The names might have changed but -for Torquay United under Chris Hargreaves- the outlook is beginning to look very familiar to the side that Hargreaves himself captained out of the Conference in 2009.
For Wayne Carlisle, read Louis Briscoe; for Nicky Wroe, read Luke Young and for Mustapha Carayol and Danny Stevens, read Courtney Cameron and Jordan Chapell.
Hargreaves's side, like Paul Buckle's side of the 2008-09 campaign, is also blessed with solid defenders in the form Aaron Downes, Angus MacDonald and Krystian Pearce- much in the same way Buckle's squad was with Chris Todd, Chris Robertson and Mark Ellis.
At the start of the season, one of the questions asked by the Gulls' faithful was: 'Where can we find another Tim Sills from?'
That question that has since been answered with the acquisition of Ryan Bowman from York City.
Five games into the regular Conference and Torquay have suffered just one defeat and have kept three clean sheets and, ahead of their trip to Lincoln City tomorrow, Hargreaves' Gulls are currently on a four-match unbeaten run.
Unfortunately that run contains three draws, and whilst drawing a match means you don't suffer defeat, it's better points wise if you win one and lose one.
The signs are positive in what is a notoriously difficult league to escape from, only Shrewsbury Town in 2004, Carlisle United in 2005, Torquay in 2008 and Luton Town in 2010 have reached in the Conference Play-offs in their first season after being relegated from League Two.
At this moment in time, Torquay United under Chris Hargreaves are probably a year or two, or a player or two short of being where they would both like to be.
