Example sentences of "last season " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FA made Birmingham 's away matches all-ticket after trouble at Crystal Palace last season and Chief Supt Kenneth McKay , head of Blackpool police , said fans without tickets caused most of the trouble . |
| 2 | Since Sean Lineen changed nationality to win four caps last season , every Kiwi migrant is now the subject of intense scrutiny and great expectations . |
| 3 | For the Tigers , who won the Coca-Cola National Cup and NatWest Trophy last season , Dale Roberts collected 34 points and the game 's Most Valuable Player award . |
| 4 | Kingston , whose coach Kevin Cadle watched Friday night 's semi-final , did not qualify for the tournament because they did not compete in the League last season although their form over the past three weeks suggests they will be front runners over the next seven months . |
| 5 | Davis , of course , would have walked into England 's team in Poland a week on Wednesday ; until last season 's prolonged suspension , followed by injury , Bobby Robson had him firmly pencilled in as Bryan Robson 's replacement . |
| 6 | Dean Saunders should at least have emulated Trevor Francis 's hat-trick at Villa Park a week earlier , and Paul Goddard 's anger at being substituted suggested all is not well with last season 's fifth-placed team . |
| 7 | Profitt , Michael Cook , 18 , Adrian Sinclair , 19 , and Lee Scrivens , 19 , all from Birmingham , admitted theft charges ; another six City supporters were also remanded in custody or on bail , and 23 were fined a total of £8,600 for admitting charges arising from a weekend in the Lancashire resort which a Football Association inquiry may punish by banning City supporters from remaining away games ; all their away matches were made all-ticket for an indefinite period after trouble last season at Crystal Palace . |
| 8 | Paradise , launched on CBS last season and shown on BBC1 this summer , was the first new western serial for a decade . |
| 9 | Todd , who played briefly at Wakefield Trinity last season , is in the New Zealand touring squad currently in this country , and was refused an exemption to take part in the showpiece game . |
| 10 | The midfield player , bought from Hull 18 months ago for £250,000 , scored 10 goals last season , including two in the Simod cup final against Everton . |
| 11 | Van Basten scored twice in last season 's 6-1 aggregate semi-final victory over the Spaniards . |
| 12 | Hand 's team , however , replied impressively seven minutes later when Maskell , transfer-listed at his own request after scoring 33 goals last season , scored his first of this , Cecere laying the ball off to the ambitious young man whose crisp drive was a powerful argument for a rise in status . |
| 13 | Within ITV 's ranks , there is concern that last season 's gains have been wasted . |
| 14 | The inbuilt bias towards the big clubs has undoubtedly fuelled inflation in the transfer market ; one has only to look at Manchester United , who raked in nearly £1m from television last season . |
| 15 | Manchester City erased the memory of last season 's FA Cup third-round defeat against Brentford . |
| 16 | He guided them to a respectable 8-8 record last season , but with a cluster of outstanding players on the club 's roster there was a heavy weight of expectation for the campaign which began four weeks ago — notably from Davis himself . |
| 17 | What Scunthorpe managed last season Scarborough achieved despite the disappointment of seeing one of their most sustained periods of pressure relieved with the Steve Clarke goal which gave Chelsea the lead . |
| 18 | The club have twice narrowly avoided relegation in the last three years , and survived last season only because of a bright start , but have yet to pick up a point in the present campaign after playing five league games . |
| 19 | Orrell , though , may feel that they could have coped with Cusworth after causing one of last season 's League upsets by winning 27-15 at Welford Road . |
| 20 | The Bath and England centre will assume the role in a warm-up game against Cornwall , last season 's beaten County Championship finalists , at Exeter on 31 October . |
| 21 | Derek Quinnell , a Lions selector last season in spite of being ditched by Wales as an assistant coach after that traumatic tour of New Zealand two years ago , is back in the Welsh Rugby Union framework as a selector for the Welsh under-20 squad . |
| 22 | With three of last season 's Halifax dissidents representing Bradford , and the famously short-fused Brendan Hill facing his former club , a small corner of Calderdale was positively incandescent . |
| 23 | Last season it improved by , I should say , 50 per cent . |
| 24 | Last season the programme diversified . |
| 25 | Bedfordshire finished fifth last season but now boast a squad of talented young players , including the England vice-captain , Kendra Lowe , and Vicky Cox . |
| 26 | Further food for thought : Cohen Griffith , the winger Kettering signed for £3,000 from Leicester United last season , has joined Cardiff for 20 times that amount ; the GM Vauxhall Conference leaders Darlington will defend a 10-match unbeaten start , the best in the competition 's 10 years , tomorrow at Enfield ; and Dunstable have withdrawn from the FA Cup following the 38th-minute abandonment of the tie with Staines when what was left of their team walked off after the dismissal of three colleagues . |
| 27 | Three times in succession they have fallen in the semi-finals , and Beenhakker 's departure became a formality when they were thrashed 5-0 by Milan at San Siro last season . |
| 28 | For this afternoon 's rematch of the Welsh Cup finalists — Neath won that one 14-13 before 58,000 people at the Arms Park — Stradey has an upper limit of 18,700 and , if last season 's equivalent is anything to go by , every available space may be needed . |
| 29 | Neath 's outside-half Paul Williams , who scored 268 points last season , is out for a fortnight with a rib injury and replaced by Jason Ball , who is the son of the club coach , Glen , and was once on Arsenal 's books . |
| 30 | Oxford begin the build-up to their Varsity defence with a bigger overseas influence than they had even last season . |