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Dear Bath City Fan,
The unexpected break last Saturday was not something that Bath City asked for, but you certainly can't say that the team have not made good use of the extra time.
Intensive training sessions, where by all accounts players and management worked extremely hard, have been the order of the day. DVDs have been watched and re-watched. It was, as Director of Football Andrew Jones described it, 'a mini-pre-season.'
Saturday's home match against Southport is a great opportunity for City to improve what has been a difficult start to the season. The support from City fans during some difficult matches, especially against Forest Green Rovers, has been fantastic. Positive support has a much bigger impact on the players than we can imagine, so let's keep it up!
Up the Romans! See you Saturday!
The Insider
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UPCOMING HOME MATCHES
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Saturday 10 September 3pm - Southport
The Sandgrounders would have been relegated last season if not for Rushden & Diamond's collapse, but that doesn't mean they won't be challenging opponents for City. City took all six points from their last two meetings, but Liam Watson and his men will do their best to avoid this for a second year. Bath City Youth will make their first appearance of the season in the half-time match.
Tuesday 20 September 7:45 - Luton Town
Former top-flight Luton Town come to Twerton Park to play Bath City for the first time under the lights! This will be one of the biggest night games of the season - don't miss it!
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ADIE BRITTON ON THE BREAK AND SOUTHPORT
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Manager Adie Britton speaks to the Insider about the week off and the outlook for the team against Southport on Saturday:
"We were tired after the first six games came so quickly, and this break has been the first time to have intensive training since the season began. We've trained four times in the past six days and it's given us time to work on our shape. The lads have worked very hard. There's also been time for some players to get over injuries. Marley will hopefully play completely injury free for the first time this season on Saturday. He's been dogged by a sore ankle since the first match. Scott has a back strain and hasn't had free movement. He's been having treatment every day."
"We've also analysed all the games to date. We had a good look at the DVDs from every match. Clearly we don't have a problems with possession. If we were converting our chances we'd have had a reasonable start. We're now entering an important phase of games and now is the time to show some improvement in the attacking third."
"The attitude going into the Southport match will be positive. We think as a group that we have a good side. Things haven't gone brilliantly for us and could have gone better, so we're just desperate to get out there and prove it. I have huge confidence in the players and I'm really looking forward to getting out there."
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| APPROPRIATE HEADGEAR |  The recent run of foul weather should have City fans searching through their closets for their warm-weather gear on Saturday. One question that hundreds of City supporters are sure to be asking is, "Where's my hat?"
The average British male loses 2.3 hats per winter season, so you won't be alone if you can't find your City hat from last year. Luckily the club shop can step in and help! Both these beanie and baseball-style hats will be on sale before the Southport match for just �10 each!
Do you live somewhere far away from Bath in a non-tropical climate? Buy one online here. Got a suggestion for Bath City merchandise you'd like to buy? Tell us at insider@bathcityfootballclub.co.uk. |
| SPECIAL SATURDAY TRAINING SESSION |  With an unexpected break in the season following the postponement of the York City match last Saturday, the Bath City players have been enjoying extra training time.
Although there will be five practice sessions in total running up to the Southport match, the Saturday session was the most intensive.
It kicked off at 9:30 and began with a review of every match so far, including what has gone right and what has gone wrong. Then Assistant Manager Lee 'Archie' Howells spent two hours working on playing patterns and formations. He interrupted the play regularly to make comments and explain where he thought improvements could be made. The players were worked very hard and given a chance, if only for a day, to have the sort of extensive daytime training that full-time clubs get every day. |
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WHO IS ANDREW JONES AND WHAT DOES HE DO?
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Former Paulton Rovers manager Andrew Jones joined Bath City over the summer as Director of Football. Sometimes this position can be a source of conflict between managers and boardrooms, but that's not the way it is at Twerton Park. Andrew explains:
"Adie is doing a full-time job (managing a football team) with part-time hours. There are a lot of jobs that he used to do, like player contracts, dealing with agents, and pre-match paperwork that I take off him now. The more that I can do for him the easier his main job, managing the team, becomes. I also work have other duties as a director, and have helped set up the TR Hayes Premier Lounge and worked with Commercial Manager Ian Jones. We're working to make Bath City closer to the professional club that we want it to be."
Andrew juggles his Bath City duties with his flower wholesale company, an industry with notoriously early hours. "When the team coach arrives back to Bath from York City next week, I'll already be two hours late for work!"
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ACADEMY SEASON STARTS AT THE NEW LAWN!
|  The Bath City Academy will start their third season off tomorrow as they travel to nearby Forest Green Rovers for a Preliminary Round of the FA Youth Cup (7:30ko).
Academy Manager Billy Clark would love as many City fans as possible to come and support his team, and entry is priced at only �2, so make sure you come along.
Billy is also looking for a few more players to join the Academy this season, so if you know of anyone who would be interested please contact him on 07968 086836 or email bclark@wsbe.org.uk |
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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TEAM LAUNCHES
|  The Bath City Youth Development Team held its first training session Monday night at the Bath City Academy home, Writhington School.
The Youth Development Team will not play regular matches or compete in a league. It is a chance for local youngsters from Under 10s to Under 16s to get extra expert coaching in addition to playing in their local youth team. But it is also a chance for Bath City to identify and nurture local talent into the Academy and first team players of the future.
