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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Bath City F.C. Seasons
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 as Bath AFC, and changed its name to Bath City in 1905. Bath City came runners up in the Southern League in 1930, and again in 1933. The club was discussed as a potential entrant to the Football League Third Division South during the 1930s, but missed out on election to the Football League on multiple occasions, including 1935, 1978 and 1985. During the Second World War, the club won the Football League North - competing against the likes of Aston Villa and Bristol City, though wartime trophies were deemed unofficial.

Bath 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). The club were crowned Southern League champions in 1960 and 1978, one of the highest levels of non-League football at the time. After a period of relative decline in the 1990s while in the Conference, Bath were demoted to the seventh tier in 2004. They were promoted in 2007, and then again 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. The list details the team's achievements, top goal scorer and attendances in senior first-team competitions from their first in the Wiltshire League during the 1901–02 season to the end of the most recently completed season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Key

Winners Runners-up Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

Seasons

Correct as of the end of the 2023–24 season.

Seasons of Bath City F.C.
Season League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Top goalscorer(s) Average attendance Ref
Division Tier P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1901–02 WIL – 16 5 2 9 21 37 12 7th – – – – – –
1902–03 BDL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
1903–04 WIL – 20 4 1 15 21 89 9 10th – – – – – –
1904–05 WIL 1 – 20 10 1 9 49 41 21 5th – – – – – –
1905–06 WIL 1 – 22 7 3 12 35 47 17 9th – – – – – –
1906–07 BRI 1 – 22 8 5 8 36 27 19 8th – – – – – –
1907–08 BRI 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
1908–09 WL 2 – 22 6 7 9 39 45 19 8th QR3 – – – – –
1909–10 WL 1 – 24 5 6 13 31 66 15 9th QR1 – – – – –
1910–11 WL 1 – 18 9 4 5 38 30 22 3rd QR1 – – Tom Allen 13 –
1911–12 WL 1 – 20 10 2 8 31 27 22 9th QR1 – – Tom Allen 12 –
1912–13 WL 1 – 22 13 1 8 52 35 27 4th QR1 – – Bert Lovell 23 –
1913–14 WL 1 – 22 17 2 3 67 34 36 2nd QR4 – – Charlie Gould 23 –
Competitive football suspended for the duration of World War I
1919–20 WL 1 – 18 8 2 8 48 29 18 5th QR4 – – Jack Hill 19 –
1920–21 WL 1 – 30 12 7 11 45 45 31 8th QR1 – – Joe Dailmore 31 –
1921–22 SL – 36 16 5 15 55 53 37 11th QR5 – – Percy Dore 32 –
1922–23 SL – 38 10 8 20 44 71 28 15th R1 – – Percy Bolston 16 –
1923–24 SL – 34 6 9 19 32 17 21 16th QR1 – – Jim Lawson 10 –
1924–25 SL – 38 8 8 22 28 85 24 18th QR1 – – Percy Bolston 7 –
1925–26 SL – 26 7 1 18 38 86 15 14th R2 – – Bill Graydon 13 –
1926–27 SL – 26 7 9 10 44 52 23 11th QR1 – – Bill Graydon 25 –
1927–28 SL – 30 12 3 15 64 68 27 11th QR1 – – Bill Graydon 29 –
