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| clubname = Bath City
| clubname = Bath City
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| nickname = The Romans
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| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1889}} as ''Bath AFC''
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1889}} (as ''Bath AFC'')
| ground = [[Twerton Park]]
| ground = [[Twerton Park]]
| capacity = 8,840 (1,006 seated)<ref name=capacity>{{cite web |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/everything-you-need-to-know-twerton-park/ |title=Everything you need to know: Twerton Park|publisher=Bristol City F.C. |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref>
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| owner = Bath City Supporters' Society
| owner = Bath City Supporters' Society
| chairman = [[Nick Blofeld]]
| chairman = [[Nick Blofeld]]
| manager = [[Aashvik Sareen]]
| manager = [[Jerry Gill]]
| league = [[National League South]]
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'''Bath City Football Club''' is a semi-professional [[Football club (association football)|football club]] based in [[Bath, Somerset]], England. The club is affiliated to the [[Somerset County Football Association|Somerset FA]] and currently competes in the [[National League South]], the [[English football league system|sixth tier]] of [[Football in England|English football]]. Nicknamed the "Romans", the club was founded in 1889 and have played their home matches at [[Twerton Park]] since 1932.
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'''Bath City Football Club''' is a semi-professional [[Football club (association football)|football club]] based in [[Bath, Somerset]], England. The club is affiliated to the [[Somerset County Football Association|Somerset FA]] and currently competes in the [[National League South]], the [[English football league system|sixth tier]] of [[Football in England|English football]]. Nicknamed the "Romans", the club was founded in 1889 as '''Bath AFC''', and changed its name to ''Bath City'' in 1905. The team have played their home matches at [[Twerton Park]] since 1932.


The club spent the first three years of its history in the early 1890s as Bath association football club. Bath won the [[Southern Football League|Southern League Western Section]] [[1929–30 Southern Football League|in 1930]], and again [[1932–33 Southern Football League|in 1933]]. The club was discussed for entry into the [[Football League Third Division]] during the 1930s,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=22 February 1936 |title=Bath City and Third League |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19360222/121/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=16}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=6 April 1935 |title=Bath City's Bid for Third Division |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19350406/107/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=16}}</ref> though Bath has missed out on election to the [[English Football League|Football League]] on multiple occasions, including 1935, 1978 and 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 1935 |title=Bath City's hopes dashed |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19350608/091/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=16}}</ref> Upon the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], the club won the [[Football League North and South|Football League North]]. Bath have reached the third round of the [[FA Cup]] six times, beating league sides such as; [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] ([[1931–32 FA Cup|in 1931]]), [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] ([[1959–60 FA Cup|in 1959]]), and [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] ([[1992–93 FA Cup|in 1992]]).<ref name=":9">{{cite web |title=Bath City Archive |url=http://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203110356/http://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |archive-date=3 February 2020 |access-date=29 April 2020 |website=Bath City Archive}}</ref> The club were crowned Southern League champions [[1959–60 Southern Football League|in 1960]] and [[1977–78 Southern Football League|1978]]; one of the highest levels of non-League football at the time. After a period of relative decline in the 1990s whilst in the [[National League (division)|Conference]], Bath were demoted to the seventh tier in [[2003–04 Southern Football League|2004]], the lowest level the club has ever played at. They were promoted [[2006–07 Southern Football League|in 2007]], and then again [[2009–10 Football Conference|in 2010]], and played in the Conference for the first time since 1997, though the club were relegated in 2012 and have played in the [[National League South]] since.<ref name=":9" />
The club has never played in the [[English Football League|Football League]], though Bath were heavily discussed as an entrant in the 1930s and 1940s, and came closest via election in 1978 and 1985. During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the club won the [[Football League North and South|Football League North]]. Bath have reached the third round of the [[FA Cup]] six times, beating league sides such as; [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] ([[1931–32 FA Cup|in 1931]]), [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] ([[1959–60 FA Cup|in 1959]]), and [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] ([[1992–93 FA Cup|in 1992]]). Bath were crowned Southern League champions [[1959–60 Southern Football League|in 1960]] and [[1977–78 Southern Football League|1978]]; one of the highest levels of non-League football at the time. From 1980 to 1997, the team spent sixteen years in what is now [[National League (division)|The National League]], with Bath finishing fourth in the [[1984–85 Alliance Premier League|1984–85 season]], their highest ever league position.


Their main [[List of sports rivalries in the United Kingdom|rivalries]] are with fellow [[List of football clubs in Somerset|Somerset]] club [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] and [[Wiltshire]] club, [[Chippenham Town F.C.|Chippenham Town]].<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=bcfc |date=2021-01-01 |title=The Next Match – The A4 Derby Part II – Chippenham Town Home |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/the-next-match-the-a4-derby-part-ii-chippenham-town-home/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> The club's nickname stems from Bath's ancient [[Roman Republic|Roman]] history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcussen |first=Wanda |title=The Roman Baths in Bath- A Deep Dive into Britain's Ancient History |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1427/the-roman-baths-in-bath--a-deep-dive-into-britains/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref> The first recorded attire the club wore was blue shorts and white shirts in 1900, though the club changed to black and white stripes in the early 20th Century and the colours have remained since. The club's crest depicts the [[Bath city walls|Borough walls]], which in-circled the old city centre during medieval times. Twerton Park once held up to 20,000 fans, with the club's record attendance of 18,020 being recorded in 1960, but the [[Taylor Report]] in the late 1980s and the subsequent [[Development of stadiums in English football|modernisation of football stadiums]] has more than halved that figure.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gibson |first=Owen |date=2009-04-12 |title=Out of the ashes of Hillsborough, modern football was born |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/apr/13/liverpool-hillsborough-disaster-anniversary |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=All-seated football stadia |url=https://sgsa.org.uk/all-seated-football-stadia/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Sports Grounds Safety Authority |language=en-US}}</ref>
Bath City hold no real fierce [[List of sports rivalries in the United Kingdom|rivalries]], albeit the fixtures with the most animosity are the local derbies shared with fellow [[List of football clubs in Somerset|Somerset]] club [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]], and more recently with [[Wiltshire]] club, [[Chippenham Town F.C.|Chippenham Town]]. The club's nickname stems from Bath's ancient [[Roman Republic|Roman]] history. The first recorded attire the club wore were blue shorts and white shirts in 1900, though Bath City changed to black and white stripes in the early 20th Century and the colours have remained since. The club's crest depicts the [[Bath city walls|Borough walls]], which in-circled the old city center during medieval times. Twerton Park once held up to 20,000 fans, with the club's record attendance of 18,020 being recorded in 1960.

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==History==
==History==
{{Main|History of Bath City F.C.}}
{{Main|History of Bath City F.C.}}
{{For|a statistical breakdown by season|List of Bath City F.C. seasons}}
{{For|a statistical breakdown by season|List of Bath City F.C. seasons}}

===Formation and early years (1889–1925)===
===Formation and early years (1889–1925)===
[[File:Bath AFC squad photograph in 1890.jpg|thumb|The first Bath City squad, taken in 1890 at the North Parade Ground.]]
[[File:Bath AFC squad photograph in 1890.jpg|thumb|The first Bath City squad, taken in 1890 at the North Parade Ground.|left]]
On July 19, 1889 Bath City were formed as '''Bath AFC''' (Bath Association Football Club) at the Christopher hotel in the city, a group of men met to consider forming an association club.<ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 5.</ref> The team commenced play at the [[Bath Cricket Club Ground|North Parade Ground]] in [[Bathwick]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mike |date=2022-06-08 |title=Bath Cricket Club – Club History |url=https://somersetcricketmuseum.co.uk/bath-cricket-club-club-history/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Somerset Cricket Museum |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 1889 |title=Football |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000187/18891010/019/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=2}}</ref> Bath competed in their first ever recorded match on 10 October [[1889–90 in English football|1889]], in which they lost 9–4 to [[Trowbridge Town F.C.|Trowbridge Town]] at The North Parade Ground.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 1889 |title=Bath Football Association |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000187/18891010/019/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=2}}</ref> By [[1891–92 in English football|1891]], the club was struggling heavily financially. As a consequence, it was put forward that Bath AFC amalgamate with the local [[Rugby union|rugby]] club; [[Bath Rugby|Bath Football Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 1891 |title=Local News |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18910723/076/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 1891 |title=Current Topics |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18910521/058/0007 |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=7}}</ref> For an entire nine years the club ceased play. Until, on 11 September [[1900–01 in English football|1900]], Bath AFC was re-formed by members of the [[Bath Cricket Club|Bath Association Cricket Club]], led by eventual player, [[Bill Hyman|William Hyman]].<ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 7.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 1902 |title=Mr Hyman Bath Railway |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19021016/059/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=6}}</ref> The meeting was a success and Bath City FC, by name was officially born.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Past Players |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/past-players/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 1900 |title=Association football club formed |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000221/19000913/014/0002?browse=False |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=2}}</ref> <ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 8.</ref> In 1900, the club commenced play in The [[Wiltshire Football League]], finishing seventh in their first season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 1903 |title=Bath City Football Club |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19030827/008/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 1901 |title=Wiltshire League |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19011017/002/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=2}}</ref>
On July 19, 1889 Bath City were formed as Bath AFC at the Christopher hotel in the city centre.{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=5}} The team commenced play at the [[Bath Cricket Club Ground|North Parade Ground]] in [[Bathwick]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 October 1889 |title=Football |pages=2 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000187/18891010/019/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Bath competed in their first ever recorded match on 10 October [[1889–90 in English football|1889]], in which they lost 9–4 to [[Trowbridge Town F.C.|Trowbridge Town]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 October 1889 |title=Bath Football Association |pages=2 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000187/18891010/019/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> By [[1891–92 in English football|1891]], Bath were struggling heavily financially. As a consequence, the club amalgamated with the local [[Rugby union|rugby]] club;<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 1891 |title=Local News |pages=8 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18910723/076/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> [[Bath Rugby|Bath Football Club]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 May 1891 |title=Current Topics |pages=7 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18910521/058/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> For an entire nine years the team ceased play. Until, on 11 September [[1900–01 in English football|1900]], Bath AFC was re-formed,{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=7}} led by cricketer [[Bill Hyman|William Hyman]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 October 1902 |title=Mr Hyman Bath Railway |pages=6 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19021016/059/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Bath City FC, by name,<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 1900 |title=Association football club formed |pages=2 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000221/19000913/014/0002?browse=False |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> was officially born.{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=8}}


On 26 July 1905, the club altered names for the final time, in which they reverted to "Bath City FC"; the name has remained unchanged to the present day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 July 1905 |title=Bath City Football Club: The Railway changes its name |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19050727/012/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 1902 |title=Bath City Football Club |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19020807/084/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=6}}</ref> The following year, the club joined The Bristol and District League Division One, in which they remained for two years. In 1908, Bath club joined a multi-county division for the first time, joining the [[Western Football League|Western League Division Two]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 1908 |title=Bath City Football Club |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19080702/087/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 1909 |title=Bath and District Football League |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19090812/040/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]}}</ref> In 1909, Charles Pinker was appointed manager,<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 1909 |title=Bath City AFC: Resignation of manager |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19091028/063/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=7}}</ref> and that year, the club moved up to The Western League Division One.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 1909 |title=Western Football League Changes: Their affect on Bath City |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19090610/108/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=7}}</ref> Bath finished third at this level in the [[1910–11 Western Football League|1910–11]] season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 December 1911 |title=Bath City FC: Last season's success celebrated |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19111216/130/0012 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=12}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=17 June 1914 |title=Bath City: When strong enough to enter better class football |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000187/19140627/058/0009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]}}</ref> Bath remained in the Western League until [[1920–21 in English football|1921]], in which they joined the English Section of the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 1921 |title=Bath City in the Southern League |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19210604/013/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=6}}</ref> regarded as the strongest division outside of the Football League League at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 1920 |title=Southern League or Third Division of the English league? |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/19200403/122/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=British Newspaper Archive |publisher=[[Globe]] |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 1920 |title=The changing second division |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001168/19201228/035/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=Shields Daily News}}</ref> More than 4,000 saw the club's first ever game in the Southern League, a 2–1 defeat to [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]. In 1921, manager Charles Pinker left the club after a successful twelve-year period.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 1920 |title=Bath Football Smoker |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19200214/056/0024 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> He was replaced by former Swindon Town player, Billy Tout who retained this role until 1925.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 1921 |title=Bath City Football Club: Billy Tout as player-manager |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19210723/037/0011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=11}}</ref>
Bath joined a multi-county division for the first time in 1908 ,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 July 1908 |title=Bath City Football Club |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19080702/087/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> competing in the [[Western Football League|Western League Division Two]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 August 1909 |title=Bath and District Football League |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19090812/040/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Charles Pinker was appointed manager the following year,<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 October 1909 |title=Bath City AFC: Resignation of manager |pages=7 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19091028/063/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> and that season they moved up to The Western League Division One.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 December 1911 |title=Bath City FC: Last season's success celebrated |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19111216/130/0012 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Bath City remained in the Western League until [[1920–21 in English football|1921]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=17 June 1914 |title=Bath City: When strong enough to enter better class football |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000187/19140627/058/0009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> in which they joined the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 June 1921 |title=Bath City in the Southern League |pages=6 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19210604/013/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> regarded as the strongest division outside the Football League at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 April 1920 |title=Southern League or Third Division of the English league? |pages=10 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/19200403/122/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 1920 |title=The changing second division |work=Shields Daily News |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001168/19201228/035/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In 1921, manager Charles Pinker left the club after a successful twelve-year period.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 February 1920 |title=Bath Football Smoker |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19200214/056/0024 |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> He was replaced by former Swindon Town player, Billy Tout who retained this role until 1925.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 1921 |title=Bath City Football Club: Billy Tout as player-manager |pages=11 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19210723/037/0011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
===Large crowds and missing out on Football League (1925–1958)===
[[File:Bath City players in the 1930s.jpg|thumb|Bath players entering from the Grandstand of Twerton Park before a match in the 1930s.]]
The following year Bath City were on the brink of extinction.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 1926 |title=The eclipse of Bath City Football Club |pages=4 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19260807/026/0004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> However, on 21 August 1926, there was a large meeting with the club's supporters and officials, and the club was "saved".<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 August 1926 |title=Saved! |pages=17 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19260821/096/0017 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> The following season, under newly appointed Ted Davis,<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 July 1927 |title=Bright Prospects |pages=21 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19270716/157/0021 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> the team finished Southern League runners up. Being praised "the best in the club's history" by the [[Bath Chronicle]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 1930 |title=Bath City Football Club: Most successful season in its history |pages=9 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19300802/056/0009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> and they were runners up again in 1933. During this period,<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=6 April 1935 |title=Bath City's Bid for Third Division |pages=16 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19350406/107/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Bath were heavily being discussed for entry into the Football League Third Division.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=22 February 1936 |title=Bath City and Third League |pages=16 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19360222/121/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> After over a decade at the club, Davis left Bath for [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]] in 1937.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 1937 |title=Ted Davis Goes to Colchester |pages=4 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19370710/027/0004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> [[List of Liverpool F.C. players|Former Liverpool player]], [[Alex Raisbeck]] acted as first team coach leading into the second world war.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Raisbeck |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/past-players/alex-raisbeck |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Liverpool FC}}</ref>


