The club struggled and suffered more key injuries, only managing to win 79 games after being picked by many to be a serious contender for the N. L.

On 22 November 2008 Charlton suffered a 2 – 5 loss to Sheffield United at home, which meant that the club had gone eight successive games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone — particularly disastrous considering they were among the pre-season favourites for promotion.

In the same month an article titled " Edgartown's Darker Side " appeared in the Boston Globe detailing the extremely poor working conditions suffered by Irish and Serbian students in a newly built private members club in Edgartown.

Despite beginning as favourites to retain the championship, Rangers suffered an unprecedented run of poor results between September and November, a club record run of 10 games without a win.

Despite moving to the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes, the club was relegated, finishing bottom of the First Division and suffered the longest run of defeats at this level.

The club suffered from money problems in the late 70s and again in the early 90s.

Under the existing insurance arrangements between club and country, Fifa and the FA had been paying £ 50, 000 of Owen's £ 110, 000 weekly wages since he suffered the injury, totalling about £ 2m for the time he was out of action.

Their innovation on the pitch was matched elsewhere, as Molineux was one of the first grounds to provide their team with floodlights in the summer of 1953, as the club also blossomed financially thanks to high-profile friendlies with top sides such as Real Madrid who all came and suffered defeat at the hands of Cullis ’ men.

On the resumption of national league football after the war, the club reformed but did not fare so well as a re-shaped team suffered a host of defeats – including a joint Football League record 13 – 0 defeat at Newcastle United.

The club was founded in 1927 in Abergavenny ( though several defunct clubs had existed since the mid 19th century ) and was highly successful as recently as the early 1990s, but suffered an appalling decline in the following ten years.

Neville Powell joined the club as player / manager in the summer of 1993 though he suffered a bad injury very early in his career at Connah's Quay the would end his playing career.

His club was stripped of its French league championship, though not of the Champions League title, and later suffered a forced relegation to the second division because of financial irregularities widely blamed on Tapie.

" " esearch on strip clubs in the US found that all dancers had suffered verbal harassment and physical and sexual abuse while at work ; all had been propositioned for prostitution ; and three-quarters had been stalked by men associated with the club.

He suffered from many hardships during his childhood, including a club foot.

After main striker Robin van Persie suffered an injury during a match with his club Arsenal, Van Marwijk gave Van Nistelrooy a chance to reclaim his position as the main striker of the Netherlands ' national team.

During their last season as a League club, in 1898 – 99, Darwen suffered 18 consecutive defeats.

The club suffered sharp declines in membership and fundraising during the Great Depression.

Two years later, the club suffered a second spell in administration and a second relegation.

The club suffered more promotion agony in 2002 under manager Steve Coppell as they lost out to Stoke City in the play-off final having been just minutes away from automatic promotion on the final day of the season, and again under manager Martin Allen in 2004 – 05, on that occasion losing 3 – 1 on aggregate to Sheffield Wednesday in the semi-finals after finishing 4th in League One.

The club had suffered from the losses of Gary Croft, who made a £ 1. 5 million move to Blackburn Rovers and ever present goalkeeper Paul Crichton.

It is the club that has been re-elected to the Football League the most times ( ie, has most often suffered relegation ).

The club suffered yet more F. A.

They suffered 33 league defeats, the second-highest number of league defeats ever endured by a league club in a single season.

Enfield suffered numerous off-field problems and the original club has since ceased to exist after the formation of the breakaway club Enfield Town.

After relegation into the Third Division south at the end of the 1932 / 33 season the club appointed Jimmy Seed as manager and he oversaw the most successful period in Charlton's history either side of the Second World War.

Docherty saved Manchester United from relegation that season, only to see them relegated in 1974 ; by that time the trio of Best, Law, and Charlton had left the club.

The following season, with the club in danger of relegation by November, Atkinson was dismissed.

The club finished 13th in Serie A, one point away from relegation, but enjoyed success in the UEFA Cup, beating FC Salzburg in the final over two-legs.

In the 1989 – 90 season, the club struggled to remain in the Eredivisie, but eventually managed to avoid relegation.

In 1930, Newcastle United came close to relegation, and at the end of the season Gallacher left the club for Chelsea, and at the same time Andy Cunningham became the club's first team manager.

Following their relegation, the club was put up for sale in June 2009, with an asking price of £ 100 million.

Quite unsurprisingly, the club was involved in a relegation battle throughout its first season in the 4th tier.

A run of 5 wins in the last 9 games of the season led to a 20th place finish and was enough to save the club from relegation in its first season back in the Football League.

The 2007 – 08 season produced more of the same, with the club involved in another relegation battle with strugglers Chester City, Wrexham and Mansfield Town.

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 ).

After Jupp Heynckes second cycle ( 2001 – 2003 ) and Ernesto Valverde ( 2003 – 2005 ), the club was embroiled in a relegation battle during the 2005 – 06 and 2006 – 07 seasons.

He is widely acknowledged to have brought defensive stability to the team, and so is also credited with having saved the club from relegation.

The signing of Spanish under-21 midfielder Ander Herrera was agreed well before the end of the season, although the young star elected to stay with formative club Real Zaragoza as a gesture of respect as they battled against relegation.

Since relegation, the club has had to sell players to meet the shortfall in income.

The club finished the 1990 – 91 season in 17th position, thus having to appear in the promotion / relegation playoffs against Real Murcia: on 19 June 1991, after a 0 – 0 away draw, a 5 – 2 home win meant the team managed to maintain its top level status.

Over the next seven years, various managers came and went from Loftus Road and the club spent many seasons finishing mid table but avoided relegation.

The club battled to avoid falling into the relegation zone for much of the season, Eggen left his role midways, and Per Joar Hansen left, probably under pressure, in August.

Then followed relegation in 1981 and promotion in 1982, before the club finally managed to establish itself in the 2nd division.

Nilsen managed to save Tromsø IL from relegation once more, leading the club to a 10th place.

Terje Skarsfjord ( who also coached the club during its 1996 cup championship ), Tommy Svensson ( who made a brief return to the club to attempt to save it from relegation in 2001, ten years after having left the club for the Swedish national team ), Trond Johansen, Per Mathias Høgmo, Otto Ulseth, Steinar Nilsen, and Ivar Morten Normark have all coached the club at some time after the year 2000.