Torquay United brought their Vanarama National League South title winning campaign to a close with a 4-0 win over St Albans City, bringing the curtain down on a season which proved to a tale of Garys.
Firstly there was Gary Owers, the manager who was unable to prevent the Gulls' slide into regional non-league football for the first time since the 1926-27 season in the disappointing 2017-18 campaign, and then there was Gary Johnson, the serial promotion winner whose CV included three promotions with Yeovil Town, one with Bristol City and a National League title won as recently as 2016 with Cheltenham Town - who dismissed him four games into the 2018-19 campaign.
Whilst United may have been 14th in the table at time of Owers' dismissal, they were only three points off seventh place - the league's final play-off spot - but ten points behind the then leaders Woking.
So impressive has been the Gulls' turnaround since that they finished the campaign ten points clear of the Cards, with a club record points haul of 88 to boot to secure a first ever league title.
The squad that Johnson inherited from Owers featured several players who played a key role in the Gulls' success in 2018-19.
These included leading scorer Jamie Reid, skipper Asa Hall, goalkeeper Shaun MacDonald and centre back Kyle Cameron - the latter two both hail from the North East, like Owers, and were brought to Plainmoor by virtue of his contacts in a region which is well known for being a footballing 'hotbed'.
Owers was also responsible for the initial loan signings of Jake Andrews and Opi Edwards from Bristol City - a link that continued under Johnson - and was also strengthened through his son, Lee being the occupant of the managerial hot seat at Ashton Gate - with the signings of Connor Lemonheigh-Evans and Saikou Janneh.
In fact Johnson has only added five new faces to the Gulls' ranks since taking over. In addition to the loan acquisitions of Lemonheigh-Evans and Janneh, Jamie Sendles-White and Kalvin Kalala both signed permanently - the latter followed Johnson to Plainmoor from Cheltenham, and midfielder Frank Vincent also arrived on loan from AFC Bournemouth.
Kalala, a Parisian wide player who looks comfortable on either flank, has the potential to have a very good career and has found the back of the net ten times in all competitions, including a brace against St Albans; the first of which proved to be the fastest in the club's history at 10 seconds- beating the record set by Jordan Chapell against Portsmouth in October 2013.
Frenchman Kalala is the fourth United to hit double figures as they scored a club record 109 goals in all competitions. His name stand alongside Reid (32), Janneh (18) and Andrews (12).
What is most remarkable about Reid's haul of 32 goals is that he had only found the back of the net once at the time Johnson was appointed as Gulls' manager.
Parallels can be drawn between Reid's prolificacy in front of goal and that of former Yeovil Town striker Paddy Madden. Irish striker Madden had only scored twice in 32 appearances for Carlisle United, but after signing for Johnson at Yeovil - firstly on loan, and then permanently - found the back of the net 24 times as the Glovers won promotion to the Championship.
Next season will see Johnson reacquainted with the Glovers, after they were relegated from the Football League - 16 years after he had ended their 108-year wait for league football by guided them to the Nationwide Conference title.
While it will be a long time before the 2019-20 National League fixtures come out, but it would be a big surprise if the Gulls didn't meet the Glovers at Huish Park and Plainmoor, or vice versa, on either Boxing Day or New Year's Day.
