But Kipling wrote that he was honoring Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, who led a raid by the Brits in 1895 that resulted in disastrous defeat.

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The meeting will be the first between the sides since England's disastrous 3-2 defeat at Wembley in November 2007, a loss that resulted in then manager Steve McClaren's squad failing to qualify for Euro 2008.

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After their disastrous 5-2 defeat at the San Siro, Inter went into the second leg with the weight of history against them, as no team needing to win by a four-goal margin away from home had ever advanced in the Champions League.

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All four teams have three matches remaining with Portugal's best hopes of a playoff spot for second place, their campaign fatally undermined by a disastrous 3-2 home defeat to the Danes in Lisbon last year.

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Carlisle then started this season well and won four of their first five games to go second in the table before defeat at Scunthorpe signalled the beginning of their disastrous run.

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Newcastle's 16-year stay in the Premier League ended on 24 May last year after a tame 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa brought down the curtain on a disastrous season at St James' Park.

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