In a weekend that saw a blue plaque dedicated to the late Peter Cook, the comedian, writer and Torquay United fan, unveiled at Plainmoor, the Gulls not only slipped to defeat against Lincoln City - but also remain rooted in the relegation zone.
Covering the fortunes of the Gulls this season for the Non League Paper has evoked memories of reporting on Plymouth Argyle for the Football League Paper - the publication's sister paper - during the 2011-12 season.
It was a campaign that saw the Pilgrims flirt with relegation to the Conference, after exiting Administration early in the season.
Although the Gulls weren't administration, the club were close to going under before the current consortium took over.
The financial constraints they found themselves under saw them appoint a novice manager in charge in the form of former captain Carl Fletcher who, like Torquay boss Kevin Nicholson, was embarking on his first managerial appointment with no previous behind him.
Former Wales midfielder Fletcher found himself in charge of a group of former trialists, young prospects and loan signings, many of whom had been signed by his predecessor Peter Reid - another parallel with Nicholson who inherited a team that had mostly been assembled by Paul Cox in the summer.
Also, Fletcher endured a humiliating FA Cup exit at the hands of non-league opposition when the Pilgrims were beaten in the first round at the hands of Stourbridge, then of the Southern Premier.
If you think Torquay's defeat in the cup this year against Basingstoke Town was bad - if a UFO had crash landed into the first game at Home Park or the replay at Stourbridge's Amblecote ground, had you had asked the incumbents which side was the league team and which one plied their trade in the Southern League it is highly likely they would have plumped for the Glassboys on both occasions.
However, it was shortly after this point that their fortunes improved following the arrival of Darren Purse and the returns of Nick Chadwick and Paul Wotton.
The trio brought a level of character and leadership to a side that was desperately lacking any, and they all played a key role in heloing the Pilgrims avoid relegation.
Those three are the kind of characters that the Gulls require in the present predicament to not only stay in the Conference, but also to thrive in the division in the future.
