The town's MP and Transport Minister Norman Baker admitted the result was a "massive disappointment".

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"It's a massive disappointment for English football, for many, many years we weren't use to that, " he told reporters.

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Mr Lewis described the closure as a "massive disappointment" and said the effects would ripple out into the wider community.

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Woods' much vaunted head-to-head clash with world number two Ernie Els was a massive disappointment, with the South African finishing 19 shots behind the winner.

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That, however, ended in a massive disappointment when they lost to a depleted Bulls team that was already without its best player, guard Derrick Rose.

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As always, though, the bottom line is the result, and there is no escaping the fact that for England this will be a massive disappointment.

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But do you remember how much coverage there was of the Copenhagen climate change conference, both the hopes attached to it and the massive disappointment when it failed?

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