Torquay United head to the Greenhous Meadow tonight with a two goal advantage over Shrewsbury Town ahead of their Play-Off Semi-Final second leg.
It will be the fourth time that the Gulls have faced the Shrews this season and, in the three meetings between the two sides, they have produced nine goals, including a 5-0 win for Torquay when they face each other in front of the Sky TV cameras.
Of course, their previous encounters during the regular season will count for nothing tonight as a place at Old Trafford in the final against Accrington Stanley or Stevenage is the prize at stake for the Gulls if they can maintain or extend their 2-0 lead of the first leg over 90 minutes.
Two leading protagonists in the three meetings between the Gulls and Shrews have been Nicky Wroe and Jake Robinson who, during those three games, have appeared for both sides.
The first encounter, in early October, at the Greenhous Meadow saw Robinson open the scoring for Shrewsbury before Wroe missed a penalty as the two sides drew 1-1.
When the return fixture was played at Plainmoor in mid March, the duo had, by this time, swapped sides in the January transfer window with Wroe moving to the Shrews for £10,000 and Robinson joining the Gulls on loan until the end of the season.
This decision appeared to have backfired on Shrewsbury boss Graham Turner, who didn't insert any clause in the contract of Robinson prevented him from appearing for the Gulls in any meeting between the two clubs, as Robinson bagged a brace in Torquay's 5-0 demolition of the Shropshire side.
In their Play-Off meeting, Robinson once again appeared on the team sheet for the Gulls, but wasn't amongst the scorers as Torquay gained a 2-0 advantage from the first leg with Chris Zebroski and Eunan O'Kane finding the target.
As they prepare for their fourth meeting of the season tonight, the tale could yet have more twists and turns in what has already proved to be an interesting chain of events.
