Tooting & Mitcham United

 

Year  Event
1932 Tooting Town & Mitcham Wanderers amalgamated to become Tooting & Mitcham, playing in the London League.
1935 “United” was added to the name Tooting & Mitcham.
1937 The club was elected to the Athenian League.
1938 Tooting & Mitcham United won their first major honour, the Surrey Senior Cup.
1940 The club won the South Eastern Combination League, a wartime competition introduced that year.
1943 The London Senior Cup was won for the first time, alongside a second South Eastern Combination League title.
1944 The South Eastern Combination League was won for the third time, and the Surrey Senior Cup was lifted for the second time.
1948 The FA Cup First Round Proper was reached for the first time, ending in a narrow defeat at Millwall.
1949 A white ball was used in an official match for the first time against Bromley in the Athenian League, which was televised by the BBC. The London Senior Cup was won for the second time as Amateur Cup winners Bromley were defeated in the final.
1950 The Athenian League was won for the first time. New dressing rooms were opened by Sir Stanley Rous CBE. Brighton & Hove Albion were hosted in the First Round Proper of the FA Cup, where the club lost 2-3. John “Jack” Beard, instrumental in the purchase of Sandy Lane, passed away.
1954 Paddy Hasty signed for the club; he became one of the most famous players to represent Tooting & Mitcham United.
1955 John Harlow became the club’s first Amateur International. Tooting won the Athenian League title for the second time in history.
1956 The club joined the Isthmian League. The FA Cup Second Round Proper was reached for the first time when Queens Park Rangers won 2-0 at Sandy Lane before a crowd of over 12,000.
1958 The club was crowned Isthmian League champions for the first time. Dave Moore, the club’s brilliant goalkeeper who played a major part in the season’s triumph, was tragically killed in a car crash at the end of the season. Football League clubs Bournemouth and Northampton Town were beaten in the FA Cup Proper stages.
1959 Nottingham Forest visited Sandy Lane in the Third Round Proper of the FA Cup, marking the first time the club reached this stage of the competition. The match ended in a 2-2 draw after Tooting led 2-0 at half-time. The club achieved national fame but lost the replay to the eventual cup winners. They also reached the London Challenge Cup Final, losing to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
1960 The club became Isthmian League champions for the second time. The London Senior and Surrey Senior Cups were also won.
1962 The club’s brand-new floodlights were officially switched on during a match against an experienced Arsenal side. The game was won 4-2.
1963 The club achieved a record 11-0 win against Welton Rovers in the FA Amateur Cup. Local goalkeeper Alex Stepney turned professional with Millwall, later joined Manchester United, won the European Cup, and earned a full England cap.
1964 Micky Browning and John Robertson were both selected to play for the England Amateur Team against Scotland. Browning scored the only goal of the game.
1973 Dave Juneman scored 42 consecutive penalties, receiving a mention on ITV’s “Big Match” programme. Alan Ives and Dave Cobb played for the England Amateur International team against Greece.
1974 The club was drawn at home to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup First Round Proper and took a first-minute lead through Steve Grubb, but ultimately lost 2-1.
1975 A record Isthmian League victory was achieved with a 9-0 win against Clapton.
1976 Swindon Town were defeated 2-1 in a Third Round FA Cup replay at Sandy Lane, before the club exited in the fourth round away to Bradford City. Later that year, during the following season, they reached the FA Cup Second Round Proper.
1977 Northampton Town defeated the club at Sandy Lane in the FA Cup First Round Proper.
1978 The Surrey Senior Cup was won for the third consecutive year, which was the first time this had been achieved in the competition’s history.
1989 The club was relegated for the first time in its history.
1993 The Full Members Cup was won, securing the club’s first trophy in 15 seasons.
1997 The club suffered relegation from Isthmian League Division One.
2001 The club became Isthmian League Division Two champions.
2002 The final league game was played at the old Sandy Lane home against Wealdstone.
2002 The first game at the new Imperial Fields home was played against Chelsea.
2004 John Hastings scored 6 goals in an 8-3 league win over Ashford Town (Kent).
2006 Former player Billy Smith was named First Team Manager, with George Wakeling as his assistant, forming one of the most successful partnerships in non-league football.
2007 The Terrors lifted the London Senior and Surrey Senior Cups, later losing in the Play-Off Final against Hastings United.
2008 The club were crowned Isthmian League Division One South Play-off winners. Michail Antonio, who rose through the Tooting & Mitcham youth ranks, signed for Reading and went on to play in the Premier League for West Ham United.
2009 The club reached the FA Cup First Round Proper for the first time since 1977, losing 5-0 at Stockport County.
2012 The club suffered relegation back to Isthmian League Division One.
2017 The club became Isthmian League Division One South champions.
2018 Immediate relegation followed for the club after just a single season in the Premier Division.
2020 The 2019-20 football season was cancelled and declared null and void due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
2021 The 2020-21 football season commenced but was then cancelled and declared null and void due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, the London Senior Cup competition was played at the tail end of the campaign, and Tooting lifted the cup by beating a young AFC Wimbledon side 2-1 in the final.
2023 The club was relegated from the Isthmian League South Central Division to the Combined Counties League Premier Division South.
2024 At the end of the first season in the Combined Counties League Premier Division South, the club finished in 13th position. Former manager, player, and club servant Billy Smith sadly passed away.
2025 Skipper Antonio Simeone made his 150th appearance for the club.
2026 Tooting reached the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Play-Offs but lost 2-4 to Fleet Town at Imperial Fields.