List of Bath City F.C. records and statistics
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. The team have played their home matches at Twerton Park since 1932. The club spent the first three years of its history in the early 1890s as Bath association football club.
The club was discussed for entry into the Football League Third Division during the 1930s, though Bath has missed out on election to the Football League on multiple occasions, including 1935, 1978 and 1985. 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.
Honours
[edit]Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
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Southern League | 3 | 1959–60, 1977–78, 2006–07 |
Southern League Cup | 1 | 1978–79 |
Player records
[edit]Top 10 all-time appearances
[edit]- As of 21 December 2020[1]
Rank | Player | Years | Appearances |
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1 | Dave Mogg | 1982–1988, 1992–1997 | 515[2] |
2 | Tony Ricketts | 1979–1996 | 506 |
3 | Tony Gough | 1956–1957, 1961–1970, 1972–1974 | 502 |
4 | Jim Rollo | 2002–2016 | 484 |
5 | Dave Palmer | 1980–1993 | 445 |
6 | Dave Singleton | 1981–1993 | 415 |
7 | Paul Gover | 1971–1982 | 398 |
8 | Keith Brown | 1981–1986, 1989–1993 | 394 |
9 | Tony Book | 1956–1964 | 387 |
10 | Sekani Simpson | 2006–2017 | 383 |
Goalscorers
[edit]- Most goals scored (in a season) – 51, Paul Randall (1989–90)[3]
- Most League goals scored (in a season) – 37, Charlie Fleming
To all-time scorers
[edit]- As of 21 December 2020
Rank | Player | Years | Goals |
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1 | Charlie Fleming | 1958–1965 | 216 |
2 | William Hyman | 1900–1911 | 134 |
3 | Martin Paul | 1996–2001, 2007–2008 | 115 |
4 | Paul Randall | 1989–1993 | 112 |
5 | Graham Withey | 1980–1982, 1986–1988, 1991–1993, 1995–1997 | 109 |
6 | Len Pickard | 1955–1958 | 95 |
7 | Dave Singleton | 1981–1993 | 93 |
8 | Dave McCulloch | 1944–1949 | 88 |
9 | Ernie Coombs | 1933–1935 | 84 |
Notable former players
[edit]Bath City have a long list of notable former players. Players in recent times include the likes of; Bobby Zamora. During the 1950s and 1960s, many players that established themselves in the First Division (now Premier League), stepped out onto the Twerton Park pitch in black and white over 100 times, such players include:
Alan Skirton
Winger, Alan Skirton was born in Bath in 1939. Skirton made 144 appearances for the club between 1956 and 1959, scoring 44 goals. After winning the Southern League with Bath City in 1960, Skirton went on to play for Arsenal, playing for the Gunners over 145 times between 1960 and 1966, scoring 53 goals.
Charle Fleming
Scottish-born striker Charlie Fleming made 107 appearances for the then First Division Sunderland between 1955 and 1958 scoring 60 goals. Known as "Cannonball" for his shooting ability. Fleming moved to Bath in 1958 and scored 206 goals for the Romans until his departure in 1966, making him the club's records goal scorer. After his death in 1997, the bar outside of Twerton Park was renamed; "Charlie's" in his honour.
Ian Black
Goalkeeper Ian Black was born in Scotland in 1924. He joined the then Second Division Southampton in 1947, and played 97 games for them until 1950 – in which year he joined Fulham, playing 263 matches for the Cottagers in both the Second and the First Division in the nine years he was with them. In 1959, Black joined the Romans and helped the club win the 1959–60 Southern League title, Black made over 143 appearances for Bath City until he left in 1962.
Stan Mortensen
Arguably the greatest player to ever play for the club, Stan Mortensen was born in 1921. In 1941, Mortensen joined Blackpool who were one of the best teams in England at the time. He went on to make over 352 appearances for the tangerines, scoring 227 goals, making him Blackpool's second highest goal scorer of all time. In the 1953 FA Cup final Mortensen became the first ever player to score a hat-trick in a FA Cup final at Wembley. Internationally, Mortensen won 25 caps for England, scoring 23 goals. He signed for The Romans for the 1958–59 season, in which he made 40 appearances and scored 27 goals.
