AFC Bournemouth

Association football club in England
not to be confused with Bournemouth F.C .
Football clubhouse

AFC Bournemouth ( ) is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The team compete in the Championship, the irregular tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1899 as Boscombe, the golf club adopted their stream list in 1971. Nicknamed “ The Cherries ”, Bournemouth have played their home games at Dean Court since 1910. Their home colours are crimson and black strip shirts, with black shorts and socks, inspired by that of italian club A.C. Milan. initially known as Boscombe, the club competed in regional football leagues before going up from the Hampshire League to the Southern League in 1920. now known as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, they were elected into the Football League in 1923. They remained in the Third Division South for 35 years, winning the Third Division South Cup in 1946. Placed in the newly reorganised Third Division in 1958, they suffered delegating in 1970, but would win an immediate forwarding in 1970–71. Relegated second into the Fourth Division in 1975, Bournemouth were promoted again in 1981–82 and after lifting the Associate Members ‘ Cup in 1984 would go on to win the Third Division claim in 1986–87. They spent three seasons in the second tier but entered government in 1997 and ended up back in the one-fourth tier with relegation in 2002, though immediately gained forwarding by winning the play-offs in 2003. Bournemouth entered administration for a second gear fourth dimension and were relegated back into League Two in 2008, but ended the year by appointing Eddie Howe as coach. Under Howe ‘s stewardship, Bournemouth won three promotions in six years to win a place in the first tier of English football for the first time. This was achieved with a second-place eat up in League Two in 2009–10, a second-place stopping point in League One in 2012–13 and a Championship championship in 2014–15. The club remained in the Premier League for five seasons before suffering relegation in 2020 .

history [edit ]

Boscombe [edit ]

Although the accurate date of the club ‘s foundation is not known, there is proof that it was formed in the fall of 1899 out of the remains of the older Boscombe St. John ‘s Institute Football Club [ 3 ] The club was in the first place known as Boscombe Football Club. The first president was Mr. J. C. Nutt. [ 4 ] In their first gear temper, 1899–1900, Boscombe competed in the Bournemouth and District Junior League. They besides played in the Hants Junior Cup. During the first two seasons, they played on a football pitch in Castlemain Avenue, Pokesdown. From their third base season, the team played on a pitch in King ‘s Park. In the 1905–06 season, Boscombe graduated to aged amateur football. [ 5 ] In 1910, the club was granted a hanker lease over some wasteland next to Kings Park as the golf club ‘s football grind by local anesthetic businessman J.E. Cooper-Dean. With their own ground, named Dean Court after the benefactor, the club continued to thrive and dominated the local football scene. The like year the club signed its first professional player Baven Penton. [ 6 ] Around about this time, the baseball club obtained their dub “ The Cherries ”. There are two leading explanations of how the clubhouse gained the dub : from the red denude shirts that the team played in, and, possibly less plausible, because Dean Court was built adjacent to the Cooper-Dean estate, which, it is believed, may have contained many cherry trees. [ citation needed ] For the first time, during the 1913–14 season, the club competed in the FA Cup. The cabaret ‘s progress, however, was halted in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I, and Boscombe returned to the Hampshire League. [ citation needed ] In 1920, the Third Division of the Football League was formed, and Boscombe were promoted to the Southern League, finding chasten achiever. [ citation needed ]

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic [edit ]

To make the baseball club more representative of the district, the name was changed to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Football Club in 1923. During the lapp year, the club was elected to the newly expanded Third Division South. The first league match was at Swindon Town on 25 August 1923, which Bournemouth lost 3–1. The first league game at Dean Court was besides against Swindon, where Bournemouth gained their first league point after a 0–0 draw. [ citation needed ] initially, Bournemouth struggled in the Football League but finally established themselves as a Third Division cabaret. Bournemouth remains on the records as the longest continuous members of the Third Division. [ citation needed ] As a league golf club, Bournemouth had to wait until after the irregular World War before winning their beginning trophy. This was accomplished as they beat Walsall in the Third Division ( South ) Cup in the final examination at Stamford Bridge. [ citation needed ]

