​1983- 84    A bad start to the season saw John Megson resign and Harry Redknapp take over as ..................Manager again. Though they beat Manchester United 2-0 in the 3rd Rd of the F.A. ..................Cup, they could only manage a 17th place finish in the league.

1985- 86    AFCB ​Striker Colin Clark played for Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup

​1986- 87    Harry Redknapp guided AFCB to Division 3 champions and promoted to Division 2

​1989- 90    Final day of the season brought Leeds Utd, devastation in and around the stadium ..................caused £1,000,000 damage. AFCB got relegated back to div 3.

​1992- 93    Appeared in the first live televised F.A. Cup penalty shootout against Newcastle ..................United, with the score 2-2 after extra time. Bournemouth finally won on penalties

1996- 97    Hard times saw the Club go into receivership and almost cease operating. They ..................were saved through a huge effort led to the formation of AFC Bournemouth ..................Community Club, the first community owned professional football club in Europe.

1997- 98    AFC Bournemouth's first ever visit to Wembley on April 19th resulted in an ..................extra-time 1-2 defeat at the hands of Grimsby in front of a crowd or 65.000 in the ..................Auto Windscreen Final

1998- 99    A disappointing end to a promising season saw the team finish in 7th place, just off ..................the playoff picture.

2000- 01    Sean Odriscoll took over from Mel Machin . End of an era, when the South End was ..................closed for demolition and that made way.for a new stadium.

2000- 01    Jermaine Defoe ( on loan  from West Ham ) equals post war record by scoring ten ..................goals in ten games.

2000- 01    Last game at Dean Court 28th April 2001, beat Northampton Town 2-0 

2000- 01    August - ground share with Dorchester Town

2000- 01    First game at the new Fitness First Stadium on the 10th November 2001. Beating ..................Wrexham 3-0, with goals from Brian Stock, James Hayter, Jason Tindall​

​2001- 02    Eddie Howe transfered to Portsmouth for £400,000 

2001- 02    Relegated to Div. 3​ - Playershare and Cherryshare introduced.​

​2002- 03    Cherries reached the 3rd Division playoff Final at the Millenium Stadium Cardiff. ..................Cherries are the first team to score five goals in a playoff final, also a record crowd ..................of 32,500 for the 3rd Division playoffs.

​2002- 03    Monday 15th December - Replay away -  Cherries crash out of the F.A. Cup against ..................Accrington Stanley on penalties, live on Sky Sports.

​2003- 04    Tuesday 24th February, James Hayter (right ) makes the headlines, coming off the ..................bench to score the quickest hattrick in 2 min and 20 sec, a British League record.

2004- 05    Warren Feeney leaves for Stockport County ( tribunal ) Sept: Captain Carl Fletcher ..................moves to West Ham in a reported £275,000 deal. ​​

2004- 05    Cherryshare 2 launched.

​2004- 05    Steve Fletcher scores his first hattrick in his career against Brentford on the 1-1-05

​2004- 05    Bournemouth lose out on a playoff place drawing 2-2 with Hartlepool, whilst Steve ..................Fletcher beat Sean O'Driscolls record of appearances 423.

​2004- 05    Sale & Leaseback of the Stadium to London Firm





25/11/2005 George Best dies in hospital at the age of 37, played 5 games for AFCB 



2005- 06    ​Brian Stock leaves for Preston North End.

​2006- 07    Elton John plays a concert at Dean Court

​2006- 07    Chairman Peter Phillips steps down, Abdul Jaffer takes over the position

2006- 07    Sean O'Driscoll leaves Dean Court to take over Doncaster Rovers

2006- 07    Darren Anderton joins the Cherries on a pay per game contract.

​2006- 07    New Boss John Bond takes charge after Joe Roach & Stuart murdoch ran the team

​2007- 08    AFCB go into administration and get 10 points deducted 

​2007- 08    Bournemouth get relegated after a fight, winning five out of their last six matches ..................and just miss out on staying up.

​2008- 09    Cherries handed a 17 point deduction at the start of season.