Bath City F.C.

Bath City is a football club currently playing in the Southern League. They are nicknamed The Romans and they play their home matches at Twerton Park which has been their ground since 1932. They play in a strip of black and white shirts, black shorts and black socks. Their current manager (As at November 13th 2005) is John Relish. Over the last 10 years they have consistentely finished in the top half of the Southern League and have often flirted with relegation and promotion. Their cup form has been quite mundane in recent years except in 2004 when they lost in the FA Cup second round to Peterborough United

History

1889-90 - Formed as Bath AFC
1908-09 - Joined Western League Division Two
1913-14 - Western League runner-up
1921-22 - Joined Southern League, English Section
1922-23 - Also rejoined Western League
1923-24 - Moved to Western Section
1929-30 - Southern League Western Section Champions. Lost play-off to Eastern Section Champions Aldershot Town 3-2
1930 - Left Western League
1932-33 - Southern League Western Section Champions. Lost play-off to Eastern Section Champions Norwich City Reserves 2-1. Also rejoined Western League Division One
1933-34 - Also played in Central Section. Western League Champions
1934-35 - Western League runner-up
1936 - Left Western League
1936-37 - Southern League Midweek Section runner-up (lost title on goal av.)
1938-39 - Rejoined Western League
1959-60 - Southern League Champions
1961-62 - Southern League runner-up
1965 - Relegated to Division One
1965-66 - Promoted to Premier Division
1967 - Relegated to Division One
1968-69 - Southern League Division One runner-up. Promoted to Premier Division
1972 - Relegated to Division One South
1973-74 - Southern League Division One South runner-up; promoted to Premier Division
1977-78 - Southern League Champions (2nd time)
1979-80 - Founder members of Alliance Premier League
1986-87 - Alliance Premier League renamed Conference
1988-89 - Rejoined Southern League
1989-90 - Southern League runner-up
1990-91 - Rejoined Conference
1997-98 - Rejoined Southern League

Best league position: 4th in Conference (level 5), 1984-85
Best FA Cup performance: 3rd round replay, 1963-64 and 1993-94
Best F.A. Trophy performance: 3rd round replay, 1991-2 and 1995-96

Source: Football Club History Database