The mass protest against Pardew expected at St James' Park failed to materialise against Hull as two Papiss Cisse goals saw his side fight back from 2-0 down to salvage a point.
As it was, a second UN resolution directly to authorise war against Iraq never materialised and air strikes began on 19 March 2003.
Clashes had erupted on Friday night between supporters and opponents of Morsi in central Cairo and other cities across Egypt, as fears of an expected backlash against his removal materialised.
Two charges to the line, the first by Mathieu Bastareaud – the Manu Tuilagi versus Bastareaud re-run which was such a nightmare for the Frenchman against England never materialised – the second by Bakkies Botha were followed by Marcus Ayerza being helped off to be replaced by Mulipola Logovi'i in the Leicester front row.
For all that the rumoured demonstration against the regime never materialised - the banners sneaked in were more complimentary than defamatory - frustration welled up during a tepid first half.
Red Bull threatened legal action over Spyker's possession of their car designs to use as evidence against STR, but nothing materialised.
It also has a licence agreement with Merlin, which represents many independent labels, though, notably, both of these agreements only materialised after EMI and Merlin took legal action against the site over copyright infringement.
On 29 July 2010, Doyle had a trial with Plymouth Argyle, playing 45 minutes of a friendly against Hereford United, but no deal materialised, and on 10 August 2010, Doyle signed on loan for Coventry City.
"We knew our width would cause problems against their diamond though, and as it materialised we had 14 crosses in the first half.
Although the primary role of the British Army was to protect the colonies against external attack, no actual threat ever materialised.
