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'AFC Bournemouth' are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. The side plays at the Fitness First Stadium (Dean Court) in Kings Park, Bournemouth, Dorset. The club has existed since 1899. Its nickname is ''The Cherries''. The team traditionally plays in red and black stripes but reverted to predominantly red for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons before announcing a return to the stripes for the 2006-07 season due to fan demand.
Unfortunately due to significant debts the club are forced to sell key players to raise cash for the club, for example Matt Holland, Carl Fletcher, Brian Stock, James O'Connor and more recently James Hayter.
The Cherries rarely hit the headlines but ex long-serving player James Hayter allowed this to happen when he scored the fastest league hat-trick in English League Football history during the 2003-04 season. The Cherries were leading 3-0, thanks to goals from Steven 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 2 minutes 20 seconds, making the final score 6-0 to AFC Bournemouth.
The south coast club are also the only football team to have scored 5 goals at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, beating Lincoln City 5-2 in the 2002-03 Division 3 Play-off final. They are also famous for defeating holders Manchester United in the FA Cup in January 1984, while they were managed by Harry Redknapp.
Harry Redknapp is the most successful manager ever to take charge of Bournemouth. Apart from the 1984 F.A Cup shock win over Manchester United, he took them into the second tier of the English league for the first time in their history as Third Division champions in 1987. They stayed there for three years, and he remained at the helm for two years after their relegation in 1990, before leaving for West Ham United.
Bournemouth's last manager was Sean O'Driscoll, who was promoted from the coaching staff in place of Mel Machin socks at the start of the 2000-01 season. In his first season as manager, Bournemouth narrowly missed out on the Division Two playoffs, but were relegated a year later in the new stadium. The board kept faith in O'Driscoll and they were rewarded with promotion via the Division Three playoffs in 2002-03. Bournemouth have remained in the league's third tier ever since, closely missing out on the playoffs for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, and narrowly beating relegation in the 2005-06 season.
In September 2006, with the team in 8th place in the League, Sean O'Driscoll left to become manager of Doncaster Rovers. By the time the new manager Kevin Bond was appointed the team were struggling but a recovery in the New Year kept the club clear of relegation. Kevin Bond is a former Bournemouth player, and his father managed the Club during perhaps its most memorable era in the early 1970s.
Whilst the fans are usually good mannered and rarely get into scraps, Monday 5 May 1990 has gone down in the history of both club and town as a black day. It was the May Day public holiday and the final day of the season, AFCB were in the old Second Division and Leeds United had the chance to win the league on goal difference and gain promotion into the First Division (now the Premiership). Leeds won the match 0-1 and took the title, but hundreds of fans celebrated by rioting and looting in the streets of Boscombe and 'causing more than £1million worth of damage and injury to opposing fans and police officers'.[1] The town's Daily Echo reported that 'spectators, including many young children, had to run to safety as missiles were hurled and riot police waded in to control the crowds'.[2]
In 1995 a group of supporters, it is said, confronted referee Barry Knight in the car park after their 4-0 defeat to Crewe Alexandra. After Bournemouth's 1-0 away defeat to Cheltenham Town on 10 February 2007, various Gloucestershire newspapers reported violence in a local pub in which bottles and glasses were thrown as outnumbered Cherries supporters fought with and defeated Cheltenham fans. Also on 17 March 2007 after the 1-0 victory over Millwall FC, a few fights broke out near the North Stand and on the adjacent cricket pitch, these were all started by the notorious football firm, the Millwall Bushwackers.
Their name prior to 1971 was Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, which was noteable as the longest in the football league. A lot of older fans refer to the club as Boscombe and the chant "Boscombe, back of the net" can still be heard at matches.
Their red and black kit introduced in 1971 was based on the old AC Milan strip.
They have recently agreed a new shirt sponsorship deal with Focal Point Fires PLC, ending their long association with Seward Cars.
The club also recently sold their stadium, but not the surrounding land to property management company Structadene to ease debts. This deal was done on a Sale and Lease back agreement.
Peter Phillips stepped down as club chairman on 1 September 2006 after 4 years at the helm. Local entrepreneur Abdul Jaffer was promoted from vice-chairman to temporary chairman until a new permanent one was appointed by the board of directors. Jaffer resigned in February 2007, and in March the shareholders agreed to a takeover by a consortium led by businessman Jeff Mostyn.
