After looking as though he was taking on an advisory role at Torquay United - Paul Sturrock was unveiled as manager of Yeovil Town at the end of this week.
Sturrock, 58, took charge of his first game against Notts County on Saturday, which ended in a 1-1 draw that saw the Glovers relegated from League One. It was their second successive relegation, after they relegated from the Championship last season.
The rebuilding job awaiting the former Dundee United, Plymouth Argyle and Southampton manager is similar to the one that he faced during his time in charge of Southend United.
When taking over as Shrimpers manager in 2010, Sturrock had taken over a team that had been relegated twice in the space of two seasons and only had four players under contract.
Over time, Sturrock turned Southend into a competitive outfit that reached the League Two Play-offs in the 2011-12 season. They have since emulated that feat under his predecessor, Phil Brown, in the 2013-14 campaign and are set to emulate that achievement again this season.
If he manages to do the same at Huish Park, then Glovers Chairman John Fry and his board of directors would have made a very shrewd appointment indeed.