AFC Bournemouth [edit ]

The club adopted the AFC Bournemouth list in 1971, [ 7 ] with the purpose that the club would appear first in alphabetic lists of English clubs. [ 8 ] A year late, the club adopted a newly badge as a symbol of the club ‘s progress. [ 9 ] The stripes in the backdrop were based on the club shirt, while in the foreground is the profile of a actor heading the ball, in award of Dickie Dowsett, a prolific scorer for the baseball club in the 1950s and 1960s. [ 10 ] Their red and black kit, introduced in 1971, was based on the A.C. Milan denude. [ 11 ] This was the earned run average of Ted MacDougall, a prolific goalscorer who, in an FA Cup tie in November 1971, scored nine goals in an 11–0 acquire against Margate. [ citation needed ]

late twentieth century [edit ]

Chart of annual table positions of Bournemouth in the League. Bournemouth recorded a celebrated victory over holders Manchester United in the FA Cup in January 1984, while they were managed by Harry Redknapp. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The club won its second gear piece of silverware by winning the Associate Members ‘ Cup in its inaugural season, beating Hull City 2–1 at Boothferry Park on 24 May 1984 in the concluding. [ 14 ] Redknapp took Bournemouth into the second tier of the English league for the inaugural time in their history as Third Division champions in 1987. After comfortably surviving in their first gear season in the Second Division, Bournemouth made a unplayful challenge for promotion to the exceed flight in the 1988–89 season ; they ultimately fell away after a inadequate run belated in the temper, but their eventual finish of 12th place remained their highest-ever in the Football League until the 2013–14 season. [ citation needed ] On 5 May 1990, the final day of the 1989–90 season, Leeds United had the casual to win the Second Division and gain forwarding into the First Division by beating Bournemouth at Dean Court. Some United fans had already caused trouble in the town during the morning and the atmosphere was tense as Leeds won the couple by a single finish. Combined with the results of other matches, this mean that Leeds were promoted while Bournemouth were relegated. The ferocity and destruction by visitors to Bournemouth continued over the vacation weekend, causing more than £1 million worth of wrong and injury to opposing fans and police officers. [ 15 ] The town ‘s Daily Echo newspaper reported that “ spectators, including many young children, had to run to condom as missiles were hurled and belly laugh patrol waded in to control the crowd. ” [ 15 ] The matter was raised in Parliament by one of the town ‘s MPs. financially, the Leeds trouble oneself affected the club for more than a decade, as Bournemouth were prevented by local patrol from staging home games on Bank Holidays ( traditionally a popular day for football ) until a bet on against Shrewsbury Town on 21 April 2003. [ citation needed ] Redknapp remained at the cabaret for two more seasons, both of which ended with the club falling three points short of the play-offs. however, mounting fiscal pressures caused him to resign his situation at the end of the 1991–92 season, and he subsequently rejoined former club West Ham United as a coach. He was replaced by Tony Pulis, who built a much cheaper team that could only manage two consecutive 17th-place finishes before Pulis walked out of the clubhouse, blaming fiscal pressures. [ citation needed ] Bournemouth went the first few months of the 1994–95 temper without a permanent coach in set, and a awful beginning saw them penetrate of the table for much of the first half of the season. Despite a minor upturn in form when Mel Machin was appointed as director, they looked highly improbable to survive, given that there were five relegation spots in Division Two for that season due to league reconstruction. however, a recently run of shape combined with collapses by relegation rivals Cambridge United and Plymouth Argyle saw them survive on the last day of the season by two points. [ citation needed ] Machin ultimately remained in charge for six years, most of which were marked by everyday mid-table finishes. The 1998–99 temper proved to be arguably the highlight of his tenure, with the club making a unplayful playoff challenge for most of the season, but ultimately falling short-change and finish seventh. however, a drop to 16th put in the 1999–2000 season followed by a poor originate to the following season saw Machin removed from his position and given the function of conductor of football. [ citation needed ]

early 21st hundred [edit ]

