AN ecstatic Dennis Wise, with four-year-old son Henry sat upon his knee, has now set his sights firmly on Millwall causing one of the biggest FA Cup shocks of all time.

Wise's first major honour as a professional footballer was helping Wimbledon to an unlikely final success over Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool in 1988.

And now the 37 year-old, in his first managerial role, believes First Division Millwall have an even bigger task on their hands in trying to edge past Manchester United on May 22 after overcoming Sunderland in yesterday's semi-final.

United are the only team to have beaten Wise, who has three winner's medals, in an FA Cup final.

He said: "We are underdogs by I don't know how much.

"We may have been underdogs for the match with Sunderland and we certainly are for this one.

"Beating Manchester United would be a bigger shock than Wimbledon beating Liverpool, of course it would be.

"Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the top ones isn't he? He's been tremendous for a number of years. He's a fantastic manager and he knows what he wants."

Wise joked it would be interesting to see Theo Paphitis honour his word of streaking in Trafalgar Square after reaching the final because the Millwall chairman only has a 'little winkie'.

But the former Chelsea midfielder paid tribute to the Lions supremo before asking for funds to strengthen his squad.

And Wise admitted that guiding Millwall to the Cardiff showpiece ranks alongside everything he has ever won in the past as a player.

"This is fantastic for me. It's up there with everything I've done because I'm a player-manager," he said.

"I've enjoyed the players believing they could get there. We had nice draws along the way and I'm pleased for them.

"I'm also pleased for Theo because he took over six years ago and has given a lot.

"When I asked him to pay money for (Danny) Dichio he did and I'm pleased for him because he deserves it.

"The Cup is going to get us a few bob and hopefully I'll get a bit of it to get a few more players in.

"I never thought this would happen. Never in a million years.

"I took over initially for four games, that was not my decision. I won three and lost one.

"He then asked me to do it for good.

"I did it for four months and I decided to do it on a permanent basis.

"I've got a great bunch of lads. They're honest and I have a lot of talent here as well."

In a bruising game Wise was left needing stitches in his knee following a crunching tackle by Sunderland midfielder Paul Thirlwell in the second half.

Millwall also lost Paul Ifill and Kevin Muscat through injury and that could hamper their promotion bid as they sit in the play-off zone along with the Black Cats.

Wise said: "Our main aim is promotion.

"The Cup came along, we have enjoyed it but our main aim is the league.

"We are sitting in fifth and our main aim is the play-offs.

"I don't want this to take over. It's out of the way now and we can fully concentrate on the league. Playing in Europe is next season; we want to win promotion first."

Wise could be seen shaking Jason McAteer's hand as the Irishman trudged off the pitch after being shown the red card yesterday.

Wise explained: "I was going to swap shirts with Jason and just thought he was unlucky to be sent off. I haven't see Jason so I haven't had the chance to talk to him..

"Sunderland knew what they were doing throughout the game and we had to work hard."