Following a 2006 season in which they missed the playoffs, Lamar Hunt sold the club in August 2006 to OnGoal, LLC, a six-man ownership group led by Cerner Corporation co-founders Neal Patterson and Cliff Illig, a local group committed to keeping the Wizards in Kansas City.

Since 1995, the Sydney Swans are the only club not to have missed the finals in consecutive seasons, and have made the finals more years than any other club in the same time, only missing the finals in 2000, 2002 and 2009.

The Dragons missed out on a victory as the first ever French club to make it to a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in 2007, losing 30-8 against St. Helens in front of 84, 000 people.

That was his last trophy with the club, although they narrowly missed out on more in the following years, losing in the 1972 League Cup final to Stoke City and in the semi-finals of the same competition to Norwich City a year later.

He missed the final three games of the season for his club due to injury, but recovered in time to play in England's UEFA European Championship campaign.

In 2007-08, Carolina again missed out as Washington stormed back to take the division title on the last day of the season, leaving the Hurricanes second in the division and ninth overall in the conference, and making the Canes only the second club in NHL history to miss the playoffs for two seasons running after a Cup triumph.

Carlton missed the finals in 1971, and Barassi left the club at the end of the season, but Carlton returned to prominence the following year, and contested back-to-back Grand Finals.

Brett Ratten led Carlton to the finals from 2009 until 2011, but was sacked with a year remaining on his contact after the club missed the finals in 2012, and was replaced by former and premiership coach Mick Malthouse.

Platini was called up for a trial with Metz, but missed out on the opportunity due to injury, and was not immediately invited back after the Metz coach moved to another club.

His assistant Colin Lee took over but the club just missed out on the play-offs.

In season 2004 – 05 Energie struggled into both financial ( reported debts of 4. 5 million Euros ) and sports problems: The season goal of promotion was missed by far – the club escaped the relegation to 3rd tier Regionalliga ( football ) by scoring one more goal ( season overall ) than SV Eintracht Trier 05 while having the same amount of points and goal differential.

The club hired Greg Marshall as his replacement, but the 2011 season was one to forget, as the Roughriders finished last in the West with a 5 – 13 record and missed the playoffs.

The club missed the 1936 final, but would make appearances in the championship match in each of the next six years, coming away victorious in 1937, 1939, 1940, and 1942.

After Eric Cantona's unexpected retirement, Keane took over as club captain, although he missed most of the 1997 – 98 season because of a cruciate ligament injury caused by an attempt to tackle Leeds United player Alf-Inge Håland in the ninth Premier League game of the season.

The 1976 – 77 season saw Wrexham again beat First Division opposition in both Cup competitions as they went on another cup run, defeating Tottenham Hotspur in the Football League Cup and Sunderland in the FA Cup, however the league season was a traumatic one as the club, on the verge of promotion to the second division with only four matches left to play, required just three points to reach their goal, and unbelievably they missed out after a poor run of form.

In the 2006 – 07, Oldham's fortune turned for the better once more as the club narrowly missed out on promotion — losing to Blackpool 5 – 2 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final.

Due to league re-organisation the club missed out on a play-off place in their first ever season in the Second Division, finishing in sixth place in the table.

Two seasons later, the club again narrowly missed out on promotion to the Second Division.

After he missed the majority of 2004-2005, his fourth at De Kuip, the club was forced to sell him.

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.

Given missed two Premier League games as the club finished in 14th place.

The club won its last title in 1982, and by the last season of the NASL, 1984, had missed the play-offs for the first time since 1975.

For much of the season the club was in the top two of the table, but unfortunately missed out on a play-off spot on the final day of the season.

The club missed out on a league and cup double that season, as they finished runners up in the league.

The Bombers were a different club when the finals came around, but some of the credit for the improvement was given to the influence of Brian Sampson and Ted Fordham during the finals.

The club remained competitive, however they could progress no further than the second week of the finals each year for the years of 2002, 2003, and 2004.

Up until the Colts ' back-to-back titles, the Giants had been the premier club in the NFL, and would continue to be post-season stalwarts the next decade losing three straight finals.

It has 51, 117 seats and has hosted a record of 10 finals of UEFA club competitions, including the 2002 UEFA Cup Final which was won by Feyenoord.

In terms of cup performance the club was superb, reaching the 2nd round of the League Cup losing only 1 – 2 to Queens Park Rangers, the quarter finals of the Football League Trophy losing 0 – 2 to Leeds United and the 4th round of the FA Cup losing 1 – 3 to Premier League team Fulham.

He was selected for the 1962 World Cup finals in Chile but an injury to his ankle sustained in a pre-tournament friendly against a Chilean club side ruled him out of most of the tournament.

Carlton became the first club in the VFL to win three premierships in a row, and its win-loss record of 19 – 1 in the 1908 season ( including finals ) was a record which stood for more than ninety years.

The club was a frequent finalist, contesting fourteen finals series between the wars.

Thereafter followed what was Carlton's weakest on-field period since Worrall's appointment in 1902, with the club reaching the finals only four times between 1950 and 1964.

On-field, the club endured three consecutive unsuccessful finals campaigns under Parkin before he was replaced by Robert Walls in 1986.

