Within Npower League Two next season will be a 'Devon mini-league' after Exeter City's three year stay in League One came to an end.
This means that they will be competing in the same division as Torquay United and Plymouth Argyle for the first time since 2002.
Grecians boss Paul Tisdale has already seen a number of players leave St James Park including Daniel Nardiello, Richard Logan, Lenny Pidgeley, David Noble and James Dunne.
The coming season will see Tisdale look to build a new squad, but he will be doing so without the assistance of Director of Football Steve Perryman who is currently recovering from open heart surgery.
One piece of good news so far for the Grecians is the news that former Plymouth Argyle forward Alan Gow has agreed a two-year deal.
Torquay United came close to swapping places with the Grecians, but, after missing out on a top three spot on the final day of the season, were beaten in the League Two Play-Off Semi-Finals by Cheltenham Town.
The Gulls were beaten 4-1 by the Robins on aggregate after finishing fifth in the league table, but, despite missing out on the ultimate prize of promotion, Martin Ling's side can take a lot of positives from the 2011-12 campaign.
As well as improving on their league position of the 2010-11 season by two places (in which the Gulls finished 7th), Torquay provided four players for the PFA League Two Team of the Season as Bobby Olejnik, Kevin Nicholson, Lee Mansell and Eunan O'Kane were all selected by their fellow professionals in the largest contingent that Torquay United has provided for such a team.
There were also further individual success for the Gulls as manager Martin Ling won the League Two Player of the Month award in January and March and Mark Ellis and Lee Mansell won the Player of the Month award for those respective months.
The Gulls also set a new club record for the number of clean sheets in a season (20).
So far in the close season, Ling is looking to reshape his squad for another tilt at promotion and has agreed new deals with Ashley Yeoman and Nathan Craig as well as making Ryan Jarvis' loan move to Plainmoor permanent following the ex Norwich starlet's release from Walsall.
Leaving Plainmoor in the close season are Lathaniel Rowe-Turner, Ed Palmer and Taiwo Atieno.
Meanwhile, Plymouth Argyle continue their regeneration under the ownership of James Brent, following the financial meltdown which saw the Pilgrims spent several months of last season in Administration.
The addition of the experienced Darren Purse and the return of Home Park of Nick Chadwick and Paul Wotton helped to steer the Pilgrims to safety as they secured their Football League status with a draw at home to Oxford United with three games to spare.
After leading Argyle to safety, manager Carl Fletcher alongwith his backroom staff of Romain Larrieu and Kevin Nancekivell, will remain in charge at Home Park for the 2012-13 season.
Fletcher has already made his first signing of the summer by recruiting Paris Cowan-Hall from Blue Square South side Woking and he has indicated that more new arrivals will be on their way.
In non-league football, Truro City consolidated their status in Blue Square South after several off-the-field financial issues, which saw them face a winding up order over unpaid taxes.
Playing a league below the White Tigers next season will be Bideford who won the Evo-Stik South & West Division One title.
The Robins, managed by former Torquay United midfielder Sean Joyce, only returned to the Evo-Stik Southern League in 2010 after an absence of 35 years from playing at that level.
Another team on the rise are Newton Abbot based Buckland Athletic, winners of the St Lukes Devon Bowl for the second season in succession, who won promotion to the Western League after finishing second in the South West Peninsula League.
