List of Bath City F.C. seasons

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. In 1889 Bath City were formed as Bath AFC and began to play at the 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. 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.[1]

Bath AFC squad photograph in 1890

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. The club was heavily discussed for entry into the Football League Third Division during the 1930s,[2][3] though Bath has missed out on election to the Football League on multiple occasions. The club remained in the Southern League until the 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. Bath City missed out on election to the Football League by 3 votes in 1978 and again (by a larger margin) in 1985.[4] Bath have 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).[5]

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
Winners Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Seasons
Season League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup

(SLC/CLC)

 Somerset Premier Cup Top scorer(s)[lower-alpha 1] Average

attendance

Tier League Name P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player Goals
1907–08 Joined competitive football
1908–09 6 Western League Div 2 22 6 7 9 39 45 19 8th QR3 – –
1909–10 5 Western League Div 1 24 5 6 13 31 66 15 9th QR1 – –
1910–11 18 9 4 5 38 30 22 3rd QR1 – – Tom Allen 13
1911–12 20 10 2 8 31 27 22 9th QR1 – – Tom Allen 12
1912–13 22 13 1 8 52 35 27 4th QR1 – – Bert Lovell 23
1913–14 22 17 2 3 67 34 36 2nd QR4 – –
Competitive football suspended for the duration of World War I [P]
1919–20 5 Western League Div 1 18 8 2 8 48 29 18 5th QR4 – – Jack Hill 19
1920–21 30 12 7 11 45 45 31 8th QR1 – – Joe Dailmore 31
1921–22 4 Southern League Western Section[lower-alpha 2] 36 16 5 15 55 53 37 11th QR5 – – Percy Dore 32
1922–23 38 10 8 20 44 71 28 15th R1 – – Percy Bolston 16
1923–24 34 6 9 19 32 17 21 16th QR1 – – Jim Lawson 10
1924–25 38 8 8 22 28 85 24 18th QR1 – – Percy Bolston 7
1925–26 26 7 1 18 38 86 15 14th R2 – – Bill Graydon 13
1926–27 26 7 9 10 44 52 23 11th QR1 – – Bill Graydon 25
1927–28 30 12 3 15 64 68 27 11th QR1 – – Bill Graydon 29
1928–29 26 13 4 9 61 59 30 6th QR1 – – W Charlie Brittain 46
1929–30 28 16 6 6 85 52 38 1st R2 – – Charlie Brittain 31
1930–31 22 10 6 6 47 39 26 5th QR3 – – Jim McCartney 28
1931–32 24 12 7 5 50 33 31 3rd R3 – – W Ernie Coombs 37
1932–33 20 13 4 3 62 34 30 1st QR4 – SF Wilf Lewis 26
1933–34 20 11 3 6 43 25 25 3rd R1 – QR W Trotman 44
1934–35 16 6 4 6 35 32 16 5th R3 – R1 RU Ernie Coombs 26
1935–36 16 5 5 6 18 26 15 5th QR4 – R2 W Reg Weaver 37
1936–37 Southern League 30 15 5 10 66 52 35 4th R1 – R2 RU Ted Buckley 28
1937–38 32 9 9 16 45 65 27 14th QR4 – R2 RU Bill Brown 13
1938–39 44 16 12 16 58 74 44 11th QR4 – R2 RU Bill Chambers 32
Competitive football suspended for the duration of World War II
1945–46 4 Southern League 20 12 2 6 62 32 34 3rd QR2 – R3 W Bob Farrington 20
1946–47 32 7 7 18 52 93 21 16th QR4 – R3 RU Stan Merrit 22 2,126
1947–48 34 12 8 14 55 62 32 11th QR4 – R3 R1 Dave McCulloch 27 2,932
