“When does it feel like you've arrived? I don't know because who knows if we have arrived yet and I feel like we might win the FA Cup one day.”
Those are the words of George Desmond Kamurasi – better known as ‘Big G’ – who plays for south-east London-based non-League club, SE Dons.
The ninth-tier side, who are in action on Saturday in the fourth round qualifying, have been on some journey, having made their debut in the Emirates FA Cup this season.
Founded by owner Don Strapzy, the club were formed in 2014 and Big G, who has a large following on social media, is SE Dons’ captain and goalkeeper.
“I feel like being the captain of this football club is the greatest honour, barring being a husband and a father, because I'm playing for the team I support,” said Big G.
“I was playing non-League football while SE Dons was a grassroots club and I was saying, we need to get SE Dons in the FA Cup because I could see the growth of the club in terms of how big our support base was.
“However, knowing that we could enter into the non-League pyramid and then get that consistency, the promotion, the title races, all of those things, that would then take people on the journey with us.
“So, when I see us in the FA Cup now, call me crazy, but why can't SE Dons Football Club win the FA Cup one day?
“Have you not seen the stories of how Manchester United was started with the railway workers? You get the opportunity to see the first football club, starting from grassroots football, where you can see the so-called railway workers, the grafters, who are now on this journey.
“And I might not be alive to see it, but I want you to remember that SE Dons might do it one day.”
KING SPIRIT 🇺🇬 👑 Maybe one day the skipper @big_gkam will tell his story, but actions speak louder than words. Behind the scenes we know how emotional these last few weeks has been for G, & once again he lead us into a battle everyone thought we would lose 🗣️ Again, we dedicate this victory to the late King Oyo & people of Tooro Kingdom Uganda 🇺🇬
— MIGHTY SE DØNS (@sedonsfc) September 21, 2026
The club initially began as a Sunday League team in the Orpington and Bromley District Sunday League.
Ten years later, after building a steady stream of success on the pitch including some good runs in the FA Sunday Cup alongside building a large following off the pitch, the club progressed to take their first steps into the world of non-League football in 2024-25 following a merger with Forest Hill Park.
“Normally when a player stops playing for a club, that's it, they're sold on and leave in professional football,” he said. “However, in non-League that can be as quick as a week, two weeks, six weeks.
“In grassroots football, you normally don't get released unless you basically move out of the area.
“With the Dons, we've built this family club DNA and once you're part of this journey, you stay on this journey with us. You'll see former players who used to be with us who still attend games and you'll see them in Punters Row, which is like our version of the Stretford End.
“It's a family club, and that goes from the people involved in running the club to the people in Punters Row. You’ll see fathers and sons, you’ll see mothers and daughters, you’ll see relationships.”
And this weekend, the club – who are now just a game away from reaching the first round proper of the competition – travel to Sholing.
“I've seen that maybe only three or four clubs have only potentially gone from Step 5 been able to reach round one,” he continued. “It's an exclusive group but that's my aim for the club.
“Round by round, keep building that belief in the football club, keep building that belief within the supporters and giving them a journey to remember.
“There's a feeling of fulfilment when we give the supporters at home that feeling that they can see where we've come from and who we are as people and that they're part of this journey too.
“So, when we're successful, they're successful. When we walk, they walk alongside us.”
