Paul Sturrock's managerial love affair with the West Country has come to a temporary halt following his sacking as manager of Yeovil Town.
Last Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Northampton Town, which extended the Glovers' winless run to 12 games, proved to be the end of his 30-match tenure at Huish Park.
After replacing Gary Johnson towards the end of the 2014-15 campaign, Sturrock overhauled the squad that inherited and drafted in 14 new faces over the summer as he sought to mould a side in his own image.
It was also the first time in a long time that Sturrock had taken charge of a club, apart from his brief spell in charge of Southampton, without either of his trusted lieutenants - namely John Blackley (St Johnstone, Dundee United, Plymouth (twice), Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon), Kevin Summerfield (Plymouth (twice), Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon) or Graham Coughlan (Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday as a player and Southend as a player-coach) alongside him.
Instead, he was assisted by his predecessor Terry Skiverton and Darren Way, the latter of the two has taken charge as interim manager following his departure.
Injuries to a number of his signings, including Ryan Dickson, Ben Tozer and Jack Compton, as well as to some of the ones he inherited - Simon Gillett and Kevin Dawson - haven't helped matters; nor has the fact that the Glovers have used 60 players during the course of the calendar year to date.
The former Dundee United man's dismissal is symptomatic of the problems facing Yeovil who - after celebrating promotion to the Championship for the first time ever over 1,000 days ago - are currently staring the possibility of a third straight relegation in the face.
Another demotion would result in the club losing the league status that it fought so hard to win during the 2002-03 season, and a relegation into a Vanarama National League which is a very different beast to the one that won promotion from.
