It certainly wasn't a bad run for a spell that lasted just three and a half years. In that time, Manchester City signed Yaya Toure, David Silva, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero, Aleksandar Kolarov, James Milner, Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Toure, Gael Clichy and Samir Nasri.
Not every buy came right, of course, and the budget was almost too good to be true, but in his brief spell as director of football, Brian Marwood as good as built a title-winning team.
And then, in October 2012, along came Txiki Begiristain, and Marwood was relegated to Manchester City's margins. Managing director, City Football Services, is his title now.