1948–49 42 15 8 19 72 87 38 13th QR4 – R2 RU Dave McCulloch 48
1949–50 46 16 7 23 61 78 39 17th QR1 RU R1 Kelly 19
1950–51 44 15 10 19 66 73 40 15th QR1 – QR R1 Bert Hawkins 22
1951–52 42 19 6 17 75 67 44 10th QR4 – R1 W Ray Snook 34
1952–53 42 22 10 10 71 46 54 5th R2 – R1 W Jackie Boyd 27
1953–54 42 17 12 13 73 67 46 4th R1 – R1 RU Cliff Pinchbeck 23
1954–55 42 18 9 15 73 80 45 9th QR4 – R1 SF Eric Marsden 21
1955–56 42 7 10 25 43 107 24 22nd QR2 – QR SF Selwyn Watkins 12
1956–57 42 15 8 19 56 78 38 17th QR1 – R2 SF Len Pickard 32
1957–58 42 13 9 20 65 64 35 16th[lower-alpha 3] R2 – R1 W Len Pickard 45
1958–59 5 Southern League Premier 34 17 5 12 89 62 39 6th R1 – RU R1 Charlie Fleming 48 4,333
1959–60 42 32 3 7 116 50 67 1st[lower-alpha 4] R3 – R2 W Charlie Fleming 47 4,940
1960–61 42 18 14 10 74 52 50 6th R1 – R2 R2 Charlie Fleming 40 2,902
1961–62 42 25 7 10 102 70 57 2nd QR4 – R2 R1 Neil Lagman 31 3,095
1962–63 40 18 6 16 58 56 42 10th QR4 – R2 SF Ken Owens 16 2,316
1963–64 42 24 9 9 88 51 57 3rd R3 – R2 R2 Charlie Fleming 32 2,993
1964–65 42 13 3 26 60 86 29 22nd R1 – R2 SF Mike Denton 16 1,910
1965–66 6 Southern League Div 1 46 25 13 8 88 50 63 4th R2 – R4 W Mike Denton 41 2,030
1966–67 5 Southern League Premier 42 11 12 19 51 74 30 19th R2 – R3 SF Mike Denton 18 2,191
1967–68 6 Southern League Div 1 42 21 12 9 78 51 54 6th QR4 – R2 W Ian Henderson 34 2,076
1968–69 42 26 10 6 96 40 62 2nd QR4 – R2 SF John Allen 34 2,151
1969–70 5 Southern League Premier 42 18 8 16 63 55 44 11th QR3 R1 QR W Brian Owen 34 1,831
1970–71 42 13 12 17 48 68 38 15th QR3 QR3 R3 QR3 Dave Taylor 16 1,239
1971–72 42 11 4 27 45 86 26 20th QR2 QR2 R1 R1 John Mitten 19 1,308
1972–73 6 Southern League Div 1 42 18 11 13 56 54 47 7th QR1 R1 R2 R1 Colin Norman 33 1,229
1973–74 38 20 8 10 55 35 48 2nd QR2 QR3 R2 QR3 Pete Harman 13 1,309
1974–75 5 Southern League Premier 42 20 8 14 63 50 48 6th R1 QR3 R3 R2 John Fairbrother 19 n/a
1975–76 42 11 16 15 62 57 38 16th QR1 QR1 R1 R2 John Fairbrother 41 867
1976–77 42 20 15 7 51 30 55 4th QR4 R1 R2 RU Kevin Griffin 16 1,134
1977–78 42 22 18 2 83 32 62 1st[lower-alpha 5] R1 QR3 R1 W George Gibbs 21 1,611
1978–79 42 17 19 6 55 35 53 5th QR4 R1 W W Peter Rodgers 11 1,060
1979–80 Alliance Premier League 38 10 12 16 43 69 32 16th QR1 R3 R1 R1 Martin wheeler 12 970
1980–81 38 16 10 12 61 32 42 6th QR4 R1 R3 W Graham Withey 18 898
1981–82 42 15 10 17 50 57 55[lower-alpha 6] 12th QR2 R1 R1 W Graham Withey 16 888
1982–83 42 17 9 16 51 42 60 10th QR3 R1 R2 R2 Dave Singleton 22 738
1983–84 42 17 12 13 60 48 53 6th QR2 R2 R1 W Gary Smith 16 635
1984–85 42 21 9 12 63 47 57 4th[lower-alpha 7] QR3 R3 R1 W Gary Smith 16 688
1985–86 42 13 11 18 53 54 45 12th R2 R1 R1 W Dave Singleton 16 590
1986–87 Conference 42 17 12 13 63 62 63 10th R2 R2 R1 SF Paul Bodin 27 637
1987–88 42 9 10 23 48 76 37 20th R3 R2 R3 R1 Paul Bodin 14 625
1988–89 6 Southern League 42 15 13 14 66 51 58 9th R2 R1 R2 W John Freegard 27 560
1989–90 42 30 8 4 81 28 98 2nd R1 R1 R3 W Paul Randall 51 821
1990–91 5 Conference 42 10 12 20 55 61 42 20th QR4 R3 R1 R2 Paul Randall 22 826
