His Golden Boot-winning performance at the finals led to much anticipation of success at the Camp Nou, and he did not disappoint, scoring 21 goals in 41 games during his first season, including a hat-trick in a 3 – 2 win over arch rivals Real Madrid.

Atlético were only awarded a place during the 1939 – 40 season as a replacement for Real Oviedo, whose ground had been damaged during the war.

With world class players like Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gonzalo Higuain, Real Madrid won back to back La Liga titles in 2006 – 07 and 2007 – 08 season.

In the 2011-2012 season, Real Madrid won its 32nd title under the management of José Mourinho with a record-breaking points tally of 100, a record 121 number of goals scored, most overall ( 32 ) and away ( 16 ) wins in a single season in La Liga History.

Two weeks later, Real Madrid comfortably beat Feyenoord 5 – 0, and eventually won the European Cup that season.

However, in the second half of the season striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar left for Real Madrid, and Van Basten started switching around his lineups.

Chelsea took a 2 – 0 lead in the replay, but Real dominated for much of the second half and it was another inspired performance from Bonetti, who had missed a large part of that season through injury, which helped them hold on for a 2 – 1 win.

Darling Harbour is the location of the season residence on MTV's reality TV show, The Real World: Sydney, which aired in late 2007.

Recre season was a rocky one, as they only achieved to maintain first division status in the very last matchday, drawing with Real Valladolid 1 – 1.

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 ).

His 38 goals in the 1950 – 51 season stood as a record for 50 years before being broken by Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

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.

The players began to adjust to the changes as the season progressed, however, and following an away victory at local rivals Real Sociedad, Athletic produced a strong run of Autumn form which included wins over Paris Saint-Germain, CA Osasuna, and Sevilla FC, as well as credible draws with Valencia CF and FC Barcelona, only to drop points at home to newly-promoted Granada CF.

The club finished third in 1973 – 74 and a best-ever second in the following season, losing the title in the last round to Real Madrid.

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.

* " Elementary My Dear Winston ", the third episode for the 1989 season of The Real Ghostbusters, features Holmes, Watson and Moriarty by way of " belief made manifest ": so many people believed in them that they became real.

Other highlights include the 2 – 0 win against Real Madrid and a 5 – 1 victory over Olympiacos, both in the 1997 – 98 season.

In mid-1993, Zamora became aware that MTV was casting for the next season of their reality TV show, The Real World, which would take place in San Francisco.

* Eric Nies ( born 1971 ), actor, male fashion model, dancer, and singer, best known for being a cast member in the first season of MTV's The Real World.

Real Sociedad won their first ever Primera División title at the end of the 1980 – 81 season, denying Real Madrid a fourth-consecutive title by beating them on goal difference after both clubs gained 45 points in the season.

Real Sociedad won the Supercopa at the beginning of the 1982 – 83 season.

Also known as the D-Backs, Arizona has one World Series title, in 2001, becoming the fastest expansion team in the majors to win a championship, doing it in only the fourth season since their expansion in 1998.

Arizona had postseason victories over the St. Louis Cardinals ( 3 – 2 in the NLDS ) and the Atlanta Braves ( 4 – 1 in the NLCS ) to advance to the World Series where, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, they beat the three-time reigning champions, the New York Yankees, 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the World Series ( in just their fourth season of play ).

Both Johnson and Schilling had suffered injuries during the season and Schilling was traded in the off season to the Boston Red Sox where he contributed to that team's 2004 World Series victory.

The World Series, baseball's championship series which determines the champion of Major League Baseball for that season, is held in mid-to-late October ( sometimes spilling over into November to accommodate longer series ) and is nicknamed the " Fall Classic ".

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.

During Selig's tenure as club president, the Brewers participated in postseason play in 1981, when the team finished first in the American League East during the second half of the season, and in 1982, when the team made it to the World Series, under the leadership of future Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

* Home field advantage in the World Series granted to the winner of the All Star Game in the same season ( 2003 )

Another pennant winner did not come until their championship season of 2005, when the White Sox won their first World Series championship in 88 years, breaking their epochal drought only a year after the Boston Red Sox had broken their slightly shorter but more celebrated " curse.

The season ended in disappointment when Boston swept the final three games to advance to the 2007 World Series.

The Cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their Chicago rivals in the regular season standings since the Cubs last participated in a World Series ( 1945 ): in the 66 seasons from 1946 through 2011 the Cardinals have finished ahead of the Cubs 49 times.

They mounted a spirited rally in the last month of the 2007 regular season, winning 21 of their final 22 games, and qualified for the 2007 World Series.

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.

The Marlins finished the 1999 season with the worst record in baseball at 64 – 98, and traded World Series MVP Liván Hernández to the San Francisco Giants.

The Marlins finished 79 – 83, second best season in team history up to that time, but their fifth straight losing season since winning the World Series.

* Jeff Conine ( 1993 – 1997, 2003 – 2005 ) — Jeff Conine has the distinction of being the only player to appear in the opener of the Marlins ' inaugural season and in both the 1997 World Series and the 2003 World Series won by the Marlins.

* Livan Hernandez ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Hernandez's rookie season coincided with the 1997 World Series.

* Ivan Rodriguez ( 2003 ) — Despite only playing one season with the Marlins, he put up some the of the best offensive and defensive statistics by a Marlins catcher and was a key cog in the 2003 World Championship team.

In 1934, his second major-league season, he hit. 339 and helped the Tigers reach their first World Series in 25 years.

He missed all but 19 games of the 1941 season, the three full seasons that followed, and most of 1945 to World War II military service and missed most of another season with a broken wrist.