Each development was at odds with results and came against a backdrop of growing discontent.
Blackpool, who were beaten 3-0 at home by Charlton in their final game, survived the drop with a backdrop of fan discontent with chairman Karl Oyston.
The election is being held against a backdrop of popular discontent, sparked by allegations of widespread fraud during December's parliamentary elections in favour of Mr Putin's United Russia party.
The election was held against a backdrop of popular discontent, sparked by allegations of widespread fraud during December's parliamentary elections in favour of Mr Putin's United Russia party.
Against the backdrop of simmering political discontent, rising food prices, fuel shortages, and a power crisis, news that Mutharika had suffered a heart attack on April 5, 2012 and the subsequent reports of his death left the country in a state of uncertainty.
All this is unfolding against a backdrop of rising economic discontent.
Set in Boston during the summer of 1764, against the backdrop of the colonies' increasing discontent, the novel imagines the lives of Stewart Jameson, a swashbuckling Scottish portrait painter, and Fanny Easton, a young woman whose circumstances have forced her into disguise in order to serve as his painting apprentice.
But against the backdrop of protests and social discontent, concerns over infrastructure and fears about crime in Brazil's major cities, the incident in Sao Paulo turns what has been a drip of bad news into a downpour.
Although many Nigerian citizens had initially welcomed Buhari's efforts to root out corruption and improve societal values, the repressive measures employed by his regime, against a backdrop of continuing economic troubles, led to discontent.
The 25 May presidential election and Kiev mayoral vote are taking place against the backdrop of Russia's recent annexation of Crimea, Ukraine's dire economic straits and rumblings of discontent in the country's mainly Russian-speaking eastern provinces.