Raisbeck left the position to a returning Davis in 1940. Upon the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], Bath City were accepted into the temporary [[Football League North and South|Football League North]], competing with the likes of [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] and [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-24 |title=How English football responded to the second world war |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2020/apr/24/how-english-football-responded-to-the-second-world-war |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> That season Bath competed in their highest attended game to date, playing Aston Villa at [[Villa Park]] in front of over 30,000.{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=99}} The team won the league under Davis.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 May 1944 |title=Football honours come to Bath: City win League Championship |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19440513/063/0011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In [[1944–45 in English football|1944]], the club were, once again,<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 April 1935 |title=Bath City's Bid for Third Division |pages=16 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19350406/107/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> in talks for entry into the Third Division.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 1945 |title=Bath City's big plans at Twerton |page=9 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19451117/039/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> However, the FA refused Football League entry to non-League clubs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 July 1948 |title=Third League wanted for Bath City: But clubs hands were tied |pages=8 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19450728/035/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Davis left Bath in [[1946–47 in English football|1947]], and was replaced by [[Vic Woodley]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 July 1947 |title=Vic Woodley joins the City |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19470607/009/0001 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> though he left in 1950 after four mid-lower placed finishes,<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 February 1950 |title=Vic Woodley to apply for Bradford |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19500218/033/0004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Eddie Hapgood]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 March 1950 |title=Famous international to manage Bath City |pages=10 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19500318/074/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
===The Ted Davis years and missing out on Football League (1925–1958)===
[[File:Bath City players in the 1930s.jpg|thumb|Bath City players entering Twerton Park before a match in the 1930s]]
In [[1924–25 Southern Football League|1925]], Pinker was re-appointed at Bath City. In August 1926, the club were on the brink of extinction, partly, due to the lack of "sufficient backing".<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 1926 |title=The eclipse of Bath City Football Club |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19260807/026/0004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=4}}</ref> However, on 21 August 1926, there was a large meeting, consisting mostly of the club's supporters and officials, the required £500 sum was met, and the club was "saved".<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 August 1926 |title=Saved! |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19260821/096/0017 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=17}}</ref> A year later, [[Ted Davis (footballer)|Ted Davis]] was appointed at Bath City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 1927 |title=Bright Prospects |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19270716/157/0021 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 1927 |title=Bath City FC dance a great success |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19270402/021/0005 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=5}}</ref> In 1929, Davis won the club their first competitive trophy, The [[Somerset Premier Cup|Somerset Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 1929 |title=Bath City football club, successful season from playing point of view |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19290810/057/0009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=9}}</ref> The following season, the team finished first in the Southern League Western Section. The season was labelled "the best in the club's history" by the [[Bath Chronicle]] at the time,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 August 1930 |title=Bath City Football Club: Most successful season in its history |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19300802/056/0009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=9}}</ref> and won it for a second time in 1933. During this period, the club were heavily being discussed for entry into the Football League Third Division.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> In 1937, Davis left Bath for [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2020 |title=From four-day reigns to fairytale cup runs – the U's managers of the past |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/18441719.colchester-united-array-different-managers/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Gazette |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 1937 |title=Ted Davis Goes to Colchester |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19370710/027/0004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=4}}</ref>


===Glory, yoyo years and nation wide football (1958–1996)===
The team remained in the Southern League until 1939, with former [[List of Liverpool F.C. players|Liverpool player]], [[Alex Raisbeck]] as first team coach from 1938 to 1939.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Raisbeck |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/past-players/alex-raisbeck |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Liverpool FC}}</ref> Raisbeck left to be replaced by Ted Davis, his second spell at Bath. Upon the Outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], the club were accepted to join the temporary [[Football League North and South|Football League North]], competing with the likes of [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] and [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. That season the club competed in their highest attended game to date, playing Aston Villa at [[Villa Park]] in front of over 30,000.<ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 99.</ref> The team finished the eventual champions under Davis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-24 |title=How English football responded to the second world war |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2020/apr/24/how-english-football-responded-to-the-second-world-war |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 1944 |title=Football honours come to Bath: City win League Championship |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19440513/063/0011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=11}}</ref> In [[1944–45 in English football|1944]], the club were, once again, in talks for entry into the English Football League, with the aim of being admitted into either the Third Division, or the planned [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 December 1944 |title=Bath City maybe in League, Div 4 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000515/19441202/001/0001?browse=False |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 1945 |title=Bath City's big plans at Twerton |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19451117/039/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=8}}</ref> However, on 27 July 1945, the Football League refused to allow any non-league clubs into the Third Division.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 1948 |title=Third League wanted for Bath City: But clubs hands were tied |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19450728/035/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 1946 |title=Bath City and Fourth League |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19460607/060/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=10}}</ref> Ted Davis, then left the club in [[1946–47 in English football|1947]]. [[Vic Woodley]] was the first to succeed Davis,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vic Woodley joins the City |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19470607/009/0001 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=British Newspaper Archive |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]}}</ref> though he left in 1950 after four mid-lower placed finishes,<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 1950 |title=Vic Woodley to apply for Bradford |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19500218/033/0004 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=4}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Eddie Hapgood]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 1950 |title=Famous international to manage Bath City |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19500318/074/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Vince |title=A Born Captain. The Eddie Hapgood story {{!}} Read The League |url=https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/a-born-captain-the-eddie-hapgood-story |access-date=2022-11-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1956, Hapgood left the club after winning two Somerset Cups in 1952 and 1953. He was replaced by [[Paddy Sloan]], who only remained for the [[1956–57 Southern Football League|1956–57]] season.

===Further glory and the yoyo years (1958–1997)===
[[File:Bath City 1962.jpg|thumb|A match at Twerton Park in 1962.]]
[[File:Bath City 1962.jpg|thumb|A match at Twerton Park in 1962.]]
Sloan was replaced by [[Bob Hewison]] in 1957. By 1959, Bath were once again being heavily discussed for election to The Football League. Hewison built arguably the strongest side in the club's history, signing players such as [[Stan Mortensen]], [[Charlie Fleming]], [[Alan Skirton]], captained by [[Tony Book]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fleming signs for Bath City |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19580715/191/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|Newcastle Journal]] |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 1959 |title=Bath City to provide more Cup shocks? |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19591231/167/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=Halifax Evening Courier}}</ref> The team went on to win the league in the 1959–60 season, at rivals Yeovil Town.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steve |first=Whitney |date=25 March 2020 |title=The Southern League Internationals (Part One) |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/124017/The-Southern-League-Internationals-Part-One |access-date=10 December 2022 |website=southern-football-league}}</ref><ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 142.</ref> In the same season, Bath played [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] at Twerton Park in the [[FA Cup]] third round , in front of a record crowd of 18,020,<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 1960 |title=Odds are still on Bath City |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19600108/196/0011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |page=11}}</ref> but lost 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 1960 |title=It is only au to revivor Bath City |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003215/19600111/115/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Daily News (London)]] |page=11}}</ref> Two years after Hewison's departure in the spring of 1961, former [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] player [[Malcolm Allison]] was appointed manager after Arthur Cole's dismissal in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 1963 |title=Bath City's boss |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19630316/211/0012 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 August 1964 |title=New Manager |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19640821/200/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=Lynn Advertiser |page=7}}</ref> In that season, with Tony Book as club captain, Bath finished in third place, and reached the third round of the FA Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malcolm Allison: The brilliant innovator ahead of his time |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club/man-city-dna-99-malcolm-allison-63725235 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.mancity.com |language=en}}</ref>
[[Bob Hewison]], appointed in 1958, arguably built the strongest side in the club's history,<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 December 1959 |title=Bath City to provide more Cup shocks? |work=Halifax Evening Courier |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19591231/167/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> signing players such as [[Alan Skirton]], [[Stan Mortensen]] and [[Tony Book]], captained by [[Charlie Fleming]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fleming signs for Bath City |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19580715/191/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|Newcastle Journal]] |page=10}}</ref> The team went on to win the Southern League in the 1959–60 season,<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2020 |title=The Southern League Internationals (Part One) |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/124017/The-Southern-League-Internationals-Part-One |access-date=10 December 2022 |website=Southern Football League}}</ref> at Huish Park.{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=142}} In the same season, Bath played [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] at Twerton Park in the [[FA Cup]] third round, in front of a record crowd of 18,020,<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 1960 |title=Odds are still on Bath City |work=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19600108/196/0011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> but lost 1–0.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 January 1960 |title=It is only au to revivor Bath City |pages=11 |work=[[Daily News (London)]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003215/19600111/115/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Two years after Hewison's departure, in spring of 1963,<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 1963 |title=Bath City's boss |pages=4 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19630316/211/0012 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> [[Malcolm Allison]] was appointed manager.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 August 1964 |title=New Manager |pages=7 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19640821/200/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> That season Bath finished third, and reached the FA Cup third round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malcolm Allison: The brilliant innovator ahead of his time |url=https://www.mancity.com/news/club/man-city-dna-99-malcolm-allison-63725235 |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=Manchester City FC |language=en}}</ref> Soon after however, under Welsh manager [[Ivor Powell]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 2012 |title=Ivor Powell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/nov/09/ivor-powell |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bath City were relegated for the first time ever in their history.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Bath City FC Archives |url=https://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |access-date=14 November 2022 |website=Bath City FC Archives}}</ref>


In [[1964–65 Southern Football League|1965]], under Welsh manager [[Ivor Powell]], the club were relegated for the first time in their history. Powell was replaced by [[Arnold Rodgers]] on 25 February 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 1967 |title=Arnold Rodgers aims for character and displace |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19670225/024/0024 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bristol Evening Post]]}}</ref> From 1964 to 1974 Bath City became a [[yo-yo club]], being relegated from, and promoted back to the Premier Division on six occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 1967 |title=Bath finishing poor |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19670408/027/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bristol Evening Post]]}}</ref> On 10 August 1976, [[Brian Godfrey]] was appointed as manager. Two years into his reign, [[1977–78 Southern Football League|in the 1977–78 season]], the team won the Southern League title for a second time in front of hoards of travelling fans.<ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 186.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steve |first=Whitney |date=20 May 2020 |title=The Southern League's Outstanding teams, Bath city 1977–78 |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/124183/-The-Southern- |access-date=24 October 2022 |website=southern-football-league}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 1976 |title=Attack-The new name of the game |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19760904/509/0040 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]] |page=7}}</ref> Under Godfrey, the club made it to two [[Anglo-Italian Cup]] finals In 1977 and 1978;<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2020 |title=Remember the Anglo-Italian Cup? |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/124149/Remember-the-Anglo-Italian-Cup |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=southern-football-league}}</ref> They fell short of election to the Football League by three votes in 1978, with [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] gaining 26 and Bath 23. As a result, the club became founding members of the Alliance Premier League, now the [[National League (division)|National League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History Corner: The Inaugural Alliance Premier Season – The Vanarama National League |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/history-corner-the-inaugural-alliance-premier-seas-46289 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=www.thenationalleague.org.uk |date=7 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Vanarama National League |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/articles/history-1015 |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=www.thenationalleague.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> In [[1990–91 Football Conference|1991]] [[Tony Ricketts]] was appointed manager, replacing George Rooney.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ricketts reflects on good times |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bath-chronicle/20210311/282024740010351 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=PressReader}}</ref> They reached the third round of the FA Cup during the [[1993–94 FA Cup|1993–94]] season, losing 4–1 to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] at Twerton Park in the third in front of 7,000 fans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 1994 |title=Ricketts leads the club in to their biggest game for years |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19940107/676/0072 |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=British Newspaper Archive |publisher=[[Staffordshire Sentinel]] |page=70}}</ref> The club remained in the Conference from 1991 to 1997, though only managed several mid-placed finishes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City FC Archives |url=https://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com}}</ref>
From 1964 to 1974 Bath City became a [[yo-yo club]], being relegated from, and promoted back to the Premier Division on six occasions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 April 1967 |title=Bath finishing poor |work=[[Bristol Evening Post]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19670408/027/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Two years into [[Brian Godfrey|Brian Godfrey's]] reign, [[1977–78 Southern Football League|in the 1977–78 season]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steve |first=Whitney |date=20 May 2020 |title=The Southern League's Outstanding teams, Bath city 1977–78 |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/124183/-The-Southern- |access-date=24 October 2022 |website=Southern Football League}}</ref> the team won the Southern League title for a second time,<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 September 1976 |title=Attack-The new name of the game |pages=7 |work=[[Coventry Evening Telegraph]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19760904/509/0040 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> in front of "hoards of travelling fans."{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=186}} Under Godfrey, the club made it to two [[Anglo-Italian Cup]] finals In 1977 and 1978;<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2020 |title=Remember the Anglo-Italian Cup? |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/124149/Remember-the-Anglo-Italian-Cup |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=Southern Football League}}</ref> They fell short of election to the Football League by three votes in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A history of admission to the Football League |url=https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506 |website=Non League Matters}}</ref> As a result, the club became founding members of the [[National League (division)|Alliance Premier League]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/articles/history-1015 |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=The National League |language=en}}</ref> and played nation-wide football for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2018 |title=The Inaugural Alliance Premier Season |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/history-corner-the-inaugural-alliance-premier-seas-46289 |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=The National League |language=en}}</ref> Albeit, the attendances from 1984 to 1989 were some of the worst in Bath City's history, with seasonal gates averaging between just 500 and 600.<ref name=":9">{{cite web |title=Bath City Archive |url=http://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203110356/http://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |archive-date=3 February 2020 |access-date=29 April 2020 |website=Bath City Archive}}</ref> In [[1990–91 Football Conference|1991]] [[Tony Ricketts]] was appointed manager.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 March 2021 |title=Ricketts reflects on good times |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bath-chronicle/20210311/282024740010351 |via=PressReader}}</ref> They reached the third round of the FA Cup during the [[1993–94 FA Cup|1993–94]] season, losing 4–1 to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] at Twerton Park in the third round in front of 7,000 fans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 January 1994 |title=Ricketts leads the club in to their biggest game for years |pages=70 |work=[[Staffordshire Sentinel]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19940107/676/0072 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

===Decline and subsequent relegation (1997–2017)===
===Decline and subsequent relegation (1996–2017)===
[[File:Bath City at Twerton Park vs Kettering Town in 1992.jpg|thumb|Bath vs [[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]] in 1992.]]
[[File:Bath City at Twerton Park vs Kettering Town in 1992.jpg|thumb|Bath vs [[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]] in 1992.]]


