Pete McCormack, Vice-Chair, Bath City Supporters Society.
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Bath City FC is one of some 40-odd fan/community-owned clubs in English football. The most senior are Exeter, Wimbledon and Newport County from the Football League, with Tonbridge and Chelmsford from our own league.

What binds us is that we are ordinary fans working together to safeguard the future of our Clubs. It’s a group to be proud of.

But it is a tough road as success often relies on funding.

At City, we have been able to develop a competitive Club through sheer hard work, fostering community support and commercial backing.

To progress we’ll need more and the Supporters Society, which is the principal shareholder in Bath City FC, aims to back the Board in this quest for success.

We are currently over 350 members strong, but the more people join us, the more we can help take the Club further.

From simply paying the £5 annual membership fee, to joining the Committee and volunteering for Club activities, there is a place for all.

We are a democratic organisation, so membership gives you a say in the direction of the Club.

If you’d like to be part of the movement visit www.bathcitysociety.org and follow the instructions to join.

You’ll be welcomed.

With you, we can hopefully take City to the next level.
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Society Committee member Jon Blain explains City’s blue away kit

Away shirts don’t often evoke much remembrance or affection, being as they are the kit worn when you are not allowed to wear your normal colours. However, this version is special to the club due to the connection it has with Calcio Lecco 1912. 

A bond of friendship has been formed between City fans and the tifosi of Lecco due to the Italians reaching out in 2017 to invite City fans over for a game between the two sets of supporters to take part in the 40th anniversary celebrations of Lecco’s Anglo-Italian Cup win. This game was played in Lecco, a city squeezed between Lake Como and the Italian Alps, on the 24th June 2017. The final result between the two fans was a credible 2-2 draw. Since 2017, both sets of fans have watched games at Twerton Park and the Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi together.

City’s two appearances in the Anglo-Italian Cup final came during the most successful period of the club’s history in the late 70s, where, as well as two Anglo-Italian Cup adventures, the club won the Southern League, Southern League Cup and Somerset Cup. 
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To celebrate this friendship, which you may have seen commemorated in the flag on the Popular Side, the club is this season donning the Blucelesti (sky blue) colours of our Italian friends as an away shirt. Hopefully it will prove popular with fans and become a kit that is fondly remembered for both the friendship and a successful season.
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Bath City FC is your club. Join the Supporters Society, and you can help shape its future.

The Supporters Society is open to all and we always welcome new members. You can join the Society for just £5 a year - just scan the QR code on this page.
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Why join? The main reason is to have a real say and vote in the key issues affecting the club. The Society also welcomes fresh ideas from City fans from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Because the Society owns 54% of the club, we choose six of its nine directors (including the Chair). If you join the Society, you'll be able to vote for the Club's directors or even stand for election yourself. You can also help out on the Society Committee, representing the voice of members day-to-day.

The Society holds two meetings each year for members, as well as sending regular updates by email. You can suggest new policies for the Club that other members will debate and vote on. Recently members have voted on a 3G pitch, changes to the Club badge, and Bath City's strategy for the next three years.

We believe that all Bath City supporters can help the Club through their ideas and skills. We have around 350 members at the moment, but we'd like to have many more. The more members we have, the stronger our club will be.

To learn more, please visit www.bathcitysociety.org or get in touch at [email protected].

As previously notified, the 2022 AGM of Bath City Supporters Society is to take place at 7:00pm on Thursday 16th June at Twerton Park (TR Hayes Lounge).

You are warmly invited to attend the AGM and we're really looking forward to a good face to face discussion after all the Zoom sessions!. However if you aren't able to come to Twerton Park we will have a Zoom facility available - please check the email announcement for details. Here is the agenda and news of how to vote online:


The AGM agenda is as follows:

1. Welcome/introduction - Christopher Flanagan

2. Chair's report and discussion - Christopher Flanagan

3. Club update including redevelopment and discussion - Nick Blofeld

4. Results of the supporters survey - Oliver Holtaway

5. Society Treasurer's report including Society accounts 2021 - Al Lord

6. Motion to re-appoint Blomfields (now trading at Charlton Baker) as Supporters Society auditors - Al Lord

7. Club Board and Society Committee election results - Paul Brotherton/ Sally Harris.

8. Debate on motions received:

Motion 1: "The Society should ensure that, where possible, Bath City FC has no direct association with or contract with any external gambling companies and does not promote gambling companies in any of the Club’s official output. The Club should oppose or vote against similar relationships at League level, where possible". 

Proposed: Dan Messom 
Seconded: Michael Clayton

Motion 2: "The Society should, by 1st Oct 2022, publish a Succession Planning strategy incorporating policies and principles for the club’s key roles to ensure continuity and consistency in the event of planned or unplanned leavers. This should be completed with the co-operation of and contributions from the club board to include but not be restricted to:

• Identification of key roles (inc. definition of competencies required)
• Definition of process – including ownership and responsibilities
• Guiding Principles
• Provision for planned and unplanned departures
• Preparation steps

Proposed: Michael Clayton
Seconded: Mike Nelson

9. Any other business

10. Close of meeting

The voting process is as follows:

Voting on Club Board and Society Committee elections will take place before the AGM. We have had two nominations for the two available places on the Bath City FC Club Board (one for Community Director and one for Marketing Director) and four nominations for the six available places on the Supporters Society Committee. Therefore in line with our Election Policy each candidate will be subject to a simple Yes/No vote.

All candidate statements can be found here.

Members will have been sent an email via 'Election Runner'. This will enable you to vote online securely, privately and quickly. Please check your junk/spam folder in case the voting invite is there. Voting will close at midnight on 12th June 2022. Those members without an email address are being sent a postal voting form. 

Voting on motions will take place after the AGM and you'll be sent details by email in due course. There will be an opportunity at the AGM to debate the motions and to propose amendments. If any amendments are agreed at the AGM they will be incorporated into the motion prior to voting.

The Society’s AGM will take place at 7pm on Thursday 16 June. We really hope that we will be able to meet face-to-face at Twerton Park this time, and will confirm in due course closer to the time depending on the situation.​

This also means that six spots will be up for election on the Society Committee. We warmly encourage members to have a think about standing when the nominations open up on 21 April. 

It’s a pivotal time for the Club’s future, so we are in need of people with the skills, initiative and commitment to offer constructive feedback on the Club’s plans and performance, while also making sure that members are properly represented. We also strongly encourage nominations that will increase the Committee’s diversity and bring new perspectives to our work.

If you’d like to learn more about the role before deciding whether to put yourself forward, please contact our Election Officer Paul Brotherton at [email protected]. You can also learn more about the current Society Committee members here. And if you know someone who would be great for the role but isn’t a member, please make sure they join by 21 April so that they will be eligible to stand.

There will also be a chance to stand for election to the Club Board and to submit motions for debate - details will follow soon.