Former Birmingham City, Cheltenham Town, and Yeovil Town star leaves manager's job after 7 years

Former Birmingham City defender Jerry Gill has left his role as manager of non-league club Bath City.

The 54-year-old agreed with the Romans to go their separate ways, bringing to an end a reign that has lasted more than seven years. Bath are on a seven game winless streak at the minute and his departure comes following an FA Trophy exit to lower league Chertsey Town.

Following the bad run of form, they find themselves just a place above the relegation zone with St Albans City trailing them by three points. Gill’s legacy at Bath, saw him guide them to the play-offs three times, and won the Somerset Premier Cup.

“It has been an absolute privilege to manage Bath City Football Club for the past seven years,” he said to the official club website when his departure from Twerton Park was announced.

“It has been a huge part of my life and I am grateful to Nick and the board for giving me the opportunity. I hope everyone at the club has seen my loyalty throughout my time I have always been fully committed to the project at Bath City.“

Gill returned to the Somerset club in 2017 having left his role as under-18s manager of Wolves. Bath are just the second team that Gill managed during his senior managerial career, having also had a spell at Weymouth.

During his playing career, Gill played for Bath City for six-years, before being snapepd up by Yeovil Town. In 1997, Birmingham City took him from the non-league, and signed him for a reported £40,000, having joined alongside Howard Forinton when Trevor Francis was in charge.

Gill had the more success out of the two, despite waiting almost a year for his debut. He made 76 appearances in total, and was part of the squad which won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs in 2002.

The other teams he played for during his career were Northampton Town, Cheltenham Town, Forest Green Rovers, and Redditch United.