Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley haven't been on the touchline at Salford City since April 2018.

Since their journey with the Ammies came to an end they have been Chester FC managers for the past 16 months and have had a full season under their belt with the Blues. For them, their time with the 'Class of 92' was finished when they walked out of the Peninsula Stadium and into the Deva Stadium, just another chapter in what has been a successful story over the past 10 years.

While Johnson and Morley may have walked away the gaze of the media remained on Salford, but that tends to happen when you are owned by the likes of Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs and, more recently, David Beckham.

The Ammies, promoted to the Football League at the end of last season via the play-offs under Graham Alexander, are back in the spotlight once again as the latest instalment of the documentary that has charted the rise of the club since the former Manchester United players first got involved aired for its latest run on Sky.

Johnson and Morley, who achieved two promotions with Salford during their time there only to part ways a matter of days after sealing the National League North title, became stars of the small screen while in the Ammies dugout.

A picture was painted, one not really reflective of the duo having worked with them since their arrival at Chester, but when video editing comes into play and narrative must be wheeled out, it's very easy to be deceived.

Chester managers Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley

The managers have enjoyed a strong start to this season at Chester, sitting fifth after five games and yet to be beaten. Salford has been a long way from their minds for some time, although the new series airing was no shock, it was something that they contributed to some months ago, not something that was done with great relish either. Morley himself admitted that he had only seen 10 minutes of the new series and had no plans to watch any longer.

The latest series hit the small screen a couple of weeks ago, charting the National League North success and, what had seemed from the outside looking in at the time, the surprising end of the road for Johnson and Morley as the 'Class of 92' changed tack and brought in Alexander.

And while no bitterness remains the managers are keen now to move on and let the past be the past, the only focus now is on Chester and adding more success to their CV.

Johnson said: "The only reason it was difficult was that it was 18 months ago, it was finished as far as we were concerned. We knew there was another series to come out but it brought stuff back up, and I'm not saying this to curry favour with Chester fans, we are now Chester managers.

"I know people are probably getting sick and tired of people asking questions to me and Bern on social media about those times. We try to be honest, whether it be in interviews or on social media, but it drags up old stuff.

Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson celebrate on the pitch after winning the National League North title in 2018

"I'd like to think we'd come across as honest, people with integrity, people who've tried to do things the right way. There are a few myths on there that really did set me back a little bit if I am honest with you. There were one or two little agendas on there in terms of 'in free fall when you are top of the league', I've never heard that one before, it's a new one on me, perhaps I need to look up what that means.

"Then there was stuff about not being fit enough, we came back in 18 games to win games. Then there's 'we trained once a week', some absolute belters on there.

"But it's done, it's dusted and I'll be honest, I'm glad it's over. We're well into our next chapter of our careers but it was part of the past, a successful past, and we move on."

Chester's 4-0 win over Gloucester City at the weekend maintained what has been a good start to the campaign, a campaign that the bosses want to see end in a return to the National League for the Blues.

And Johnson is thankful that the Blues have started well and acknowledges that their association with Salford on the small screen was something that would have been less well received had the first five games not gone according to plan.

Chester joint-managers Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley

He said: "A lot of those interviews had been done six months ago so to be part of them moving forward we had to do exit interviews (for the TV show). But that's part and parcel of it, we have no bitterness or envy or issues with anyone in Salford.

"We are in a new job and what we didn't want was people to think we didn't have our eye on the ball here and then that coming out on TV. Can you imagine if we had not had a good start and that came out! People would have used that against us, so thankfully we've had a good start to the season at Chester, that's come out and people have got their opinion, but people have had their opinion of me and Bernard for the last 10 years so that doesn't change, it's been like that since God knows when.

"But it's done, if they want to come down here and film us at Chester and pay us loads of money then we'll do another series here."