​1898- 99​    Formed from the disbanded Boscombe St. John's Lads Institute F.C.​

1901- 02    Boscombe F.C Moved to Kings Park​ ground​

​1905- 06    Won Hampshire Junior Cup and Pokesdown Cup

​1909- 10    Mr J. E. Cooper-Dean J.P. Donated land near Kings Park, where a home ground

                  was built, which was named Dean Court -  Officially opened Dec. 31st 

1911- 12    Arrival of Boscombe's first professional player, B.Penton

1912- 13    Season Tickets first issued

1913- 14    Eight more professional players signed  

1914- 18    Club ceased playing during World War 1  

1919- 20    Started to play again in the Hampshire League.

1919- 20    Joined the Southern League    

1922- 23    Changed name to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Football  Club and adopted the             nickname"The Cherries "after being referred to as the "Cherry Stripes "in the press

1922- 23    First Football League Season. First Game away to Swindon Town on August 25th ,  ..................lost 1-3 with Jim Lister scoring the Clubs first league goal. First league home game ..................also against Swindon Town (0-0 draw ) in front of 6614 spectators the following ..................week. First victory in the League was away at Exeter City ( 2-0 ) and first home ..................victory was also against Exeter City.



1923- 24    Finished inaugural season in 21st place ( out of 22 teams ) with a record of ..................11wins 11 draws and 20 losses. highest attendance was 8926 vs Portsmouth on ..................Easter Monday. Re-elected to the League.

1924- 25    Signed Ronnie Eyre from Sheffield Wednesday. Eyre would go on and score 200  ..................league goals in eight and a half seasons, one of the top scorers in team history.​

​1925- 26    Finished 8th in the league. Reached the 4th round of the F.A.Cup against Bolton at  ..................Dean Court ( First Division 1 team to play there ) with an attendance of 10165.Drew ..................2-2 but lost the replay 6-2.

1926- 27    Finished 7th in the league. Played Liverpool in the third round of the F.A. Cup at ..................Dean Court. Attendance was 13409. Drew 1-1 but lost the replay 4-1.​

​1927- 28    New Grandstand built with a seating capacity of 3500 was opened by the Vice ..................P​resident or the Football League.

​1930- 31    First international match played at Dean Court between England Amateurs and ..................Wales Amateurs, England won 5-0.

​1932- 33    Poor results ( Finishing 18th ) led to the sell off of many players and the start of a ..................re-building program. Ronnie Eyres departed having scored 259 goals for the team, /............... .203 in league.

​1936- 37    The  covered South End was opened. Had their best finish to date in the league ............      ( 6th ) and played Everton and the legendary Dixie Dean in the 3rd Rd of the ..................F.A. Cup losing 5-0

​1937- 38    First trip outside Britain, playing the Dutch National Team in Holland ( lost 1-0 )

​1938- 39    Only three games played before the outbreak of WW2. The last game was a 10-0   ..................win over Northampton

​1939- 45    Activities were suspended during the war when most of the players signed up for ..................the Armed Forces