Later Career
He developed hotel interests in Cheltenham and later Middlesbrough. He returned to Middlesbrough F.C. for the third time becoming a director in February 1911. In July he was appointed chairman in place of the disgraced Thomas Gibson-Poole. He was charged with rebuilding the club following the match-fixing scandal involving Gibson-Poole and manager Andy Walker. He appointed Thomas H. McIntosh as the new manager, who guided the club to their highest ever league position - third in the First Division in 1913-14 - but with a potential championship team taking shape his plans were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I. During the war, Boro released their players and closed down, while Ayresome Park was used as a munitions store.
Bach served as chairman until 1925, and again from 1931 to 1935. He later served on the F.A. Council from 1925 until his death in 1937 and was on the international selection committee from October 1929. He was also on the Football League Management Committee and President of the North Eastern League.
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