1991–92 42 16 12 14 54 51 60 9th QR3 R3 R1 R2 Paul Randall 26 789
1992–93 42 15 14 13 63 56 59 7th R2 R1 R1 QR3 Richard Crowley 13 797
1993–94 42 13 17 12 47 38 56 12th R3 R2 R2 W Paul Adcock 23 1,257
1994–95 42 15 12 15 55 56 57 12th R1 R1 R2 W Dean Birkby 19 887
1995–96 42 13 7 24 45 66 46 18th QR4 R1 R1 R2 Graham Withey 13 663
1996–97 42 12 11 19 39 53 47 20th QR4 R2 R1 R2 Mike Davis 21 685
1997–98 6 Southern League 42 19 12 11 72 51 69 6th QR4 R2 R2 QR3 Mike Davis 23 735
1998–99 42 18 11 13 70 44 65 4th QR4 R3 R2 SF Martin Paul 30 793
1999–00 42 19 15 8 70 49 72 4th R1 R1 QR RU Martin Paul 30 993
2000–01 42 15 13 14 67 68 55 15th QR4 R2 R2 QR3 Martin Paul 19 812
2001–02 42 13 11 18 56 65 50 17th QR2 R2 R3 SF Adrian Foster 21 850
2002–03 42 13 13 16 50 61 52 14th QR4 R3 R1 R2 Jason Eaton 16 866
2003–04 42 13 12 17 49 57 51 16th [lower-alpha 8] QR3 R3 R4 QR4 Scott Partridge 18 714
2004–05 7 42 19 12 11 57 43 69 6th R2 R3 R3 R2 John Williams 19 616
2005–06 42 25 8 9 66 33 83 2nd QR3 QR3 R4 QR3 Scott Partridge 23 732
2006–07 42 27 10 5 84 29 91 1st QR2 R1 R4 R2 Scott Partridge 18 930
2007–08 6 Conference South 42 10 8 3 30 59 36 8th QR4 R1 R2 W Dave Gilroy 26 851
2008–09 42 20 8 14 56 45 68 8th QR3 R1 R3 R2 Dave Gilroy 22 618
2009–10 42 20 12 10 66 46 72 4th[6] R1 QR3 R1 Darren Edwards 25 965
2010–11 5 Conference 46 16 15 15 64 68 63 10th QR4 R2 R1 Lee Phillips 16 1,053
2011–12 46 7 10 29 43 89 31 23rd R1 R3 R1 Sean Canham 11 848
2012–13 6 National League South 42 15 10 17 60 58 55 11th QR3 R1 SF Charlie Griffin 20 583
2013–14 42 18 12 12 63 38 66 7th QR4 QR3 SF David Pratt 18 599
2014–15 40 15 8 17 59 57 53 14th QR4 SF QR3 David Pratt 22 500
2015–16 42 14 11 17 50 61 53 14th QR3 R1 QR3 David Pratt 10 727
2016–17 42 18 8 16 71 52 62 9th QR3 QR3 R1 Andy Waltkins 14 612
2017–18 42 17 12 13 64 48 63 9th[7] QR4 R1 R1 Jack Compton 12 702
2018–19 42 20 11 11 58 36 71 5th QR4 R1 R1 Ross Stearn 14 1,142
2019–20 35 18 9 8 50 37 63 4th QR4 R1 R1 Tom Smith 17 1,081
2020–21 13 4 1 21 15 23 13 18th QR3 R1 R1 Tommy Conway 9 n/a
2021–22 40 13 6 21 45 68 45 18th QR4 R4 RU Cody Cooke 20 1,204
2022–23 46 19 10 17 64 57 67 11th QR3 R3 W Scott Wilson 23 1,116

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: 28
  • 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. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bath City (1977/78)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. "Bath City and Third League". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 22 February 1936. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. "Bath City's Bid for Third Division". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 6 April 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. "Bath City Football club". City of Bath. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  5. "Bath City Archive". Bath City Archive. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. "FOOTBALL: Standard man Bartlett wins promotion to Conference". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  7. "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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