For only the second time since winning promotion back to the Football League in 2009, Torquay United find themselves in the League Two relegation zone.
Results elsewhere meant that their 2-0 loss to Chesterfield sees them drop into the bottom two of the division.
The last time they found themselves in this situation was in October 2009, which was shortly after they won promotion, of course, and were still adjusting to playing at a new level.
Things remained touch and go for Torquay up until the beginning of April; when a run of eight matches unbeaten, which club record run of seven clean sheets, saw them eventually pull comfortably clear of danger.
Back to the present situation, which is still salvageable as they are level on 14 points with Accrington Stanley and Bury, with only goal difference ensuring that the Gulls occupy the final relegation spot, and one point behind 20th-placed Bristol Rovers, who have 15 points.
However, Torquay are now facing a tricky run of fixtures between now and the turn of the year.
In their next three matches, they will be travelling to Accrington Stanley and Scunthorpe United, and sandwiched in between those two matches is a local derby with Plymouth Argyle.
After that, in December, is a home game with Phil Brown's Southend United and then a trip to Dagenham and Redbridge before a West country derby double header at Plainmoor against Bristol Rovers and Exeter City.
It would be a brave person to predict how many points the Gulls would gain from that run of games, but-given the nature of League Two- surprise results do occur.
By my reckoning, the Gulls need 37 points from all of their remaining fixtures to retain their League Two status and that has to be goal everyone at the club needs to focus on.
If they were to fall short of that, and lose their league status; the outcome of their failure to do so could potentially be catastrophic.
