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This is a list of seasons played by Bath City Football Club in English football, from the year they first turned competitive in 1908 in the Western League, to the present day.

Bath City 1920 Squad

In 1889 Bath City were formed as Bath AFC and began to play at the Belvoir North Parade Ground, making them one of England's most senior non league football clubs. In 1908, they commenced playing competitive league format football, joining the Western League Division Two (seventh tier). And moved up to Western League division 1, in which they were runners up in the 1913–14 season. Bath remained in the western league until 1921, in which they joined the Southern league English section, the fourth tier at the time. After the 1921 reform, the English non league structure was changed, with division three (Southern league) becoming the English Football League's new Third Division. As a result, Non-League football went from hosting tiers three and four to tiers four and five.

Almost a decade later, Bath were crowned Champions in 1929–30 but lost 3–2 in the play offs to Eastern Section Champions Aldershot Town in 1930, so did not get promoted to the Southern League division 1, (the fourth division.) In 1933, Bath won the Southern League again, but lost in the final to play-off Eastern Section Champions Norwich City 2–1.

Bath remained in the Southern League until 1939, with Liverpool legend and Scottish international, Alex Raisbeck as first team coach from 1938 to 1939. Upon outbreak of the Second World War, Bath were, by chance, accepted to join the temporary Football League North, competing with the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Everton, finishing the eventual champions, thereby becoming the only semi-professional side ever to win a Football League trophy. After the War they were forced to resume playing in the Southern Premier Division, which was the 5th tier at the time. Bath won the league in the 1959–60 season. A year later they were runners up in the same league.

In 1959, the Southern league was added to the football league, as the Fourth Division, thus non league football went from hosting tiers four, five, to tiers five and six.

Bath's history is entirely in non-league football, predominantly in the 5th tier. Bath narrowly missed out on election to the Football League by a few votes in 1978 and again in 1985.[1] The club have a good history in the FA Cup, reaching the Third Round six times, and have beaten league sides including Crystal Palace (in 1931), Millwall (in 1959), and Cardiff City (in 1992).[2]

In total, Bath have won two Southern League Western Section (Tier 4) titles - 1929–30, 1930–33, two Southern League (Tier 5) titles - 1959–60, 1977–78, one Conference South (Tier 6) play off, one Southern Football League (Tier 7) title - 2006–07, One Southern League Cup, one non league championship trophy, one Football League North - 1943–44 and twenty four Somerset Premier Cups.

Key

Key Meaning Key Bras
P Matches played QR1 1st Qualifying Round
W Matches won QR2 2nd Qualifying Round
D Matches drawn QR3 3rd Qualifying Round
L Matches lost QR4 4th Qualifying Round
GF Goals for R1 Round 1
GA Goals against R2 Round 2
Pts Points R3 Round 3
Pos Final position R4 Round 4
SLW Southern League West (tier 4 from 1921-1959)
SL Southern League (tier 4)
SLP Southern League Premier (tier 5 from 1959-1980)
SL Div 1 Southern League Div 1 (tier 6)
CS Conference South (tier 6)
WL Western Football League (tiers 5 and 6 before 1921)
NLS National League South (tier 6)
SFL Southern Football league (tiers 6 and 7 from 1980-2004)
Winners Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Seasons

