Next Match – Frome Town (H) – FA Trophy 1st Round

23 Oct 2026

On the back of three successive league wins without a goal conceded City will look to carry that form into the FA Trophy on Saturday when Frome Town visit Cannon Clarke Stadium @ Twerton Park for a 1st Round tie.

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

For the sixth season running, Bath City and Frome Town will meet in a cup competition. While the last five campaigns have included a Francis Hillier Premier Cup tie in each plus one FA Cup contest, this weekend is the first between the two in the FA Trophy since 1969. In City’s third match following the competition’s formation, they built on successes over Abergavenny Thursdays and Bedworth United to win 3-0 at Twerton Park in a Friday night tie. Dave Taylor put the Romans 1-0 up on 38 minutes before Brian Owen netted twice in the latter stages to seal progression to round one.

In more recent times, the two met on 31 August at Frome Town where George Dowling’s first touch off the bench proved the winning goal in front of just over 2,000 at Badgers Hill.

Overall record v Frome Town:
Pld 22 W12 D1 L9 F44 A28

Bath City’s biggest win at Frome: 5-0, 2/10/21 (FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round)
Biggest defeat: 1-3, 16/4/26 (Francis Hillier Premier Cup semi-final)

TRIVIA

  • Frome were drawn at home for the 1969 contest but switched the game to Twerton.
  • City lost to Barnet in the next round 4-3 having been 3-0 up.
  • Sam Teale, Jon Davies and Kyle Phillips are still at Frome from the 5-0 FA Cup defeat just over five years ago. Joe Raynes (formerly of Frome), Jack Batten and Callum Wood started that afternoon for the Romans. Josh Owers, now of Frome, was substituted for City in the win.
  • The return league meeting between these two is 2 January 2027.

FORM

  • Bath City have won eight of their last nine in all competitions, including a 3-0 at Plymouth Parkway in the FA Trophy. Last year they exited the competition in the 3rd Round to eventual winners Southend United.
  • Frome’s midweek game with Gloucester was postponed owing to the latter’s FA Cup replay vs Barrow. Defeat at Malvern last week ended a five game unbeaten run, they defeated Willand Rovers on penalties to reach this stage.

TICKET INFO

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