Editing Bath, Somerset (section)

===Football===
[[File:Twerton Park in 2017.png|thumb|[[Twerton Park]]]]
[[Bath City F.C.]] is the semi-professional [[Association football|football]] team. Founded in 1889, the club has played their home matches at [[Twerton Park]] since 1932. Bath City's history is entirely in non-league football, predominantly in the 5th tier. Bath narrowly missed out on election to the Football League by a few votes in 1978<ref>{{cite web |title=Bath City Football Club |url=http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/Sport___L/body_footballclub.html |publisher=City of Bath |access-date=9 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716062020/http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/Sport___L/body_footballclub.html |archive-date=16 July 2013 }}</ref> and again in 1985. The club have a good history in the FA Cup, reaching the third round six times. The record attendance, 18,020, at the ground was in 1960 against Brighton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath City FC {{!}} Twerton Park {{!}} Football Ground Guide |url=https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-south/bath-city-twerton-park.html |access-date=26 September 2022 |website=footballgroundguide.com |date=September 2010 |language=en-US |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926124002/https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-south/bath-city-twerton-park.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Russwwfc |date=12 June 2011 |title=The Wycombe Wanderer: Bath City – Twerton Park |url=http://footygrounds.blogspot.com/2011/06/bath-city-twerton-park.html |access-date=26 September 2022 |website=The Wycombe Wanderer |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926124004/http://footygrounds.blogspot.com/2011/06/bath-city-twerton-park.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The club's colours are black and white and their official nickname is "The Romans", stemming from Bath's Ancient Roman history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bath |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Bath/ |access-date=26 September 2022 |website=Historic UK |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922044147/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Bath/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The club is sometimes called "The Stripes", referring to their striped kit.

Until 2009 [[Team Bath F.C.]] operated as an affiliate to the University Athletics programme. In 2002, Team Bath became the first university team to enter the [[FA Cup]] in 120&nbsp;years, and advanced through four qualifying rounds to the first round proper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teambath.com/2011/05/07/paul-tisdale/ |title=Paul Tisdale |access-date=3 May 2015 |work=Team Bath |date=7 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505040659/http://www.teambath.com/2011/05/07/paul-tisdale/ |archive-date=5 May 2015 |url-status=live |author1=Admin }}</ref> The university's team was established in 1999 while the city team has existed since before 1908 (when it entered the [[Western Football League|Western League]]).<ref name="bathcityhist">{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/BATHC.HTM |title=Bath City |access-date=9 December 2007 |work=Football Club History Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501071526/http://www.fchd.info/BATHC.HTM |archive-date=1 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, in 2009, the [[Football Conference]] ruled that Team Bath would not be eligible to gain promotion to a National division, nor were they allowed to participate in [[Football Association]] cup competitions. This ruling led to the decision by the club to fold at the end of the 2008–09 Conference South competition. In their final season, Team Bath F.C. finished 11th in the league.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team Bath FC |url=http://www.nonleaguefooty.co.uk/club_001000221012 |publisher=Conference South |access-date=26 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618211527/http://www.nonleaguefooty.co.uk/club_001000221012 |archive-date=18 June 2013 }}</ref>

Bath also has [[Non-League football]] clubs [[Odd Down F.C.]] who play at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground<ref>{{cite web |title=Location |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/odddownafc/location/ |publisher=Odd Down AFC |access-date=2 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003708/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/odddownafc/location/ |archive-date=5 May 2015 }}</ref> and [[Larkhall Athletic F.C.]] who play at Plain Ham.