The Somerset derby is a local derby in football in the United Kingdom between Yeovil Town and Bath City and sometimes Taunton Town and Weston-super-Mare, named after the county of Somerset. Though both currently in non-League football, the two clubs are the most successful in Somerset, and up until the last Somerset Premier Cups, in which Yeovil beat Bath 3–0, the two held the record for the most number of wins, (24 each). History The two clubs met for the first time in 1902, in which Yeovil won the game 2–0. The rivalry stems from location and league position, with Yeovil and Bath having played in the top tier of non-League football for the majority of their history. Tensions between Bath and Yeovil were said to be strongest in the 1960s and 1990s, with the two clubs playing each other over 250 times. From the 1910s to the late 1990s Bath and Yeovil consistently occupied the same league. The first game for which the grandstand at Twerton Park officially opened was an FA Cup-tie on November 12, 1932. Yeovil, at the time, were said to be much “much reviled” in Bath over the years. 5,345 watched Yeovil beat Bath 4–2. The paper reported that the crowd were ‘strangely silent’, with Bath City fans stating “Losing to Yeovil always hurt”. 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. Having been promoted to the EFL Championship in 2013, Yeovil played second-tier football for the first time in their history during the 2013–14 season, at the same time, Bath were struggling in the sixth tier. Whilst the club were having one of the best periods in their history, Bath City were having one their worst, thus, local animosity between Bath and Yeovil dissipated. Statistics References Football clubs in England National League (English football) clubs City F.C. Association football clubs established in 1889 Southern Football League clubs 1889 establishments in England Football clubs in Somerset Fan-owned football clubs in England Railway association football teams in England Sport in Yeovil