In the wake of Ricketts's departure in 1996, [[Paul Bodin]] was appointed manager. Following decades of playing in the top division of non-League football, the club were relegated from the [[1996–97 Football Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 1997 |title=Bath time for the borough |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19971113/804/0124 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 1997 |title=Bath City relegated from conference |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004010/19970820/047/0047 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> As a result, Bath returned to the Southern League, In 2001, Bodin was replaced by Alan Pridham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=May 2001 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/may-2001/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> However Pridham only lasted until [[2002–03 Southern Football League|2003]], after being sacked in November due to a poor run of results.<ref>{{Cite web |title=November 2003 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/november-2003/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2004, the club lost in the FA Cup second round to [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]] and in the third round of the [[FA Trophy]] to [[Canvey Island F.C.|Canvey Island]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The FA Cup (Sky Sports) |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/peterborough-united-vs-bath-city/teams/56013 |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=July 2005 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/july-2005/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[John Relish]] was appointed manager on 22 June 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=June 2005 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/june-2005/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> The subsequent year, they were promoted, winning the Southern League in [[2006–07 Southern Football League|2006–07]], finishing on 91 points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath v County: Relish behind Exiles – but not tonight! |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/1672339.bath-v-county-relish-behind-exiles-but-not-tonight/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=South Wales Argus |date=7 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitney |first=Steve |date=2 February 2021 |title=Bath City's Season to Savour (2006/07) |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/127349/Bath-City%60s-Season-to-Savour-200607- |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=Southern-football-league}}</ref> In October 2008, manager John Relish was replaced by his former assistant Adie Britton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2008 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/april-2008/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Following decades of playing in the top division of non-League football,<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 November 1997 |title=Bath time for the borough |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19971113/804/0124 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Bath were relegated from the [[1996–97 Football Conference|Conference]] in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 August 1997 |title=Bath City relegated from conference |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004010/19970820/047/0047 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In 2004, the club lost in the FA Cup second round to [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The FA Cup, Peterborough United vs Bath City |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/peterborough-united-vs-bath-city/teams/56013 |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref> [[John Relish]] was appointed manager on 22 June 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=June 2005 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/june-2005/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> The subsequent year, they were promoted, winning the Southern League in [[2006–07 Southern Football League|2006–07]], finishing on 91 points.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitney |first=Steve |date=2 February 2021 |title=Bath City's Season to Savour (2006/07) |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/news/127349/Bath-City%60s-Season-to-Savour-200607- |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=Southern Football League}}</ref> Under new manager Addie Britton,<ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2008 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/april-2008/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bath beat [[EFL League Two|League Two]] side [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] in the FA Cup first round in [[2008–09 FA Cup|in 2009]], only to lose to [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]] in the second round.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 November 2009 |title=Bath City 1–2 Forest Green |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8380787.stm |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[2009–10 Football Conference|On May 9, 2010]], Bath City beat [[Woking F.C.|Woking]] 1–0 in the play-off final,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-09 |title=Relive the play-off win over Woking 10 years ago today |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/relive-the-play-off-win-over-woking-10-years-ago-to-the-day/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> and returned to the Conference.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 June 2010 |title=Bath City begin countdown to the big time |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bath_city/8735036.stm |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref>


[[2008–09 FA Cup|In 2009]], the club beat [[EFL League Two|League Two]] side [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] in the FA Cup first round, only to lose to [[Forest Green Rovers F.C.|Forest Green Rovers]] in the second round. [[2009–10 Football Conference|On May 9, 2010]], Bath reached the National League South play-off final, in which they played [[Woking F.C.|Woking]]. The club won 1–0 and returned to the fifth tier for the first time since 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-09 |title=Relive the play-off win over Woking 10 years ago today |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/relive-the-play-off-win-over-woking-10-years-ago-to-the-day/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City 1 – 0 Woking {{!}} Men's First Team |url=https://wokingfc.co.uk/mens/first-team/match-centre/20/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Woking Football Club}}</ref> Bath finished tenth in the [[2010–11 Football Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2011 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/april-2011/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, they had a poor season in 2011–12 and were relegated from the Conference.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bath hold talks with boss Britton |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17608921 |access-date=2022-11-04}}</ref> The club finished in twelfth place in the [[2012–13 Football Conference|2012–13]] season. Britton, subsequently stepped down from being the first team coach.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Britton targets immediate return |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/19298517 |access-date=2022-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Britton reflects on his time at Bath |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bath-chronicle/20210429/282252373382441 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=PressReader}}</ref> Britton was replaced by [[Football in Australia|Australian]] manager, [[Lee Howells]]. For the following two years, they were poor again, finishing fourteenth on 53 points in both the [[2014–15 Football Conference|2014–15]] and [[2015–16 National League|2015–16]] season. What little success the club had during this period was in the 2014–15 season, reaching the semi-final of the FA Trophy, losing on penalties to eventual winners, [[North Ferriby United]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=The Football |title=Nicklin the hero as North Ferriby reach FA Trophy Final |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2015/feb/28/north-ferriby-bath-city-report-280215 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.thefa.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=February 2015 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/february-2015/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Howells eventually resigned after a 4–1 defeat to [[Dartford F.C.|Dartford]], due to a run of low placed finishes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-18 |title=Bath City manager Lee Howells leaves club |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-01-18/bath-city-part-company-with-manager-lee-howells-after-8-years-at-the-club |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=ITV News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016-01-18 |title=Bath City part company with boss Lee Howells |url=https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/conference-south-step-two/14741/bath-city-part-company-with-boss-lee-howells/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=The Non-League Football Paper |language=en-US}}</ref>
Bath finished tenth in the [[2010–11 Football Conference]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2011 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/april-2011/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, they had a poor season in 2011–12 and were relegated.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bath hold talks with boss Britton |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17608921 |access-date=2022-11-04}}</ref> A year later, Britton subsequently stepped down as first team coach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britton reflects on his time at Bath |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bath-chronicle/20210429/282252373382441 |access-date=4 November 2023 |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |via=PressReader}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Football in Australia|Australian]] manager, [[Lee Howells]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 October 2012 |title=Management reshuffle at Bath City |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/19915465 |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref> "The Big Bath City Bid" was launched by [[Ken Loach]] in the summer of [[2014–15 Football Conference|2015]],<ref>{{cite news |date=2 June 2015 |title=Ken Loach backs Bath City Football Club buyout bid |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-32972216 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013084534/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-32972216 |archive-date=13 October 2018 |access-date=10 April 2018 |work=BBC News}}</ref> receiving support from [[List of Manchester United F.C. players|former Manchester United player]], [[Eric Cantona]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-30 |title=Cantona buys a share.. in Bath City |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/eric-cantona-buys-a-share-in-bath-city-to-make-the-national-league-south-club-even-greater-10426994.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> On 5 May [[2016–17 National League|2017]], the club completed its transition to community ownership.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bath City FC completes transition to community ownership (5/5/17) |url=http://bathcityfc.com/news14.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024422/http://bathcityfc.com/news14.htm |archive-date=16 March 2017 |access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref> On the field, they were poor again in both the [[2014–15 Football Conference|2014–15]] and [[2015–16 National League|2015–16]] season, finishing fourteenth on 53 points. What little success the club had during this period was in the 2014–15 season,<ref>{{Cite web |title=February 2015 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/february-2015/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> reaching the semi-final of the FA Trophy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=The Football |title=Nicklin the hero as North Ferriby reach FA Trophy Final |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2015/feb/28/north-ferriby-bath-city-report-280215 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=The FA |language=en}}</ref>
=== The Gill Era (2017–present) ===
=== The Gill Era (2017–present) ===
[[File:Bath City away at Weston Super Mare in 2018.jpg|thumb|Bath City away at [[Weston-super-Mare]] in 2018 in the 4th Round qualifying FA Cup tie.]]
[[File:Bath City away at Weston Super Mare in 2018.jpg|thumb|Bath City away at [[Weston-super-Mare]] in 2018 in the 4th Round qualifying FA Cup tie.]]
On 5 October 2017, former player, [[Jerry Gill]], was appointed first team manager.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City Appoint Jerry Gill As Their New Manager – The Vanarama National League |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/bath-city-appoint-jerry-gill-as-their-new-manager-40588 |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=www.thenationalleague.org.uk |date=5 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The first season under Gill saw the club finish in ninth, the same as the previous 2016–17 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2018 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/april-2018/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-30 |title=Jerry Gill signs new contract to May 2022 |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/jerry-gill-signs-new-contract-to-may-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> In the 2018–19 National League South season the club finished fifth, on 71 points, subsequently, they entered play offs to compete for a place in the National League, but lost 3–1 to [[Wealdstone F.C.|Wealdstone]] on the first May 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/ten-man-city-play-off-hopes-ended-by-wealdstone/ | title=Ten man City play-off hopes ended by Wealdstone | date=May 2019 }}</ref> The club climbed once spot higher up the table again in [[2019–20 National League|2019–20]], finishing fourth.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |date=20 June 2020 |title=City finish fourth and plans afoot for play-offs |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/club-update-city-finish-4th-and-plans-afoot-for-play-offs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923211634/https://www.bathcityfc.com/club-update-city-finish-4th-and-plans-afoot-for-play-offs/ |archive-date=23 September 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref>
On 5 October 2017, former player, [[Jerry Gill]], was appointed first team manager.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 2017 |title=Bath City Appoint Jerry Gill As Their New Manager – The Vanarama National League |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/bath-city-appoint-jerry-gill-as-their-new-manager-40588 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=The National League |language=en}}</ref> The first season under Gill saw the club finish in ninth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=April 2018 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/april-2018/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> They improved the next season, finishing fifth, on 71 points, subsequently, they entered play offs to compete for a place in the National League, but lost 3–1 to [[Wealdstone F.C.|Wealdstone]] on the first May 2019,<ref>{{cite web |date=May 2019 |title=Ten man City play-off hopes ended by Wealdstone |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/ten-man-city-play-off-hopes-ended-by-wealdstone/ |website=Bath City FC}}</ref> and lost the play offs again the following year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Romans return to action ends in Dorking Eliminator defeat |date=19 July 2020 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/romans-return-to-action-ends-in-dorking-eliminator-defeat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812035217/https://www.bathcityfc.com/romans-return-to-action-ends-in-dorking-eliminator-defeat/ |archive-date=12 August 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref> Average attendances rose, from 612 in 2016–17 to 1,142 in the [[2018–19 National League|2018–19]] season. However, Bath were poor in both the [[2020–21 National League|2020–21]],<ref name=":1" /> and [[2021–22 National League|2021–22]] seasons, finishing 18th twice.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=2020-21 Fixtures & Results |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/2020-21-fixtures-results/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> They improved the following year, finishing 11th and lifting The Somerset Cup for a record 25th time in spring of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-02 |title=City end season with County Cup win |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/city-end-season-with-somerset-premier-cup-win/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>


==Badge ==
However, the team were beaten 2–1 by [[Dorking Wanderers]] in the play-off eliminator at Twerton Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Romans return to action ends in Dorking Eliminator defeat |date=19 July 2020 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/romans-return-to-action-ends-in-dorking-eliminator-defeat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812035217/https://www.bathcityfc.com/romans-return-to-action-ends-in-dorking-eliminator-defeat/ |archive-date=12 August 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref> Attendances also rose greatly, from the club averaging 612 in the 2016–17 season to 1,142 in the [[2018–19 National League|2018–19]] season. Though it looked as though the club were edging closer to ending their longest spell in the sixth tier, following the outbreak of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Bath finished 18th twice in both the [[2020–21 National League|2020–21]] and [[2021–22 National League|2021–22]] seasons, the club's second lowest finishes of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020-21 Fixtures & Results |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/2020-21-fixtures-results/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2021-22 Fixtures & Results |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/2021-22-fixtures-results/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> The club improved in the [[2022–23 National League|2022–23 season]], gainig 67 points and finishing in 11th place, the team also won The Somerset Premier Cup for a record 25th time on 1 May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Simon |date=2023-05-02 |title=City end season with County Cup win |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/city-end-season-with-somerset-premier-cup-win/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City break down Paulton Rovers' brave resistance to win Somerset Premier Cup |url=https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/sport/23502098.bath-city-beat-paulton-rovers-lift-somerset-premier-cup/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Weston Mercury |date=5 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
Bath City's initial crest was heavily based on the official [[coat of arms]] of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Arms |url=https://mayorofbath.co.uk/city-arms/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=The Mayor of Bath |language=en-GB}}</ref> The old badge depicted the city's medieval borough wall, the [[Roman Baths (Bath)|ancient Roman springs]], and the sword of [[Paul the Apostle|Saint Paul]]. That crest remained until 1975, when it was simplified heavily; all that remained were four vertical black stripes against a white background surrounding the silhouette of a [[List of Roman army unit types|roman soldier]]. It was then changed again in [[1998–99 Football Conference|1999]], as the badge the club uses today. The Roman soldier was removed, the borough wall re-added, and the four stripes enlarged.{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=204}}<div style="text-align:center;"><gallery perrow="6">

File:1950s Bath City FC badge.png|Bath City logo used between 1945 and 1961
==Crest and colours==
File:Bath City SVG.svg|Bath City logo used since 1999
===Crest===
Bath's initial crest was heavily based on the official [[coat of arms]] for the city of Bath.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-11 |title=Bath's Coats of Arms by Richard Wyatt at the Virtual Museum of Bath |url=http://www.bath-braunschweigtwinningassociation.co.uk/baths-coats-of-arms/ |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=Bath-Braunschweig Twinning Association |language=en-US}}</ref> The shield depicts the Borough Wall, the [[Roman Baths (Bath)|mineral springs]] and the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]], and the sword is that of St Paul, one of the Patron Saints of the [[Bath Abbey]], which is also the city's parish church. The crest remained until 1975, when it was simplified heavily; the features within the City of Bath shield were removed entirely, and all that remained were four vertical black stripes against a white background surrounding the silhouette of a [[List of Roman army unit types|roman soldier]]. It was then changed again in [[1998–99 Football Conference|1999]], as the crest that the club uses today. The Roman soldier was removed, but the borough wall was re-added and the four stripes enlarged.<div style="text-align:center;"><gallery perrow="6">
1950s Bath City FC badge.png|Bath City logo used between 1945 and 1961.
Bath_City_SVG.svg|Bath City logo used since 1999.
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</gallery></div>


{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed plainrowheaders" style="width: 25%; text-align: center; margin-left:1em; float: left"
===Colours===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|
{{Football kit
| pattern_la=_
| pattern_b=_
| pattern_ra=_
| pattern_sh= _
| pattern_so=_
| leftarm=FFFFFF
| body=FFFFFF
| rightarm=FFFFFF
| shorts=000066
| socks=FFFFFF
|title = First kit 1900–1905
}}
|
{{Football kit
| pattern_la=_black
| pattern_b=_blackquarters23
| pattern_ra=_
| pattern_sh= _blanksides2
| pattern_so=_
| leftarm=FFFFFF
| body=FFFFFF
| rightarm=FFFFFF
| shorts=FFFFFF
| socks=FFFFFF
|title = 1946–1950
}}
|
{{Football kit
| pattern_la=_shoulder_stripes_black_stripes
| pattern_b=_shoulder_stripes_vneck
| pattern_ra=_shoulder_stripes_black_stripes
| pattern_sh= _black
| pattern_so=_
| leftarm=FFFFFF
| body=FFFFFF
| rightarm=FFFFFF
| shorts=FFFFFF
| socks=FFFFFF
|title = 1976–1984
}}
|
{{Football kit
| pattern_la=_black_stripes_thin1
| pattern_b=__blackstripes3
| pattern_ra=_black_stripes_thin1
| pattern_sh= _blanksides2
| pattern_so=_hoops_black
| leftarm=FFFFFF
| body=FFFFFF
| rightarm=FFFFFF
| shorts=FFFFFF
| socks=FFFFFF
|title = 1905–present
}}
|}

