Prior to this game, the match against Richmond was abandoned because of rain and the last game was also abandoned.

Prior to this, the premiers were generally decided based on overall win-loss record, except where a playoff match was needed to break a tie.

Prior to the formation of Saluda County in 1896, the town was named Redbank and was renamed to match the county it became the seat of.

Prior to the match, Schmeling carefully studied films of Louis's prior fights, dissecting apparent flaws in the Detroit fighter's technique.

Prior to the wheellock, the need for a lit match made stealth and concealment nearly impossible, particularly at night.

Prior to and after the match, information like team line-ups, fixtures, and other results are shown.

Prior to the match some skeptics questioned the state of the pitch and also the ability of Russian authorities to keep order amongst the traveling British fans, however the match passed incident free and a British Embassy in Moscow spokesman said, " The security and logistical arrangements put in place by the Russian authorities have been first-rate, as has been their cooperation with their visiting counterparts from the UK.

Prior to the match he was handed a framed England goalkeeper's jersey with ' 109 ' on the front.

Prior to their match at Sacrifice, Kevin Nash invoked the so called " Freebird Rule ".

Prior to that, another infamous angle occurred when Embry, who was a special referee in a match between Kerry Von Erich and Gary Young, was fighting with Akbar.

Prior to 2007 the regular season match was usually played at Rugby Park, however in 2007 they played a match at the Queenstown Events Centre.

Prior to 1980 only four countries qualified for the finals tournament and Wales were drawn to play against the winners of group 3 Yugoslavia on a home and away basis match.

Prior sponsorships include a World Wrestling Entertainment match and a 2009 tour by the rock band Bowling for Soup.

Prior to the match, St Kilda coach Stan Alves complained about the situation and stated that his team is " not going to go kamikaze " and risk an injury when they don't have much chance of winning.

Prior to this, he disliked going to China, not helped by a disastrous match in 2002.

Prior to 1957, BBC radio covered every home Test match, with Arlott normally one of the commentators, but it did not broadcast uninterrupted ball-by-ball commentary.

Prior to the 2006 World Cup group match against Côte d ' Ivoire, Van der Sar had not conceded a goal in nine consecutive competitive matches.

Prior to the face turn, Brown had started wrestling with a chest protector, supposedly for a torn pectoral muscle sustained in a match against Dan " The Beast " Severn.

Prior to this a 24 hour suspension on the rule was in place for Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy's match at WWF Invasion.

Prior to the match, the FWA announced it would sanction the Title match only if Iceman won.

Prior to the match, the WWF promoted Moolah as holding the championship for the previous 28 years.

Prior to 1954 I imagine that a majority of Southerners would have voted against the Confederacy.

Prior to addressing the nation, President Clinton wanted to ground all planes in the Oklahoma City area to prevent the bombers from escaping by air, but decided against it.

Prior to 1993, rulers, in their personal capacity, were immune from any proceedings brought against them .< ref >

Prior to this time the word is attested in Scottish legal English to describe restraining orders against debt collection, restraint being its original Latin sense.

Prior to vaccination with cowpox, the only known protection against smallpox was inoculation or variolation ( Variola-the Smallpox viruses ) where a small amount of live smallpox virus was administered to the patient ; this carried the serious risk that the patient would be killed or seriously ill.

Prior to waging war against Artaxerxes, Cyrus proposed that the enemy was the Pisidians, and so the Greeks were unaware that they were to battle against the larger army of King Artaxerxes II.

On 28 April, Powell spoke in the Commons against the Northern Ireland Secretary's ( Jim Prior ) plans for devolution to a power-sharing assembly in Northern Ireland: " We assured the people of the Falkland Islands that there should be no change in their status without their agreement.

Prior to then, Essendon had ( and still have ) one of the worst records amongst current AFL clubs against Geelong in recent times, having only beaten the Cats once since 2003.

Prior to round one of the 1998 season, Carey booted six second half goals in the Ansett Cup Grand Final against St Kilda, earning himself the Michael Tuck Medal, as the best on ground in the pre-season Grand Final, and issuing an ominous warning to the rest of the competition that he was over his injury woes of the previous year.

Prior to the Jasmine Revolution, Tunisia practiced internet censorship against popular websites such as YouTube.

Prior to the 1975 crisis, the Governor-General's power to dismiss a Prime Minister against the incumbent's will under Section 64 of the Constitution had never been exercised.

Prior to ascending the throne, he was a leader of the royal army in the French Wars of Religion against the Huguenots, and took part in the victories over them at Battle of Jarnac and Battle of Moncontour.

The " anxious sweetness " of the fictional Abbot Heribert is set against the proud and ambitious Prior Robert, who Kollman argues " almost becomes the true villain of the series ".

Prior to sailing off to war against Troy, Agamemnon had angered the goddess Artemis because he had killed a sacred deer in a sacred grove, and had then boasted that he was a better hunter than she was.

Prior to the bout, there were concerns about how Chávez would handle the move up in weight against the hard punching Puerto Rican.

Prior to the revolution, the Bolshevik doctrine of democratic centralism argued that only a tightly knit and secretive organization could successfully overthrow the government ; after the revolution, they argued that only such an organization could prevail against foreign and domestic enemies.

Prior to this they had reportedly saved an episode of Saturday Night Live by breaking through a picket line and hosting the show against the union's wishes ; the episode was a ratings smash the likes of which the series had not seen since the 1970s.

Prior to the moving to its current headquarters in 2002, Burger King had considered moving away from the Miami area ; Miami-Dade County politicians and leaders lobbied against this, and Burger King stayed.

Prior to independence, the People's Republic of China supported the country's indigenous movement for independence against the Portuguese Empire and the relationship continued after independence.

Prior to Weston's investigative reporting, most Americans had not been allowed to enter the new country, which is depicted as being on continual guard against revanchism.

Prior to the outbreak of war the Australian naval force in the Persian Gulf continued to enforce the sanctions against Iraq.

Prior to a discussion of his raids against the Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands, Halsey told the young midshipmen before him, " Missing the Battle of Midway has been the greatest disappointment of my career, but I am going back to the Pacific where I intend personally to have a crack at those yellow bellied sons of bitches and their carriers ," to the rousing applause of the assembled midshipmen.