Full name | Bath Estate Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Bath Estate |
Founded | 1982 |
Ground | Bath Estate Playing Field |
Capacity | Open non-seating grounds |
Manager | Micheal Joseph |
League | Dominica Premier League |
2024 | 9th of 10 |
Bath Estate Football Club is a Dominica football club based in Roseau. The club competes in the Dominica Premier League, the top tier of Dominica football. [1]
The club was the 2010 defending champions. [2]
Roseau is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau River and Morne Bruce. Built on the site of the ancient Island Carib village of Sairi, it is the oldest and most important urban settlement on the island of Dominica.
Patrick Roland John was the first Prime Minister of Dominica as well as its last Premier. He led Dominica to independence from the United Kingdom. He was leader of the Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union and mayor of Roseau before being elected to the legislature in 1970. He became Premier in 1974 following the resignation of Edward Oliver LeBlanc. After mass protest forced him to resign, John unsuccessfully attempted in 1981 to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Eugenia Charles with the backing of white supremacist groups. As a result, he was jailed for twelve years, of which he served five years.
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