Callum Owen, age 9 (pictured centre) has already got ambitions. "I want to be the next Marley Watkins!" (Read more here)
Bath City Academy manager Billy Clark is still on the lookout for more players for the Youth Development Team, especially in the Under 16 age-group. If you are interested call Billy on 07968 086836 or email bclark@wsbe.org.uk |
DOES ALEX RUSSELL EVER WALK ALONE?
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After Saturday's extra-long practice one player found a match on the Sunday.
Alex Russell played in the Selco Grand Masters Final, a special 6-a-side tournament for over 35s. The final was broadcast live on Sky, and Alex played alongside Aldershot manager Dean Holdsworth for Liverpool. Liverpool? Alex explained:
"I started my career at Liverpool. I was a youth player there for two years, including when they last won the title in 1990. I was probably cleaning Peter Beardsley's boots. I've been asked to play in these Masters games several times, but I've never been free before. But we got beaten 6-4 by Leeds, so I travelled all that way just for a sixteen minute match!"
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ASK THE 'CHAIRMANDA'
|  Bath City's new chairman, Manda Rigby, has just answered six questions submitted to her this week on 'Ask Bath City.'
The questions answered include: Do you see Bath City as a potential League club? Do you have any connections with Bath Rugby? Do you blame Simmo? (see below) You can read the answers to these questions and more on the Ask Bath City page or on the club Formspring Account (please note, after the first six listed the questions that follow were answered by Adie Britton!) |
SUPPORTERS COACHES TO YORK AND TELFORD
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A Supporters Club mini-coach will run to York on Tuesday 13 September. It departs the Radstock Hotel at 1135, the Sizzler at 1145, Twerton Park at 1200, Saltford at 1210 and Longwell Green at 1215. The cost is �27 for adults, �24 for concessions. (�5 extra for non members). [Following the rescheduling of this match to a Tuesday night, any loss to the Supporters Club from running this mini-coach has been underwritten personally by the Board of Directors]
The coach travelling to Telford on Saturday 17 September departs the Radstock Hotel at 1035, the Sizzler at 1045, Twerton Park at 1100, Saltford at 1110 and Longwell Green at 1115. The cost is �17 for adults, �14 for concessions. (�3 extra for non members).
Contact Martin Powell - 01373 301143 or mcpowell@sky.com to book a seat.
All Bath City Supporter Club members are welcome to attend the Club AGM on Saturday 10th September in at Randalls 17:30
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| TWERTON HERITAGE DAY | 
The Right Worshipful Mayor Bryan Chalker and Bath City Vice-Chairman John Reynolds have a shared interest: the heritage of our lovely city of Bath.
When talking together recently they came up with a plan to hold a Twerton Heritage Day, and the logical place to hold it was at Charlie's at Twerton Park. The date and time has been set and the posters printed: Sunday 25 September from 10am!
This won't just be a chance for you to come and learn about Twerton's Heritage - the organisers want people to come and share their own memories from Twerton's past.
John Reynolds is especially interested in Twerton's industrial past. "There have been lots of industries over the years in the area. Even Rotork started on this side of town. We're looking for people with all of that history to come to Twerton Park and tell us all about it."
Don't miss it!
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THE ANTHONY DURBIN MEMORIAL TROPHY
|  A large crowd gathered at Twerton Park on Sunday for the Anthony Durbin Memorial Trophy match between Bath City Supporters FC and AFC Durbin United. The match is held annually in memory of Anthony Durbin, a local footballer who died tragically three years ago. An enthusiastic Supporters FC failed to hold off AFC Durbin, and the final score ended 10-0. Anthony's father Kevin said, "It was great to be part of this occasion and particularly special for the whole family, as Anthony's last match also took place at Twerton Park". |
IN TOMORROW'S BATH CHRONICLE
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What's the Bath City news you will read about in tomorrow's Bath Chronicle? Here's a sneak peek:
Boosted by the addition of loan winger Ben Swallow, City boss Adie Britton looks ahead to an important September for his side in this week's Chronicle. Also, Shane Morgan provides a fan's perspective after a rare weekend off at Twerton Park.
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DO YOU BLAME SIMMO?
|  Late Saturday evening Jim Rollo sent out the following tweet from his Twitter account:
"Let's start a trend #blamesimmo"
Since then players and fans have been ending pretty much any tweet that contains bad news with "#blamesimmo." (You can see them here)
The 'Simmo' in question is City right back Sekani Simpson, but why exactly he is being blamed for everything that goes wrong is unknown. The Insider did try to contact him, but there was no response (#blamesimmo). More on this story next week! |
See you Saturday for Bath City vs Southport!
And, check out the voucher for 50p off Chilli & Chips below!
The Insider
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Do you love Chilli? Well, have we got news for you! This Saturday you can get a delicious meal of Chilli & Chips at the Bath City bar, Charlie's, before the Southport match for just �3.50!
Normally the price is �4, but if you present this voucher, fully completed,to the friendly bar staff you will get 50p off!
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Instruction to your Bank/Building Society to pay by Standing Order.
Please fill in the whole form and return it to Bath City Lotto, Twerton Park, Bath City FC Bath BA2 1DB
To the Manager ________________________________Bank/Building Society
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Please pay HSBC Bank plc, Bath Milsom Street Branch, 45 Milsom Street, Bath BA1 1DU, Sort Code 40-09-19 for the credit of Bath City Lotto, Account No 22535688 (quoting ref: BCLSO - for internal use only) the sum of �_____________ per calendar month on the first day of each month starting from the next month until further notice.
[Tickets for the Bath City Lotto are �4.34 each per month]
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