1928–29 SL – 26 13 4 9 61 59 30 6th QR1 – – Charlie Brittain 46 –
1929–30 SL – 28 16 6 6 85 52 38 1st R2 – – Charlie Brittain 31 –
1930–31 SL – 22 10 6 6 47 39 26 5th QR3 – – Jim McCartney 28 –
1931–32 SL – 24 12 7 5 50 33 31 3rd R3 – – Ernie Coombs 37 –
1932–33 SL – 20 13 4 3 62 34 30 1st QR4 – SF Wilf Lewis 26 –
1933–34 SL – 20 11 3 6 43 25 25 3rd R1 – QR Trotman 44 –
1934–35 SL – 16 6 4 6 35 32 16 5th R3 – R1 Ernie Coombs 26 –
1935–36 SL – 16 5 5 6 18 26 15 5th QR4 – R2 Reg Weaver 37 –
1936–37 SL – 30 15 5 10 66 52 35 4th R1 – R2 Ted Buckley 28 –
1937–38 SL – 32 9 9 16 45 65 27 14th QR4 – R2 Bill Brown 13 –
1938–39 SL – 44 16 12 16 58 74 44 11th QR4 – R2 Bill Chambers 32 –
Competitive football suspended for the duration of World War II
1945–46 SL – 20 12 2 6 62 32 34 3rd QR2 – R3 Bob Farrington 20 –
1946–47 SL – 32 7 7 18 52 93 21 16th QR4 – R3 Stan Merrit 22 2,126
1947–48 SL – 34 12 8 14 55 62 32 11th QR4 – R3 Dave McCulloch 27 2,932
1948–49 SL – 42 15 8 19 72 87 38 13th QR4 – R2 Dave McCulloch 48 –
1949–50 SL – 46 16 7 23 61 78 39 17th QR1 – RU Kelly 19 –
1950–51 SL – 44 15 10 19 66 73 40 15th QR1 – QR Bert Hawkins 22 –
1951–52 SL – 42 19 6 17 75 67 44 10th QR4 – R1 Ray Snook 34 4,107
1952–53 SL – 42 22 10 10 71 46 54 5th R2 – R1 Jackie Boyd 27
1953–54 SL – 42 17 12 13 73 67 46 4th R1 – R1 Cliff Pinchbeck 23 –
1954–55 SL – 42 18 9 15 73 80 45 9th QR4 – R1 Eric Marsden 21 –
1955–56 SL – 42 7 10 25 43 107 24 22nd QR2 – QR Selwyn Watkins 12 –
1956–57 SL – 42 15 8 19 56 78 38 17th QR1 – R2 Len Pickard 32 –
1957–58 SL – 42 13 9 20 65 64 35 16th R2 – R1 Len Pickard 45 –
1958–59 SLP – 34 17 5 12 89 62 39 6th R1 – RU Charlie Fleming 48 4,333
1959–60 SLP – 42 32 3 7 116 50 67 1st R3 – R2 Charlie Fleming 47 4,940
1960–61 SLP – 42 18 14 10 74 52 50 6th R1 – R2 Charlie Fleming 40 2,902
1961–62 SLP – 42 25 7 10 102 70 57 2nd QR4 – R2 Neil Langman 31 3,095
1962–63 SLP – 40 18 6 16 58 56 42 10th QR4 – R2 Ken Owens 16 2,316
1963–64 SLP – 42 24 9 9 88 51 57 3rd R3 – R2 Charlie Fleming 32 2,993
1964–65 SLP ↓ – 42 13 3 26 60 86 29 22nd R1 – R2 Mike Denton 16 1,910
1965–66 SL 1 ↑ – 46 25 13 8 88 50 63 4th R2 – R4 Mike Denton 41 2,030
1966–67 SLP ↓ – 42 11 12 19 51 74 30 19th R2 – R3 Mike Denton 18 2,191
1967–68 SL 1 – 42 21 12 9 78 51 54 6th QR4 – R2 Ian Henderson 34 2,076
1968–69 SLP ↑ – 42 26 10 6 96 40 62 2nd QR4 – R2 John Allen 34 2,151
1969–70 SLP – 42 18 8 16 63 55 44 11th QR3 R1 QR Brian Owen 34 1,831
1970–71 SLP – 42 13 12 17 48 68 38 15th QR3 QR3 R3 Dave Taylor 16 1,239
1971–72 SLP ↓ – 42 11 4 27 45 86 26 20th QR2 QR2 R1 John Mitten 19 1,308
1972–73 SL 1 – 42 18 11 13 56 54 47 7th QR1 R1 R2 Colin Norman 33 1,229
1973–74 SL 1 ↑ – 38 20 8 10 55 35 48 2nd QR2 QR3 R2 Pete Harman 13 1,309
1974–75 SLP – 42 20 8 14 63 50 48 6th R1 QR3 R3 John Fairbrother 19 –
1975–76 SLP – 42 11 16 15 62 57 38 16th QR1 QR1 R1 John Fairbrother 41 867
1976–77 SLP – 42 20 15 7 51 30 55 4th QR4 R1 R2 Kevin Griffin 16 1,134
1977–78 SLP – 42 22 18 2 83 32 62 1st R1 QR3 R1 George Gibbs 21 1,611
1978–79 SLP – 42 17 19 6 55 35 53 5th QR4 R1 W Peter Rodgers 11 1,060