=== Sponsorship ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Kit suppliers
! style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Period
|-
! style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Kit Supplier
! Period
! style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Shirt sponsor {{smaller|(chest)}}
! Supplier
! style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Shirt sponsor {{smaller|(sleeve)}}
|-
|-
|1976–1985
|1976–1985
|[[Adidas]]
|[[Adidas]]
|''None''
| rowspan="17" |''None''
|-
|-
|1985–1987
|1985–1987
| rowspan="5" |[[Umbro]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Umbro]]
|-
|1987–1988
|-
|1988–1989
|-
|1989–1990
|Spall
|-
|1990–1992
|[[Umbro]]
|-
|1992–1993
|Activity
|-
|1993–1997
|Vandanel
|-
|1997–1998
|ICiS
|-
|1998–2000
|Vandanel
|-
|2000–2002
| rowspan="2" |Branded
|-
|2002–2003
|-
|2003–2007
|[[Erreà]]
|-
|2007–2008
|[[Sportitalia]]
|-
|2008–2010
| rowspan="2" |[[Joma]]
|-
|2010–2014
|-
|2014–2015
|[[Jako]]
|-
|2015–2016
| rowspan="4" |[[Erreà]]
|-
|2016–2017
|-
|2017–2018
|-
|2018–2019
|-
|2019–2020
|[[Sport in Bristol|Bristol Sport]]
|-
|2020–2021
| rowspan="4" |[[Erreà]]
|-
|2021–2022
|-
|2022–2023
|-
|2023–2024
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed plainrowheaders" style="width: 25%; text-align: center; margin-left:1em; float: left"
|-
! colspan="2" |Shirt Sponsors
|-
!Period
!Sponsor
|-
|1985–1987
|Avon Graphics
|Avon Graphics
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|1992–2000
|1992–2000
|Vandanel
|[[Bath Chronicle]]
|[[Bath Chronicle]]
|-
|-
|2000–2002
|2000–2002
|TechnicCal
|rowspan=2|Branded
|Technic-Cal
|-
|-
|2002–2003
|2002–2003
|[[RSM Tenon|Bentley Jennison]]
|[[RSM Tenon|Bentley Jennison]]
|-
|-
|2003–2006
|2003–2007
|[[Erreà]]
|[[Bath Chronicle]]
|[[Bath Chronicle]]
|-
|2006–2007
|John Crick
|-
|-
|2007–2008
|2007–2008
|Tilleys Bistro
|[[Sportitalia]]
|Tilley's Bistro
|-
|-
|2008–2010
|2008–2010
| rowspan="2" |[[Joma]]
|SN Scaffolds
|SN Scaffolds
|-
|-
|2010–2011
|2010–2014
|Inter Payroll
|-
|2011–2014
|[[Moore Global|Moore Stephens]]
|[[Moore Global|Moore Stephens]]
|-
|-
|2014–2015
|2014–2015
|Tilleys Bistro
|[[Jako]]
|Tilley's Bistro
|-
|-
|2015–2016
|2015–2016
|Midland Car Company
|rowspan=4|[[Erreà]]
|[[Automobile repair shop|Midland Car Company]]
|-
|-
|2016–2017
|2016–2017
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|-
|-
|2017–2018
|2017–2018
|Vass of Bath
|Vass of Bath<ref>{{Cite web |title=VASS of Bath Drawn as New Bath City FC Shirt Sponsor for 2017–2018 Season |url=https://www.totalguidetobath.com/sport/vass-of-bath-drawn-as-new-bath-city-fc-shirt-sponsor-for-2017-2018-season/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.totalguidetobath.com}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2018–2019
|2018–2019
| rowspan="2" |[[Bristol Airport]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bristol Airport]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bristol Airport is the new Bath City FC shirt sponsor for season 2018–2019 |url=https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/about-us/news-and-media/news-and-media-centre/2018/5/bristol-airport-bath-city-fc-sponsorship |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.bristolairport.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=3 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103135219/https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/about-us/news-and-media/news-and-media-centre/2018/5/bristol-airport-bath-city-fc-sponsorship |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Bath Ales]]<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2017-08-31 |title=Bath City FC announces new partnership with popular local brewer Bath Ales |url=https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/community/bath-city-fc-announces-new-partnership-popular-local-brewer-bath-ales-74869/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath Echo News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2019–2020
|2019–2020
|[[Sport in Bristol|Bristol Sport]]
|-
|-
|2020–2021
|2020–2021
|Bww
| rowspan="3" |[[Erreà]]
|BWW Communications<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2020 |title=Bath City sponsors draw 2022–21 |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DRAW-INFORMATION-2020.pdf |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=bathcity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-11 |title=BWW Communications is the new Bath City FC shirt sponsor for 2020–21 |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/bww-communications-is-the-new-bath-city-fc-shirt-sponsor-for-2020-21/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |J Reynolds (Western)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-24 |title=Download your Havant match programme – sponsored by J. Reynolds (Western) Ltd |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/download-your-havant-match-programme-sponsored-by-j-reynolds-western-ltd/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2021–2022
|2021–2022
|Rocketmakers
|Rocketmakers
|-
|-
|2022–2023
|2022–
|Belvoir Castle
|The Belvoir Castle<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-21 |title=Winners of the Shirt Sponsor Draw |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/winners-of-the-shirt-sponsor-draw-announced/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kitman |first=The |date=2022-08-17 |title=Bath City FC 2022–23 Errea Kits Released {{!}} The Kitman |url=https://www.thekitman.co.uk/bath-city-fc-2022-23-errea-kits-released/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Kitman {{!}} Classic Football Shirts {{!}} Retro Football Kits {{!}} Vintage Jerseys |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|2023–2024
|Stone King
|}
|}
{{clear}}


==Stadiums==
==Stadiums==
[[File:Bath Cricket Club Ground, North Parade Road, Bath - geograph.org.uk - 4160827.jpg|alt=Bath Cricket Club Ground, North Parade Road, Bath - geograph.org.uk - 4160827|thumb|Bath City's first ever ground, The North Parade Ground in 2014.]]
===1889: The North Parade Ground===
===1889: The North Parade Ground===
[[File:Bath Cricket Club. pavilion skyline.jpg|thumb|The club's first ever ground, The North Parade Ground]]
{{Main|Bath Cricket Club Ground}}
{{Main|Bath Cricket Club Ground}}
Bath played their most early matches at the [[Bath Cricket Club Ground|North Parade Ground]] in [[Bathwick]] across from the [[Bath, Somerset|City Centre]]. The ground was shared with the cricket club, most likely due to the fact that members of [[Bath Cricket Club]] were involved in the formation of the club in 1889. The ground mainly hosted friendlies with Bath and other local teams.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 1901 |title=Bath City Football Club |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19010822/098/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> However, their time at Bathwick was short spent, as they moved to Lambridge in 1890.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 September 1890 |title=Football Association |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18900918/016/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
Bath played their most early matches at the [[Bath Cricket Club Ground|North Parade Ground]] in [[Bathwick]] across from the [[Bath, Somerset|city centre]], ground sharing with [[Bath Cricket Club]]. In 1889, it mainly hosted friendlies with Bath AFC and other local teams.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 August 1901 |title=Bath City Football Club |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19010822/098/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>


=== 1900–1919: Belvoir Castle ===
=== 1900–1919: Belvoir Castle ===
Bath City settled in [[Twerton]] at the Belvoir Castle Ground in 1900.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 August 1901 |title=Bath City Football Club: Annual Meeting |pages=7 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19010822/098/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In 1908, there was talk of [[Bath Rugby]] sharing the ground, though it never materialised.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 1908 |title=Recreation Ground's committee |pages=2 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19080528/006/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Two years later, the ground was purchased by the [[Midland Railway|Midland Railway Company]] by Mr Stothert and Pitt and it was later stated that the ground would be "absolutely unsuitable for football" in a few years time, with the Railway company planning to build a train track on the very land the stadium occupied.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 August 1910 |title=Bath City Football Club Field: Acquired By Stothert and Pitts Limited |pages=8 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19100818/107/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
[[File:Bath City fans watching a match in 1914 at the Belvoir Castle Ground.jpg|thumb|Bath City fans watching a match in 1914 at the Belvoir Castle Ground.]]

In 1900, the club settled in [[Twerton]] at the Belvoir Castle Ground.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 1901 |title=Bath City Football Club: Annual Meeting |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19010822/098/0007 |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=7}}</ref> From 1900 to 1908 the club played friendlies with other local clubs. In 1908, there was a talk of [[Bath Rugby]] sharing the ground, though the talks never materialised.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 1908 |title=Recreation Ground's committee |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19080528/006/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=2}}</ref> In 1910 the ground was purchased by the [[Midland Railway|Midland Railway Company]] by Mr Stothert and Pitt, it was later stated that the ground would be "absolutely unsuitable for football" in a few years time, with the Railway Company planning to build a train track on the very land that the stadium occupied.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 August 1910 |title=Bath City Football Club Field: Acquired By Stothert and Pitts Limited |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19100818/107/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=8}}</ref> In 1919, a large meeting was arranged at the [[Guildhall, Bath|Bath Guildhall]] to find a suitable replacement, the [[Recreation Ground, Bath|Recreation Ground]] was considered an option.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 1919 |title=Bath City Football Club: The negotiations for a Ground |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19190823/083/0019 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=19}}</ref>
=== 1919–1932: Lambridge ===
=== 1919–1932: Lambridge ===
Mr Hopkins, the club's secretary at the time, found a viable replacement for Belvoir Castle.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 June 1919 |title=Horse Show Ground secured |pages=17 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19190614/050/0017 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In 1919, the club to the east side of the city, in Lambridge.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 December 1920 |title=Football at Lambridge |pages=27 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19201106/118/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In 1921 the club made an application to join the [[English Football League|Football League]], in case of success, plenty of work had been done to the ground, with Lambridge's Popular Side being banked and new dressing rooms were built alongside the grandstand.{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=37}}
[[File:Bath City match at Lambridge in 1919.jpg|thumb|Bath City match at Lambridge in 1919.]]
After almost a decade of uncertainty of what the club's next ground was going to be, following the purchase by the Midland Railway Company in 1910, Mr Hopkins, the club's secretary at the time, found a viable replacement for Belvoir.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 1919 |title=Bath City Football Club |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19190809/019/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 1919 |title=Horse Show Ground secured |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19190614/050/0017 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=17}}</ref> Thus, in 1919, the club moved away from Twerton back to the east side of the city in Lambridge.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 1920 |title=Football at Lambridge |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/19201106/118/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=British Newspaper Archive |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=27}}</ref> In 1921 the club made an application to join the [[English Football League|Football League]], in case of success, plenty of work had been done to the ground, with Lambridge's Popular Side being banked and new dressing rooms were built alongside the grandstand.<ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 37.</ref>


===1932–present: Twerton Park===
===1932–present: Twerton Park===
{{Main|Twerton Park}}
{{Main|Twerton Park}}
[[File:Twerton Park in the 1980s.png|thumb|Aerial view of Twerton Park in the 1980s.]]
[[File:Twerton Park in 2014.png|thumb|[[Twerton Park]], home of Bath City F.C.]]
[[Twerton Park]] became the club's home ground in 1932. The club continued the success of the latter years at Lambridge by winning the Southern League Western title in their first season at Twerton in the [[1932–33 Southern Football League|1932–33]] season. In 1935, roofing was added to [[Twerton Park#The Popular Side|The Popular Side]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 1935 |title=New Stand at Twerton |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19350824/178/0019 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In 1946, Twerton Park was described as "rivalling any stadium in the west of England."<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 1946 |title=Twerton Park as a sports stadium |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19460831/025/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> A record attendance of 18,020 was recorded in [[1959–60 FA Cup|1960]] versus [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] in the third round of the [[FA Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City vs Brighton & Hove Albion – Twerton Park – F.A. Cup third round – 9-Jan-60 – 1959/1960 – Fold down centre |url=https://yourfootballprogramme.co.uk/product/bath-city-vs-brighton-hove-albion-twerton-park-f-a-cup-3rd-round-9-jan-60-19591960-fold-down-centre/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Your Football Programme |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 1960 |title=Ex-City men as rivals |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003330/19600107/188/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=Leicester Evening Mail}}</ref> Attendances on average during the 1940s and 1950s were some of the highest recorded in the club's history. Notable large home attendances during this period included; 17,000 in 1944 vs Aston Villa<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 1944 |title=Bath City's great fights against Aston Villa |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19440415/074/0013 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]]}}</ref> 14,000 vs [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] in the [[1952–53 Southern Football League|1952–53]] season and 11,700 at Twerton Park against rivals Yeovil Town in 1957.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Steve |first=Whitney |date=28 January 2021 |title=Looking Back at the Non-League Season of 1952/53 |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/News/127331/Looking-Back-at-the-Non-League-Season-of-195253- |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=southern-football-league}}</ref>
[[Twerton Park]] became the club's home ground in 1932 and three years later, roofing was added to [[Twerton Park#The Popular Side|The Popular Side]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 August 1935 |title=New Stand at Twerton |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000514/19350824/178/0019 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In 1946, Twerton Park was described as "rivaling any stadium in the west of England."<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 August 1946 |title=Twerton Park as a sports stadium |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19460831/025/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> A record attendance of 18,020 was recorded in [[1959–60 FA Cup|1960]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 January 1960 |title=Ex-City men as rivals |work=Leicester Evening Mail |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003330/19600107/188/0016 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> versus [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] in the third round of the [[FA Cup]].{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=141}} Attendances during the 1940s and 1950s were the highest recorded in the club's history, with notable home gates including; 17,000 in 1944 vs Aston Villa,<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 April 1944 |title=Bath City's great fights against Aston Villa |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19440415/074/0013 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> 14,000 vs [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] in the [[1952–53 Southern Football League|1952–53]] season and 11,700 against Yeovil Town in 1957.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Steve |first=Whitney |date=28 January 2021 |title=Looking Back at the Non-League Season of 1952/53 |url=https://southern-football-league.co.uk/News/127331/Looking-Back-at-the-Non-League-Season-of-195253- |access-date=10 October 2022 |website=Southern Football League}}</ref>