Tony Book
Right-back Tony Book was born in Bath in 1938. Book went on to make 385 appearances for the club, captaining Bath to the 1960 Southern League. At the age of 31, he moved to Manchester City and captained them to a First Division, FA Cup, EFL Cup, and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup title, making him their second most decorated captain of all time, after Vincent Kompany.
Player of the Season and Golden Boot winners
[edit]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.[4][5] The table is in chronological order and begins from the 1984–85 season.
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Club captains
[edit]The following table shows players who have previously been selected to be club captain. The table is in chronological order and begins from 1958 onwards.[46]
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Transfers
[edit]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
[edit]Rank | Player | From | Fee | Date |
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1 | Micky Tanner | Bristol City | £16,000 | 1988 |
Record transfer fees received
[edit]Rank | Player | To | Fee | Date |
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1 | Jason Dodd | Southampton | £80,000 | 1989 |
Managerial records
[edit]- Manager with highest win% ratio: Malcolm Allison with 54% of games won from 1963 to 1964.[49][50]
- Longest serving manager by time: Ted Davis, from 22 June 1927 to 10 June 1937 and from 4 May 1939 to 3 June 1947 (17 years).[51][52][53]
Team records
[edit]Cup runs
[edit]- Best FA Cup performance – Third Round (6 times):
- vs Brentford (1931–32)[54]
- vs Norwich City (1934–35)[55]
- vs Brighton & Hove Albion (1959–60)[56]
- vs Bolton Wanderers (1963–64)[57]
- vs Mansfield Town (1987–88)[9]
- vs Stoke City (1993–94)[58]
- Best FA Trophy performance – Semi-finals
- vs North Ferriby United (2014–15)[59][60]
Points
[edit]- Most points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 67 in 42 matches, Southern League, 1959–60[56]
- Three points for a win: 91 in 42 matches, Southern League, 2007–08[61]
- Fewest points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 26 in 42 matches, Southern League, 1971–72[62]
- Three points for a win: 31 in 46 matches, National League, 2011–12[63]
League position
[edit]- Highest League position:
- 4th in the Alliance Premier League (1984–85) (level 5)[6]
- Lowest League position:
Goals
[edit]- Most goals scored in a season: 116: 1959–60 Southern League[56]
- Fewest goals scored in a season: 18: 1934–35 Southern League[55]
- Most goals conceded in a season: 107: 1955–56 Southern League[65]
Attendance
[edit]- Record home gate – 18,020 vs Brighton & Hove Albion, (FA Cup third round, 9 January 1960)[66][67]
- Record League gate – 17,000 vs Aston Villa, (Football League North, 14 April 1944)[68]
- Record away gate – 26,983 vs Bolton Wanderers, (FA Cup third round, 8 January 1964)
- Record National League South gate – 3,639 vs Yeovil Town (6 December 2023)[69]
- Lowest average attendance – 500 (National League South, 2014–15)[35]
- Highest (recorded) average attendance – 4,940 (Southern League Premier, 1959–60)[56]
European record
[edit]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)[70] and Udinese (1978)[71] respectively. During the group stage of the 1977 tournament, the club recorded impressive victories over Parma and Bari.[72]
Season | Competition | Round | Date | Opposition | Home | Away |
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1976–77 | Anglo-Italian Cup | First stage | 27 April 1977 | Bari | 2–1 | — |
30 April 1977 | Turris | 2–0 | — | |||
Second stage | 22 June 1977 | Parma | — | 1–0 | ||
25 June 1977 | Teramo | — | 0–4 | |||
Final | 29 June 1977 | Lecco | — | 0–3 | ||
1977–78 | First stage | 22 March 1978 | Arezzo | 5–0 | — | |
25 March 1978 | Paganese | 2–0 | — | |||
Second stage | 20 June 1978 | Udinese | — | 1–3 | ||
25 June 1978 | Treviso | — | 2–0 | |||
Final | 28 June 1978 | Udinese | — | 0–5 |
Season-by-season performance
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[edit]General
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External links
[edit]- Official website
- Bath City Youth FC website Archived 14 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Bath City F.C. on BBC Sport: results and fixtures
- Vanarama National League Official website
- Supporters' Society