1959-60 Bath City team with the Southern League title

Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional Football Club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated with the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South. Bath have played their home matches at Twerton Park since 1932.

This list encompasses the major honours won by Bath City, records set by the club, and awards achieved by the players and managers. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. The club's record appearance maker is Dave Mogg, who made 515 appearances between 1982 and 1997. Charlie Fleming is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 216 goals in all competitions.[1]

Honours

Bath City F.C. honours[2][3]
Honour Titles Years
Southern League (Western section)[a] 2 1929–30, 1932–33
Southern League (level 5)[b] 2 1959–60, 1977–78[4]
Football League North 1 1943–44
Southern League Cup 1 1977–78
Somerset Cup 25 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1967–68,1969–70, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2007–08, 2022–23

Player records

Top 10 all-time appearances

As of 21 December 2020[5]
Rank Player Years Appearances
1 England Dave Mogg 1982–1988, 1992–1997 515[6]
2 England Tony Ricketts 1979–1996 506
3 England Tony Gough 1956–1957, 1961–1970, 1972–1974 502
4 England Jim Rollo 2002–2016 484
5 England Dave Palmer 1980–1993 445
6 England Dave Singleton 1981–1993 415
7 England Paul Gover 1971–1982 398
8 England Keith Brown 1981–1986, 1989–1993 394
9 England Tony Book 1956–1964 387
10 England Sekani Simpson 2006–2017 383
Ex_Sunderland_player,_Charlie_Fleming_for_Bath_City_in_1961
Charlie Fleming is the clubs all time record goal scorer.

Goalscorers

Top 10 all-time scorers

As of 21 December 2020
Rank Player Years Goals
1 Scotland Charlie Fleming 1958–1965 216
2 England William Hyman 1900–1911 134
3 England Martin Paul 1996–2001, 2007–2008 115
4 England Paul Randall 1989–1993 112
5 England Graham Withey 1980–1982, 1986–1988, 1991–1993, 1995–1997 109
6 England Len Pickard 1955–1958 95
7 England Dave Singleton 1981–1993 93
8 Scotland Dave McCulloch 1944–1949 88
9 England Ernie Coombs 1933–1935 84
10 England Jimmy Newman 1950–?? 83

Player of the Season and Golden Boot winners

File:Luke Southwood.jpg
Luke Southwood was Bath City's player of the season for the 2017–18 season.

The following table shows players who have been named the Supporters' Player of the Season and have received the Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals (all competitions) in a season.[7][8] The table is in chronological order and begins from the 1984–85 season:

Season Player of the season Golden Boot Goals
1984–85 England Dave Mogg England Garry Smith 16
1985–86 England Jeff Sherwood England Dave Singleton 16
1986–87 Wales Paul Bodin Wales Paul Bodin 27
1987–88 England David Craig Wales Paul Bodin 14
1988–89 England Micky Smith England John Freegard 27
1989–90 England Chris Banks England Paul Randall 51
1990–91 England Paul Randall England Paul Randall 22
1991–92 England Ian Hedges England Paul Randall 26
1992–93 England Richard Crowley England Richard Crowley 13
1993–94 England Dave Mogg England Paul Adcock 23
1994–95 England Dave Mogg England Dean Birkby 19
1995–96 England Rob Cousins England Graham Withey 13
1996–97 England Mark Harrington England Mike Davis 21
1997–98 England Ian Hedges England Mike Davis 23
1998–99 England Mike Davis England Martin Paul 30
1999–00 England Colin Towler England Martin Paul 30
2000–01 England Jon Holloway England Martin Paul 19
2001–02 England Gary Thorne England Adrian Foster 21
2002–03 Wales Andy Williams England Jason Eaton 16
2003–04 England Matt Coupe England Scott Partridge 18
2004–05 England Jim Rollo England John Williams 19
2005–06 Wales Gethin Jones England Scott Partridge 23
2006–07 England Chris Holland England Scott Partridge 18
2007–08 England Matt Coupe England Dave Gilroy 26
2008–09 England Chris Holland England Dave Gilroy 22
2009–10 England Adam Connolly, England Lewis Hogg England Darren Edwards 25
2010–11 Portugal Sido Jombati England Lee Phillips 16
2011–12 England Sekani Simpson England Sean Canham 11
2012–13 England Jason Mellor England Charlie Griffin 20
2013–14 England Dave Pratt England Dave Pratt 18
2014–15 England Dave Pratt England Dave Pratt 22
2015–16 England Dan Ball England Dave Pratt 10
2016–17 England Andy Watkins England Andy Watkins 14
2017–18 England Luke Southwood Wales Jack Compton 12
2018–19 England Robbie Cundy England Ross Stearn 14
2019–20 England Tom Smith England Tom Smith 17
2020–21 — — —
2021-22 England Alex Fletcher England Cody Cooke 20

