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Somerset derby
Somerset_Flag
Somerset Flag
LocationSomerset Somerset (England)
Teams
First meetingYeovil Town 4–2 Bath City
(23 November 1901)
Latest meetingYeovil Town 3–0 Bath City
(5 May 2022)
StadiumsTwerton Park (Bath City)
Huish Park (Yeovil Town)
Statistics
Meetings total272
Most winsYeovil
All-time recordRecord attendance: 11,700 (Yeovil vs Bath City, 7 December 1957)
All-time seriesYeovil: 120
Drawn: 57
Bath City: 95
Largest victoryYeovil Town 3–0 Bath City (5 May 2022)

The Somerset derby is a local derby in football in the United Kingdom between Yeovil Town and Bath City and sometimes Taunton Town and Weston-super-Mare, named after the county of Somerset. Though both are currently in non-League football, the two clubs are the most successful in Somerset, the two hold the record for the most number of Somerset Premier Cup wins (25 each). The two clubs have played each other 272 times, making it one of the most contested derbies in English Football, however the clubs have not met competetively outside of the Somerset Cup since 2003.

History

Bath City v Yeovil Town in 2022 at Huish Park

The two clubs met for the first time in 1902, in which Yeovil won the game 2–0.[1][2][3] The rivalry stems 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.[4] Tensions between Bath and Yeovil were said to be strongest in the 1960s and 1990s, with the two clubs playing each other over 272 times in all competitions.[5] From the 1910s to the late 1990s Bath and Yeovil consistently occupied the same league.[6]

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 Bath City fans stating “Losing to Yeovil always hurt”.[7]

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. Having been promoted to the EFL Championship in 2013, Yeovil played second-tier football for the first time in their history during the 2013–14 season, at the same time, Bath were struggling in the sixth tier. Whilst the club were having one of the best periods in their history, Bath City were having one their worst, thus, local animosity between Bath and Yeovil dissipated. Albeit, Yeovil Town's decline since 2014 means that as of the 2022–23 season Bath City currently sit just one tier below.[8]

All time results

Meeting Season Date Competition Home team Score Away team Stadium Attendance
272 2021–22 4 May 2022 Somerset Premier Cup Yeovil 3–0 Bath Huish Park 1,016
271 2006–07 1st April 2008 Somerset Premier Cup Yeovil 0–2 Bath Huish Park 376
270 2002–03 29 October 2002 FA Cup Yeovil 3–1 Bath Huish Park 4,393
269 27 October 2002 FA Cup Bath 1–1 Yeovil Twerton Park 3,470
268 2000–01 13 January 2001 FA Trophy Yeovil 2–1 Bath Huish Park 3,507
267 1995–96 23 January 1996 FA Trophy Yeovil 2–3 Bath Huish Park 2,700
266 21 January 1996 FA Trophy Bath 1–1 Yeovil Twerton Park 2,225
265 1994–95 17 April 1995 Conference Bath 3–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 1,184
264 6 September 1994 Conference Yeovil 1–2 Bath Huish Park 2,351
263 1993–94 15 March 1994 Somerset Premier Cup Bath 1–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 322
262 25 January 1994 FA Trophy Bath 4–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 1,148
261 22 January 1994 FA Trophy Yeovil 3–3 Bath Huish Park 2,611
260 3 January 1994 Conference Bath 3–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 1,518
259 27 December 1993 Conference Bath 0–3 Yeovil Twerton Park 3,371
258 2 November 1993 Conference Cup Bath 0–1 Yeovil Twerton Park 584
257 1992–93 12 April 1993 Conference Bath 0–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 1,331
256 28 December 1993 Conference Yeovil 2–1 Bath Huish Park 6,488
255 17 November 1993 Conference Cup Yeovil 1–0 Bath Huish Park 2,090
254 20 October 1993 Conference Cup Bath 0–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 520
253 1 January 1993 Conference Yeovil 1–1 Bath Huish Park 3,340
252 26 December 1993 Conference Bath 3–1 Yeovil Twerton Park 1,504
251 1990–91 1 January 1991 Conference Yeovil 3–2 Bath Huish Park 3,335
251 26 December January 1990 Conference Bath 2–1 Yeovil Twerton Park 1,479
250 1987–88 4 November 1987 Somerset Premier Cup Yeovil 2–1 Bath Huish Park 1,124
249 20 October 1987 Somerset Premier Cup Bath 2–2 Yeovil Twerton Park 450
248 1986–87 26 April 1987 Somerset Premier Cup Bath 1–2 Yeovil Twerton Park 638
247 15 April 1987 Somerset Premier Cup Bath 1–1 Yeovil Twerton Park 577
246 25 February 1987 Somerset Premier Cup Yeovil 1–1 Bath Huish Park 1,051
245 25 October 1986 FA Cup Bath 2–1 Yeovil Twerton Park 2,201
244 1985–86 29 April 1986 Somerset Premier Cup Yeovil 0–2 Bath Huish Park 1,320
243 2 April 1986 Somerset Premier Cup Bath 1–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 779
242 1984–85 23 April 1985 Alliance Premier League Bath 1–0 Yeovil Twerton Park 808

Statistics

Chart showing the progress of Yeovil Town FC in League and Non-League football from 1988 to present.[9]
Chart showing the progress of Bath City FC in non-League football from 1921 to present.[10]

Honours

As of 26 February 2023
Bath City Competition Yeovil Town
League
0 EFL League Two
(Level 4)		 1
0 National League
(Level 5)		 1
2 Southern League
(Level 5)		 3
2 Southern League

(Western Section)

3
Cups
0 FA Trophy 1
1 Southern League Cup 3
25 Somerset Premier Cup 25
30 Total 37


References

  1. ^ "Old Rivals Clash". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 16 October 1948. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Yeovil to meet old rivals Bath". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Rivals have a lot of cup history between them". Retrieved 21 February 2023 – via PressReader.
  4. ^ "Bath City loose to old rivals". British Newspaper Archive. 13 November 1939. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ Angulo, Chris (14 October 2021). "Throwback Thursday No. 5 – Old Rivals Meet In Windy FA Cup Tie". Gloverscast. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Bath City miss a penalty". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. p. 14. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ^ Tanner, Mark (7 May 2015). "75 years at Twerton Park – Part 3". M Tanner Sports. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Yeovil relegated to National League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  9. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yeovil Town (1955/56)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  10. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bath City (1955/56)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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