After the departures of a number of key first teamers, Yeovil Town boss Terry Skiverton looked to have a serious job on his hands building a side ahead of the new season.
Leading scorer Dean Bowditch headed to MK Dons, Andy Welsh returned to his native north to join Carlisle United, left back Nathan Smith was snapped up by Chesterfield and long serving right back and club skipper Craig Alcock moved up to the Championship after signing for Darren Ferguson's Peterborough United.
Add to this list Adam Virgo and Alex Russell who left for Bristol Rovers and Bath City respectively and with loanees Shaun MacDonald, Jon Obika, Max Ehmer and Stephen Henderson returning to their parent clubs, the Glovers' squad was looking decidely threadbare.
However, Terry Skiverton, who has battled against the odds on many occasions as Yeovil Town manager, did not shirk the challenge of building an almost brand new team from scratch.
In came returning midfielder Gavin Williams for a fourth spell at Huish Park. He first arrived in Somerset from Hereford United in 2001 and he left in 2004 to join West Ham United. Spells at Ipswich Town and Bristol City followed before he returned to Huish Park for two loan spells in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 campaigns.
He also found the target against Yeovil last season for Bristol Rovers and Skiverton acted quickly to snap up his former teammate following his release from the Memorial Stadium.
Next in was young striker Kieran Agard as part of the world's first football 'twansfer' after Skiverton asked Glovers' followers to recommend potential new recruits via the social networking site Twitter. Agard's name was one of those mentioned and he was soon on board.
Young midfielder Anthony Edgar, who is also the cousin of Spurs and England striker Jermaine Defoe, was the next to sign, joining from West Ham United. He was later joined by Dominic Blizzard, who agreed a deal after a succesful trial spell.
Bondz N'gala arrived on a free transfer from Plymouth Argyle and German defender Max Ehmer returned from QPR for a second loan stint to increase Skiverton's defensive options.
They were joined this week by Curtis Haynes-Brown, a left sided defender who was previously with non-league side Lowestoft Town and striker Steven MacLean who was released by Plymouth Argyle in the summer.
MacLean will be looking to get his career back on track after three unsuccessful seasons with the Pilgrims, which saw him loaned out to Aberdeen and Oxford United.
Earlier in his career, he had scored 25 goals in 52 appearances for Scunthorpe United and 35 goals in 90 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday and Glovers' fans will be hoping he can replicate those goal scoring figures at Huish Park.
Skiverton is currently looking at Norwich City's England Under-19 keeper Jed Steer with a possible loan deal in mind.
