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​HISTORY
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​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.
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