About Bournemouth
Bournemouth play at the Vitality Stadium, capacity 11,307, the smallest ground in the Premier League. Founded in 1899, the Cherries were deducted 17 points in 2008/09 and nearly went out of existence entirely. Within seven years they were in the Premier League, one of the most remarkable rises in English football history. There are no major trophies in the cabinet, and that has never been the point. The achievement is the survival and the climb.
Legends
Eddie Howe (player 1994-2002, then manager) took Bournemouth from League Two to the Premier League in six years and the club's modern identity is inseparable from him. Steve Fletcher played 728 games across two spells, the ultimate Bournemouth servant through administration and near-extinction. Ted MacDougall scored 9 goals in a single FA Cup match against Margate in 1971, a competition record that still stands.