As he prepares to face Coventry City at Wembley in the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final tomorrow, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu stands on the verge of history.
The Luton Town midfielder could become the first player ever to go from Non-League football to the Premier League with the same club, should the Hatters be successful at the national stadium.
The 29-year-old signed from West Ham United, initially on loan, midway through the 2013-14 Conference title-winning campaign under John Still, and he has added two more back-to-back promotions since to reach the Championship in over nine-and-a-half years.
The Hendon-born DR Congo international hopes his 370th appearance for the Town will write his name forever into the history books, saying with a trademark smile: "Yeah, not a lot of people do it...well, I don't think anybody has done it yet...so it would be a first!"
Watch and listen to the full pre-match Press conference in which he was reunited with the man who signed him, John Still, and talks about how he is looking forward to his first visit to a stadium he could see from his garden as a Hendon schoolboy!
Good luck Pelly!
What a moment. 🥰@PellyRuddock reunited with the man who bought him to Kenilworth Road!#COYH pic.twitter.com/JwI4UzBHxM
— Luton Town FC (@LutonTown) May 23, 2023