Manager Sean O'Driscoll and Assistant Richard O'Kelly left on 9 September 2006 to join Doncaster Rovers. However, this bad news was sweetened with the confirmation of the signing of England 1998 World Cup player Darren Anderton on a pay-as-you-play basis. On his debut versus Scunthorpe United he scored the Bournemouth equaliser with a spectacular 40-yard free kick in a 1-1 draw. He also scored his first hat-trick against Leyton Orient Football Club in the 5-0 home victory.
After a 5 week search, former Cherries favourite Kevin Bond was named as O'Driscoll's successor, beating off stiff competition from Phil Brown and Andy Hessenthaler.
On New Years Day 2007, Bournemouth beat Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 with an amusing goal from Brett Pitman in the 90th minute. As the Brighton goalkeeper Wayne Henderson controlled the ball just to the left of his 6 yard box he took a step back to clear the ball as Pitman chased the ball down. Unfortunately for Henderson, he slipped on the floor, Pitman got the loose ball, took it around a defender and smashed it into the back of the net at the North Stand end. Henderson has since left Brighton.
AFCB secured their League One status for another year in the last home game of the 2006-07 season with a 1-1 draw against Gillingham (28/04/2007).
In May 2007, an inaccurate rumour circulated that Teddy Sheringham was in talks over a one-year contract with the club.
On May 29th James Hayter was sold to Doncaster Rovers for a fee believed to be in the region of £200,000. This has left the Cherries squad with just 9 contracted first team players, two of which are goalkeepers.
Despite May leaving the club with only 9 first team contracted players, June 19th finally bought some good news for the fans with Brentford striker Jo Kuffour signing for the club after turning down several other offers. Kuffour managed to net 14 goals for Brentford last season despite them finishing bottom of the League One table. Also joining the Bond revolution are former Luton, Cardiff, and Portsmouth centre defender Russell Perrett and ex-Celtic utility man Paul Telfer. In addition, it was announced 23 July 07 that non league midfielder Marvin Bartley has signed with the team. The 21 year old came close to signing for MK Dons, but the departure of Martin Allen led to him signing in Bournemouth instead. Garreth O'Connor, who left in 2005, has returned as well. Also, in the weeks leading up to the season's start, defenders Ryan Garry (former Arsenal) and Jason Pearce (former Portsmouth) both joined on free transfers. They were both on trial throughout the pre-season period, and played big parts in the Cherries 0-0 draw on the opening day of the season with Nottingham Forest.
★ 27- North Stand
★ 32- 12th Man (Sponsorship)
★ 99- Cherry Bear (Club Mascot)
★ Manager: Kevin Bond
★ Assistant Manager: Rob Newman
★ Head of Youth: Joe Roach
★ Coach: Eddie Howe
★ Goalkeeing Coach: Stuart Murdoch
★ Fitness & Conditioning Coach: Mark Burley
★ Physio: Steve Hard
★ Kit Man: Bernie Morton
★ Referee's Assistant: Bob Miles
★ 'Vincent Kitcher'
★ 'Harry Knighorn'
★ Leslie Knighton
★ Frank Richards
★ Billy Birrell
★ Bob Crompton
★ Charlie Bell
★ 'Harry Kinghorn'
★ Harry Lowe
★ Jack Bruton
★ Freddie Cox
★ John Bond
★ 'Trevor Hartley'
★ 'Tony Nelson'
★ John Benson
★ Alec Stock
★ David Webb
★ Don Megson
★ Harry Redknapp
★ Tony Pulis
★ Mel Machin
★ Sean O'Driscoll
★ Official Website
★ www.rednblack.net
★ upthecherries.co.uk
'AFC Bournemouth' are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. The side plays at the Fitness First Stadium (Dean Court) in Kings Park, Bournemouth, Dorset. The club has existed since 1899. Its nickname is ''The Cherries''. The team traditionally plays in red and black stripes but reverted to predominantly red for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons before announcing a return to the stripes for the 2006-07 season due to fan demand.
Unfortunately due to significant debts the club are forced to sell key players to raise cash for the club, for example Matt Holland, Carl Fletcher, Brian Stock, James O'Connor and more recently James Hayter.
