noted for his ability to "poach" a goal out of nothing. After these cup runs further progress was made in the league when the club joined the Isthmian League for the start of the 1972–73 season. In the 1974–75 season, The Tanners made national headlines with an FA Cup run that saw them beat Isthmian League rivals Bishops Stortford (First round) and Football League Third Division sides Colchester United (Second round) and Brighton & Hove Albion, managed by Peter Taylor (Third round). In the Fourth round they were drawn at home to First Division Leicester City. It remains the furthest the club has ever reached in the competition. With the game switched to Leicester's Filbert Street at the request of Leatherhead's management, the BBC's Match of the Day cameras and over 32,000 people saw a dramatic match in which Leatherhead went 2–0 up and then saw a goalbound Chris Kelly shot that would have made it 3–0 cleared off the line. Leicester's fitness and class eventually told as they fought back to win 3–2 in the second half. Kelly was the star player of the side, earning the nickname "The Leatherhead Lip" for his readiness to talk up the team. At the height of the team's success, Kelly appeared on national television, including Match of the Day, Nationwide and Tomorrow's World. Later in the year, his name featured in the BBC sitcom Porridge, on the back page of a copy of The Sun being read by Fletcher. The following year another budding FA Cup run saw Leatherhead beat Cambridge United, managed by Ron Atkinson. In 1978, the side reached the final of the FA Trophy, played at Wembley, only to lose 3–1 to Altrincham. 1980s and beyond The Tanners also reached the FA Cup first round in 1980 but lost 5–1 to Exeter City. Three seasons later though the club struggled in the league and was relegated to Division One in the 1982–83 season, and further relegation followed at the end of the 1989–90 season when they were relegated to division two south. Seven seasons later the club finished as Runners-up in Division Two and gained promotion to Division One at the end of the 1996–97 season. However the club could only stay four seasons in Division One before being relegated to Division Two at the end of the 2000–01 season. A season later, upon the league reorganisation, they were