When Jason Puncheon steps out at Wembley Stadium for Sunday's FA Cup semifinal with Watford, he will be fulfilling a lifelong ambition as a Crystal Palace supporter in front of 35 relatives who share his passion for the club.
The forward is expected to start Sunday's fixture, despite having only recently returned from the hamstring injury that has kept him from much of Palace's Cup run, including the fifth-round victory at Tottenham which he watched while sat among the away fans.
It may be no coincidence that Palace's improving form began with his return to fitness in the 2-2 draw at West Ham. He scored the only goal earlier this month when they defeated Norwich to earn their first league win of 2016, celebrating with unusually raw emotion, and he is determined to seize what he expects will be his only chance to reach an FA Cup final.
"I'm not saying the other players didn't feel the same way, but this is my area," said Puncheon, 29, whose childhood hero was club favourite Ian Wright.
"This is where I grew up and I know everybody around here. To walk to a local shop there is always somebody you know, you feel their pressure. You want the team to do well.
"This is home for me. It couldn't be better for for me. Because we lived on Clifton Road [one down from Selhurst Park], I used to go shopping with my mum at Sainsbury's but it used to be closed on matchdays so we went on Fridays or Sundays instead. I have grown up with that.
"My mum used to work at the club and we used to live nearby. Every other Saturday we used to put the cones outside our house so no one could park there.
"She has always dreamed of seeing me play at Wembley, so it's a big day for her as well as the club.
"All 35 of [my family] will be be at Wembley on Sunday. We have a big family with cousins... there will be a lot of them there."
Although his roots are so close to Selhurst Park, Puncheon's opportunity to play for Palace only came in 2013, when he joined a side then managed by Ian Holloway on loan from Southampton, having briefly been on the club's books aged eight.
The Watford fixture also represents a chance for his present manager Alan Pardew to reach the third final of his career, but given the previous two came in 1990 and 2006, he can remind Puncheon how rare an opportunity Sunday presents.
"I started for Palace when I was 8 and was one of the ball boys," said Puncheon, whose team-mates Yannick Bolasie, Scott Dann, Joel Ward and Joe Ledley have been passed fit after missing Wednesday's 2-0 defeat at Manchester United.
"I left just before secondary school -- at about 10 or 11 -- and went to Chelsea. It was too hard then for my mum to get me back and forth so I went to Wimbledon.
"Obviously I'm older now and you do cherish these moments. I am 30 in the summer and you don't know when these chances will come around again. It really is a once in a lifetime chance and you have to grasp it."