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FLASHBACK!

Saturday 2nd November 1974 aim from outside the area and his strike dipped
under the bar to put City back in front. Richard
FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round Edwards then headed inches wide and Hall
passed up a golden opportunity to seal victory
TWERTON PARK when he raced clear only to be denied by a
BATH CITY 2-1 YEOVIL TOWN splendid save. However, despite heavy late
Under manager Bert Head, City had returned Yeovil pressure, City held on.
to the Southern League top flight and, with a Manager Bert Head was a happy man after
full-time squad, had ambitions of achieving a putting City into the first round of the FA Cup for
place in the Football League. Visitors Yeovil had the first time in eight years. Head commented:
enjoyed a good couple of seasons themselves, “The lads were very confident beforehand and
finishing 6th and 2nd in the Premier Division in the game went the way I thought it would. It
their own quest to reach the professional ranks. was a hell of a match, a hard game, a fair
one, and there was a lot of good football.”
After seeing off lower-graded Devizes Town,
Weston-super-Mare, Hungerford Town and The crowd of 5,330 were certainly entertained
Mangotsfield United, City were paired with but it was fellow Southern Leaguers Wimbledon
their old enemy Yeovil Town for a place in who broke City hearts with a later winner in the
the first round of the FA Cup. The Glovers first round at Plough Lane.
meanwhile had earned a bye to the final
qualifying round after reaching round two and CITY: Allen, Crampton, Sacrrott, Edwards,
round three within the previous four years. Smart, Tavener, Fiocca, Gover, Fairbrother
The South Somerset visitors arrived in good (Tinson),
form, top of the Southern League, but it was Rogers, Hall.
City who rose to the occasion first with a goal YEOVIL: Clark, Irwin, Thompson, Verity,
after just two minutes. Crowd favourite Colin Cotton, Harrison, Houseley, Brown, Plumb,
Tavener produced a thunderbolt from 30 yards McMahon, Clancy. Sub not used: Pickett
that flew in, giving Glovers’ keeper Clark no REFEREE: Mr A. R. Lees (Street)
chance, which signalled bedlam on the Twerton
Park terraces and ignited an atmosphere that ATTENDANCE: 5,330
rarely receded until after the final whistle. ADAM MATRAVERS
On the back of the early goal and a wave of
confidence, City could well have wrapped
the game up inside the first 20 minutes as
first, Peter Rogers hit a post and then John
Fairbrother had a header cleared off the line.
Yeovil then began to grow into the game and it
was a slip from another Twerton favourite, Paul
Gover that handed the Glovers the equaliser.
Prolific striker Dick Plumb took advantage of
the mistake by firing across Kenny Allen and
regaining parity in front of the Bristol End on
33 minutes. The match then ebbed and flowed
with plenty of good football by both sides but,
as the half ended, it was Yeovil, buoyed by
their goal, who were in the ascendancy.
City were the team who began the second half
strongly and, just like the first half, produced a
goal from nowhere. This time Colin Hall took

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