Tyrick Mitchell casts his eye over the pitches he grew up playing on. Competing with AFC Wembley until the age of 12, the young left-back could only dream of becoming a top-flight footballer.
Now, nearly a decade later, Mitchell has 10 Premier League appearances to his name, the support of a former England manager and experience with some of the top-flight's finest footballers.
To say it's been a journey would be understating, but Mitchell's move into the public eye has been swift and sudden. Supporters may not know the full story behind his path to professional football, and so Palace TV took the talented defender back to where it all began to find out every detail first hand.