Kidderminster Harriers pulled off a award-winning double in December, with Steve Burr and Jamille Matt winning the Manager and Player of the Month gongs.
When Ian Bogie was axed as Gateshead manager on Monday, seven-and-a-half months had passed since we last saw a managerial sacking in the Blue Square Bet Premier.
It was appropriate for Wayne Hatswell to announce he was hanging up his boots on FA Cup first round weekend, exactly 12 years after his name first came to prominence on Match of the Day.