It is lucky Whitehawk chairman Jim Collins is a patient man as he has had to wait a decade to be reunited with The FA Cup.
But on Saturday reunited with The FA Cup he shall be.
His side host Chelmsford City on Saturday in the Third Qualifying Round tie - and they play host to another extra special guest in the familiar shape of the famous trophy.
Whitehawk v Chelmsford City
FA Cup
Third Round Qualifying
3pm, Saturday 11 October
The Enclosed Ground, Whitehawk
Collins is excited at the prospect of getting his photo taken with the iconic piece of silverware once again, which might prove that while he may have aged over the past ten years, the lure and prestige of the competition has not.
“We have the Cup coming to the match on Saturday and we are all delighted and excited about that.
"We have told all our fans they can come down and get their photo taken with it and we have told Chelmsford to inform their fans too,” Collins revealed.
“We have our club photographer on duty to take pictures for anyone that wants to come down. We hope it will add something extra to the day.
“It's certainly something different for the club to do, I am still wondering if The Cup will arrive with its own security guard to look after it, or maybe via helicopter?
“I haven't seen it for about ten years. I was at Plumpton race course for a day out with a group of fans and for some reason they had the trophy there on display.
“We were all grown men but we all got excited and had our pictures taken with it and I imagine that will be the same again at the weekend for me and hopefully a lot of other people.”
Collins came to the Conference South club's rescue in the summer when their recent success meant a huge increase in workload for the volunteers helping to run the club.
“Weekends like this one coming up are why you do it. The FA Cup is a national institution.”
Jim Collins Whitehawk chairman
During the 1990s Collins was chairman at Burgess Hill FC for eight years and when Whitehawk approached him in the summer he jumped at the chance to get back into football and another crack at the FA Cup.
“I have always loved football,” Collins said. “I especially love amateur and semi-professional football and only stopped being involved previously because of work commitments.
“The two CEOs that were here were doing a great job but there was so much to do because the club had shot up the leagues in a short space of time.
“I came in to help and am really enjoying. Weekends like this one coming up are why you do it. The FA Cup is a national institution.”
