AFC Bournemouth is an association football club that is professional and situated at Kings Park, Boscombe, an area in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. They will play within the Premier League in the 2022-23 season after their promotion. Established in 1899, they were originally called Boscombe the club took on the name they have today in the year 1971. They were dubbed "The Cherries", Bournemouth have played home matches in Dean Court since 1910.
Their colours of choice include black and red stripes on shirt, socks and black shorts in the style of Italian team A.C. Milan.
At first, it was called Boscombe the club was a participant in regional leagues of football before being elevated out of into the Hampshire League to the Southern League in 1920. The club is now called Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, they joined the Football League in 1923. They were within the Third Division South for 35 years, and won the Third Division South Cup in 1946. They were relegated to the newly-reorganized Third Division in 1958, they were relegated in the year 1970. However, they were promoted immediately in the 1970-71 season. After being relegated to the Fourth Division in 1975, Bournemouth were promoted once more in 1981-82. After winning the Associate Members' Cup in 1984, they went on to claim their first Third Division title in 1986-87. They remained in the second tier , but went into administration in 1997, and were relegated to the fourth division after being relegated in 2002. They immediately gained promotion when they won the play-offs in 2003.
Bournemouth was placed in administration for the second time before being again relegated to League Two in 2008, but they ended the season with the appointment of Eddie Howe as manager. Under Howe's direction, Bournemouth won three promotions over the course of six years, securing the right to play in the first class of English football for the first time. It was accomplished by finishing second within League Two in 2009-10, finishing second within League One in 2012-13 and the Championship victory in 2014-15. The club was on the Premier League for five seasons until they were relegated in 2020. However, they were back by 2022, as Championship runners-up under the direction of head coach Scott Parker.
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