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List of Bath City F.C. managers

For a detailed account of the club's history, see History of Bath City F.C.

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 Southern League runners up in 1930, and again in 1933. The club was discussed for entry into the Football League Third Division during the 1930s,[1][2] though Bath has missed out on election to the Football League on multiple occasions, including 1935, 1978 and 1985.[3]

Most recent manager, Jerry Gill, was head coach between 2017 and 2024

Bath have won three Southern League titles (1959–60, 1977–78, 2006–07); one Southern League Cup (1978–79) and one wartime Football League North (1943–44). The list shows the clubs 40 managers from 1907 onwards, not including those who held the role of 'caretaker'. Only Ted Davis, Charles pinker and Gary Owers have managed the club on two occasions. The longest serving manager was Ted Davis from 1927–1937 and then 1939–1945, for a total of 15 years.

List of Managers

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Information correct as of 18 November 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Caretaker managers are not included.

List of Bath City F.C. managers
Name Image Nationality From To Games W D L GF GA Win% Honours[a] Notes
Ben Hargett   England 1 September 1908 1 November 1909 46 13 13 20 86 96 28% – [4]
Charles Pinker
 
   England 1 November 1909 23 July 1921 250 134 41 75 544 378 54% – [5][6]
Billy Tout
 
   England 23 July 1921 7 November 1923 94 34 15 45 129 163 36% – [7][8]
Charles Pinker
 
   England 1 August 1925 31 June 1927 93 23 17 53 137 236 25% – [9]
Ted Davis     England 31 June 1927 1 May 1937 538 253 98 187 1181 971 47% –   [10][11]
Arthur Greaves   England 1 August 1937 5 May 1938 58 16 13 29 79 123 28% – [12]
Alex Raisbeck
 
   Scotland 29 June 1938 20 April 1940 73 23 20 30 102 144 32% – [13][14]
Ted Davis     England May 1940 June 1945 152 – Football League North champions

1943–44

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Arthur Mortimer   England 20 August 1945 1 July 1947 77 28 10 39 167 192 35% – [16]
Vic Woodley   England 1 July 1947 9 December 1949 109 38 20 51 180 210 35% – [17]
Eddie Hapgood
 
   England 15 March 1950 13 February 1956 313 131 66 116 535 505 42% – [18][19]
Paddy Sloan     Ireland 1 July 1956 2 May 1957 53 20 10 23 81 102 38% – [20]
Bob Hewison
 
   England 2 May 1957 6 May 1961 218 112 38 68 488 326 51% Southern League champions 1959–60 [21]
Arthur Cole   England May 1961 January 1963 71 34 11 26 137 119 48% – [22]
Malcolm Allison
 
   England March 1963 May 1964 71 38 15 18 135 85 54% – [23][24]
Ivor Powell   Wales July 1964 January 1967 160 67 32 61 276 248 42% – [25][26]
Arnold Rodgers   England February 1967 6 June 1970 217 106 49 62 418 279 49% – [27][28]
Johnny Petts   England 30 June 1970 14 September 1971 65 23 16 26 75 102 35% – [29]
Joe O'Neil   England 11 December 1971 3 May 1972 25 5 3 17 24 54 20% – [30]
Dave Burnside   England 3 May 1972 17 January 1973 41 13 9 19 54 63 32% – [31]
Roy Bence   England 17 January 1973 11 October 1973 41 19 8 14 57 49 46% – [32]
Geoff Cox   England 11 October 1973 7 December 1973 13 7 3 3 12 11 54% – [32]
Bert Head   England 12 December 1973 16 October 1975 141 64 32 45 230 165 45% – [33]
Jack Smith   England 16 October 1975 14 May 1976 49 20 14 15 78 62 41% – [34]
Brian Godfrey   Wales 15 May 1976 13 January 1979 157 79 49 29 255 152 50% Southern League champions 1977–78 Southern League Cup winners 1978–79 [35][36]
Micky Burns   England 13 January 1979 19 June 1979 34 17 12 5 46 27 50% – [37][38]
Bob Boyd   England 20 June 1979 26 March 1980 42 14 10 18 57 71 33% – [39][40]
Stuart Taylor   England 1 July 1980 23 April 1982 110 48 29 33 168 124 44% – [41][42]
Bobby Jones   England 23 April 1982 17 March 1988 330 130 80 120 459 440 39% – [43][44]
Harold Jarman   England 1 July 1988 6 October 1988 13 5 4 4 20 18 38% – [45][46]
Les Alderman   Scotland 9 October 1988 19 February 1989 32 11 10 11 58 43 34% – [47][48]
Jeff Evans   England February 1989 June 1989 16 9 3 4 30 13 56% – [49]
George Rooney   Scotland 16 May 1989 11 March 1991 105 54 21 30 197 125 51% – [50][51]
Tony Ricketts   England 11 March 1991 14 July 1996 287 110 79 98 391 354 38% – [52][53]
Steve Millard   Scotland 14 July 1996 1 April 1998 100 39 27 34 162 161 39% – [54][55]
Paul Bodin   Wales 23 April 1998 8 May 2001 170 76 46 48 292 218 45% – [56][57]
Alan Pridham   England 20 May 2001 12 November 2003 119 38 32 49 162 188 32% – [58][59]
Gary Owers   England 26 November 2003 25 May 2005 84 38 18 28 116 94 45% – [60][61]
John Relish   England 14 June 2005 14 October 2008 180 95 45 40 292 152 53% Southern League champions

2006–07

[62][63]
Addie Britton   England 14 October 2008 12 October 2012 206 78 46 82 286 295 38% – [64][65]
Lee Howells   England 12 October 2012 18 January 2016 172 70 41 61 258 233 41% – [66][67]
Gary Owers   England 4 February 2016 13 September 2017 78 33 18 27 122 98 42% – [68][69]
Jerry Gill
 
   England 5 October 2017 18 November 2024 335 144 76 115 475 397 43% – [70][71]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Only mulit-county trophies are counted.