1979–80 APL 5 38 10 12 16 43 69 32 16th QR1 R3 R1 Martin Wheeler 12 970
1980–81 APL 5 38 16 10 12 61 32 42 6th QR4 R1 R3 Graham Withey 18 898
1981–82 APL 5 42 15 10 17 50 57 55 12th QR2 R1 R1 Graham Withey 16 888
1982–83 APL 5 42 17 9 16 51 42 60 10th QR3 R1 R2 Dave Singleton 22 738
1983–84 APL 5 42 17 12 13 60 48 53 6th QR2 R2 R1 Gary Smith 16 635
1984–85 APL 5 42 21 9 12 63 47 57 4th QR3 R3 R1 Gary Smith 16 651
1985–86 APL 5 42 13 11 18 53 54 45 12th R2 R1 R1 Dave Singleton 16 549
1986–87 Conf 5 42 17 12 13 63 62 63 10th R2 R2 R1 Paul Bodin 27 501
1987–88 Conf ↓ 5 42 9 10 23 48 76 37 20th R3 R2 R3 Paul Bodin 14 596
1988–89 SLP 6 42 15 13 14 66 51 58 9th R2 R1 R2 John Freegard 27 560
1989–90 SLP ↑ 6 42 30 8 4 81 28 98 2nd R1 R1 R3 Paul Randall 51 660
1990–91 Conf 5 42 10 12 20 55 61 42 20th QR4 R3 R1 Paul Randall 22 882
1991–92 Conf 5 42 16 12 14 54 51 60 9th QR3 R3 R1 Paul Randall 26 706
1992–93 Conf 5 42 15 14 13 63 56 59 7th R2 R1 R1 Richard Crowley 13 637
1993–94 Conf 5 42 13 17 12 47 38 56 12th R3 R2 R2 Paul Adcock 23 653
1994–95 Conf 5 42 15 12 15 55 56 57 12th R1 R1 R2 Dean Birky 19 646
1995–96 Conf 5 42 13 7 24 45 66 46 18th QR4 R1 R1 Graham Withey 13 515
1996–97 Conf ↓ 5 42 12 11 19 39 53 47 20th QR4 R2 R1 Mike Davis 21 689
1997–98 SLP 6 42 19 12 11 72 51 69 6th QR4 R2 R2 Mike Davis 23 670
1998–99 SLP 6 42 18 11 13 70 44 65 4th QR4 R3 R2 Martin Paul 30 793
1999–00 SLP 6 42 19 15 8 70 49 72 4th R1 R1 QR Martin Paul 30 993
2000–01 SLP 6 42 15 13 14 67 68 55 15th QR4 R2 R2 Martin Paul 19 812
2001–02 SLP 6 42 13 11 18 56 65 50 17th QR2 R2 R3 Adrian Foster 21 850
2002–03 SLP 6 42 13 13 16 50 61 52 14th QR4 R3 R1 Jason Eaton 16 866
2003–04 SLP 6 42 13 12 17 49 57 51 16th QR3 R3 R4 Scott Partridge 18 714
2004–05 SLP 7 42 19 12 11 57 43 69 6th R2 R3 R3 John Williams 19 616
2005–06 SLP 7 42 25 8 9 66 33 83 2nd QR3 QR3 R4 Scott Partridge 23 732
2006–07 SLP ↑ 7 42 27 10 5 84 29 91 1st QR2 R1 R4 Scott Partridge 18 930
2007–08 CS 6 42 10 8 3 30 59 36 8th QR4 R1 R2 Dave Gilroy 26 851
2008–09 CS 6 42 20 8 14 56 45 68 8th QR3 R1 R3 Dave Gilroy 22 618
2009–10 CS ↑ 6 42 20 12 10 66 46 72 4th R1 QR3 – Darren Edwards 25 965
2010–11 CP 5 46 16 15 15 64 68 63 10th QR4 R2 – Lee Phillips 16 1,053
2011–12 CP ↓ 5 46 7 10 29 43 89 31 23rd R1 R3 – Sean Canham 11 848
2012–13 NLS 6 42 15 10 17 60 58 55 11th QR3 R1 – Charlie Griffin 20 583
2013–14 NLS 6 42 18 12 12 63 38 66 7th QR4 QR3 – David Pratt 18 599
2014–15 NLS 6 40 15 8 17 59 57 53 14th QR4 SF – David Pratt 22 500
2015–16 NLS 6 42 14 11 17 50 61 53 14th QR3 R1 – David Pratt 10 727
2016–17 NLS 6 42 18 8 16 71 52 62 9th QR3 QR3 – Andy Waltkins 14 612
2017–18 NLS 6 42 17 12 13 64 48 63 9th QR4 R1 – Jack Compton 12 702
2018–19 NLS 6 42 20 11 11 58 36 71 5th QR4 R1 – Ross Stearn 14 1,142
2019–20 NLS 6 35 18 9 8 50 37 63 4th QR4 R1 – Tom Smith 17 1,081
2020–21 NLS 6 13 4 1 21 15 23 13 18th QR3 R1 – Tommy Conway 9 –
2021–22 NLS 6 40 13 6 21 45 68 45 18th QR4 R4 – Cody Cooke 20 1,204
2022–23 NLS 6 46 19 10 17 64 57 67 11th QR3 R3 – Scott Wilson 23 1,116
2023–24 NLS 6 46 20 13 13 69 51 73 6th QR4 R4 – Cody Cooke 18 1,495