Up until the late 1980s, the ground had a capacity of 20,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 1985 |title=West Threat to Torquay: Could Bath pull plug on United's league career? |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19850525/024/0024 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |page=24}}</ref> Between 1986 and 1996, Bath City shared Twerton Park with Bristol Rovers. In 1990 the Grandstand was heavily damaged by [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] [[Hooliganism|Hooligans]], who were later convicted of arson.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byrom |first=David |date=2019-05-24 |title=This is why Rovers fans are angry over Bath City's choice of shirt |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-rovers-fans-angry-over-2905398 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=BristolLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ground zero, Twerton Park |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-express-1070/20120325/282664684347587 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=PressReader}}</ref> Rovers notably played [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the FA cup on [[1991–92 FA Cup|5 February 1992.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matchdetails from Bristol Rovers – Liverpool played on Wednesday 5 February 1992 – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC! |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1830 |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=www.lfchistory.net}}</ref> It has also hosted [[Team Bath F.C.|Team Bath]], who were a full-time professional team playing in the [[National League South|Conference South]] until their resignation at the end of the [[2008–09 Football Conference|2008–09 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2009-04-08 |title=Team Bath FC resigns from Blue Square Conference |url=https://www.teambath.com/2009/04/08/team-bath-fc-resigns-from-blue-square-conference/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Team Bath |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, the stadium was ranked the 75th best in Britain by [[FourFourTwo]], ahead of the likes of, [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic's]] [[The Valley (London)|The Valley]], the [[Swansea.com Stadium|Swansea.com stadium]] and Bristol City's [[Ashton Gate Stadium|Ashton Gate]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 December 2022 |title=Ranked! The 100 best football stadiums in Britain |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-stadiums-grounds-britain-uk-england-scotland-wales |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[FourFourTwo]]}}</ref> The ground currently has a reduced ground capacity of 3,528 from 8,840 due to safety regulations with a seating capacity of 1,006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Information |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015205708/https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |archive-date=15 October 2020 |access-date=28 April 2020 |publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref>
Between 1986 and 1996, Bath City shared Twerton Park with Bristol Rovers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History - Bristol Rovers |url=https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/club/brfc-history/ |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=Bristol Rovers FC}}</ref> In 1990 the grandstand was heavily damaged by [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] [[Hooliganism|hooligans]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 2012 |title=Ground zero, Twerton Park |work=[[Sunday Express]] |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-express-1070/20120325/282664684347587 |access-date=27 October 2023 |via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> The ground currently has a reduced ground capacity of 4,070 from 8,840 because of safety regulations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Information |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015205708/https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |archive-date=15 October 2020 |access-date=28 April 2020 |publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref> On 21 August 2008, Bath City held talks with Bath Rugby over a possible ground share at the Rec, though fans were opposed to the move the plans never materialised.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City fans oppose move |url=https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7396329.city-fans-oppose-move/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald |date=2 October 2000 |language=en}}</ref> Bath City released plans to redevelop the ground in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2019 |title=Latest designs for the partial redevelopment of Twerton Park and Twerton High Street. |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BCFC-exhibition-three-boards-WEB.pdf |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=Bath City FC}}</ref> but in March 2020 the plans were rejected.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bath City FC's 3G pitch and new homes plan rejected |work=BBC News |date=11 March 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-51844010 |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923211634/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-51844010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 21 August 2008, Bath City's chairman Geoff Todd stated that "the club held talks with Bath Rugby over a possible ground share at the Rec" meaning in the future, Bath City could move to the [[Recreation Ground (Bath)|Recreation Ground]], though fans were opposed to the move.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City fans oppose move |url=https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7396329.city-fans-oppose-move/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-31 |title=What Bath City need to survive {{!}} The Sports Despatch |url=https://thesportsdespatch.com/what-bath-city-need-to-survive |access-date=2022-11-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> At the end of the 2011–12 season the club offered the naming rights to Twerton Park for just £50.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-09 |title=Bath City football club offers right to rename Twerton Park stadium for £50 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/feb/09/bath-city-football-rename-stadium |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> The offer drew 167 entries from as far afield as the [[United States|US]], [[Australia]], [[Norway]] and [[Singapore]] which raised £3,850 for the club. Businesses made up 58 of the entries with only a handful of the remaining personalised entries being deemed unsuitable. The winning entry drawn at random was The Mayday Trust, a [[Charitable organization|charitable organisation]] that helps to rehome vulnerable people. The club released plans to redevelop the ground and local area, containing a new grandstand, [[Artificial turf|3G pitch]] and housing in a bid to secure the immediate financial future of the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plans for new Bath City football stadium revealed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-47305739 |website=BBC |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306045722/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-47305739 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Elgee |first=Emma |date=2021-12-15 |title=Bath City FC pressing on with Twerton Park redevelopment plans |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/bath-city-fc-pressing-twerton-6352575 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=SomersetLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2019 |title=Latest designs for the partial redevelopment of Twerton Park and Twerton High Street. |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BCFC-exhibition-three-boards-WEB.pdf |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=bathcityfc.com}}</ref> In March 2020, the plans were rejected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bath City FC's 3G pitch and new homes plan rejected |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-51844010 |website=BBC |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923211634/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-51844010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sumner |first=Stephen |date=2020-03-11 |title=Bath City FC devastated after plans for grandstand and flats rejected |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bath-city-fc-devastated-after-3941374 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=SomersetLive |language=en}}</ref> In August 2020, it was announced that [[Bristol City WFC|Bristol City Women]] would play the majority of home games at Twerton Park during the [[2020–21 FA WSL|2020–21 FA Women's Super League season]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bristol City Women to make Twerton Park New Home |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/bristol-city-women-to-make-twerton-park-new-home/ |publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814121107/https://www.bathcityfc.com/bristol-city-women-to-make-twerton-park-new-home/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New home for City Women |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/new-home-for-city-women/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bristol City |language=en}}</ref>


== Support ==
== Support ==
[[File:Bath City fans in 2017.jpg|thumb|A group of Bath and [[Calcio Lecco 1912|Calcio Lecco]] fans on ''The Popular Side'' of Twerton Park in 2017]]Bath City were well supported in the 1940s,<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 October 1948 |title=Bath City Supporters are loyal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19481023/042/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2023 |work=[[Bath Chronicle]] |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2020 |title=Everything you need to know: Twerton Park |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/everything-you-need-to-know-twerton-park/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Bristol City |language=en}}</ref> With gates averaging four to six thousand,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bath City |first=Football Club |date=13 May 2021 |title=The Archive: Bath City on Film Volume 4 {{!}} 1996-2002 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xOBgBhwSO0 |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> and reaching the late ten thousands.<ref name=":0" /> However by the 1970s, attendances had declined to around one thousand two hundred.<ref name=":12" /> Gates plummeted further to just the mid hundreds in the 1980s and 1990s, and mid 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City 2014–15 season |url=https://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/archive_1415.htm |access-date=4 March 2024 |website=Bath City FC Archive}}</ref> As a result, in 2015, a development programme aiming to boost gates to over one thousand was formed,<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2016 |title=Bath City supporters society general meeting |url=http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uploads/communityshares/Bath%20City/bathcitybusplan.pdf |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=Bath City Supporters Society}}</ref> and worked successfully in the later half of the 2010s and early 2020s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Previous Seasons |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/previous-seasons/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
[[File:Bath city average attendance chart.png|thumb|Average [[Twerton Park]] Bath City attendance, 1958–2022.]]
[[Twerton Park#The Popular Side|The Popular Side]] opposite the Grandstand is home to the club's most vocal support. With the core group of singers standing at each end the team are attacking toward, raising large flags.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-15 |title=Meet the singers – and join them! |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/meet-the-singers-and-join-them/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Supporters are known for singing [[Scrumpy and Western#"Drink Up Thy Zider" - Bristol City F.C. and Bath City F.C.|"Drink Up Thy Cider"]] by [[The Wurzels]], a tribute to the [[Somerset|Somerset's]] famous cider brewing industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A closer look at Somerset's cider-making scene |url=https://bighouseexperience.com/features-and-articles/a-closer-look-at-somerset-s-cider-making-scene/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Big House Experience |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Bath and [[Alps|Alpine]] Italian side [[Calcio Lecco 1912|Calcio Lecco]] fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the 1977 [[Anglo-Italian Cup]] final, with a supporters match held in Lecco's [[Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi]] ground.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-28 |title=City fans help mark Anglo-Italian Cup anniversary |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/city-fans-help-mark-anglo-italian-cup-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Bath City have held no fierce rivalries with other clubs over the years, though the club's most contested fixture is shared with fellow Somerset side, [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]], who they have played 274 times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeovil to meet old rivals Bath |url=https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/7200303.yeovil-to-meet-old-rivals-bath/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Somerset County Gazette |date=17 October 2002 |language=en}}</ref> Since the mid 2000s, Bath have shared a local derby with Wiltshire club, [[Chippenham Town F.C.|Chippenham Town]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2019 |title=Bath City score three in thrilling A4 derby win |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/bath-city-score-three-thrilling-3682835 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=SomersetLive |language=en}}</ref>
Historically, Bath were one of the best supported clubs in non-league football, particularly in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. With attendances reaching the mid to late ten thousands in some [[FA Cup]] ties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything you need to know: Twerton Park |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/everything-you-need-to-know-twerton-park/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Bristol City |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 1948 |title=Bath City Supporters are loyal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19481023/042/0006 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In an interview in 1997, chairman at the time, Steve Hall stated: "In the days when [[Malcolm Allison]] was here (1950s) we'd have 5,000 turn up every Saturday."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bath City |first=Football Club |date=13 May 2021 |title=The Archive: Bath City on Film Volume 4 {{!}} 1996-2002 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xOBgBhwSO0 |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> However, attendances declined immensely in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, with no average home gate making it over 1,400 mark besides the 1977–78 season (with an average of 1,600).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City FC Archives |url=https://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com}}</ref>
==Records==

Albeit, the decline in attendances was notable through out the entirety of [[English football]] during this period as they were some of the foremost decades of [[Football hooliganism]], particularly the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Neil Fredrik |date=17 August 2017 |title=25 years on, why English crowds are subdued |url=https://gameofthepeople.com/2017/08/17/25-years-on-why-english-crowds-are-subdued/ |access-date=16 October 2022 |website=Game of the people |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-03-16 |title=Football crowds' nadir in 80's |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/mar/16/jonhenderson.theobserver |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Due to the club's poor performances on the field in the late 1990s to 2010s, with subsequent relegations, attendances declined further. Being as low as 500 on average in the [[2014–15 National League 2 South|2014–15]] season, the lowest recorded average attendance in the club's entire history. As a result, in 2015, a fan development group dedicated to raising average home attendances to 1000 called "''1000BC"'' was put in place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-17 |title=1000BC Attendance Development Update |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/1000bc-attendance-development-update/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2016 |title=Bath City supporters society general meeting |url=http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uploads/communityshares/Bath%20City/bathcitybusplan.pdf |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=bathcitysupporterssociety}}</ref> The development was undoubtedly successful with attendances having averaged over 1000 for the past three seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-03 |title=Bath City gains new fans from Stateside |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-gains-new-fans-from-stateside/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-29 |title=So heartwarming to see non-league football thriving all over England, from Falmouth to Steeton, with record crowds despite the Covid pandemic – Simon Carter |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/so-heartwarming-to-see-non-league-football-thriving-all-over-england-from-falmouth-to-steeton-with-record-crowds-despite-the-covid-pandemic-simon-carter-3509153 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.portsmouth.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Bath City fans vs Torquay United in 2019.jpg|thumb|Bath City fans in 2019.]]In 2017, Twerton Park was ranked number one by non league fans for atmosphere in the national league south.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-10 |title=City love a ground with the best atmosphere |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/city-love-a-ground-with-the-best-atmosphere/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Twerton Park#The Popular Side|The Popular Side]] opposite the Grand Stand is home to the club's most vocal support.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-15 |title=Meet the singers – and join them! |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/meet-the-singers-and-join-them/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Supporters are known for singing [[Scrumpy and Western#"Drink Up Thy Zider" - Bristol City F.C. and Bath City F.C.|"Drink Up Thy Cider"]] by [[The Wurzels]], a tribute to the [[Somerset|Somerset's]] famous cider brewing industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A closer look at Somerset's cider-making scene |url=https://bighouseexperience.com/features-and-articles/a-closer-look-at-somerset-s-cider-making-scene/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Big House Experience |language=en}}</ref> The song is often played at Twerton Park after the team wins, particularly a big game. In the 1960s and 1970s, the club's mascot was simply known as "mascot man", who dressed in black and white top hat and tails whilst twirling a large black and white umbrella and ringing a handbell.<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2015-06-19 |title=Public Asked To Help Identify Bath City's Iconic Mascot |url=https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/sport/public-asked-to-help-identify-bath-citys-iconic-mascot-62431/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Bath Echo |language=en-GB}}</ref> In more recent years, (since the 2010–11 season), the club mascot has been [[Bladud]] the Pig, named after the legendary [[king of the Britons]] who is said to have founded the city of Bath and kept a herd of pigs. At the club's home games, he can frequently be seen waving to the crowd, performing press-ups and entertaining younger supporters. In 2019, Bladud the Pig won the Mascot South West Grand National.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Bladud romps to victory in Wincanton mascot race |date=25 April 2019 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/bladud-romps-to-victory-in-wincanton-mascot-race/ |access-date=22 December 2020 |publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref>

Though close in proximity, EFL League One side Bristol Rovers are not considered rivals, having never competed against Bath in the league, and have formed friendly relations with the Romans, largely due to Rovers playing at Twerton from 1986 to 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title=Next Match – Bristol Rovers – Home |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/next-match-bristol-rovers-home/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> In addition to Bristol Rovers, Bath have formed a strong tie with Italian side [[Calcio Lecco]]. The clubs played against each other in the 1977 [[Anglo-Italian Cup]] Final, with the Italian side triumphing. This did not sour relations, with fans of both sides celebrating the 40th anniversary of the game in 2017 with a supporters match held in Lecco's [[Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi]] ground.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stillman |first1=Mark |last2=Burridge |first2=Henry |date=2017-06-29 |title=Flares, friends and football – City fans tackle Anglo-Italian job |url=http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/bath-city-fans-celebrate-anglo-148337 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=bathchronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-28 |title=City fans help mark Anglo-Italian Cup anniversary |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/city-fans-help-mark-anglo-italian-cup-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Rivalries ===
{{Main|Somerset derby}}
[[File:Bath City vs Yeovil Town in 2022.jpg|thumb|Bath City v [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] in 2022 at [[Huish Park]].]]
Historically, Bath's mains rivals were fellow Somerset club [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 1948 |title=Old Rivals Clash |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19481016/081/0010 |url-access=subscription |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeovil to meet old rivals Bath |url=https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/7200303.yeovil-to-meet-old-rivals-bath/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Somerset County Gazette |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Rivals have a lot of cup history between them |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bath-chronicle/20220407/281973201179458 |access-date=2023-02-21 |via=PressReader}}</ref> Bath also shared a lesser rivalry with [[Weymouth F.C.|Weymouth]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Next Match – Weymouth – Home |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/next-match-weymouth-home/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> The rivalry with Yeovil stemmed from location and league position, with Yeovil and Bath having played in the top tier of non-League football for the majority of their history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 1939 |title=Bath City loose to old rivals |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19391113/007/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Tensions between Bath and Yeovil were said to be strongest in the 1960s and 1990s, with the two clubs playing each other 272 times.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Angulo |first=Chris |date=2021-10-14 |title=Throwback Thursday No. 5 – Old Rivals Meet In Windy FA Cup Tie |url=https://gloverscast.co.uk/throwback-thursday-no-5-old-rivals-meet-in-windy-fa-cup-tie/ |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=Gloverscast |language=en-US}}</ref> From the 1910s to the late 1990s Bath and Yeovil consistently occupied the same league.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City miss a penalty |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000515/19501104/135/0014 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |publisher=[[Bath Chronicle]] |page=14}}</ref>

The first game for which the grandstand at Twerton Park officially opened was an [[FA Cup]]-tie on November 12, 1932. Yeovil, at the time, were said to be much "much reviled" in Bath over the years. 5,345 watched Yeovil beat Bath 4–2. The paper reported that the crowd were ‘strangely silent’, with City fans stating "Losing to Yeovil always hurt".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tanner |first=Mark |date=2015-05-07 |title=75 years at Twerton Park – Part 3 |url=http://www.mtannersports.com/2015/05/75-years-at-twerton-park-part-3/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=M Tanner Sports |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, since the turn of the century, Yeovil and Bath moved in opposite directions across the English football pyramid, with the two clubs being as many as five divisions apart from one another during the 2013–14 season. Yeovil were promoted to the [[EFL Championship]] in 2013, and played second-tier football for the first time in their history during the [[2013–14 Football League Championship|2013–14]] season, at the same time, Bath were struggling in the sixth tier. Whilst Yeovil were having one of the best periods in their history, Bath were having one their worst, thus, local animosity between Bath and Yeovil dissipated.<ref name=":8" />

