When Chris Hargreaves lines up against Paul Tisdale on the touchline in Torquay United's Devon derby with Exeter City, he will be the fourth Gulls' boss he has faced since taking charge of the Grecians in 2006.
As well as this, it could prove to be the most crucial meeting between them since their famous Conference Play-Off semi-final second leg when Exeter triumphed 4-1 at Plainmoor after trailing 2-1 in the first leg.
Not since then has so much ridden a meeting of the Gulls and the Grecians.
Torquay's Football League status, which they regained five years ago, is hanging by a thread following their Good Friday defeat at home to Dagenham & Redbridge and defeat at St James' Park would condemn the Gulls to relegation outright.
A victory for Torquay however would see them live to fight another day, but victories for Northampton Town and Wycombe Wanderers in their respective fixtures would see United relegated regardless of how they perform against the local rivals.
City themselves need the three points from the game to stave off their own relegation worries, and with a home fixture against title chasing Scunthorpe United and a long away trip to Hartlepool United to follow their Devon derby outing; the Grecians need to find a win from one of those matches to retain their own league status.
The two sides have met before situations where it has appeared that both sides would their league status. In the 2000-01 season, the Gulls faced the Grecians at Plainmoor on January 20th and both sides were in the bottom three of Division Three - and were staring at the relegation trap door to the Conference.
A Mark Ford penalty gave Torquay the lead before Exeter were reduced to ten men following the dismissal of Chris Curran- a player who had come through the Gulls' youth ranks.
The Grecians then equalised through Mark Rawlinson before 'super sub' Kevin Parker scored a last gasp winner for United, which lifted them further away from trouble.
Exeter then enlisted the services of Steve Perryman as a 'football consultant' to work alongside with their then manager Noel Blake, whilst Torquay later dispensed with their manager Wes Saunders as Colin Lee was brought in as Caretaker manager.
Both men steered their respective clubs away from danger, although it took Torquay longer to do so as a final day deciding victory over Barnet was needed to make themselves safe.
Two years later, the Grecians were relegated from the Football League for the first time ever, whilst the Gulls would join them in the Conference four years afterwards.
