Bath City F.C.

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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 Southern League Premier Division South, the seventh tier of English football. Nicknamed the "Romans", the club was founded in 1889 and have played their home matches at Twerton Park since 1932. The club has never played in the Football League, though Bath were heavily discussed as an entrant in the 1930s and 1940s, and came closest via election in 1978 and 1985. During the Second World War, the club won the Football League North. 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). Bath were crowned Southern League champions in 1960 and 1978; one of the highest levels of non-League football at the time. From 1980 to 1997, the team spent sixteen years in what is now The National League, with Bath finishing fourth in...

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