The relegation of Weymouth from the [[National League (division)|National League]] in 2019 means that both Weymouth and Bath now participate in the National League South as of the [[2022–23 National League|2022–23 season]], the last time being the [[2009–10 Football Conference|2009–10 season]]. Yeovil Town's decline since 2014 means that as of the 2023–24 season Bath and Yeovil compete in the same league, the first time since 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Yeovil relegated to National League |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47994663 |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> In more recent years, Bath have shared a less fierce derby with [[Chippenham Town F.C.|Chippenham Town]] both based on location and league position rather than historical feud, with both clubs currently competing in the National League South.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stillman |first1=Mark |last2=Updated |date=2019-12-27 |title=Bath City score three in thrilling A4 derby win |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/bath-city-score-three-thrilling-3682835 |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=SomersetLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-24 |title=The Next Match – The A4 Derby Part I – Chippenham Town Away |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/the-next-match-the-a4-derby-part-i-chippenham-town-away/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Records and statistics==
{{Main|List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics}}
{{Main|List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics}}
[[File:Bath City FC League Performance.svg|thumb|Bath City league performance from their entry into the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] in 1921 to the present. ]]
[[File:Bath City FC League Performance since 1979.svg|thumb|The seasonal League positions of Bath City since joining the english football pyramid in 1979]]
The record appearance maker is Dave Mogg, who made 515 appearances in all competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Players |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/past-players/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>Miller, Kerry (2003) p. 237.</ref> [[Charlie Fleming]] is the club's top goal scorer with 216 goals. [[William Hyman]], [[Martin Paul]], [[Paul Randall]] have all scored over 100 goals for the club. The highest goals scored by a single player in a season was Paul Randall in the 1989–90 season. The highest [[Transfer (association football)|transfer]] fee received by the club is £80,000 for [[Jason Dodd]], paid by [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best of the Saints: Jason Dodd |url=https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-10-11/best-of-the-saints-jason-dodd-southampton-football-club-11-october-2021 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Southampton FC |language=en}}</ref> The highest fee paid by Bath is £16,000 for Micky Tanner signed from [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Byrom |first1=David |last2=Updated |date=2020-02-09 |title='Bad boy' Micky Tanner on his City career and a telling off from Terry Cooper |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-bad-boy-micky-3828334 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=BristolLive |language=en}}</ref> The club's record attendance is 18,020 against [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] in the third round of the [[FA Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City FC {{!}} Twerton Park {{!}} Football Ground Guide |url=https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-south/bath-city-twerton-park.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=footballgroundguide.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Bath City's highest ever league finish was fourth in the Alliance Premier League, the fifth level of English football, in the [[1984–85 Alliance Premier League|1984–85 season.]]<ref name=":9" /> The record appearance maker is Dave Mogg, who made 515 appearances in all competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Players |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/past-players/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Charlie Fleming]] is the club's all time top goal scorer, with 216 goals. The highest number of goals scored by a single player in a season was Paul Randall, scoring 51 goals in the 1989–90 season. The highest [[Transfer (association football)|transfer]] fee received by the club is £80,000 for [[Jason Dodd]], paid by [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best of the Saints: Jason Dodd |url=https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-10-11/best-of-the-saints-jason-dodd-southampton-football-club-11-october-2021 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Southampton FC |language=en}}</ref> The highest fee paid by Bath is £16,000 for Micky Tanner signed from [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Byrom |first1=David |last2=Updated |date=2020-02-09 |title='Bad boy' Micky Tanner on his City career and a telling off from Terry Cooper |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-bad-boy-micky-3828334 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=BristolLive |language=en}}</ref> The club's record attendance is 18,020 against [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] in the third round of the [[FA Cup]].{{Sfn|Miller|2003|p=141}}

== Current ownership ==
In the summer of [[2014–15 Football Conference|2015]], "Big Bath City Bid" was launched by filmmaker and Bath fan [[Ken Loach]], in aim to convert Bath City into a [[Community ownership|community-owned]], ‘one member one vote’ club, and to clear the club of its [[debt]]s.<ref name=bathchron-20150828>{{cite news |url=http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/ken-loach-calls-bath-dig-deep-community-ownership/story-27695202-detail/story.html |title=Ken Loach calls on Bath to dig deep for community ownership bid to save Bath City FC |first=James |last=Crawley |newspaper=Bath Chronicle |date=28 August 2015 |access-date=14 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018045618/http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Ken-Loach-calls-Bath-dig-deep-community-ownership/story-27695202-detail/story.html |archive-date=18 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ken Loach backs Bath City Football Club buyout bid|work=BBC News |date=2 June 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-32972216|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013084534/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-32972216|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, the Bid fell short of the £750,000 target set by the majority shareholders. Albeit, in September 2016, the appeal achieved the £300,000 target, and thus began its reformation to a community-owned asset.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bath City fans' buyout bid achieves £300,000 target|work=BBC News |date=27 September 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-37481885|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930161619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-37481885|url-status=live}}</ref> The scheme received backing from around the world, including support from [[List of Manchester United F.C. players|ex-Manchester Utd footballer]], [[Eric Cantona]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-33699603|title=Eric Cantona backs fans' buyout bid|date=29 July 2015|work=BBC News|access-date=13 August 2018|archive-date=13 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813145536/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-33699603|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-30 |title=Cantona buys a share.. in Bath City |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/eric-cantona-buys-a-share-in-bath-city-to-make-the-national-league-south-club-even-greater-10426994.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

On 5 May [[2016–17 National League|2017]], the club completed its transition to community ownership. The major shareholder is the "Bath City Supporters Society Ltd" with 54.6%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bathcityfc.com/news14.htm|title=Bath City FC completes transition to community ownership (5/5/17)|access-date=5 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024422/http://bathcityfc.com/news14.htm|archive-date=16 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Major Shareholder |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=15 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015205708/https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the figures, for May 2018, showed the club operating at a loss of approximately £137,000. Since 2017, the club has also begun altering the way it operates and has attempted tapping into new [[revenue stream]]s. However, Bath City continues to face financial difficulties; with debts totalling almost £1 million in 2018, all of which need to be repaid by 2022 at the latest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-01 |title=Bath City FC Ltd further financial information |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-fc-ltd-further-financial-information/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[Nick Blofeld]], stated; "Despite the community buy-out the Club still has substantial debts to clear and is running at an on-going loss, so we must create sustainable income streams if we are to remain at [[Twerton Park]] for long-term.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-20 |title=Decision looming for Bath City FC |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/decision-looming-for-bath-city-fc/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-05 |title=Ten reasons to support the Twerton Park Redevelopment |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/ten-reasons-to-support-the-twerton-park-redevelopment/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> We have generated some more revenue from non-football activities, but this is limited by our current facilities, which are very dated and are no longer fit-for-purpose. We are all committed to making sure the club remains part of the [[Twerton]] community, which is why we have teamed up with Greenacre Capital to pursue plans for a partial [[redevelopment]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twerton Park Redevelopment |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/twerton-park-redevelopment/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref> "But if these proposals do not happen we would not be able to improve the club's business model sufficiently to clear its debts. In this scenario we might have to sell the entire site and look for a new ground elsewhere, probably outside of the city."<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Seb |last1=Stafford-Bloor |date=2020-03-18 |title=How this historic non-league club are fighting for their future – and it's a familiar story |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/bath-city-how-a-historic-club-are-fighting-their-future-non-league-ground-planning-permission-3g-pitch |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=fourfourtwo.com |language=en}}</ref>

On 16 March 2020, the National League Board announced the suspension of all [[National League System|National League]] football until at least 3 April, due to the rapidly developing [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=National League Competition Suspended |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-national-league-competit-61601 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303230722/https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-national-league-competit-61601 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=The National League}}</ref> On 31 March, the suspension was extended indefinitely<ref>{{cite web |title=Competition Suspended Indefinitely |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-competition-suspended-in-61718 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129170057/https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-competition-suspended-in-61718 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=The National League}}</ref> and, on 22 April, all remaining league matches were cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remaining League Matches To Be Cancelled |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-remaining-league-matches-61884 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924215103/https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-remaining-league-matches-61884 |archive-date=24 September 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=The National League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ordinary Resolution Supported By Clubs |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-ordinary-resolution-supp-62361 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128062515/https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-ordinary-resolution-supp-62361 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=The National League}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Supporters donated £53,025<ref>{{cite web |title=Help Keep Bath City's Promotion Dreams Alive |url=https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/bath-city-fc-playoffs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201035025/https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/bath-city-fc-playoffs |archive-date=1 February 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=Crowdfunder}}</ref> to help stopple the extra costs of participating in the [[playoffs]]. In the [[2021–22 National League|2021–22]] season, the club established a [[livestreaming]] service, enabling supporters to remotely watch games played at Twerton Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Bath City streaming services |date=6 November 2020 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/new-bath-city-streaming-services/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106155756/https://www.bathcityfc.com/new-bath-city-streaming-services/ |archive-date=6 November 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref> On 22 January 2021, with increasing uncertainty about continued financial support for [[Non-League football|non-League]] member clubs, the National League Board announced that the [[National League South]] would be halted immediately for a two-week period.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two-Week Suspension To North And South Season |url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-two-week-suspension-to-n-65013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122141747/https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-league-statement-two-week-suspension-to-n-65013 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021 |publisher=The National League}}</ref>


==Players==
==Players==
===First-team squad===
===First-team squad===
{{updated|24 October 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Players |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/players/ |publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=1 August 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411190547/https://www.bathcityfc.com/players/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Captain |date=2 August 2022 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/squad-numbers-and-captain-news/|publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Raynes, vice captain |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/joe-raynes/|publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
{{updated|28 April 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Players |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/players/ |publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=1 August 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411190547/https://www.bathcityfc.com/players/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Captain |date=2 August 2022 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/squad-numbers-and-captain-news/|publisher=Bath City FC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Raynes, vice captain |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/joe-raynes/|publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Ollie Wright|other=on loan from [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]}}
{{fs player|no=2|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Joe Raynes|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{fs player|no=2|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Joe Raynes|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{fs player|no=3|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Danny Greenslade}}
{{fs player|no=3|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Danny Greenslade}}
{{fs player|no=4|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Jordan Dyer]]}}
{{fs player|no=4|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Jordan Dyer]]}}
{{fs player|no=5|nat=UZB|pos=DF|name=Frederick Denning (On loan from Mumbai City FC)}}
{{fs player|no=5|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Jack Batten}}
{{fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Kieran Parselle]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Kieran Parselle]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Alex Fletcher (footballer)|Alex Fletcher]]}}
{{fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Ewan Clark}}
{{fs player|no=8|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Dan Hayfield}}
{{fs player|no=8|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Dan Hayfield}}
{{fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Cody Cooke]]}}
{{fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Cody Cooke]]}}
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{{fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Tom Smith (footballer, born 1998)|Tom Smith]]}}
{{fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Tom Smith (footballer, born 1998)|Tom Smith]]}}
{{fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Elliott Frear]]}}
{{fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Elliott Frear]]}}
{{fs player|no=12|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Ewan Clark|other=on loan from [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]}}
{{fs player|no=13|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Will Buse|other=on loan from [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]]}}
{{fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Chris Lines]]}}
{{fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Chris Lines]]}}
{{fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jordan Thomas}}
{{fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Scott Wilson (footballer, born 1993)|Scott Wilson]]}}
{{fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Scott Wilson (footballer, born 1993)|Scott Wilson]]}}
{{fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Luke Russe]]}}
{{fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Luke Russe]]}}
{{fs player|no=23|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Ben Morgan}}
{{fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Isaac Vassell]]}}
{{fs player|no=23|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[James Alabi]]}}
{{Fs end}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Ben Morgan}}

====Out on loan====
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Adam Forster|other=at [[Dorchester Town F.C.|Dorchester Town]]}}
{{Fs end}}
{{Fs end}}


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{{Further|List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics}}
{{Further|List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics}}


==Management ==
=== Club captains ===
[[File:Jerry Gill.png|thumb|[[Jerry Gill]] has been the clubs manager since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 2017 |title=Bath City FC appoint Jerry Gill as new First Team Manager |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-fc-appoint-jerry-gill-new-first-team-manager/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>]]
The following table shows players who have previously been selected to be club [[captain (association football)|captain]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Archive |url=http://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=23 December 2020 |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215135151/http://bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Club News |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/club-news/ |publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=23 December 2020 |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206021801/https://www.bathcityfc.com/club-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The table is in chronological order and begins from 1957 onwards:
===Coaching ===

{|
|- valign="top"
|
{| class="wikitable alternance"
|-
!style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Name
!style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Period
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Roy Oakley || 1957–1958
|-
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Charlie Fleming]]|| 1958–1961
|-
|{{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian MacFarlane (footballer, born 1933)|Ian MacFarlane]]|| 1961–1962
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Book]]
|1962–1964
|-
|{{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Ian MacFarlane (footballer, born 1933)|Ian MacFarlane]]
|1964–1966
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Roger Swift
|1966–1967
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wilf Carter (footballer)|Wilf Carter]]|| 1967–1969
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Tommy Taylor (footballer, born 1951)|Tommy Taylor]]|| 1969–1970
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} Terry Burt|| 1970–1972
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Tony Gough]]|| 1972–1974
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Gover|| 1974–1975
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Tavener]]|| 1975–1981
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} Dave Palmer
|1981–1991
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Banks (footballer, born 1965)|Chris Banks]]
|1991–1994
|}
|
{| class="wikitable alternance"
|-
!style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Name
!style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Period
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Ian Hedges || 1994–1996
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nicky Brooks || 1996–1998
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Colin Tower || 1999–2002
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Gary Thorne
|2003–2004
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Jones (footballer, born December 1970)|Steve Jones]]
|2003–2004
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Ford]]
|2004–2005
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jimmy Rollo|Jim Rollo]]|| 2005–2010
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lewis Hogg]]|| 2010–2011
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Gethin Jones (footballer, born 1981)|Gethin Jones]]|| 2011–2013
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Andy Gallinagh]]|| 2013–2016
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|{{flagicon|England}} [[Frankie Artus]]|| 2016–2017
|-
|{{flagicon|GRN}} [[Anthony Straker]]|| 2017–2019
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Ryan Clarke (English footballer)|Ryan Clarke]]|| 2019–2022
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Kieran Parselle]] || 2022–
|}
|
|}

===Notable former players===
[[File:Stan Mortensen statue Blackpool-geograph-1675579.jpg|thumb|[[Stan Mortensen]] statue outside of [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool's]] stadium]]
Bath City have a long list of notable former players. Notable players in recent times include the likes of; [[Bobby Zamora]]<ref>{{Cite news |first=Henry |last=Winter |title=We're not just a rugby town – Bath's 'other' team fight to avoid extinction |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bath-city-facing-most-significant-moment-in-their-131-year-history-knsqs3b3f |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-10-27 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and [[Paul Evans (soccer, born 1973)|Paul Evans]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leeds United F.C. History |url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/E/EvansPA.php |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.ozwhitelufc.net.au}}</ref> During the 1950s and 1960s, many players that established themselves in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] (now [[Premier League]]), stepped out onto the Twerton Park pitch in black and white over 100 times, such players include:<ref name=":10" />

'''Alan Skirton'''

Winger, [[Alan Skirton]] was born in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] in 1939. Skirton made 144 appearances for the club between 1956 and 1959, scoring 44 goals. After winning the Southern League with Bath City in 1960, Skirton went on to play for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], playing for the Gunners over 145 times between 1960 and 1966, scoring 53 goals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Max |date=2019-05-13 |title=Family pay tribute to former Arsenal and Bath City 'legend' |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/alan-skirton-arsenal-bath-tribute-2862679 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=SomersetLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=bcfc |date=2019-05-13 |title=Former City stalwart Alan Skirton passes away aged 80 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/former-city-stalwart-alan-skirton-passes-away-aged-80/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

