It is often said that a week is a long time in politics and it could also be said that that is also true in football.
In the past seven days, Torquay United now have a new chairman in the form of south Devon bookmaker David Phillips as well as a new chief executive and manager, as well as a newly appointed as director of football.
Steve Breed, who many fans are familiar with for running the Gulls' Travel Club and commentating for BBC Radio Devon, replaces Andrew Candy as the club's chief executive and former Mansfield Town manager Paul Cox has been appointed as United's new manager in succession to Chris Hargreaves, who is currently on gardening leave along with his backroom team of Lee Hodges and Kenny Veysey.
Former striker Dean Edwards - the only player in the Gulls' history to score twice at Wembley - becomes the club's Director of Football; Edwards - who previously served as the club's commercial manager - also becomes the first person to hold the position since Colin Lee did in 2007 before he later became Chief Executive.
The new board, which is headed by Phillips, is made up of a group of fans - all of whom have the club's best interests at heart.
Early on following their takeover being completed, they were forced into making a difficult decision early on - when it was announced that the club's youth academy would be axed due to lack of funds. When they were in the Football League, the Gulls received a level of funding from the league to help maintain their youth development. This has since diminished following United's relegation to the Conference
However, the Gulls are hoping to expand their Football in the Community scheme - headed by Paul Devlin - will compensate for the absence of the academy.
It has been suggested in some quarters that Torquay will not be able to re-open their youth scheme in better times, as it is the second time they have closed their youth policy down after former chairman Mike Bateson shut it down in 2004.
The current scheme has been open since in 2009, and has produced a number of players that have tasted first team football in recent times - including Dan Lavercombe and Levi Ives.
Whether that proves to be the case should United win promotion back to the Football League only time will tell, but in the short term a more innovative approach is what is required by the new owners in several areas of the club - not just with the youth set-up.
