1975–76, Tooting went three steps further reaching the fourth round proper, the last 32. They beat Romford 1–0 in the first round proper and Leatherhead 2–1 after a replay in the second. In the third round they triumphed over Football League opposition defeating Swindon Town of Football League Division 3. After a 2–2 draw at Swindon (Tooting's goalscorers were Nicky Glover and Derek Casey), Tooting won 2–1 at Sandy Lane with goals from Dave Juneman and Alan Ives. On 24 January 1976, the team and its supporters made the long journey to Bradford City of Football League Division 4. Although they did get on the scoresheet through Dave Juneman, they lost 3–1. After the game, Bradford City's Don Hutchins, who scored two of his side's goals, said he thought ‘the game was tougher than Rotherham and Shrewsbury’ (Bradford's Football League opponents in the previous two rounds). ‘Tooting put up a good fight.’ This proved to be the club's high point although the team went on to reach the second round proper in 1976–77 losing away at Kettering 1–0 and the first round proper in 1977–78 losing 2–1 at home to Northampton Town of Football League Division 4. In 2000–01 Keith Boanas led the club to the Isthmian League Second Division title, before leaving to manage Charlton Athletic Ladies. In the Isthmian League First Division, the club were managed by Richard Cadette, whose lengthy list of former clubs include Falkirk, Millwall and Brentford. The team played a very consistent first half of the 2005–06 season but injuries and the loss of star player Gavin Grant to Gillingham saw the team lose some of their cutting edge and start to falter. At the end of this season Cadette was sacked as the team once again failed to gain promotion following defeat in the playoff semi-finals to Tonbridge Angels. Former player Billy Smith was appointed as manager for the start of the 2006–07 season, in which the club won the Surrey Senior Cup and London Senior Cup. In May 2008, the club secured promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division by defeating Cray Wanderers 1–0 at Imperial Fields. In the 2009–10 season they reached the first round of the FA Cup where they played in front of over 3,000 people against Stockport County although they were beaten 5–0. Despite an encouraging season the board announced that the club required a 40% cut in