A strong start to the season was crowned on 5 December 2004 with their being drawn at home to Premiership side Newcastle United in the third round of the FA Cup, after beating Slough Town 3–1.

A scoreless first half held out hope of an upset but two second-half Newcastle United goals decided the game.

[3] Yeading went on to win the Isthmian League championship that season, earning promotion to Conference South.

Yeading were hoping to upset the East Midlands team, but the task proved too much for The Ding, as they were emphatically beaten 5–0.

It was still used for youth and reserve team purposes until Church Road was sold to fund the building of a new stadium on the same site as The Warren.