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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pick your Bournemouth player of the season
We asked our Bournemouth fan contributor for their four candidates for player of the season and you can now select your top one. Ryan Christie Christie is the man who makes Bournemouth tick - the unsung hero of the side, if you will. As the key cog in the Cherries' aggressive press, it has been evident when Ryan has been out of the side. A machine for Andoni Iraola's men. Justin Kluivert The void left by Dom Solanke's departure meant Bournemouth needed someone to step up with goals, and Justin has done just that. The current leading scorer, Kluivert has taken his game to another level at times, which has included two hat-tricks as well! Lewis Cook Lewis is definitely Bournemouth's 'Mr Consistent' and has rightly worn the captain's armband on many occasions. The composed playmaker has had to adapt to a right full-back position for a large part of the season, and he has unsurprisingly impressed in the role. Tyler Adams The Cherries' defensive numbers have improved this campaign and Adams is one of the key reasons for this. A fit-and-firing Tyler is the glue in the middle of the park, who must be a nuisance to play against. He relishes those midfield battles and suffocating his opponents. Honourable mentions Frankly, this could frankly be the rest of the squad as it has been an impressive team effort this season. Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabarnyi have been rocks, Milos Kerkez has been one of the league's top left-backs, Antoine Semenyo has been electrifying, Kepa Arrizabalaga has been an upgrade in goal, and Evanilson's first season has also been excellent. Pick your 2024-25 Bournemouth player of the season from our shortlist here And tell us why you're picking who you are, or why you'd have gone for another player not on the list, here Find more from Tom Jordan at Back of the Net
BBC News
29-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Are Bournemouth now a 'relative powerhouse in world football'?
Bournemouth feel like they are a club that are going places, and the end of last week felt very significant for a number of owner Bill Foley came over to open a brand new Performance Centre, which is the new home for the Cherries' first, academy, and women's teams - a beautiful complex which provides a tangible legacy from what we hope will be a long-lasting Premier League only that, but he also announced the repurchase of Vitality Stadium, a facility which we have been renting for the last 20 years, since we had to sell it due to financial problems in alone symbolises the incredible journey that the football club has been on, and with plans to expand to 20,000 and possibly higher in the next few years, fans finally feel like things are moving in a positive direction off the pitch, as well as on of the purchase was relayed to supporters before the last Premier League game against Manchester United, and it was an emotional moment to hear the outpouring of joy at how this once bucket-rattling club has overcome its problems to somehow become a relative powerhouse in world 10th in the league, and with European football a distinct possibility, entering into a match against the Red Devils on Sunday as favourites was something not many Cherries fans would have ever for us, Andoni Iraola's men dropped points in a match which was riddled with controversy, therefore many home supporters left the stadium feeling disappointed. However, in hindsight, to be sitting as a top-half side, with a stadium back under our ownership, and the chance of Conference League football still not out of the realms of possibility, we have to be optimistic for the more from Sam Davis at Back of the Net, external
BBC News
15-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Kepa for keeps?
Bournemouth have a plethora of goalkeepers on their books and the future is bright, as there is excitement around young stoppers Callan McKenna and Alex Paulsen, the latter currently out on loan with up the chain, both experienced keeper Neto and the ever reliable Mark Travers are out on loan at Arsenal and Middlesbrough respectively, plus the club still have Will Dennis as first team it is Chelsea loanee Kepa Arrizabalaga who has been the ever-present between the sticks this campaign, so should the Cherries do all they can to secure him permanently in the summer?Kepa still stands as the world's most expensive goalkeeper having moved to Chelsea for around 80m euros in 2018, so it was seen as a real coup from Bournemouth to grab the Spaniard on loan for this season. Andoni Iraola was clearly a key factor having both worked together previously at Athletic Bilbao, so providing Iraola stays put (please), then it feels as if this is a deal that can get would reportedly take a low transfer fee to get Kepa off their wage bill and Bournemouth are expected to cash in on Travers and also to allow Neto to depart, so a first-choice keeper will more than likely be there are plenty of rumours circulating involving other keepers like Liverpool's Caomhin Kelleher and ex-Cherry Aaron Ramsdale, but maybe the ideal solution is already at the club in win against Fulham underlined his importance to us, and his experience and calm nature in nets has been evident. Although he has made a few costly errors, on the whole he's been an upgrade and looks set to be a part of Bournemouth's greatest ever Premier League more from Sam Davis at Back of the Net, external
BBC News
09-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bournemouth football fans walk 60 miles after TikTok forfeit
Two friends are walking between two Premier League football grounds to raise money for charity after one of them pledged a forfeit on Phillips promised to walk from Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium to St Mary's in Southampton, and back, if AFC Bournemouth failed to reach the FA Cup is raising money for Alzheimer's research in memory of his grandfather, a former AFC Bournemouth player, who died from the disease in the start of his two-day challenge on Tuesday, he received phone calls from Cherries players Lewis Cook, Adam Smith and Ryan Christie. Mr Phillips, who runs a Cherries fan site called Back of the Net, is taking on the 60-mile (96km) challenge with his friend, Stan made the pledge last month, before Bournemouth's FA Cup hopes were brought to an end by Manchester City. Speaking on Radio Solent's Dorset Breakfast show at the start of day two, he said: "We really enjoyed it."I had a couple of blisters and my legs are aching a little bit but I'm feeling good to go."Mark McAdam, of Sky Sports, joined the friends for the first three miles and surprised them with the footballers' phone calls."He said, 'I've got a call I want you to answer', and it was Lewis Cook, then Adam Smith."Ryan Christie called as well, just to wish us good luck."The pair embarked on their return journey on Wednesday Phillips has so far raised more than £2,750 for Alzheimer's Research UK, in memory of his grandfather, Ian said: "He used to play for AFC Bournemouth as a striker, albeit in the reserves, back in the day."He passed away from Alzheimer's... so I thought it would be fitting to do something like this." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Semenyo 'is struggling a little bit'
Antoine Semenyo has been "brilliant" this season "but has dipped as of late", says our Bournemouth fan contributor Tom refinding his form could help the Cherries "have a massive end" to an already impressive season. Find more from Tom Jordan at Back of the Net, external
