Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu was born and raised within sight of the Wembley arch, and it has taken him the best part of three decades to get through the doors of the iconic stadium.
But if Luton Town beat Coventry in the Championship play-off final it will complete more than one incredible journey.
From Hendon to Wembley via Boreham Wood on £25 a game, and a couple of years at West Ham before the move to Kenilworth Road. And from non-League to the Premier League with the same club in nine years, a feat no one has ever achieved.