To begin with, he was consistently overlooked when his experience, his expertise could have been of value.

By 2008 he hinted at a possible return to international competition, but was consistently overlooked as Shay Given of Aston Villa the preferred number one goalkeeper.

He was never once picked for the Scottish national side, being consistently overlooked in favour of another player who started at Queen of the South, Hughie Gallacher.

In 1907 Mathews published a critique of Howitt and Spencer in Nature (journal) in which he complained that Howitt had consistently overlooked his own work.

Hodge scored many runs for Victoria and his consistency came together by the 2000-01 season where he was consistently overlooked for selection despite being one of Australia's premier domestic batsmen.

There is also a brighter side, consistently overlooked in America -that Uncle Sam may in fact have himself a bargain.

What has been consistently overlooked in the debate over President Gorbachev's true intentions is the nature of his personal political philosophy and the beliefs that drive his policies.

This led to many jokes about dual enterprises in which one of the two prime movers was consistently overlooked.

But if we look closely at two of the top galleries - d'Offay and Lisson - you can just see how women have been consistently overlooked by them.

"He's consistently overlooked when it comes to our success," said Kurt Rambis, a Phoenix forward and former Laker starter.