A slice of football history was made earlier this month when AFC Wimbledon returned to their spiritual home on Plough Lane after nearly three decades in which the club fought against all odds but somehow managed to survive in Phoenix-like fashion.
Some might argue that a small League One club moving to a new stadium is not particularly significant. But the Wimbledon story is something special.
It is a fascinating tale of betrayal, determination and guts and a classic example of how supporters at the smaller clubs are the heartbeat and soul of English football.
Just what the new 9,000 capacity stadium built just down the road from the former ground means to the club is reflected on its website which proudly announces: "We are Back, We are Home, We are Wimbledon."
Manager Glyn Hodges was a member of the original "Crazy Gang" team which was so successful back in the 1980s.
Concerning the new stadium, he pointed out: "It is the fans who have made it all possible."
At the first game at the new ground on Nov 3, Wimbledon drew 2-2 with Doncaster Rovers. Unfortunately the squad has since been hit by the coronavirus and have been unable to play.
To fully appreciate what the club has achieved requires a dip into recent history.
AFC Wimbledon emerged from the ruins of the original Wimbledon FC which expired in 2002, only to be reincarnated in 2003 as the Milton Keynes Dons.
It was a rare example in English football of an American-style franchise in which a team moves to a totally different location, abandoning the original fans.
The owners claimed they had to make the move to keep the club in business. But embattled fans did not fancy a two-hour journey to Milton Keynes 90km away to watch their home team.
Supporters met in the Grapes and Foxes pub and founded their own club, AFC Wimbledon, vowing to make their club a viable force again. Few gave them any chance.
Like the original Wimbledon FC a century before, AFC Wimbledon, nicknamed the Dons or Wombles, held trials on Wimbledon Common.
In 2002, they entered the lowly Combined Counties League and although they lost their first match, attracted an encouraging crowd of more than 4,000.
The young club raced through the ranks of the football pyramid, clinching promotion four times in seven seasons to reach the Conference in 2008.
The first part of their dream came true in 2011 when they won promotion to League Two. They were back in the Football League.
Even better, in 2017 they were promoted to League One and are currently in a respectable 11th place.
For many years AFC Wimbledon had been ground-sharing with Kingstonian at the Kingsmeadow Stadium.
This season home games were played at QPR's Loftus Road until this month's move to the new Plough Lane.
The original Wimbledon were first elected to the Football League in 1977 after having regularly won the Southern League.
They began in the old Fourth Division and after a while began to move through the divisions with Dave Bassett at the helm. During that time, the players had to wash their own kit.
In 1986, they amazingly won promotion to the top flight, the old Division One.
Everyone thought these upstarts would be immediately relegated from the top division.
Instead, to the astonishment of all pundits they finished in sixth place. However, they had to leave their tiny Plough Lane ground in 1991 and went on to share Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace for the next dozen years.
For 14 seasons, Wimbledon defied all odds by staying in the top flight.
They survived the introduction of the Premier League in 1992, despite woefully small crowds.
Every year they were tipped for relegation and every year they survived. In fact they finished in the top 10 in seven seasons and came sixth for the second time in 1994.
They finally suffered the drop in 2000.
Noted for their physical style of play and use of the long ball, they were admittedly not the prettiest team to watch.
In 1988, manager Bobby Gould attributed the team's success to "goalkeepers kicking the ball 90 yards and a 6ft 2in bloke to head it in."
The team, mostly misfits from other clubs, were no softies with players like big John Fashanu and Vinnie Jones.
They were known for really loud music in their dressing room before the match and were dubbed "The Crazy Gang."
Under Gould, they also achieved one of the biggest-ever shocks in English football when they beat mighty Liverpool 1-0 in the 1988 FA Cup final.
At the final whistle, BBC commentator John Motson blurted out: "The Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club."
Wimbledon's Alan Cork claimed the team had spent the night before the final drinking in a pub.
Current manager Hodges would love to see his players replicate the achievements of the Crazy Gang.
Perhaps more realistically, the immediate goal is to ensure survival in League One. But at least now they have a permanent home.