Bath City going through 'identity crisis' after slumping to FA Cup exit

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        September 9, 2026

Bath City going through 'identity crisis' after slumping to FA Cup exit

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Exit to Weymouth was also a third defeat in the space of eight days, on the back of league losses to Uxbridge and Frome.
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Bath City going through 'identity crisis' after slumping to FA Cup exit
• Exit to Weymouth was also a third defeat in the space of eight days, on the back of league losses to Uxbridge and Frome.
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Around 130 Roman curse tablets, mostly pleading with the goddess Sulis to punish thieves of money or clothing at the baths, have been recovered from Bath's Sacred Spring.
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