The Somerset derby refers to all local derby football matches between teams in Somerset, England. Most notably between Yeovil Town, Bath City, Taunton Town and Weston-super-Mare. During the 2023–24 season all four teams competed in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. Yeovil Town are by far the most successful, being the only Somerset side to ever play in the Football League. Bath and Yeovil have played each other most out of the four clubs, playing 274 matches.
History The oldest of the four clubs, Bath City, were formed in 1889 as Bath AFC, six years later Yeovil were formed as Yeovil Casuals. The earliest Somerset derby match was recorded in 1901, when Yeovil beat Bath 4–2. From the 1910s to the late 1990s Bath and Yeovil consistently played in the Southern League against each other.
Weston Super Mare, formed in 1947, played Yeovil for the first time in 1951, in which "The Glovers" won 7–0 in the Somerset Cup. The first game the grandstand at Twerton Park opened was an FA Cup-tie in 1932. Yeovil, at the time, were said to be much “much reviled” in Bath. 5,345 watched Yeovil beat Bath 4–2. Bath City fans stated “Losing to Yeovil always hurt”. In 1947, Taunton Town were formed as Taunton FC. Neither Taunton or Weston ever reached the non-League heights of Bath or Yeovil in the Southern League or Alliance Premier League, with Taunton and Weston Super Mare playing Western League football from the 1950s to 1990s.
However, since the turn of the century, Yeovil and Bath moved in opposite directions across the English football pyramid, with the two clubs being as many as five divisions apart from one another during the 2013–14 season. Thus, any remaining local animosity between Bath City and Yeovil Town dissipated. In the 2023–24 season Yeovil and Taunton competed in the same league for the first time, and on 26 December 2023, Yeovil played Taunton at Huish Park in front of 6,303, beating the National League South record gate at the time.
Results + Bath City vs Yeovil Town results since 1984MeetingSeasonDateCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamStadiumAttendance2742023–246 January 2024National League SouthYeovil2–0BathHuish Park5,0322736 December 2023National League SouthBath0–1YeovilTwerton Park3,6392722021–224 May 2022Somerset CupYeovil3–0BathHuish Park1,0162712006–071 April 2008Somerset CupYeovil0–2BathHuish Park3762702002–0329 October 2002FA CupYeovil3–1BathHuish Park4,39326927 October 2002FA CupBath 1–1YeovilTwerton Park3,4702682000–0113 January 2001FA TrophyYeovil 2–1BathHuish Park3,5072671995–9623 January 1996FA TrophyYeovil 2–3BathHuish Park2,70026621 January 1996FA TrophyBath 1–1YeovilTwerton Park2,2252651994–9517 April 1995ConferenceBath 3–0YeovilTwerton Park1,1842646 September 1994ConferenceYeovil 1–2BathHuish Park2,3512631993–9415 March 1994Somerset CupBath 1–0YeovilTwerton Park32226225 January 1994FA TrophyBath 4–0YeovilTwerton Park1,14826122 January 1994FA TrophyYeovil 3–3BathHuish Park2,6112603 January 1994ConferenceBath 3–0YeovilTwerton Park1,51825927 December 1993ConferenceBath 0–3YeovilTwerton Park3,3712582 November 1993Conference CupBath 0–1YeovilTwerton Park5842571992–9312 April 1993ConferenceBath 0–0YeovilTwerton Park1,33125628 December 1993ConferenceYeovil 2–1BathHuish Park6,48825517 November 1993Conference CupYeovil 1–0BathHuish Park2,09025420 October 1993Conference CupBath 0–0YeovilTwerton Park5202531 January 1993ConferenceYeovil 1–1Bath Huish Park3,34025226 December 1993ConferenceBath 3–1YeovilTwerton Park1,5042511990–911 January 1991ConferenceYeovil 3–2BathHuish Park3,33525126 December 1990ConferenceBath 2–1YeovilTwerton Park1,4792501987–884 November 1987Somerset CupYeovil 2–1BathHuish Park1,12424920 October 1987Somerset CupBath 2–2YeovilTwerton Park4502481986–8726 April 1987Somerset CupBath 1–2YeovilTwerton Park63824715 April 1987Somerset CupBath 1–1YeovilTwerton Park57724625 February 1987Somerset CupYeovil 1–1BathHuish Park1,05124525 October 1986FA CupBath 2–1YeovilTwerton Park2,2012441985–8629 April 1986Somerset CupYeovil 0–2BathHuish Park1,3202432 April 1986Somerset CupBath 1–0YeovilTwerton Park7792421984–8523 April 1985Alliance Premier LeagueBath 1–0YeovilTwerton Park808
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