News of the signings by the Boston and Philadelphia players leaked to the press before the season ended, and all of them suffered verbal abuse and physical threats from the kranks, as baseball fans were called at the time, in Beantown and the City of Brotherly Love.

The next week, their dream season ended at home with a loss to the Cowboys 30 – 27 in the divisional playoffs.

The Falcons ' 1991 season ended in a divisional playoff loss to the Washington Redskins.

Their season ended with a loss to Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles 20 – 6 in the NFC divisional playoffs.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Arizona ended the 2003 season with an 84-78 record, in 3rd place in the NL West.

Cruijff returned in 1985 as the new manager and Ajax ended the season with 120 goals, of which 37 were from van Basten.

It turned out that the Cubs and Giants ended the season tied for first place, so the game was indeed replayed, and the Cubs won the game, the pennant, and subsequently the World Series ( the last Cubs Series victory to date, as it turns out ).

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.

After the season ended, the Orioles showcased altered uniforms, with a circular ' Maryland ' patch added to the left-hand sleeve of all jerseys and the grey road jerseys displaying Baltimore across the chest for the first time since 1972.

They ended up with another losing season, but it wasn't as bad as the previous year.

The car was fast — Rindt set pole position twice during the season — but Brabham and Rindt finished only three races between them, and ended the year with only ten points.

Seifert was fired shortly after the season ended, finishing with an overall record of 16 – 32 as head coach of the Panthers.

Drawing almost no fans at home, they ended up playing most of their season on the road, and became known as " The Wanderers.

" The team ended the season in 12th place, 84 games out of first place, with an all-time worst record of 20 wins and 134 losses.

Prospects for the 2009 season dimmed early when the Indians ended May with a record of 22-30.

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.

The 1983 Cubs had finished 71 – 91 under Lee Elia, who was fired before the season ended by Green.

The loss ended a spectacular season for the Cubs, one that brought alive a slumbering franchise and made the Cubs relevant for a whole new generation of Cubs fans.

After a down-to-the-wire Wild Card chase with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago and San Francisco ended the regular season tied, and thus squared off in a one game playoff at Wrigley Field in which third baseman Gary Gaetti hit the eventual game winning homer.

The club ended the season with a 97 – 64 record and met Los Angeles in the NLDS.

Had it not been for the strike that ended the season, they may have broken their own season attendance record, as they were on a pace to do just that.

The season ended with a 77 – 67 record, good for second place in the West division and the club's first playoff appearance as the Wild Card winner.

Further disappointment followed in the 1983 – 1984 season when the team again reached the Coppa Italia final, only to lose the Cup in the final minutes of the return match against defending Serie A champions Roma.

Indianapolis would go onto lose to the Saints 31 – 17 to end the season in disappointment.

The 2011 NFL season for the Eagles was a major disappointment, as they only managed to finish 8-8 and did not qualify for the playoffs, although they did win the last 4 games of the season.

The 2005 – 06 season ended in disappointment for Feyenoord.

The season ended in bitter disappointment with a seventh place finish, causing Feyenoord to miss European football for the first time in 16 years.

After the Islanders ' regular season dominance and playoff disappointment in 1979, Arbour decided that he would no longer concern himself too greatly with his team's finish in the regular season.

However, the entire 1999 NHL Entry Draft was a major disappointment for the Thrashers, as all of their eleven draft picks were out of the NHL by the team's last season of existence ; Stefan played the most games for the Thrashers from that draft ( 414 games ).

However, the 2003 – 04 season was a resounding disappointment.

The Chaps second season was a bit of a disappointment, as the team finished in 4th place with a mediocre 41 – 37 record.

Despite the disappointment, Williams proved to be one of the elite point guards in the league, averaging 19. 4 points and 10. 8 assists per game, second in the league, despite playing the entire season with a lingering ankle injury.

Adding to the disappointment of the 2006 – 07 season, Shaun Livingston suffered a dislocated left knee in which he tore every ligament in his knee.

Although crushed by this disappointment, there was still another chance for Athletic Club to claim glory to match the positive play and results of the unpreditable first season under Marcelo Bielsa.

The US Grand Prix also brought further disappointment to Montoya's season.

In season seven ( 2002-3 ), when Buffy's little sister Dawn ( Michelle Trachtenberg ) mistakenly believes herself to be a Potential Slayer, Xander empathizes with her disappointment over not being the one in the spotlight, in " Potential ".

Bull's first season for Wolves at this level saw him maintain his reputation as a first class goalscorer with 25 goals in the league and 27 in all competitions, but Wolves just missed out on promotion – a disappointment which the fans would become accustomed to over the next two decades – having narrowly missed out on the playoffs.

Despite Morgan's arrival, the 2007 – 08 season ultimately brought more disappointment as the club failed to match the previous campaign's playoff finish.

Despite the disappointment of the 2004 season, Räikkönen was still seen as one of the rising stars of the sport, along with BAR's Button, Renault's Alonso and 2005 McLaren teammate Montoya.

The 2009 season was a major disappointment as the F1. 09 chassis proved uncompetitive.

More disappointment followed as Celtic finished up runners up to Rangers on the last day of the SPL season by only a single goal on goal difference.

NBC officials wanted to move the XFL games to afternoons after the first season ( 2001 ) due to dismal ratings, and when, somewhat to McMahon's surprise and disappointment the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) wanted to follow suit, the league was then folded and the team disbanded.

The following season Blackburn finished runners-up to double winners Manchester United, but a consolation for the disappointment came in the form of a UEFA Cup place.

But despite Young's strong season, the season for the team was widely regarded as a disappointment.