Sean O’Driscoll was promoted from the coaching staff in place of Mel Machin at the starting signal of the 2000–01 season. In O’Driscoll ‘s first season as director, Bournemouth narrowly missed out on the Division Two playoffs but were relegated a class later in the new stadium ( in the early separate of the 2001–02 season, they played their home matches at Dorchester Town ‘s labor while their own stadium was being redeveloped ). The board kept religion in O’Driscoll and they were rewarded with promotion via the Division Three playoffs in 2002–03. The club became the first gear to score five goals at the Millennium stadium when they beat Lincoln City 5–2 in the 2002–03 Division Three play-off final with goals from Steve Fletcher, Carl Fletcher ( 2 ), Stephen Purches and Garreth O’Connor. Under O’Driscoll, Bournemouth narrowly missed out on the play-offs for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, and fair avoided delegating in the 2005–06 season. [ citation needed ] Long-serving actor James Hayter scored the fastest league hat-trick in English Football League history during the 2003–04 season. The Cherries were leading 3–0 against Wrexham thanks to goals from Stephen Purches, Warren Cummings and Warren Feeney when Hayter was brought onto the field as a substitute. With 86 minutes gone, Hayter managed to net three goals in the space of two minutes and 17 seconds, making the final examination score 6–0 to Bournemouth. [ citation needed ] In September 2006, with the team in eighth in the League, Sean O’Driscoll left to become director of Doncaster Rovers. He was replaced by Kevin Bond. [ citation needed ]

Decline and government ( 2008–2009 ) [edit ]

In February 2008, Bournemouth were forced into administration, suffering a ten-point deduction which put them in relegation fuss. Bournemouth had debts of around £4 million and about went out of commercial enterprise wholly. [ 16 ] The off-field uncertainty continued throughout the season, with only one, ultimately unsuccessful, bid for the club accepted, [ 17 ] and the cabaret ended the season being relegated to League Two. [ citation needed ] ahead of the 2008–09 season, the team ‘s future in the Football League was put into doubt when the league threatened to block Bournemouth ‘s participation in League Two, due to problems with the club ‘s continue presidency and transfer in possession. The league ordered both Bournemouth and Rotherham United to demonstrate that they could fulfil all of their fixtures and find a way out of presidency, [ 18 ] finally allowing the club to compete with a 17-point punishment for failing to follow the Football League insolvency rules. The fresh company was besides ordered to pay unbarred creditors the total offered at the time of the original CVA ( around ten penny in the pound ) within two years. [ 19 ] early into the temper, director Bond was sacked and was replaced by former musician Jimmy Quinn, who would himself leave the clubhouse only a few months late. [ 20 ] Former player Eddie Howe took over as director with the club still ten points adrift at the bottom of the league and initially on a caretaker basis, becoming the youngest director in the Football League at the long time of 31. [ 21 ] At the end of 2008, it was announced that local businessman Adam Murry had completed the buy of 50 % of the club ‘s shares from previous chair, Paul Baker. however, in January 2009, Murry missed the deadline to buy Baker ‘s shares. [ 22 ] In the final home game of the 2008–09 season, the Cherries guaranteed their Football League status by beating Grimsby Town 2–1 with a winning goal ten-spot minutes from time by Bournemouth ‘s Steve Fletcher, sparking hazardous celebrations after a fairytale ending to “ The Great Escape. ” They finished their disruptive season with their best off win in 30 years with a 4–0 victory at Morecambe. [ citation needed ]

rise to the Premier League ( 2009–2015 ) [edit ]

