently missed the tournament.

Coming on for the injured Wayne Rooney early on in the game, Vassell missed England's last spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out, allowing Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo to knock England out of the tournament by scoring the final penalty.