Larkhall Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Larkhall area of Bath, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the and play at the Plain Ham ground.
The club was founded in 1914. They were in abeyance during the 1940s after losing use of the Plain Ham ground, but returned to footballing activity in 1951. The club won the Somerset Junior Cup in 1962âÂÂ63, and joined the Somerset Senior League in the 1970s. The club won the League Cup in 1974âÂÂ75 and the Somerset Senior Cup the following season. In 1976 the Western League formed a new Division One, with Larkhall becoming founder members. In 1988âÂÂ89 they were Division One champions, but were unable to take promotion. They won the Somerset Senior Cup for a second time in 2003âÂÂ04, and after winning Division One again in 2008âÂÂ09 the club were promoted to the Premier Division.
In 2010âÂÂ11 Larkhall were Premier Division champions, but were denied promotion to the Southern League due to ground grading requirements. In 2013âÂÂ14 they won both the Premier Division and the league's Les Phillips Cup, and were able to take promotion to Division One South & West of the Southern League. In their first season in the Southern League the club finished fifth, qualifying for the promotion play-offs; after beating Evesham United 3âÂÂ0 in the semi-finals, they lost 3âÂÂ2 to Stratford Town in the final.
The club has played at the Plain Ham ground since their formation, initially renting it on a match-by-match basis. A longer lease was secured from Bath City Council in 1962 and a clubhouse built in 1965. Floodlights were installed in 2004 and the club bought the freehold of the site the following year. In 2008 55 seats were installed, with the amount of covered standing tripled.