Luckless

A luckless cat caught in a well-populated doghouse is in a better place.

Gloucester stalwart Jonny May missed out on the original 33-man World Cup squad selection, but now the 33-year-old is in the box seat to replace the luckless Watson in France.

Here, The Mandarin was really the luckless actor Trevor Slattery.

But the luckless dog could easily have caught sepsis and died in agony because of the botched and "very serious" attempt to neuter it.

A contender for miss of the season, it summed up a luckless night which extended Newcastle's winless run to eight games.

Getyourgreyon was luckless last time out and for a good while yesterday it looked like he might meet a similar fate again, but a mid-race move by jockey Jag Guthmann-Chester alleviated those concerns and he proved a mile too good.

The Flyers claimed a come-from-behind 75-73 win in overtime against the luckless Boomers, and will likely finish the season on top of the ladder.

The main argument in favour of one month more is that time is pressing and an official announcement would have been made by now if there was to be no reprieve for the luckless stranded.

What, for God’s sake, do you expect these luckless villagers to do?

Hapless and luckless, Rotherham were penalised by an own goal, a deflected strike and an accidental finish from Phil Foden.

His two runs before that had merit too, one of them when completely luckless in the Bill Ritchie.

In fact, the only character who does not get the better of Hood is the luckless Sheriff.