Howe ‘s first gear full season in charge bring achiever as Bournemouth finished irregular in League Two to earn promotion with two games to spare. Howe subsequently left the clubhouse for Burnley during the be season ; his successor, another former Bournemouth player, Lee Bradbury, led Bournemouth to the League One play-offs. The two-legged semi-final against Huddersfield Town finished 3–3 after excess time, and Huddersfield went through the final by winning the penalty shoot-out 4–2. bradbury was unable to lead Bournemouth to another promotion challenge in the 2011–12 Football League One, placing 11th after a season of indifferent results, and was replaced by youth team coach Paul Groves for the final games of the season. [ citation needed ] Groves remained in charge at the start of the 2012–13 season, lone to be sacked in October 2012 following a begin which left the club near the bottom of the table. Eddie Howe returned as director, and not only did he pull the baseball club away from their early-season delegating conflict, they achieved promotion to the Championship, returning to the second-tier of English football for the first time since 1990. The club besides revealed a newfangled golf club cap. [ 23 ] After a promising start to life in the Championship, the baseball club was handed a one-fourth Round FA Cup tie with Premier League baseball club Liverpool which ended in a 2–0 loss. Bournemouth finished their first temper back in the Championship in tenth place, their highest ever situation in the Football League. [ citation needed ] On 25 October 2014, Bournemouth won 8–0 away at St. Andrew ‘s against Birmingham City. It was the foremost time that the Cherries had always scored eight goals in a league game and their largest winning margin in the league ( not counting a 10–0 gain over Northampton Town in September 1939, which was discounted after the league was abandoned due to the second base World War ). [ 24 ] The club followed up this success with a 2–1 victory over Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup, reaching the quarter-finals of the competition for the first prison term. Bournemouth were again drawn against Liverpool but lost 3–1. The club spend most of the 2014–15 season near the peak of the table, and a 3–0 succeed away at Charlton Athletic on the concluding day of the season was enough to clinch the Championship entitle and a first-ever promotion to the top flight of English football. [ 25 ]

Premier League earned run average ( 2015–2020 ) [edit ]

In Bournemouth ‘s first season in the Premier League, the team was beset by a number of crippling injuries, including to Callum Wilson, star striker from the previous season. The team struggled for most of the inaugural half of the season but an upturn in kind during the second half of the season saw a reversal of fortunes. Bournemouth finally finished 16th in the league, avoiding delegating. [ 26 ] The club was widely tipped to suffer second temper syndrome, but the 2016–17 season was largely successful. Despite a faint begin, which saw them in the delegating zone for the first three weeks, the team cursorily recovered and went on to finish 9th. [ 27 ] Star loan player Nathan Aké was signed permanently from Chelsea for a club-record tip in June 2017, reportedly in the area of £20 million. [ 28 ] Despite another slow start in 2017–18, a run of good form through late December and January saw them steer acquit of the relegation zone, and earn Howe his second Premier League Manager of the Month award. [ 29 ] Bournemouth went on to gain 19 points from losing positions in the moment half of the season – a Premier League record – helping the team stopping point in 12th topographic point. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The 2018–19 temper saw the club break their transfer record again on Jefferson Lerma during the summer, [ 32 ] [ 33 ] and contrasting with the former season, the cabaret had a impregnable start, sitting in 6th place after the first 12 games. however, their imprint regressed for the remainder of the season due to many injury problems. In the end, Bournemouth finished in 14th place, securing a 5th season in the Premier League. A bright start to the 2019–20 season saw the team sitting in 7th space at the beginning of November. [ 34 ] however, continuing injury problems and a poor footrace of results followed, and the baseball club dropped into the delegating zone in January. Poor performances continued after the COVID-19 pandemic had interrupted the temper, with winder losses to Manchester City and Southampton putting the club on the brink. [ 35 ] Despite a 3–1 victory over Everton on the final day, the golf club ‘s delegating was confirmed due to results elsewhere. [ 36 ] On 1 August 2020, Howe left the golf club by common accept, ending his 8-year second enchantment as coach. [ 37 ]

Financial Fair Play misdemeanor and punishment [edit ]

In 2016, Bournemouth were found guilty of violating the Football League ‘s Financial Fair Play regulations during 2014–15, the season it secured promotion to the Premier League. The club ‘s over-spend broke the ‘maximum deviation ‘, with a £38.3 million fiscal loss in 2014–15. This followed a loss of £10.3 million in 2013–2014. The golf club was originally fined £7.6 million by the Football League, but subsequently negotiated a colony with a ticket of £4.75 million for breaching Financial Fair Play rules. The decision followed months of speculation and probe about the club breaking Football League regulations. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ]

return to the Championship ( 2020– ) [edit ]

