In the 1970s it was Tony Waiters, Dave Smith in the 1980s, Neil Warnock in the 1990s, Paul Sturrock in the noughties and now Derek Adams becomes the promotion winning Plymouth Argyle manager of the present decade.
After missing out in the League Two Play-off final last season against AFC Wimbledon, the Pilgrims clinched automatic promotion in style with a 6-1 win over relegation threatened Newport County.
What makes Adams' achievement seem even more remarkable is that Argyle's success was achieved with virtually a brand new squad with only skipper Luke McCormick, vice captain Gary Sawyer, midfield maestro Graham Carey and Jake Jervis remaining from the Pilgrims' class of 2016.
With three games to go, Argyle are only three points behind leaders Doncaster Rovers, managed - of course - by Adams' childhood friend Darren Ferguson (Adams' father, George, was the first player to be signed Sir Alex Ferguson at his first club East Stirlingshire - Darren's famous dad - and also served under him as a youth coach at Aberdeen).
The last time Argyle won promotion from this level in 2002 under Sturrock, who was part of Ferguson senior's Scotland squad at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, they won promotion to the Championship two years later. It wouldn't be too big a surprise if they enjoyed a similar descent back to the second tier of English football this time around.