'''Charle Fleming'''

Scottish-born striker [[Charlie Fleming]] made 107 appearances for the then First Division [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] between 1955 and 1958 scoring 60 goals. Known as "Cannonball" for his shooting ability.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCallum |first=Daniel |date=2022-07-12 |title=Passed on this day: Charlie "Cannonball" Fleming |url=https://www.a-love-supreme.com/single-post/passed-on-this-day-charlie-cannonball-fleming |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=alovesupreme}}</ref> Fleming moved to Bath in 1958 and scored 206 goals for the Romans until his departure in 1966, making him the club's records goal scorer. After his death in 1997, the bar outside of [[Twerton Park]] was re-named; "Charlie's" in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forgotten Heroes: Charlie 'Cannonball' Fleming |url=https://rokerreport.sbnation.com/2012/3/13/2866746/forgotten-sunderland-heroes-charlie-cannonball-fleming |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=rokerreport.sbnation.com |date=13 March 2012}}</ref>

'''Ian Black'''

Goalkeeper [[Ian Black (footballer, born 1924)|Ian Black]] was born in [[Scotland]] in 1924. He joined the then [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 1947, and played 97 games for them until 1950 – in which year he joined [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], playing 263 matches for the Cottagers in both the Second and the First Division in the nine years he was with them. In 1959, Black joined the Romans and helped the club win the 1959-60 Southern League title, Black made over 143 appearances for Bath City until he left in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-10 |title=Ian Black: Goalkeeper for Fulham in the 1950s |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-black-goalkeeper-for-fulham-in-the-1950s-8446761.html |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Players - B |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/past-players-b/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

'''Stan Mortensen'''

Arguably the greatest player to ever play for the club, [[Stan Mortensen]] was born in 1921. In 1941, Mortensen joined [[Blackpool F.C.]] who were one of the best teams in England at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FC |first=Blackpool |title=Club History |url=https://blackpoolfc.co.uk/club/club-history |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Blackpool FC}}</ref> He went on to make over 352 appearances for the tangerines, scoring 227 goals, making him Blackpool's second highest goal scorer of all time. In the [[1953 FA Cup final]] Mortensen became the first ever player to score a hat-trick in a FA Cup final at Wembley.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pendrill |first1=L.R. |last2=Allard |first2=A. |last3=Fischer |first3=N. |last4=Harris |first4=P.M. |last5=Nguyen |first5=J. |last6=Smith |first6=I.M. |date=January 2021 |title=1953 FA Cup final |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.51843/measure.13.1.6 |journal=NCSL International Measure |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=58–69 |doi=10.51843/measure.13.1.6}}</ref> Internationally, Mortensen won 25 caps for England, scoring 23 goals. He signed for The Romans for the [[1958–59 Southern Football League|1958–59]] season, in which he made 40 appearances and scored 27 goals.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Past Players |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/past-players/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Football's Pioneers: Stan Mortensen |url=https://www.lcfc.com/news/amp/2641162 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=www.lcfc.com}}</ref>

'''Tony Book'''

Right-back [[Tony Book]] was born in Bath in 1938. Book went on to make 385 appearances for the club, captaining Bath to the 1960 [[Southern Football League|Southern League]]. At the age of 31, he moved to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] and captained them to a First Division, FA Cup, [[EFL Cup]], and [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] title, making him their second most decorated captain of all time, after [[Vincent Kompany]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=self |first=janine |date=2020-02-12 |title=Missing pages deny Book his place in Manchester City's illustrated history |url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/books-and-reviews/missing-pages-deny-book-his-place-in-manchester-city-illustrated-history/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Sports Journalists' Association |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy birthday Mr Manchester City! |url=https://amp.mancity.com/news/club-news/club-news/2020/city-dna/city-dna-60-bricklayer-captain-and-manchester-city-legend |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=amp.mancity.com}}</ref>

==Club officials==
The current manager is [[Jerry Gill]], who was appointed in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bath City FC appoint Jerry Gill as new First Team Manager|date=5 October 2017 |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-fc-appoint-jerry-gill-new-first-team-manager/|publisher=Bath City FC|access-date=21 December 2020|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006014303/http://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-fc-appoint-jerry-gill-new-first-team-manager/|url-status=live}}</ref> Gill previously played for the club between 1990 and 1996, making over 200 appearances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Gill|url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/jerry-gill/|publisher=Bath City FC|access-date=21 December 2020|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716070631/https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/jerry-gill/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Coaching and medical staff===
{{updated|22 June 2022}}<ref name="Information">{{cite web |title=Information |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |publisher=Bath City FC |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=15 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015205708/https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:1px solid white;" scope="col"|Position
!style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:2px solid #DCDCDC;" scope="col"|Name
! style="background-color:#000000; color:white; border:1px solid white;"scope="col"|Name
|-
|-
|Manager||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jerry Gill]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Gill |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/jerry-gill/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|Manager||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jerry Gill]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Gill |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/jerry-gill/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Assistant manager
|Physiotherapist||{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Williams<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Williams |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/lee-williams/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jim Barron]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Barron |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/player/jim-barron/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|Sports Scientist||{{flagicon|ENG}} Aaron Hopkinson<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aaron Hopkinson |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/omar-el-bezra/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Goalkeeping Coach||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Book]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-11 |title=Staff {{as written|Annouc|ement [sic]}} |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/staff-annoucement/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|Goalkeeping coach||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Gerken]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Gerken |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/dean-gerken/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Medical team ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Williams<br/>{{flagicon|ENG}} Sarah Carr
|Sports Therapist||{{flagicon|ENG}} Sarah Carr<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Carr |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/steve-lock/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Lead sports scientist||{{flagicon|ENG}} Aaron Hopkinson
|Sports Masseur||{{flagicon|ENG}} Omar El Bezra<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oma El Bezra, Bath City |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bath-chronicle/20200423/282235192802628 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=PressReader}}</ref>
|-
|-
|First team kit manager
|Scout||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Ford<ref>{{Cite web |last=Careers |first=Sport |title=Elite Candidate – Mike Ford |url=https://sportcareersagency.com/profile/mike-ford-49691 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=sportcareersagency.com |archive-date=3 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103150347/https://sportcareersagency.com/profile/mike-ford-49691 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Jenkins
|-
|-
|First team scout||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jon Haile
|Kit Manager||{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Jenkins<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simon Jenkins |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/player/simon-jenkins-2/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|}
|}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Management Team |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/management-team/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>


===Board of directors===
===Board of directors===
{{updated|17 November 2022}}<ref name="Information"/>
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|-
|Chairman||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Blofeld]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-29 |title=Chairman Nick Blofeld sends message of thanks to Crowdfunder supporters |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/chairman-nick-blofeld-sends-message-of-thanks-to-crowdfunder-supporters/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|Chairman||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Blofeld]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2020 |title=Chairman Nick Blofeld sends message of thanks to Crowdfunder supporters |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/chairman-nick-blofeld-sends-message-of-thanks-to-crowdfunder-supporters/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Football Chairman||{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Williams<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-22 |title=Football Chairman Paul Williams discusses Twerton Park redevelopment |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/football-chairman-paul-williams-discusses-twerton-park-redevelopment/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|Football Chairman||{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Williams<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2022 |title=Football Chairman Paul Williams discusses Twerton Park redevelopment |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/football-chairman-paul-williams-discusses-twerton-park-redevelopment/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Directors
|Community Director||{{flagicon|ENG}} Joy Saunders<ref>{{Cite web |title='My City, My Shirt' – Bath City FC's portraits project to celebrate diversity {{!}} Building Control Services {{!}} Bath & North East Somerset Council |url=https://newsroom.bathnes.gov.uk/news/my-city-my-shirt-bath-city-fcs-portraits-project-celebrate-diversity |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=newsroom.bathnes.gov.uk}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Pierce<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-24 |title=Pitch maintenance volunteers urgently needed |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/pitch-maintenance-volunteers-urgently-needed/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{{flagicon|ENG}} Caroline White<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Simon |date=2023-11-17 |title=New Marketing/Commercial Board Members |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/new-marketing-and-commercial-board-members/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><br/>{{flagicon|ENG}} Gareth Cooper<ref name=":8" /><br/>{{flagicon|ENG}} Jane Jones<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2022 |title=Bath City welcomes new director Jane Jones |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-welcomes-new-director-jane-jones/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />{{flagicon|ENG}} John Reynolds<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2019 |title=Bath City call for Roman Army to roar for visit of league leaders |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-call-for-roman-army-to-roar-for-visit-of-league-leaders/ |access-date=29 October 2023 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Director of football operations
|Sales & Marketing Director||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jon Bickley<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Publishing Life – Jon Bickley |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/my-publishing-life-jon-bickley-564 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.inpublishing.co.uk}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Shane Morgan
|-
|-
|Supporter Liaison Officer
|Commercial Director||{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Falk<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=Bath City FC Commercial Director Vacancy |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/bath-city-fc-commercial-director-vacancy/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ENG}} James Carlin<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Simon |date=2023-08-23 |title=Meet your Supporter Liaison Officer |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/meet-your-supporter-liaison-officer/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|Director||{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Pierce<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-24 |title=Pitch maintenance volunteers urgently needed |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/pitch-maintenance-volunteers-urgently-needed/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|Director||{{flagicon|ENG}} John Reynolds<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaynes |first=Anita |date=2017-05-08 |title=Royds Withy King advises on Bath City Football Club takeover |url=https://www.tbebathandsomerset.co.uk/royds-withy-king-advises-bath-city-football-club-takeover/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The Business Exchange – Bath and Somerset |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|}
|}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Information |url=https://www.bathcityfc.com/information/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Bath City FC |language=en-GB}}</ref>


===Managerial history===
===Managerial history===
''List showing the club's 41 permanent managers from 1907 onwards, caretaker managers are not included''
''List showing the club's 40 permanent managers from 1907 onwards, caretaker managers are not included''
{{Further|List of Bath City F.C. managers}}
{{Further|List of Bath City F.C. managers}}


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*1947 {{flagicon|England}} [[Vic Woodley]]
*1947 {{flagicon|England}} [[Vic Woodley]]
*1950 {{flagicon|England}} [[Eddie Hapgood]]
*1950 {{flagicon|England}} [[Eddie Hapgood]]
*1956 {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Paddy Sloan]]
*1956 {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Paddy Sloan]]
*1957 {{flagicon|England}} [[Bob Hewison]]
*1957 {{flagicon|England}} [[Bob Hewison]]
*1961 {{Flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Cole
*1961 {{Flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Cole
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*2016 {{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Owers]]
*2016 {{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Owers]]
*2017 {{flagicon|England}} [[Jerry Gill]]
*2017 {{flagicon|England}} [[Jerry Gill]]
{{div col end}}[[File:Bath City FC win 1959-60 Southern League title.jpg|thumb|Captain [[Charlie Fleming]] (middle centre), former Manchester City player [[Tony Book]] (front left,) and former Fulham keeper [[Ian Black (footballer, born 1924)|Ian Black]], (back centre) pictured with the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] trophy in the Twerton Park changing room in 1960 ]]
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==Honours==
==Honours==
Source:<ref name=":9" />
{{further|List of Bath City F.C. seasons}}
* [[Southern Football League|Southern League]]
{{see also||List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics#Club honours}}
** Champions: [[1959–60 Southern Football League|1959–60]], [[1977–78 Southern Football League|1977–78]], [[2006–07 Southern Football League|2006–07]]
Bath's first competitive trophy was The Somerset Premier Cup in 1929. In 1930, the club won its first League title, The Southern League Western Section. In terms of the grandeur and number of trophies won, Bath's most successful decade was the 1930s, in which the club won two league titles and three Somerset cups.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Football Club History Database - Bath City |url=https://www.fchd.info/BATHC.HTM |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.fchd.info}}</ref> In total, Bath have won two Southern League Western Section titles, three Southern League titles, one Southern League Cup, one Football League North and twenty five Somerset Premier Cups.'''{{efn|From 1920 to 1958, one of the highest levels of non-league football was The Southern League; though not formally recognised as a single tier, the league acted as a fourth tier, being on a similar level to that of the [[Football League Third Division]], however automatic promotion from non-League to The Football League was not established until 1987.}}'''{{efn|In 1958, The [[Football League Fourth Division]] was created, as a result, the Southern league was moved down a level. }}{{efn|Between 1939 and 1945, all competitive football in England was cancelled, however a temporary war time league was formed, named the; [[Football League North and South|Football League North and South Division]] which Bath City won in 1944.}}[[File:Bath City FC win 1959-60 Southern League title.jpg|thumb|1959–60 team with The Southern League title ]]

===Domestic===

* '''[[Southern Football League|Southern League (Western Section)]]'''
** Champions: [[1929–30 Southern Football League|1929–30]], [[1932–33 Southern Football League|1932–33]]

* '''Southern League'''
** Champions: [[1959–60 Southern Football League|1959–60]], [[1977–78 Southern Football League|1977–78]]

* '''Southern League (level 7)'''
** Champions: 2006–07

* [[Football League North and South|'''Football League North''']]
** Champions: 1943–44

* [[Southern Football League Cup (England)|'''Southern League Cup''']]
** Winners: 1979

===European===
* '''[[Anglo-Italian Cup]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Llopis |first=Alberto |date=2020-08-08 |title=The Anglo-Italian Copa, an almost unknown cup |url=https://colgadosporelfutbol.com/la-copa-anglo-italiana/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Hanging by Futbol}}</ref>
** ''Runners up:'' 1976–77, 1977–78

===Minor===
*Somerset Cup
** Winners (25): 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2023
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==See also==
{{portal|Association football|English football|Somerset}}
{{Authority control}}
* [[Bath City W.F.C.]]
* [[History of Bath City F.C.]]
* [[List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics]]
* [[List of Bath City F.C. managers]]
* [[List of Bath City F.C. players]]
* [[List of Bath City F.C. seasons]]
* [[List of fan-owned sports teams]]

== Affiliated clubs ==
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Calcio Lecco 1912|Calcio Lecco]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-08 |title=Per sempre: The footballing friendship of Bath City and Calcio Lecco 1912 |url=https://footballpink.net/per-sempre-the-footballing-friendship-of-bath-city-and-calcio-lecco-1912/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Football Pink |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}


*[[Southern Football League Cup (England)|Sothern League Cup]]
** Winners: [[1978–79 Southern Football League|1978–79]]
==References==
==References==
=== General ===
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Miller |editor1-first=Kerry. |title=Stars in Stripes: The Official History of Bath City Football Club|year=2003 |publisher=Antony Rowe Ltd |location=Chippenham }}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Miller |editor1-first=Kerry. |title=Stars in Stripes: The Official History of Bath City Football Club|year=2003 |publisher=Antony Rowe Ltd |location=Chippenham }}


==Sources==
=== Specific ===
{{reflist}}
* {{fchd|id=BATHC|name=Bath City}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060902085954/http://www.bathcityfc.com/index2.htm Player lists]


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category}}
{{commons category}}
* [http://bathcityfc.com/ Official website]
* {{official|http://bathcityfc.com/}}

* [http://www.bcyfc.co.uk/ Bath City Youth FC website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914013811/http://www.bcyfc.co.uk/ |date=14 September 2013 }}
=== Independent websites ===
* [http://www.bcyfc.co.uk/ Bath City Youth FC website].
* Bath City F.C. on [[BBC Sport]]: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/bath-city/scores-fixtures results and fixtures]
* Bath City F.C. on [[BBC Sport]]: [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/bath-city/scores-fixtures results and fixtures]
* [https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/ Vanarama National League] Official website
* [https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/ Vanarama National League] Official website

Revision as of 18:28, 18 May 2024

This article is about the men's semi-professional football team. For the women's team associated to the same club, see Bath City W.F.C.
"Bath City" redirects here. For the city itself, see Bath, Somerset.