References

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General

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  • Miller, Kerry., ed. (2003). Stars in Stripes: The Official History of Bath City Football Club. Chippenham: Antony Rowe Ltd.

Specific

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  1. ^ "Bath City and Third League". Bath Chronicle. 22 February 1936. p. 16. Retrieved 26 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Bath City's Bid for Third Division". Bath Chronicle. 6 April 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Bath City's hopes dashed". Bath Chronicle. 8 June 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Miller 2003, p. 16.
  5. ^ "Bath City AFC: Resignation of manager". Bath Chronicle. 28 October 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 13 November 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Miller 2003, p. 22.
  7. ^ "Bath City Football Club: Billy Tout as player-manager". Bath Chronicle. 23 July 1921. p. 11. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Miller 2003, p. 40.
  9. ^ Miller 2003, p. 47.
  10. ^ "Bath City Football Club: Most successful season in its history". Bath Chronicle. 2 August 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Ted Davis Goes to Colchester". Bath Chronicle. 10 July 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Miller 2003, pp. 88, 93.
  13. ^ "Alex Raisbeck". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  14. ^ Miller 2003, p. 91.
  15. ^ Miller 2003, pp. 93, 95.
  16. ^ Miller 2003, pp. 104–105.
  17. ^ Miller 2003, pp. 108, 110.
  18. ^ "Famous international to manage Bath City". Bath Chronicle. 18 March 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 30 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ Miller 2003, p. 120.
  20. ^ Miller 2003, p. 131.
  21. ^ Miller 2003, pp. 133, 138.
  22. ^ Miller 2003, pp. 146, 149.
  23. ^ "Malcolm Allison: The brilliant innovator ahead of his time". Manchester City FC. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  24. ^ Miller 2003, p. 152.
  25. ^ "Ivor Powell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  26. ^ Miller 2003, p. 160.
  27. ^ "Welton Rovers Match Preview". Bath City FC. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  28. ^ Miller 2003, p. 164.
  29. ^ Miller 2003, p. 172.
  30. ^ Miller 2003, p. 174.
  31. ^ Miller 2003, p. 176.
  32. ^ a b Miller 2003, p. 177.
  33. ^ Miller 2003, p. 180.
  34. ^ Miller 2003, p. 182.
  35. ^ "Brian Godfrey: Welsh international footballer who became a hard-bitten". The Independent. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  36. ^ Miller 2003, p. 186.
  37. ^ "Southern League Championship Anniversary Dinner". Bath City FC. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  38. ^ Miller 2003, p. 187.
  39. ^ Taylor, Michael (14 June 2018). "Tributes paid to former Minehead AFC manager". SomersetLive. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  40. ^ Miller 2003, p. 189.
  41. ^ "Hall of Fame: Stuart Taylor". Bristol Rovers FC. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  42. ^ Miller 2003, p. 191.
  43. ^ "July 2015". Bath City FC. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  44. ^ Miller 2003, p. 192.
  45. ^ "My favourite Bristol Rovers player". BristolLive. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  46. ^ Miller 2003, p. 193.
  47. ^ "Southern League Legends (Part Four)". Southern Football League. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  48. ^ Miller 2003, p. 194.
  49. ^ Miller 2003, p. 195.
  50. ^ "Southern League Managers (Part Three) - The Southern League". Southern Football League. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  51. ^ Miller 2003, p. 196.
  52. ^ "Ricketts reflects on the good times". Bath Chronicle. Retrieved 21 October 2022 – via PressReader.
  53. ^ Miller 2003, p. 201.
  54. ^ "December 1999 - Bath City FC". Bath City FC. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  55. ^ Miller 2003, p. 203.
  56. ^ "FA Cup: History beckons for Bath double". The Telegraph. 25 October 2002. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  57. ^ Miller 2003, p. 204.
  58. ^ "January 2003". Bath City FC. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  59. ^ "June 2001". Bath City FC. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  60. ^ "Owers - It's a great opportunity". Gazette Series. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  61. ^ "August 2005". Bath City FC. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  62. ^ "June 2005". Bath City FC. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  63. ^ "May 2007". Bath City FC. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  64. ^ Team, The Non-League Football Paper (20 January 2016). "Director of football Adie Britton the latest to leave Bath City". The Non-League Football Paper -US. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  65. ^ "Bath board support boss Britton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  66. ^ "Bath City target first Wembley final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  67. ^ Association, The Football. "Bath City's Trophy run 'a lovely journey', says Howells". The FA. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  68. ^ "Gary Owers Bath City FC manager - Bath Chronicle". Bath Chronicle. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  69. ^ "Gary Owers leaves City to take up managerial post at Torquay United". Bath City FC. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  70. ^ "Jerry Gill". Bath City FC. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  71. ^ "Bath City Appoint Jerry Gill As Their New Manager - The Vanarama National League". The National League. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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