# List of Bath City F.C. managers

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, though Bath has missed out on election to the Football League on multiple occasions, including 1935, 1978 and 1985.
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

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 | Nationality | From | To | Games | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Honours |
| Ben Hargett | England | 1 September 1908 | 1 November 1909 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 86 | 96 | 28% | – |
| Charles Pinker | England | 1 November 1909 | 23 July 1921 | 250 | 134 | 41 | 75 | 544 | 378 | 54% | – |
| Billy Tout | England | 23 July 1921 | 7 November 1923 | 94 | 34 | 15 | 45 | 129 | 163 | 36% | – |
| Charles Pinker | England | 1 August 1925 | 31 June 1927 | 93 | 23 | 17 | 53 | 137 | 236 | 25% | – |
| Ted Davis | England | 31 June 1927 | 1 May 1937 | 538 | 253 | 98 | 187 | 1181 | 971 | 47% | – |
| Arthur Greaves | England | 1 August 1937 | 5 May 1938 | 58 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 79 | 123 | 28% | – |
| Alex Raisbeck | Scotland | 29 June 1938 | 20 April 1940 | 73 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 102 | 144 | 32% | – |
| Ted Davis | England | May 1940 | June 1945 | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Football League North champions 1943–44 |
| Arthur Mortimer | England | 20 August 1945 | 1 July 1947 | 77 | 28 | 10 | 39 | 167 | 192 | 35% | – |
| Vic Woodley | England | 1 July 1947 | 9 December 1949 | 109 | 38 | 20 | 51 | 180 | 210 | 35% | – |
| Eddie Hapgood | England | 15 March 1950 | 13 February 1956 | 313 | 131 | 66 | 116 | 535 | 505 | 42% | – |
| Paddy Sloan | Ireland | 1 July 1956 | 2 May 1957 | 53 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 81 | 102 | 38% | – |
| Bob Hewison | England | 2 May 1957 | 6 May 1961 | 218 | 112 | 38 | 68 | 488 | 326 | 51% | Southern League champions 1959–60 |
| Arthur Cole | England | May 1961 | January 1963 | 71 | 34 | 11 | 26 | 137 | 119 | 48% | – |
| Malcolm Allison | England | March 1963 | May 1964 | 71 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 135 | 85 | 54% | – |
| Ivor Powell | Wales | July 1964 | January 1967 | 160 | 67 | 32 | 61 | 276 | 248 | 42% | – |
| Arnold Rodgers | England | February 1967 | 6 June 1970 | 217 | 106 | 49 | 62 | 418 | 279 | 49% | – |
| Johnny Petts | England | 30 June 1970 | 14 September 1971 | 65 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 75 | 102 | 35% | – |
| Joe O'Neil | England | 11 December 1971 | 3 May 1972 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 54 | 20% | – |
| Dave Burnside | England | 3 May 1972 | 17 January 1973 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 54 | 63 | 32% | – |
| Roy Bence | England | 17 January 1973 | 11 October 1973 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 49 | 46% | – |
| Geoff Cox | England | 11 October 1973 | 7 December 1973 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 54% | – |
| Bert Head | England | 12 December 1973 | 16 October 1975 | 141 | 64 | 32 | 45 | 230 | 165 | 45% | – |
| Jack Smith | England | 16 October 1975 | 14 May 1976 | 49 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 78 | 62 | 41% | – |
| 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 |
| Micky Burns | England | 13 January 1979 | 19 June 1979 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 50% | – |
| Bob Boyd | England | 20 June 1979 | 26 March 1980 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 71 | 33% | – |
| Stuart Taylor | England | 1 July 1980 | 23 April 1982 | 110 | 48 | 29 | 33 | 168 | 124 | 44% | – |
| Bobby Jones | England | 23 April 1982 | 17 March 1988 | 330 | 130 | 80 | 120 | 459 | 440 | 39% | – |
| Harold Jarman | England | 1 July 1988 | 6 October 1988 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 38% | – |
| Les Alderman | Scotland | 9 October 1988 | 19 February 1989 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 43 | 34% | – |
| Jeff Evans | England | February 1989 | June 1989 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 56% | – |
| George Rooney | Scotland | 16 May 1989 | 11 March 1991 | 105 | 54 | 21 | 30 | 197 | 125 | 51% | – |
| Tony Ricketts | England | 11 March 1991 | 14 July 1996 | 287 | 110 | 79 | 98 | 391 | 354 | 38% | – |
| Steve Millard | Scotland | 14 July 1996 | 1 April 1998 | 100 | 39 | 27 | 34 | 162 | 161 | 39% | – |
| Paul Bodin | Wales | 23 April 1998 | 8 May 2001 | 170 | 76 | 46 | 48 | 292 | 218 | 45% | – |
| Alan Pridham | England | 20 May 2001 | 12 November 2003 | 119 | 38 | 32 | 49 | 162 | 188 | 32% | – |
| Gary Owers | England | 26 November 2003 | 25 May 2005 | 84 | 38 | 18 | 28 | 116 | 94 | 45% | – |
| John Relish | England | 14 June 2005 | 14 October 2008 | 180 | 95 | 45 | 40 | 292 | 152 | 53% | Southern League champions 2006–07 |
| Addie Britton | England | 14 October 2008 | 12 October 2012 | 206 | 78 | 46 | 82 | 286 | 295 | 38% | – |
| Lee Howells | England | 12 October 2012 | 18 January 2016 | 172 | 70 | 41 | 61 | 258 | 233 | 41% | – |
| Gary Owers | England | 4 February 2016 | 13 September 2017 | 78 | 33 | 18 | 27 | 122 | 98 | 42% | – |
| Jerry Gill | England | 5 October 2017 | 18 November 2024 | 335 | 144 | 76 | 115 | 475 | 397 | 43% | – |
| Darren Way | England | 23 December 2024 | Date | | | | | | | | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Only mulit-county trophies are counted.