In joining Torquay United, following his release by Plymouth Argyle, Luke Young is travelling a path that many players have followed in the last quarter of a century.
Since John Uzzell and John Matthews were signed for the Gulls by the late Cyril Knowles in 1989, after they were deemed surplus to requirements by the Pilgrims- who were in then in what is now the Championship, a number of others have followed in their footsteps.
Whilst Matthews remained with Torquay for just one season - Uzzell, who can still be found at Plainmoor on matchdays compiling match statistics for the Press Association, became a regular for the Gulls, and even had a spell as joint caretaker manager with Wes Saunders during the 1991-92 season before he was forced to retire after suffering a horrific facial injury in a clash with Brentford's Gary Blissett.
Uzzell was later joined at Plainmoor by Tommy Tynan and Peter Whiston, who were brought to Torquay by former Pilgrims' boss Dave Smith ahead of the 1990-91 campaign, which would see the Gulls promoted via the Play-Offs- as they defeated Blackpool 5-4 on penalties after drawing 2-2 over 90 minutes and extra time.
Tynan finished the season as United's joint-top scorer with 19 goals and Whiston later moved onto Exeter City, Southampton and Shrewsbury.
The next player to make the journey down the A38 was Argyle's all-time appearance holder, Kevin Hodges, who joined Torquay initially on loan during the 1991-92 campaign and later made the move permanently in the following season after he was released by Peter Shilton.
On arriving at Plainmoor, he joined another former Pilgrim who had also been let go by Shilton in the form of ex Brentford and Millwall defender Danis Salman- who briefly worked as the Gulls' youth coach.
Hodges later went to hold the title of youth coach himself, and, in 1996, he was appointed as manager of the Gulls, following the departure of Eddie May; one of his first acts on taking charge was to bring in Steve McCall as part of his backroom staff from Argyle.
Although, due to his age, McCall wasn't the quickest or the most mobile, the one time Ipswich Town starlet- who played for the Tractor Boys in their 1981 UEFA Cup triumph against AZ Alkmaar- still managed to combine playing with coaching the youth side and assisting Hodges with the first team.
He even managed to roll back the years in the Gulls' Third Division Play-Off semi-final second leg against Scarborough, in the 1997-98 season, with a stunning long range strike from the edge of the penalty area.
Two of his midfield colleagues in that side were Gary Clayton and Chris Leadbitter, who had both helped the Pilgrims win promotion through the Play-Offs under Neil Warnock in the 1995-96 season.
The next batch of Green cast-offs would help form the backbone of one of the most successful Torquay sides in recent times: Leroy Rosenior's automatic promotion winning side of the 2003-04 season.
Martin Gritton was the first player to be brought to Plainmoor from Home Park by Leroy when he signed for the Gulls at the start of the 2002-03 campaign.
'Gritts' finished the season as the Gulls' top scorer with 16 goals and was voted as runner-up in United's Player of the season award.
He would later be joined at TQ1 by Kevin Wills, Joe Broad, Craig Taylor and Brian McGlinchey.
The latter two both joined the Gulls following successful loan spells and both featured in the Gulls' starting line-up in their final day victory over Southend United, which clinched Torquay's first automatic promotion in 38 years.
Centre-back Taylor captained the Gulls' side during that season and left back McGlinchey was regarded as the 'final piece in the jigsaw' of that team as he made the spot on the left hand side of the defence his own.
Following their promotion triumph, Martin 'Buster' Phillips became the next Pilgrim to become a Gull. Phillips, who had been hailed as Britain's first £10million footballer by Alan Ball when he moved from Exeter to Manchester City in 1995, became one of the select band of players to have represented all three of Devon's professional clubs and remained at Plainmoor until 2007- when he was forced to retire after being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome.
During his three years with the Gulls, he also appeared alongside another of his former Argyle team-mates Mickey Evans, who made 14 appearances for the Gulls and scored once during the 2006-07 season- after making the move from Home Park- before hanging up his boots.
The last former Green to become a Gull was current Torquay assistant manager Lee Hodges who will be working with Young on the training ground in the forthcoming 2014-15 campaign.
Hodges arrived at Plainmoor in 2008, and helped the Gulls win promotion back into the Football League and later joined Truro City- who he would later manage.
Footnote: Reuben Reid, Ryan Dickson, Scott Laird and Ashley Barnes have been loaned to the Gulls by the Pilgrims.
