For the second season in a row, Plymouth Argyle suffered the fate of being relegated in their penultimate home game of the campaign.
In the 2009-10 season, Premiership bound Newcastle United brought the curtain down on the Pilgrims' six year stay in the Championship with a 2-0 victory.
The current campaign, which saw Argyle forced sell prize assets such as Craig Noone and Bradley Wright-Phillips in January, saw Southampton secure their return to English football's second tier, whilst Plymouth were relegated to the basement division of the Football League for the third time in their history.
After selling the aforementioned players to balance the books, the Pilgrims then received a ten point deduction in February for entering Administration. For several months, players and non-playing staff alike have gone without pay and the very existence of the club was under threat.
At the time of writing the long term viability of the club looks set to be secured with Devon based entrepreneur James Brent set to takeover at Home Park, providing he can strike a deal with the club's creditors.
It could be argued that Plymouth Argyle being in League Two is similar to Exeter City or Torquay United being in the Blue Square Premier, it can provide the club with an opportunity to learn from the mistakes made in the past, of which there have been quite a few at Home Park in recent years.
This can provide the manager, whether it be current Pilgrims' boss Peter Reid or whoever the new board decide they want to take charge, a chance of offload some of the club's high earners and build a team of highly motivated, hungry players who want to help Argyle move back up the league's.
Above all else, this will help to provide a feel good factor at Home Park which, during the club's swift decline, has gradually been eroded.
