AFC Bournemouth

Boscombe

Although the exact date of the club's foundation is not known, there is proof that it was formed in the autumn of 1899 out of the remains of the older Boscombe St. John's Institute Football Club. The club was originally known as Boscombe Football Club. The first president was Mr. J. C. Nutt. In their first season, 1899–1900, Boscombe competed in the Bournemouth and District Junior League. They also played in the Hants Junior Cup. During the first two seasons, they played on a football pitch in Castlemain Avenue, Pokesdown. From their third season, the team played on a pitch in King's Park. In the 1905–06 season, Boscombe graduated to senior amateur football. In 1910, the club was granted a long lease over some wasteland next to Kings Park as the club's football ground by local 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 same year the club signed its first professional player Baven Penton. Around about this time, the club obtained their nickname "The Cherries". There are two leading explanations of how the club gained the nickname: from the cherry-red striped shirts that the team played in, and, perhaps less plausible, because Dean Court was built adjacent to the Cooper-Dean estate, which, it is believed, may have contained many cherry trees. For the first time, during the 1913–14 season, the club competed in the FA Cup. The club's…

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Championship (level 2) Champions: 2014–15 Runners-up: 2021–22 Third Division South / Third Division / League One (level 3) Champions: 1986–87 Runners-up: 1947–48, 2012–13 Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4) Runners-up: 1970–71, 2009–10 Promoted: 1981–82 Play-off winners: 2003 Southern League Runners-up: 1922–23 Cup

Associate Members' Cup / Football League Trophy Winners: 1983–84 Runners-up: 1997–98 Third Division South Cup Winners: 1945–46