This may be a new beginning at Chester, a fresh start and a project that would be more satisfying should it come off for them than anything they have achieved before, but Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley, the joint-managers at the Deva Stadium, know there is an interest in their past.
'Is this going to be about Salford?', Johnson, known as Johnno, asks as we meet in the manager's office before this fixture with Guiseley - but there is old ground to cover.
The two managers had recorded their third promotion in four seasons when they quit Salford City last May after winning the National League North. A new contract couldn't be agreed but both felt their time under owner Peter Lim and Manchester United's 'Class of 92' had come to a natural end. 'It was time to move on,' Morley adds.
Chester managers Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson are relishing their fresh challenge
Bradley Jackson swings the ball in for Chester during their 1-1 draw with Guiseley
It is only now that they can fully appreciate how demanding the whole experience was. Asked whether the BBC's documentary on Salford – Class of 92: Out of Their League – and the involvement of co-owners such as Gary Neville put an unfair spotlight on them, Johnson nods and replies: 'Yes'.
'The pressure that we were under for the last three and a half years was unbelievable,' he adds. 'From minute one you realise that, "oh, right, this is what it's about".
'You've got Paul Scholes, Phil Neville, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs stood over your shoulder. You're in the limelight. You're on BBC at prime time, there were cameras in our homes, speaking to our wives and kids and our mothers.
'No one trains you for any of that. There's no training. We don't have PAs. There aren't people who come round and say "don't say this, you can't say that".
'I'm not saying there are any bad bits in the programme, but because of the type of characters we are, we provoke opinion so people come away and think "a couple of d**kheads… a couple of aggressive bullies".
'Honestly, I believe hand on heart we've never fallen out with anybody who still holds anything against us. Once we have a row or disagreement it's finished.'
Chester boss Johnson highlighted that money is tight at the National League North club
Morley suggested that he and Johnson found themselves in a 'lose, lose' scenario at Salford
All of that was without, as Morley says, being in a 'lose, lose' scenario because of the hefty budget that was at their disposal.
'If we won leagues it's because we had money and if we didn't succeed it's because we're clueless,' he adds.
At Chester, in the National League North - the league
