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| Full name | Team Bath Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Crescents, The Scholars | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Dissolved | 2009 | ||
| Ground | Twerton Park Bath | ||
| Capacity | 8,840 | ||
| 2008–09 | Conference South, 11th | ||
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Team Bath Football Club was an English association football club affiliated with the University of Bath in the city of Bath, Somerset. The club, formed in 1999, allowed players to combine professional football with higher education. In nine seasons, Team Bath rose rapidly through the English football league system to reach the Conference South in 2008. Still, the club disbanded at the end of the 2008–09 season following a decision by the Football Conference and The Football League to disqualify it from further promotion because of its financial structure.
The club competed in the Western League for the first time in 2000–01. Promotion that season, and again in 2002–03, gained the club entry into the Southern League. The club gained significant media exposure for an FA Cup run in the 2002–03 season, when it reached the first-round proper of the competition, becoming the first university team to compete at that stage since 1880. After five seasons in the Southern League, Team Bath was promoted into the Conference South after winning the 2007–08 Southern League Playoff Final.
Team Bath's home matches were played at the university's sports grounds for their first four seasons. In 2004 the club secured a deal to ground-share with Bath City at Twerton Park, capable of holding more than 8,000 supporters. Team Bath struggled to attract fans, and generally had among the lowest average attendances in their leagues.
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