Season League FA Cup FA Trophy Other competitions Top scorer(s)[a]
Tier League Name P W D L F A Pts Pos Player (s) Goals
1907–08 Joined competitive football
1908–09 Div 6 WL Div 2 22 6 7 9 39 45 19 8th QR3 –
1909–10 Div 5 WL Div 1 24 5 6 13 31 66 15 9th QR1 –
1910-11 18 9 4 5 38 30 22 3rd QR1 –
1911–12 20 10 2 8 31 27 22 9th QR1 –
1912–13 22 13 1 8 52 35 27 4th QR1 –
1913–14 22 17 2 3 67 34 36 2nd QR4
Competitive football suspended for the duration of World War I [P]
1919–20 Div 5 WL Div 1 18 8 2 8 48 29 18 5th QR4 –
1920–21 30 12 7 11 45 45 31 8th QR1 –
1921–22 Div 4 SLW[b] 36 16 5 15 55 53 37 11th QR5 –
1922–23 38 10 8 20 44 71 28 15th R1 –
1923–24 34 6 9 19 32 17 21 16th QR1 –
1924–25 38 8 8 22 28 85 24 18th QR1 –
1925–26 26 7 1 18 38 86 15 14th R2 –
1926–27 26 7 9 10 44 52 23 11th QR1 –
1927–28 30 12 3 15 64 68 27 11th QR1 –
1928-29 26 13 4 9 61 59 30 6th QR1 – Somerset Cup W
1929–30 28 16 6 6 85 52 38 1st R2 –
1930–31 22 10 6 6 47 39 26 5th QR3 –
1931–32 24 12 7 5 50 33 31 3rd R3 – Somerset Cup W
1932–33 20 13 4 3 62 34 30 1st QR4 –
1933–34 20 11 3 6 43 25 25 3rd R1 – Somerset Cup W
1934-35 16 6 4 6 35 32 16 5th R3 –
1935–36 16 5 5 6 18 26 15 5th QR4 – Somerset Cup W –
1936–37 SL 30 15 5 10 66 52 35 4th R1 – –
1937–38 32 9 9 16 45 65 27 14th QR4 – –
1938–39 44 16 12 16 58 74 44 11th QR4 – –
Competitive football suspended for the duration of World War II
1945–46 Div 4 SL 20 12 2 6 62 32 34 3rd QR2 – –
1946–47 32 7 7 18 52 93 21 16th QR4 – –
1947–48 34 12 8 14 55 62 32 11th QR4 – –
1948–49 42 15 8 19 72 87 38 13th QR4 – –
1949–50 46 16 7 23 61 78 39 17th QR1 –
1950–51 44 15 10 19 66 73 40 15th QR1 – –
1951–52 42 19 6 17 75 67 44 10th QR4 – Somerset Cup W –
1952–53 42 22 10 10 71 46 54 5th R2 – Somerset Cup W –
1953–54 42 17 12 13 73 67 46 4th R1 – –
1954–55 42 18 9 15 73 80 45 9th QR4 – –
1955–56 42 7 10 25 43 107 24 22nd QR2 – –
1956–57 42 15 8 19 56 78 38 17th QR1 – –
1957-58 42 13 9 20 65 64 35 16th[c] R2 –

Somerset Cup

W –
1958–59 Div 5 SLP 34 17 5 12 89 62 39 6th R1 – –
1959–60 42 32 3 7 116 50 67 1st[d] R3 – –
1960–61 42 18 14 10 74 52 50 6th R1 – –
1961–62 42 25 7 10 102 70 57 2nd QR4 – –
1962–63 40 18 6 16 58 56 42 10th QR4 – –
1963–64 42 24 9 9 88 51 57 3rd R3 – –
1964–65 42 13 3 26 60 86 29 22nd R1 – –
1965–66 Div 6 SL Div 1 46 25 13 8 88 50 63 4th R2 – Somerset Cup W –
1966–67 Div 5 SLP 42 11 12 19 51 74 30 19th R2 – –
1967–68 Div 6 SL Div 1 42 21 12 9 78 51 54 6th QR4 –

Somerset Cup

W –
1968–69 42 26 10 6 96 40 62 2nd QR4 – –
1969–70 Div 5 SLP 42 18 8 16 63 55 44 11th QR3 R1 Somerset Cup W –
1970–71 42 13 12 17 48 68 38 15th QR3 QR3 –
1971–72 42 11 4 27 45 86 26 20th QR2 QR2 –
1972–73 Div 6 SL Div 1 42 18 11 13 56 54 47 7th QR1 R1 –
1973-74 38 20 8 10 55 35 48 2nd QR2 QR3 –
1974–75 Div 5 SLP 42 20 8 14 63 50 48 6th R1 QR3 –
1975–76 42 11 16 15 62 57 38 16th QR1 QR1 –
1976–77 42 20 15 7 51 30 55 4th QR4 R1 Anglo-Italian Cup RU –
1977–78 42 22 18 2 83 32 62 1st[e] R1 QR3