Transfers

For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer.

Record transfer fees paid

Record transfer fees paid by Bath City F.C.
Rank Player From Fee Date
1 England Micky Tanner England Bristol City £16,000 1988

Record transfer fees received

Record transfer fees received by Bath City F.C.
Rank Player To Fee Date
1 England Jason Dodd England Southampton £80,000 1989
Allison at Twerton Park in 1962.

Managerial records

Main article: List of Bath City F.C. managers

Team records

Cup runs

vs Brentford (1931–32)
vs Norwich City (1934–35)
vs Brighton & Hove Albion (1959–60)
vs Bolton Wanderers (1963–64)
vs Mansfield Town (1987–88)
vs Stoke City (1993–94)
vs North Ferriby United (2014–15)

Points

Two points for a win: 67 in 42 matches, Southern League, 1959–60 (Tier 5)
Three points for a win: 91 in 42 matches, Southern League, 2007–08 (Tier 7)
Two points for a win: 26 in 42 matches, Southern League, 1971–72 (Tier 5)
Three points for a win: 31 in 46 matches, National League, 2011–12 (Tier 5)

League position

1st in the Southern League (Western Section), (1929–30), 1932–33) (Tier 4)
6th in the Southern League, (2004–05) (Tier 7)

Goals

Attendance

European record

The Bath City team in the late 1970s was the club's only time in competitive European Football

In 1977 and 1978, Bath City were one of six clubs to represent England in the Anglo-Italian Cup, a now defunct European football competition. They qualified as the English finalist in both tournaments but lost to Lecco (1977)[10] and Udinese (1978)[11] respectively. During the group stage of the 1977 tournament, the club recorded impressive victories over Parma and Bari.

Season Competition Round Date Opposition Home Away
1976–77 Anglo-Italian Cup First stage 27 April 1977 Italy Bari 2–1 —
30 April 1977 Italy Turris 2–0 —
Second stage 22 June 1977 Italy Parma — 1–0
25 June 1977 Italy Teramo — 0–4
Final 29 June 1977 Italy Lecco — 0–3
1977–78 First stage 22 March 1978 Italy Arezzo 5–0 —
25 March 1978 Italy Paganese 2–0 —
Second stage 20 June 1978 Italy Udinese — 1–3
25 June 1978 Italy Treviso — 2–0
Final 28 June 1978 Italy Udinese — 0–5

Season-by-season performance

Main article: List of Bath City F.C. seasons

Notes

  1. ^ From 1921 to 1959, the top division of Non League football was the Southern league Western and Eastern sections, which both acted as the fourth tier being only one division below the Football League Third Division, however automatic promotion from Non League to The Football League was not in place until the mid 1980s.
  2. ^ In 1959, The Football League Fourth Division was created, as a result, the Southern league was essentially moved down a tier, from hosting level four to levels five and six. From 1959 to 1980, the top division of Non League football was the Southern league, which acted as the fifth tier being only one division below the Football League Fourth Division, automatic promotion from Non League to The Football League was not in place until the mid 1980s.

References

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  2. ^ "Bath City FC Archives". bathcityfcarchive.x10host.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  3. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bath City (1977/78)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  4. ^ Steve, Whitney (20 May 2020). "The Southern League's Outstanding teams, Bath city 1977-78". southern-football-league. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Past Players". Bath City FC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Past Players". Bath City FC. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  7. ^ "Archive". Bath City FC. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Club News". Bath City FC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Shots from Twerton Park". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 15 April 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Anglo-Italian Cup 1977". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Anglo-Italian Cup 1978". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

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