The National League side were punished for failing to meet fixture obligations during February and played no further part in the 2020- 21 campaign after their results were expunged.
Bailey, who made more than 520 first team appearances for the Almonds over 17 seasons, and had been in charge for four years, cited work and family commitments.
Danny Wright has drawn comparisons between the 2015 National League champions Cheltenham Town and Torquay United as he bids for a second top-flight promotion.
Johnson, 65 and gunning for his seventh promotion as a manager, even joked it’s about time he shared his salary with striker Wright after his two goals helped the Gulls on their way.
The German manager threw himself into the deep end at Ebbsfleet United last June in the toughest of circumstances, but impressed before the National League South season ended early.
Striker Robinson is the all-time leading scorer in the National League South thanks to goal-laden stints with the Hawks, Hemel Hempstead and Billericay Town, who he has left this summer.
In the latest in our series, we pick the brains of serial promotion winner Rob Smith, the man who guided Willenhall Town, AFC Telford United and Hednesford Town to higher levels, alongside trusty assistant Larry Chambers
Bower is looking forward to a line being drawn under the whole saga ahead of the new season after the club, like many others, opted to stop playing last season because of finances and player welfare concerns.
Postponements, Covid-19 outbreaks and a protracted wrangle over the termination of the football at Step 2 meant Penn’s side had played just 15 matches by the time the National North campaign was finally voided in February.
The 24-year-old former Wealdstone and Maidenhead United left back has signed for joint-bosses Neil Baker and Jon Underwood after moving on from Bath City because of the travelling.
The Torquay manager spent nearly five seasons in charge of the Robins taking them from League Two to the 2008 Championship play-off final, where they lost at Wembley to Hull City.
The former Concord Rangers and Stevenage striker has re-signed for the National League South outfit after a spell at Cressing Road last season before the campaign was cancelled.
Formed in 2014 by current chairman Kevin Oakes and a group of friends as a Sunday club, they entered Saturday football two years later and began climbing the pyramid from the Kent Country League’s Division Three West.