History
The Cherries rarely hit the headlines but ex long-serving player James Hayter allowed this to happen when he scored the fastest league hat-trick in English League Football history during the 2003-04 season. The Cherries were leading 3-0, thanks to goals from Steven 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 2 minutes 20 seconds, making the final score 6-0 to AFC Bournemouth.
The south coast club are also the only football team to have scored 5 goals at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, beating Lincoln City 5-2 in the 2002-03 Division 3 Play-off final. They are also famous for defeating holders Manchester United in the FA Cup in January 1984, while they were managed by Harry Redknapp.
Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp is the most successful manager ever to take charge of Bournemouth. Apart from the 1984 F.A Cup shock win over Manchester United, he took them into the second tier of the English league for the first time in their history as Third Division champions in 1987. They stayed there for three years, and he remained at the helm for two years after their relegation in 1990, before leaving for West Ham United.
Sean O'Driscoll
Bournemouth's last manager was Sean O'Driscoll, who was promoted from the coaching staff in place of Mel Machin socks at the start of the 2000-01 season. In his first season as manager, Bournemouth narrowly missed out on the Division Two playoffs, but were relegated a year later in the new stadium. The board kept faith in O'Driscoll and they were rewarded with promotion via the Division Three playoffs in 2002-03. Bournemouth have remained in the league's third tier ever since, closely missing out on the playoffs for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, and narrowly beating relegation in the 2005-06 season.
In September 2006, with the team in 8th place in the League, Sean O'Driscoll left to become manager of Doncaster Rovers. By the time the new manager Kevin Bond was appointed the team were struggling but a recovery in the New Year kept the club clear of relegation. Kevin Bond is a former Bournemouth player, and his father managed the Club during perhaps its most memorable era in the early 1970s.
Crowd Trouble
Whilst the fans are usually good mannered and rarely get into scraps, Monday 5 May 1990 has gone down in the history of both club and town as a black day. It was the May Day public holiday and the final day of the season, AFCB were in the old Second Division and Leeds United had the chance to win the league on goal difference and gain promotion into the First Division (now the Premiership). Leeds won the match 0-1 and took the title, but hundreds of fans celebrated by rioting and looting in the streets of Boscombe and 'causing more than £1million worth of damage and injury to opposing fans and police officers'.[1] The town's Daily Echo reported that 'spectators, including many young children, had to run to safety as missiles were hurled and riot police waded in to control the crowds'.[2]
In 1995 a group of supporters, it is said, confronted referee Barry Knight in the car park after their 4-0 defeat to Crewe Alexandra. After Bournemouth's 1-0 away defeat to Cheltenham Town on 10 February 2007, various Gloucestershire newspapers reported violence in a local pub in which bottles and glasses were thrown as outnumbered Cherries supporters fought with and defeated Cheltenham fans. Also on 17 March 2007 after the 1-0 victory over Millwall FC, a few fights broke out near the North Stand and on the adjacent cricket pitch, these were all started by the notorious football firm, the Millwall Bushwackers.
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Their name prior to 1971 was Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, which was noteable as the longest in the football league. A lot of older fans refer to the club as Boscombe and the chant "Boscombe, back of the net" can still be heard at matches.
Their red and black kit introduced in 1971 was based on the old AC Milan strip.
They have recently agreed a new shirt sponsorship deal with Focal Point Fires PLC, ending their long association with Seward Cars.
The club also recently sold their stadium, but not the surrounding land to property management company Structadene to ease debts. This deal was done on a Sale and Lease back agreement.
Season 2006-07
Peter Phillips stepped down as club chairman on 1 September 2006 after 4 years at the helm. Local entrepreneur Abdul Jaffer was promoted from vice-chairman to temporary chairman until a new permanent one was appointed by the board of directors. Jaffer resigned in February 2007, and in March the shareholders agreed to a takeover by a consortium led by businessman Jeff Mostyn.
Manager Sean O'Driscoll and Assistant Richard O'Kelly left on 9 September 2006 to join Doncaster Rovers. However, this bad news was sweetened with the confirmation of the signing of England 1998 World Cup player Darren Anderton on a pay-as-you-play basis. On his debut versus Scunthorpe United he scored the Bournemouth equaliser with a spectacular 40-yard free kick in a 1-1 draw. He also scored his first hat-trick against Leyton Orient Football Club in the 5-0 home victory.