Bath City
Bath City logo
Full nameBath City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Romans
Founded1889; 135 years ago (1889) (as Bath AFC)
GroundTwerton Park
Capacity8,840 (1,006 seated)[1]
OwnerBath City Supporters' Society
ChairmanNick Blofeld
ManagerJerry Gill
LeagueNational League South
2023–24National League South, 6th of 24
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Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. Nicknamed the "Romans", the club was founded in 1889 and have played their home matches at Twerton Park since 1932.

The club has never played in the Football League, though Bath were heavily discussed as an entrant in the 1930s and 1940s, and came closest via election in 1978 and 1985. During the Second World War, the club won the Football League North. Bath have reached the third round of the FA Cup six times, beating league sides such as; Crystal Palace (in 1931), Millwall (in 1959), and Cardiff City (in 1992). Bath were crowned Southern League champions in 1960 and 1978; one of the highest levels of non-League football at the time. From 1980 to 1997, the team spent sixteen years in what is now The National League, with Bath finishing fourth in the 1984–85 season, their highest ever league position.

Bath City hold no real fierce rivalries, albeit the fixtures with the most animosity are the local derbies shared with fellow Somerset club Yeovil Town, and more recently with Wiltshire club, Chippenham Town. The club's nickname stems from Bath's ancient Roman history. The first recorded attire the club wore were blue shorts and white shirts in 1900, though Bath City changed to black and white stripes in the early 20th Century and the colours have remained since. The club's crest depicts the Borough walls, which in-circled the old city center during medieval times. Twerton Park once held up to 20,000 fans, with the club's record attendance of 18,020 being recorded in 1960.

History

Main article: History of Bath City F.C.
For a statistical breakdown by season, see List of Bath City F.C. seasons.

Formation and early years (1889–1925)

The first Bath City squad, taken in 1890 at the North Parade Ground.

On July 19, 1889 Bath City were formed as Bath AFC at the Christopher hotel in the city centre.[2] The team commenced play at the North Parade Ground in Bathwick.[3] Bath competed in their first ever recorded match on 10 October 1889, in which they lost 9–4 to Trowbridge Town.[4] By 1891, Bath were struggling heavily financially. As a consequence, the club amalgamated with the local rugby club;[5] Bath Football Club.[6] For an entire nine years the team ceased play. Until, on 11 September 1900, Bath AFC was re-formed,[7] led by cricketer William Hyman.[8] Bath City FC, by name,[9] was officially born.[10]

Bath joined a multi-county division for the first time in 1908 ,[11] competing in the Western League Division Two.[12] Charles Pinker was appointed manager the following year,[13] and that season they moved up to The Western League Division One.[14] Bath City remained in the Western League until 1921,[15] in which they joined the Southern League,[16] regarded as the strongest division outside the Football League at the time.[17][18] In 1921, manager Charles Pinker left the club after a successful twelve-year period.[19] He was replaced by former Swindon Town player, Billy Tout who retained this role until 1925.[20]

Large crowds and missing out on Football League (1925–1958)

Bath players entering from the Grandstand of Twerton Park before a match in the 1930s.

The following year Bath City were on the brink of extinction.[21] However, on 21 August 1926, there was a large meeting with the club's supporters and officials, and the club was "saved".[22] The following season, under newly appointed Ted Davis,[23] the team finished Southern League runners up. Being praised "the best in the club's history" by the Bath Chronicle,[24] and they were runners up again in 1933. During this period,[25] Bath were heavily being discussed for entry into the Football League Third Division.[26] After over a decade at the club, Davis left Bath for Colchester United in 1937.[27] Former Liverpool player, Alex Raisbeck acted as first team coach leading into the second world war.[28]

Raisbeck left the position to a returning Davis in 1940. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Bath City were accepted into the temporary Football League North, competing with the likes of Bristol City and Aston Villa.[29] That season Bath competed in their highest attended game to date, playing Aston Villa at Villa Park in front of over 30,000.[30] The team won the league under Davis.[31] In 1944, the club were, once again,[32] in talks for entry into the Third Division.[33] However, the FA refused Football League entry to non-League clubs.[34] Davis left Bath in 1947, and was replaced by Vic Woodley,[35] though he left in 1950 after four mid-lower placed finishes,[36] and was replaced by Eddie Hapgood.[37]

Glory, yoyo years and nation wide football (1958–1996)

A match at Twerton Park in 1962.

Bob Hewison, appointed in 1958, arguably built the strongest side in the club's history,[38] signing players such as Alan Skirton, Stan Mortensen and Tony Book, captained by Charlie Fleming.[39] The team went on to win the Southern League in the 1959–60 season,[40] at Huish Park.[41] In the same season, Bath played Brighton & Hove Albion at Twerton Park in the FA Cup third round, in front of a record crowd of 18,020,[42] but lost 1–0.[43] Two years after Hewison's departure, in spring of 1963,[44] Malcolm Allison was appointed manager.[45] That season Bath finished third, and reached the FA Cup third round.[46] Soon after however, under Welsh manager Ivor Powell,[47] Bath City were relegated for the first time ever in their history.[48]

From 1964 to 1974 Bath City became a yo-yo club, being relegated from, and promoted back to the Premier Division on six occasions.[49] Two years into Brian Godfrey's reign, in the 1977–78 season,[50] the team won the Southern League title for a second time,[51] in front of "hoards of travelling fans."[52] Under Godfrey, the club made it to two Anglo-Italian Cup finals In 1977 and 1978;[53] They fell short of election to the Football League by three votes in 1978.[54] As a result, the club became founding members of the Alliance Premier League,[55] and played nation-wide football for the first time.[56] Albeit, the attendances from 1984 to 1989 were some of the worst in Bath City's history, with seasonal gates averaging between just 500 and 600.[57] In 1991 Tony Ricketts was appointed manager.[58] They reached the third round of the FA Cup during the 1993–94 season, losing 4–1 to Stoke City at Twerton Park in the third round in front of 7,000 fans.[59]

Decline and subsequent relegation (1996–2017)

Bath vs Kettering Town in 1992.

Following decades of playing in the top division of non-League football,[60] Bath were relegated from the Conference in 1997.[61] In 2004, the club lost in the FA Cup second round to Peterborough United.[62] John Relish was appointed manager on 22 June 2005.[63] The subsequent year, they were promoted, winning the Southern League in 2006–07, finishing on 91 points.[64] Under new manager Addie Britton,[65] Bath beat League Two side Grimsby Town in the FA Cup first round in in 2009, only to lose to Forest Green Rovers in the second round.[66] On May 9, 2010, Bath City beat Woking 1–0 in the play-off final,[67] and returned to the Conference.[68]

Bath finished tenth in the 2010–11 Football Conference.[69] However, they had a poor season in 2011–12 and were relegated.[70] A year later, Britton subsequently stepped down as first team coach.[71] He was replaced by Australian manager, Lee Howells.[72] "The Big Bath City Bid" was launched by Ken Loach in the summer of 2015,[73] receiving support from former Manchester United player, Eric Cantona.[74] On 5 May 2017, the club completed its transition to community ownership.[75] On the field, they were poor again in both the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season, finishing fourteenth on 53 points. What little success the club had during this period was in the 2014–15 season,[76] reaching the semi-final of the FA Trophy.[77]

The Gill Era (2017–present)

Bath City away at Weston-super-Mare in 2018 in the 4th Round qualifying FA Cup tie.

On 5 October 2017, former player, Jerry Gill, was appointed first team manager.[78] The first season under Gill saw the club finish in ninth.[79] They improved the next season, finishing fifth, on 71 points, subsequently, they entered play offs to compete for a place in the National League, but lost 3–1 to Wealdstone on the first May 2019,[80] and lost the play offs again the following year.[81] Average attendances rose, from 612 in 2016–17 to 1,142 in the 2018–19 season. However, Bath were poor in both the 2020–21,[82] and 2021–22 seasons, finishing 18th twice.[82] They improved the following year, finishing 11th and lifting The Somerset Cup for a record 25th time in spring of 2023.[83]

Badge

Bath City's initial crest was heavily based on the official coat of arms of the city.[84] The old badge depicted the city's medieval borough wall, the ancient Roman springs, and the sword of Saint Paul. That crest remained until 1975, when it was simplified heavily; all that remained were four vertical black stripes against a white background surrounding the silhouette of a roman soldier. It was then changed again in 1999, as the badge the club uses today. The Roman soldier was removed, the borough wall re-added, and the four stripes enlarged.[85]

  • Bath City logo used between 1945 and 1961
    Bath City logo used between 1945 and 1961
  • Bath City logo used since 1999
    Bath City logo used since 1999

Stadiums

1889: The North Parade Ground

The club's first ever ground, The North Parade Ground
Main article: Bath Cricket Club Ground

Bath played their most early matches at the North Parade Ground in Bathwick across from the city centre, ground sharing with Bath Cricket Club. In 1889, it mainly hosted friendlies with Bath AFC and other local teams.[86]

1900–1919: Belvoir Castle

Bath City settled in Twerton at the Belvoir Castle Ground in 1900.[87] In 1908, there was talk of Bath Rugby sharing the ground, though it never materialised.[88] Two years later, the ground was purchased by the Midland Railway Company by Mr Stothert and Pitt and it was later stated that the ground would be "absolutely unsuitable for football" in a few years time, with the Railway company planning to build a train track on the very land the stadium occupied.[89]

1919–1932: Lambridge

Mr Hopkins, the club's secretary at the time, found a viable replacement for Belvoir Castle.[90] In 1919, the club to the east side of the city, in Lambridge.[91] In 1921 the club made an application to join the Football League, in case of success, plenty of work had been done to the ground, with Lambridge's Popular Side being banked and new dressing rooms were built alongside the grandstand.[92]

1932–present: Twerton Park

Main article: Twerton Park
Twerton Park, home of Bath City F.C.

Twerton Park became the club's home ground in 1932 and three years later, roofing was added to The Popular Side.[93] In 1946, Twerton Park was described as "rivaling any stadium in the west of England."[94] A record attendance of 18,020 was recorded in 1960,[95] versus Brighton & Hove Albion in the third round of the FA Cup.[96] Attendances during the 1940s and 1950s were the highest recorded in the club's history, with notable home gates including; 17,000 in 1944 vs Aston Villa,[97] 14,000 vs Southend United in the 1952–53 season and 11,700 against Yeovil Town in 1957.[98]

Between 1986 and 1996, Bath City shared Twerton Park with Bristol Rovers.[99] In 1990 the grandstand was heavily damaged by Bristol City hooligans.[100] The ground currently has a reduced ground capacity of 4,070 from 8,840 because of safety regulations.[101] On 21 August 2008, Bath City held talks with Bath Rugby over a possible ground share at the Rec, though fans were opposed to the move the plans never materialised.[102] Bath City released plans to redevelop the ground in 2017[103] but in March 2020 the plans were rejected.[104]

Support

A group of Bath and Calcio Lecco fans on The Popular Side of Twerton Park in 2017

Bath City were well supported in the 1940s,[105] 1950s and 1960s.[106] With gates averaging four to six thousand,[107] and reaching the late ten thousands.[98] However by the 1970s, attendances had declined to around one thousand two hundred.[48] Gates plummeted further to just the mid hundreds in the 1980s and 1990s, and mid 2010s.[108] As a result, in 2015, a development programme aiming to boost gates to over one thousand was formed,[109] and worked successfully in the later half of the 2010s and early 2020s.[110]

The Popular Side opposite the Grandstand is home to the club's most vocal support. With the core group of singers standing at each end the team are attacking toward, raising large flags.[111] Supporters are known for singing "Drink Up Thy Cider" by The Wurzels, a tribute to the Somerset's famous cider brewing industry.[112] In 2017, Bath and Alpine Italian side Calcio Lecco fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Anglo-Italian Cup final, with a supporters match held in Lecco's Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi ground.[113] Bath City have held no fierce rivalries with other clubs over the years, though the club's most contested fixture is shared with fellow Somerset side, Yeovil Town, who they have played 274 times.[114] Since the mid 2000s, Bath have shared a local derby with Wiltshire club, Chippenham Town.[115]

Records

Main article: List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics
The seasonal League positions of Bath City since joining the english football pyramid in 1979

Bath City's highest ever league finish was fourth in the Alliance Premier League, the fifth level of English football, in the 1984–85 season.[57] The record appearance maker is Dave Mogg, who made 515 appearances in all competitions.[116] Charlie Fleming is the club's all time top goal scorer, with 216 goals. The highest number of goals scored by a single player in a season was Paul Randall, scoring 51 goals in the 1989–90 season. The highest transfer fee received by the club is £80,000 for Jason Dodd, paid by Southampton in 1989.[117] The highest fee paid by Bath is £16,000 for Micky Tanner signed from Bristol City in 1988.[118] The club's record attendance is 18,020 against Brighton & Hove Albion in the third round of the FA Cup.[96]

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 April 2024[119][120][121]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF England ENG Joe Raynes (vice-captain)
3 DF Wales WAL Danny Greenslade
4 DF England ENG Jordan Dyer
5 DF England ENG Jack Batten
6 DF England ENG Kieran Parselle (captain)
7 FW England ENG Ewan Clark
8 MF England ENG Dan Hayfield
9 FW England ENG Cody Cooke
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF England ENG Tom Smith
11 MF England ENG Elliott Frear
14 MF England ENG Chris Lines
17 FW England ENG Scott Wilson
19 MF England ENG Luke Russe
20 FW England ENG Isaac Vassell
23 FW England ENG James Alabi
— DF Wales WAL Ben Morgan

Former players

Further information: List of Bath City F.C. players

Player records

Further information: List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics

Management

Jerry Gill has been the clubs manager since 2017.[122]

Coaching

Position Name
Manager England Jerry Gill[123]
Assistant manager England Jim Barron[124]
Goalkeeping coach England Dean Gerken[125]
Medical team England Lee Williams
England Sarah Carr
Lead sports scientist England Aaron Hopkinson
First team kit manager England Simon Jenkins
First team scout England Jon Haile

Source:[126]

Board of directors

Position Name
Chairman England Nick Blofeld[127]
Football Chairman England Paul Williams[128]
Directors England Andrew Pierce[129]

England Caroline White[130]
England Gareth Cooper[130]
England Jane Jones[131]
England John Reynolds[132]

Director of football operations England Shane Morgan
Supporter Liaison Officer England James Carlin[133]

Source:[134]

Managerial history

List showing the club's 40 permanent managers from 1907 onwards, caretaker managers are not included

Further information: List of Bath City F.C. managers
Captain Charlie Fleming (middle centre), former Manchester City player Tony Book (front left,) and former Fulham keeper Ian Black, (back centre) pictured with the Southern League trophy in the Twerton Park changing room in 1960

Honours

Source:[57]

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