On 8 August, Jason Tindall, a former Bournemouth musician and Howe ‘s longtime adjunct, was appointed as director. [ 41 ] Nathan Aké besides left the club, signing for Manchester City for a reported club-record £41 million fee. [ 42 ] Despite sitting second in mid-december, Tindall was sacked on 3 February 2021 after a run of merely 1 win in 8 games, which saw the team fall to 6th in the table. [ 43 ] He was replaced by beginning team coach Jonathan Woodgate, initially as caretaker. [ 44 ] The baseball club finished the season in 6th and entered the playoffs, but lost 3–2 to Brentford on sum in the semi-final. [ 45 ] On 28 June, former Fulham director Scott Parker was appointed as coach ahead of the new season. [ 46 ]

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

As of 18 October 2021[47]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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Under-21s and Academy [edit ]

club officials [edit ]

past managers [edit ]

Colours [edit ]

The team ‘s colours have varied slenderly throughout the club ‘s history. Starting off playing in loss and white stripes, Bournemouth have besides played in all-red shirts, loss with white sleeves, and by and large, since 1990, in crimson and black stripes. [ 50 ] A predominantly red shirt was chosen for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons before a return to the stripes for the 2006–07 season due to fan need. [ 51 ] Since 2017 Bournemouth ‘s kit has been manufactured by Umbro. Previously it has been made by Umbro ( 1974–78, 1983–86 ), Adidas ( 1978–81 ), Osca ( 1982–83 ), Henson ( 1986–87 ), Scoreline ( 1987–90 ), Ellgren ( 1990–92 ), Matchwinner ( 1993–95 ), Le Coq Sportif ( 1995–96 ), Patrick ( 1996–2000 ), Super League ( 200-01 ), TFG Sportswear ( 2001–03 ), Bourne Red ( 2003–08 ), Carbrini Sportswear ( 2008–11, 2014–15 ), Fila ( 2011–14 ) and JD Sports ( 2015–17 ). [ citation needed ] Their shirts are presently sponsored by MSP Capital. From the 2017–2018 season up until the 2019-20 season, the Mansion logo appeared on the leave shirt sleeve of Bournemouth ‘s shirts. Before this, sponsors have been Reg Heynes Toyota ( 1980–82, 1983–85 ), Coopers Beers ( 1985–87 ), Canberra Homes ( 1987–88 ), Nolan ( 1988–89 ), A1 Windscreens ( 1990–92 ), Exchange & Mart ( 1992–93 ), Frizzell ( 1993–97 ), Seward ( 1997–2006 ), focal Point ( 2006–08, 2011–12 ), Carbrini Sportswear ( 2008–11 ), and Energy Consulting ( 2012–15 ). [ 52 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

According to a recent poll named ‘The League of Love and Hate ‘ in August 2019, Bournemouth supporters named near neighbours Southampton to be their biggest rivals, with Portsmouth, Brighton & Hove Albion and Reading following. [ 53 ]

Statistics and records [edit ]

Steve Fletcher holds the record for Bournemouth appearances, having played 726 first-team matches between 1992 and 2013. He besides holds the record for most League appearances, making 628. Ron Eyre holds the record for the most goals 229 in a Bournemouth shirt having played 337 first-team matches between 1924 and 1933. Ted MacDougall holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season, 42 in the 1970–71 season in the Fourth Division. [ citation needed ] The highest transfer fee received for a Bournemouth player is £41 million, from Manchester City for Nathan Aké in August 2020, while the highest transfer tip paid by the baseball club to date was for Jefferson Lerma from Levante in August 2018, for £25 million. [ citation needed ] The cabaret ‘s highest always league finish sol far is ninth target in the Premier League, achieved in the 2016–17 temper. [ citation needed ]