After a 5 week search, former Cherries favourite Kevin Bond was named as O'Driscoll's successor, beating off stiff competition from Phil Brown and Andy Hessenthaler.
On New Years Day 2007, Bournemouth beat Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 with an amusing goal from Brett Pitman in the 90th minute. As the Brighton goalkeeper Wayne Henderson controlled the ball just to the left of his 6 yard box he took a step back to clear the ball as Pitman chased the ball down. Unfortunately for Henderson, he slipped on the floor, Pitman got the loose ball, took it around a defender and smashed it into the back of the net at the North Stand end. Henderson has since left Brighton.
AFCB secured their League One status for another year in the last home game of the 2006-07 season with a 1-1 draw against Gillingham (28/04/2007).
In May 2007, an inaccurate rumour circulated that Teddy Sheringham was in talks over a one-year contract with the club.
On May 29th James Hayter was sold to Doncaster Rovers for a fee believed to be in the region of £200,000. This has left the Cherries squad with just 9 contracted first team players, two of which are goalkeepers.
Season 2007-08
Despite May leaving the club with only 9 first team contracted players, June 19th finally bought some good news for the fans with Brentford striker Jo Kuffour signing for the club after turning down several other offers. Kuffour managed to net 14 goals for Brentford last season despite them finishing bottom of the League One table. Also joining the Bond revolution are former Luton, Cardiff, and Portsmouth centre defender Russell Perrett and ex-Celtic utility man Paul Telfer. In addition, it was announced 23 July 07 that non league midfielder Marvin Bartley has signed with the team. The 21 year old came close to signing for MK Dons, but the departure of Martin Allen led to him signing in Bournemouth instead. Garreth O'Connor, who left in 2005, has returned as well. Also, in the weeks leading up to the season's start, defenders Ryan Garry (former Arsenal) and Jason Pearce (former Portsmouth) both joined on free transfers. They were both on trial throughout the pre-season period, and played big parts in the Cherries 0-0 draw on the opening day of the season with Nottingham Forest.
Current squads
First-team
Retired numbers
★ 27- North Stand
★ 32- 12th Man (Sponsorship)
★ 99- Cherry Bear (Club Mascot)
Management and coaching staff
★ Manager: Kevin Bond
★ Assistant Manager: Rob Newman
★ Head of Youth: Joe Roach
★ Coach: Eddie Howe
★ Goalkeeing Coach: Stuart Murdoch
★ Fitness & Conditioning Coach: Mark Burley
★ Physio: Steve Hard
★ Kit Man: Bernie Morton
★ Referee's Assistant: Bob Miles
Past managers
★ 'Vincent Kitcher'
★ 'Harry Knighorn'
★ Leslie Knighton
★ Frank Richards
★ Billy Birrell
★ Bob Crompton
★ Charlie Bell
★ 'Harry Kinghorn'
★ Harry Lowe
★ Jack Bruton
★ Freddie Cox
★ John Bond
★ 'Trevor Hartley'
★ 'Tony Nelson'
★ John Benson
★ Alec Stock
★ David Webb
★ Don Megson
★ Harry Redknapp
★ Tony Pulis
★ Mel Machin
★ Sean O'Driscoll
Notable former players
;England ★ Russell Beardsmore ★ Ian Bishop ★ / Luther Blissett ★ Jimmy Case ★ Jermain Defoe (Loan) ★ Rio Ferdinand (Loan) ★ Gavin Peacock ★ Jamie Redknapp ★ Liam Ridgewell (Loan) ★ Nigel Spackman ★ Matty Holmes ★ Steve Fletcher ★ Alan Whittle ★ Jason Tindall ;Nigeria ★ Efan Ekoku | ;Northern Ireland ★ George Best (1983) ★ Colin Clarke ;Republic of Ireland ★ Matt Holland ★ John O'Shea (Loan) ;Scotland ★ Richard Hughes ★ Ted MacDougall ;Wales ★ Carl Fletcher |
External links
★ Official Website
★ www.rednblack.net
★ upthecherries.co.uk
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