List of Bath City F.C. managers

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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.

Information correct as of 22 March 2026. 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

 [15]
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]
Darren Way  England 23 December 2024 22 March 2026 68 19 22 27 82 83 28% –

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