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Bath City F.C. are a football club based in Bath, Somerset, currently playing in the Conference South. They play in a strip of black and white shirts, black shorts and black socks. Their manager (since June 2005) is John Relish. Over the last 10 years they flirted with both relegation and promotion from the Southern League but neither had occurred since 1997 prior to promotion recently achieved in the 2006-7 season. They have an excellent cup tradition, reaching the FA cup third round no less than six times. In 2004 they continued this when they lost in the FA Cup second round to Peterborough United and in the third round of the FA Trophy by Canvey Island F.C.. In the 2005-2006 season they finished second in the league but lost to Bedford Town in the playoff semi final. In 2006-07 they went one better and won the Southern League championship.
[edit] Ground
Twerton Park became Bath City's ground in 1932. It can hold nearly 9,000 spectators with over 1,000 seated. It is currently shared with Team Bath F.C. who are a full-time professional team, who play in the Southern League. This is larger than most grounds of clubs in equivalent divisions and is known to be one of a few of the last remaining 'classically British' football grounds in England. In the past it has been shared with Bristol Rovers, a Football League club and has hosted an epic league decider between Rovers and Bristol City, a fiercely competitive derby. Twerton Park is located in Twerton, a suburb of Bath.
[edit] History
Bath City's history is confined entirely to non-league football partly because of the election system formerly used to control entrance to the Football League. Their finest days were during the Second World War when they were by chance accepted to join the temporary Division Two Northern Division competing with the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Everton, finishing the eventual champions, thereby becoming the only semi-professional side ever to win a Football League trophy.
In 1978, Bath City fell short of election to the Football League by a narrow margin. [1]
- 1889-90 - Formed as Bath AFC
- 1908-09 - Joined Western League Division Two
- 1913-14 - Western League runner-up
- 1921-22 - Joined Southern League, English Section
- 1922-23 - Also rejoined Western League
- 1923-24 - Moved to Western Section
- 1929-30 - Southern League Western Section Champions. Lost play-off to Eastern Section Champions Aldershot Town 3-2
- 1930 - Left Western League
- 1932-33 - Southern League Western Section Champions. Lost play-off to Eastern Section Champions Norwich City Reserves 2-1. Also rejoined Western League Division One
- 1933-34 - Also played in Central Section. Western League Champions
- 1934-35 - Western League runner-up
- 1936 - Left Western League
- 1936-37 - Southern League Midweek Section runner-up (lost title on goal av.)
- 1938-39 - Rejoined Western League
- 1959-60 - Southern League Champions
- 1961-62 - Southern League runner-up
- 1965 - Relegated to Division One
- 1965-66 - Promoted to Premier Division
- 1967 - Relegated to Division One
- 1968-69 - Southern League Division One runner-up. Promoted to Premier Division
- 1972 - Relegated to Division One South
- 1973-74 - Southern League Division One South runner-up; promoted to Premier Division
- 1977-78 - Southern League Champions (2nd time)
- 1979-80 - Founder members of Alliance Premier League
- 1986-87 - Alliance Premier League renamed Conference
- 1988-89 - Rejoined Southern League
- 1989-90 - Southern League runner-up
- 1990-91 - Rejoined Conference
- 1997-98 - Rejoined Southern League
- 2005-06 - Southern League runner-up. Lost play-off to Bedford Town
- 2006-07 - Southern League Champions. Promoted to Conference South
- 2007-08 - Bath City Youth FC Formed. Local club Avon Arsenal Juniors adopted as clubs youth development teams.
[edit] Club records
- Best league position: 4th in Conference (level 5), 1984-85
- Best FA Cup performance: 3rd round replay, 1963-64 and 1993-94
- Best FA Trophy performance: 3rd round replay, 1991-2 and 1995-96
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Notable Former Managers
[edit] Current squad
The left hand column shows the most common starting line-up but the squad numbers are not fixed.
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Position |
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FW |
Phil Walsh |
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FW |
Dave Gilroy |
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FW |
Martin Paul |
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DF |
Gethin Jones |
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GK |
Owen Dunn |
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GK |
Steve Perrin |
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MF |
Justin Mckay |
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MF |
Steve Jones |
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MF |
Jason Wood |
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[edit] Sources
[edit] External links
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AFC Wimbledon | Basingstoke Town | Bath City | Bishop's Stortford | Bognor Regis Town | Braintree Town | Bromley | Chelmsford City | Dorchester Town | Eastleigh | Fisher Athletic | Hampton & Richmond Borough | Havant & Waterlooville | Hayes & Yeading United | Maidenhead United | Newport County | St Albans City | Team Bath | Thurrock | Welling United | Weston-super-Mare | Worcester City
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The FA |
Cup competitions |
| Premier League |
England (B) (C) |
FA Cup |
| The Football League (Champ, 1, 2) |
(U-21) (U-20) (U-19) |
Football League Cup |
| Football Conference (Nat, N, S) |
(U-18) (U-17) (U-16) |
FA Community Shield |
| Northern Premier (Prem, 1N, 1S) |
List of clubs |
Football League Trophy |
| Southern League (Prem, 1Mid, 1S&W) |
List of venues |
FA Trophy |
| Isthmian League (Prem, 1N, 1S) |
(by capacity) |
Conference League Cup |
| English football league system |
List of leagues |
FA Vase |
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Records |
FA NLS Cup |
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Foreign players |
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Paddy Sloan
Charlie Fleming
