In the 1974–75 season, The Tanners were national news with an FA Cup run that saw them beat Isthmian League rivals Bishops Stortford (First round), League side Colchester United (Second round), and 3rd Division Brighton, managed by Peter Taylor (Third round). In the Fourth round they were drawn against 1st Division Leicester City at home. It remains the furthest the club has ever reached in the competition. With the game switched to Filbert Street, at the request of Tanners management, the BBC's Match of the Day and over 32,000 people saw a dramatic match, in which the Tanners went two goals up, and then saw a Chris Kelly goalbound shot that would have made it 3–0 cleared off the line. Leicester City's fitness and class eventually told as the top team fought back to win 3–2 in the second half.