Somerset Cup

W –
1978–79 42 17 19 6 55 35 53 5th QR4 R1 Southern League Cup W –
1979–80 Alliance Prem 38 10 12 16 43 69 32 16th QR1 R3 –
1980–81 38 16 10 12 61 32 42 6th QR4 R1 Somerset Cup W –
1981–82 42 15 10 17 50 57 55[f] 12th QR2 R1 Somerset Cup W –
1982–83 42 17 9 16 51 42 60 10th QR3 R1 –
1983–84 42 17 12 13 60 48 53 6th QR2 R2 Somerset Cup W –
1984–85 42 21 9 12 63 47 57 4th[g] QR3 R3 Somerset Cup W –
1985–86 42 13 11 18 53 54 45 12th R2 R1 Somerset Cup W –
1986–87 42 17 12 13 63 62 63 10th R2 R2 –
1987–88 42 9 10 23 48 76 37 20th R3 R2 –
1988–89 Div 6 SFL 42 15 13 14 66 51 58 9th R2 R1 Somerset Cup W –
1989-90 42 30 8 4 81 28 98 2nd R1 R1 Somerset Cup W Paul Randall 51
1990–91 Div 5 Conference 42 10 12 20 55 61 42 20th QR4 R3 Paul Randall 22
1991–92 42 16 12 14 54 51 60 9th QR3 R3 Paul Randall 26
1992–93 42 15 14 13 63 56 59 7th R2 R1 Richard Crowley 13
1993–94 42 13 17 12 47 38 56 12th R3 R2 Somerset Cup W Paul Adcock 23
1994–95 42 15 12 15 55 56 57 12th R1 R1 Somerset Cup W Dean Birkby 19
1995–96 42 13 7 24 45 66 46 18th QR4 R1 Graham Withey 13
1996–97 42 12 11 19 39 53 47 20th QR4 R2 Mike Davis 21
1997–98 Div 6 SFL 42 19 12 11 72 51 69 6th QR4 R2 Mike Davis 23
1998–99 42 18 11 13 70 44 65 4th QR4 R3 Martin Paul 30
1999–00 42 19 15 8 70 49 72 4th R1 R1 Martin Paul 30
2000–01 42 15 13 14 67 68 55 15th QR4 R2 Martin Paul 19
2001–02 42 13 11 18 56 65 50 17th QR2 R2 Adrian Foster 21
2002–03 42 13 13 16 50 61 52 14th QR4 R3 Jason Eaton 16
2003–04 42 13 12 17 49 57 51 16th [h] QR3 R3 Scott Partridge 18
2004–05 Div 7 SFL 42 19 12 11 57 43 69 6th R2 R3 John Williams 19
2005-06 42 25 8 9 66 33 83 2nd QR3 QR3 Scott Partridge 23
2006–07 42 27 10 5 84 29 91 1st QR2 R1 Scott Partridge 18
2007–08 Div 6 CS 42 10 8 3 30 59 36 8th QR4 R1 Somerset Cup W Dave Gilroy 26
2008-09 42 20 8 14 56 45 68 8th QR3 R1 Dave Gilroy 22
2009–10 42 20 12 10 66 46 72 4th[3] R1 QR3 Darren Edwards 25
2010–11 Div 5 Conference 46 16 15 15 64 68 63 10th QR4 R2 Lee Phillips 16
2011–12 46 7 10 29 43 89 31 23rd R1 R3 Sean Canham 11
2012–13 Div 6 NLS 42 15 10 17 60 58 55 11th QR3 R1 Charlie Griffin 20
2013–14 42 18 12 12 63 38 66 7th QR4 QR3 David Pratt 18
2014–15 40 15 8 17 59 57 53 14th QR4 SF David Pratt 22
2015–16 42 14 11 17 50 61 53 14th QR3 R1 David Pratt 10
2016–17 42 18 8 16 71 52 62 9th QR3 QR3 Any Waltkins 14
2017–18 42 17 12 13 64 48 63 9th[4] QR4 R1 Jack Compton 12
2018-19 42 20 11 11 58 36 71 5th QR4 R1 Ross Stearn 14
2019–20 35 18 9 8 50 37 63 4th QR4 R1 Tom Smith 17
2020-21 13 4 1 21 15 23 13 18th QR3 R1 Tommy Conway 9
2021-22 40 13 6 21 45 68 45 18th QR4 R4 Somerset Cup RU Cody Cooke 20

Overall

  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 31
  • Seasons spent at Level 5 of the football league system: 40
  • Seasons spent at Level 6 of the football league system: 27
  • Seasons spent at Level 7 of the football league system: 3

Footnotes

  1. ^ Goals in all competitions, Southern League, FA Trophy, FA Cup and Somerset Premier Cup are counted.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Football League Fourth Division was created
  4. ^ Though the club won the top tier of non league football for a third time, no non league teams were allowed to apply for election to the English Football League that year.
  5. ^ Though winning the division, Bath missed out on election to the English Football League for a second time.
  6. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  7. ^ Bath missed out on election to the English Football League for a third time
  8. ^ With the formation of the Conference South in 2004, The Southern league became tier seven, 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.

References

  1. ^ "Bath City Football club". City of Bath. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Bath City Archive". Bath City Archive. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ "FOOTBALL: Standard man Bartlett wins promotion to Conference". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  4. ^ "Bath City FC appoint Jerry Gill as new First Team Manager". Bath City FC. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
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