List of Bath City F.C. managers

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

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

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]

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[update]. 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

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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

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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]
Darren Way |  |  England | 23 December 2024  | Date  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## 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. 8 April 2020. 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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