David Parkin returned to coach the club from 1991 until 2000, and Carlton was a mainstay of the finals throughout most of this time.

Within a few years, with a change of coach, playing list and club president, Collingwood reached and lost consecutive grand finals in a close contest in 2002 and a " blow out " in 2003, both to the Brisbane Lions.

The mid 1930s saw the club consistently vying for finals berths, finally making it in 1939 by qualifying fourth after a record run of eight consecutive victories and an overall record of 13 wins and five losses.

Richmond has since regained a strong financial position, but with the exception of finals appearances in 1995 and 2001, the club has underachieved on the field.

The club reached both domestic cup finals in the 1992 – 93 season ( losing both to Arsenal – Waddle scored Wednesday's goal in the FA Cup final replay ) and Waddle was voted the Football Writers ' Association Footballer of the Year in 1993.

Under the management of Luigi Barbesino, the Roman club came close to their first title in 1935 – 36 ; finishing just one point behind champions Bologna.

Many superstitious fans attribute this collapse to an incident at Shea Stadium when a fan released a black cat onto the field, further cursing the club, although the " Amazin ' Mets " ended the season at a torrid pace, finishing with a remarkable 100 wins.

However, that would be the only time during that season that the club would have a record over. 500, finishing at 53 – 64 and in last place in the National League West in the strike-shortened season.

After a 4 – 1 start, the club lost its next eight games and struggled to a 77 – 85 record, finishing only ahead of the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West.

However, the club blitzed the opposition in this year, losing only two matches and finishing top of the table.

The teams finishing at the top of a country's league may be eligible also to play in international club competitions in the following season.

Promotion to the top tier of English football saw the club perform poorly, finishing seventeenth in their first year and eighteenth in their second.

After finishing in first place the club was promoted to the First Division, which it won in 1901 and again in 1906.

Following their two playoff years, the club quickly retreated to the bottom of the standings, never finishing higher than fifth ( out of seven ) in their division from 1983 to 1986.

Hope of additional pennant races was quickly dashed, as the club plummeted to the bottom of the standings in 1993, finishing an abysmal 26 games out of first.

However, lack of a productive offense doomed the Brewers and the club sunk back to last place, finishing the season 67 – 94.

A widely related story, attributed to Richard ( Prophet ) Jennings was that Davis, while in Detroit playing at the Blue Bird club as a guest soloist in Billy Mitchell's house band along with Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones, Betty Carter, Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris, Thad Jones, Curtis Fuller and Donald Byrd stumbled into Baker's Keyboard Lounge out of the rain, soaking wet and carrying his trumpet in a paper bag under his coat, walked to the bandstand and interrupted Max Roach and Clifford Brown in the midst of performing Sweet Georgia Brown by beginning to play My Funny Valentine, and then, after finishing the song, stumbled back into the rainy night.

After finishing a 27 minute recording for the armed services, Davis took a break outside the club.

The club continued to evolve, graduating to senior ranks in 1874 and acquitted themselves remarkably well, finishing 4th.

As well as this, the club won the championship in both 1915 and 1918 for finishing on top of the ladder, and accounted for VFL side St Kilda comfortably.

Despite finishing the 2005 – 06 season in seventh, Roeder's fortunes changed in the 2006 – 07 season, with a terrible injury run to the senior squad, and he left the club by mutual consent on 6 May 2007.

In the first season the club played 22 games, won six, drew eight and lost eight, finishing seventh in the league.

In each of these divisions the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places compete in two-legged semi-finals with the higher-placed club enjoying home advantage in the second leg.

It was a controversial proposal — some people did not believe a club finishing eighth in the League could compete in the Premiership while others found the system too American for their liking.

In his first full season with Cannes, the club secured its first ever European football berth by qualifying for the UEFA Cup after finishing 4th in the league.

Zidane was transferred to Girondins de Bordeaux in the 1992 – 93 season, winning the 1995 Intertoto Cup, and finishing runner-up in the 1995 – 96 UEFA Cup in four years with the club.

He replaced former FC Barcelona midfielder Víctor Muñoz, and also managed Adrián, helping the club avoid relegation in the last matchday, and renewing his contract for two more years in the following week ; he was relieved of his duties at the end of 2010 – 11, with the team again managing to stay afloat after finishing 16th, just one point clear of the relegation zone.

During the following decades, the club bounced back between the first ( 38 seasons ) and second levels ( 32 ), the high point being qualifying for the UEFA Cup after finishing a best-ever third in 1962 – 63 ( ranking joint-first with Real Madrid after the first 15 rounds ), while the lowest was the side's first relegation to Segunda División B, in 1978 ( for a single season ).

The club compete in the Premier League, having gained promotion in the 2011 – 12 season, finishing as runners up in the Championship.

Although Keegan's Southampton career only lasted two years, Saints fielded an attractive side also containing Alan Ball, prolific scorer of goals Ted MacDougall, ( who still holds the record for the largest number of goals in an FA Cup game – 9 – for Bournemouth against Margate in an 11 – 0 win ), MacDougall's strike partner at Bournemouth and Norwich Phil Boyer, club stalwart Mick Channon and Charlie George and in 1980 – 81 they scored 76 goals, finishing in sixth place, then their highest league finish.