Wimbledon in their "Crazy Gang" days famously won The FA Cup when the club had only been in the League for eleven years.

Their shock 1-0 defeat of Liverpool, recently crowned League Champions, in 1988 came just five years after they had played in the old Division Four.

Wycombe Wanderers, who have reached the semi-finals of this season's Carling Cup and held Chelsea to a draw in last night's first leg, were playing in the Conference only 14 years ago.

Almost all of Wycombe's 120-year history has been in non-League. The club moved to Loakes Park, with its pitch sloping from side to side, in 1901 and 30 years later they won The FA Amateur Cup, defeating Hayes by the only goal at Highbury. They were back in the Final in 1957, losing 3-1 to Bishop Auckland in front of a 90,000 crowd at Wembley.

More recently, and now based at Adams Park, Wycombe made their mark on The FA Trophy. Sides managed by Martin O'Neill were Wembley winners in 1991 and 1993, and the attendance of 34,824 in '91 remains a record for the competition.

O'Neill took the Chairboys up into Division Three from the Conference in 1993. Since then they have been promoted once, relegated once, and have reached The FA Cup semis in 2001 under Lawrie Sanchez.

Now a club that was playing in the Isthmian League in the 1980s has won at Premiership Fulham and Charlton to make it through to the last four of a major competition. Not quite "doing a Wimbledon" - but close.