Footnotes

  1. ^ The FA Trophy was not established until the 1969–70 season.
  2. ^ Includes the Southern League Cup and Conference League Cup
  3. ^ Goals in Alliance Premier League/National League, National League South, FA Trophy, FA Cup, Southern League, Somerset Premier Cup and Western League are counted.
  4. ^ Only League matches are counted (Southern League, Alliance Premier League/Conference, National League South). But Cup fixtures, Western League and friendly matches are excluded. Sourced from "The Stars in Stripes", Kerry Miller 2003 and The Bath City Archive, taken from the 1967–68 season up to the most recent season.
  5. ^ Bath were elected into the Southern League in 1921. From 1920 to 1958, it was one of, if not the highest level of non-league football.
  6. ^ Though the club finished first, they lost the Southern League final to Eastern Section champions Aldershot, and thus did not win the title.
  7. ^ Though the club finished first, they lost the Southern League final for a second time, losing to Eastern Section champions Norwich City reserves and thus did not win the title.
  8. ^ Though the club won one of the highest quality leagues within non-league football, they missed out on election to the Football League.
  9. ^ Bath's closest chance of gaining entry into the Football League, gaining 23 votes, 3 votes short of Wigan Athletic who were admitted into the FL.
  10. ^ The clubs first time playing nation-wide football within the English Football Pyramid
  11. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  12. ^ Bath's highest ever league finish
  13. ^ With the formation of the Conference South in 2004, the Southern League was demoted to the seventh tier, as a result, Bath moved down one division in the football pyramid, albeit without being relegated. Subsequently, the club ended up playing some of the lowest tier football in the club's history from 2004 to 2007.