How the warm-ups are going
The friendly results so far, before the league gets going. It steps aside once the real games begin on 21 August.
Bournemouth begin their first European season
Bournemouth are coming off the best season in their history. Sixth place in 2025/26 earned a first ever European campaign in the Europa League. Andoni Iraola has moved on after that record year and Marco Rose has taken charge, with the squad being rebuilt after several summer sales and work underway to expand the Vitality Stadium. The new season has not kicked off yet, so the countdown below runs to the opening day.
How 2025/26 finished
The 2025/26 Premier League season was the finest in the club's history. Here is how it ended, before the counters reset to zero for the new campaign.
The summer business so far
The confirmed comings and goings around the Vitality this summer, newest business first. The transfer window is still open, so more moves are likely before the deadline.
Some fees are undisclosed and figures can vary between sources. Everything official is confirmed at afcb.co.uk.
Where to go next
Dig into the parts of the hub that matter most before the season starts, from the reshaped squad to the opening fixtures and the latest news.
Where the game is shown on TV or carried on the radio in the UK. The exact channel and station are confirmed for each fixture nearer the date, so the broadcast schedule is the place to check your game.
Follow the match live
The next game, or the one in progress, in full. Both line-ups and shapes on the pitch, a live commentary feed as it happens, and the complete stats once the whistle goes. Confirmed line-ups usually land about an hour before kick-off.
Follow the match, build-up to full time
The best of YouTube for this club at every stage of the day, from the build-up and the watchalongs through to the reaction after the whistle.
Before kick-off
Build-up, team news and the manager’s wordDuring the match
Watch it alongside other fansAfter the whistle
Highlights, press conferences and the analysisWho is available
Current injuries and suspensions from the live team-news feed. It fills in as the season gets going, and it is always worth a final check with the club before kick-off.
Conditions at the ground
The current forecast at the stadium, so you know what to expect on the day. It refreshes on its own.
Predict the next one
Call the scoreline before kick-off and the game scores it against the real result: five points for the exact score, two for the right result. It saves on this device, no sign-up. Predict the whole gameweek →
The season across every competition
The full 2026/27 schedule across the Premier League, every cup and European tie, plus pre-season friendlies. Scores fill in as games are played, and any broadcaster still to be set is marked TBC. Tap any game for the full match centre.
The latest news and reaction
Fresh headlines and fan reaction from BBC Sport, the Guardian and the club's own subreddit, newest at the top. Every item opens on its source.
Nothing to report until the whistle goes
It is pre-season, the 2026/27 campaign has not kicked off, and there is no honest team news yet. Confirmed lineups and any fitness or suspension calls land about an hour before kickoff, and this is where they will scroll in once they do.
The season has not started, so there are no injuries or suspensions to report. We will not invent any.Team news
HoldingManchester City against Bournemouth, Sunday 23 August. Marco Rose's first competitive lineup is expected around 13:00 BST, roughly an hour before the 14:00 kickoff.Matchweek 1
FixtureAntonio Silva and Alvaro Rodriguez are new signings and available for selection once the campaign begins.Squad
InMarcos Senesi, Hamed Traore, Luis Sinisterra and Michael Dacosta have all left this summer, so none will feature.Squad
OutConfirmed teamsheets appear first on the club's own channels, about an hour before each kickoff.afcb.co.uk
SourceCheck back near kickoff. Anything shown before then would be guesswork, so we leave it blank on purpose.Reminder
NoteBournemouth publish the confirmed lineup on their official channels first. This widget is a holding state and stays honest until there is real football to report.
Where to get confirmed team news
When the team sheet drops, it comes from here first. These are the accounts that confirm it rather than guess at it.
The season in numbers
Every chart here comes from the same feed behind our live scores: goals by minute, home and away, the shapes they set up in, the full squad’s numbers and the head-to-head record. This season fills in live from the opening weekend; last season is settled.
How the warm-ups are going
The friendly results so far, before the league gets going. It steps aside for the live table and stats the moment the season kicks off on 21 August.
The 2026/27 season Not started
The 2026/27 Premier League season has not kicked off yet, so every counter here still reads zero. These fill in on their own from the first whistle of the opening game, and the live table and charts start moving with it.
Nothing has been played, so there is genuinely nothing to report for 2026/27 yet. Once the season is under way this section becomes the live picture, form, goals and league position updating game by game.
Recent seasons
Where Bournemouth have finished in each of the last eight completed league seasons, the top flight and the Championship both. The 2025/26 campaign was the club's highest ever finish, sixth place and a first taste of European qualification.
| Season | Division | Finish | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Premier League | 6th Best ever | 57 |
| 2024/25 | Premier League | 9th | 56 |
| 2023/24 | Premier League | 12th | 48 |
| 2022/23 | Premier League | 15th | 39 |
| 2021/22 | Championship | 2nd Promoted | 88 |
| 2020/21 | Championship | 6th Play-offs | 77 |
| 2019/20 | Premier League | 18th Relegated | 34 |
| 2018/19 | Premier League | 14th | 45 |
After relegation in 2020 the club spent two seasons in the Championship, went up as runners-up in 2022, and has climbed the Premier League table every year since.
The record books
A handful of club records that are well documented and have stood the test of time. Where a figure is not settled we have left it out rather than guess at it.
Where the full numbers live
For live tables, full match logs and the deep historical record, these are the places to look. Everything above is drawn from the same well-established public record.
What is on the shelf
Bournemouth's honours sit outside the top flight and the two major domestic cups, so here we count what the record confirms and stay honest about what the club has not yet won. The real story is the climb through the divisions and a first taste of Europe.
Championship
Second-tier champions in 2014–15, the title that sealed a first ever promotion to the top flight.
Third Division
Champions in 1986–87 under Harry Redknapp, then a club record for points in a season.
Football League Trophy
Won in 1983–84, when it was known as the Associate Members' Cup.
European qualification
A first in the club's history, earned by the sixth-place finish of 2025–26 and a place in the Europa League.
Major honours
No top-flight title and no FA Cup or League Cup win to date. The club's best league finish is sixth, reached in 2025–26.
Full and dated honours lists can shift with the record keepers, so for the definitive version it is worth checking the club's official history.
Fan channels and watchalongs
Bournemouth's independent fan-media scene is smaller than you will find at the biggest clubs, so rather than pad this out with channels we cannot vouch for, here is the club's own output plus one well-established supporter channel, and an honest signpost to search for more. Everything below links out to the real page.
Channels worth following
The official club channel, plus the fan channels and watchalongs worth a look.
AFC Bournemouth on YouTube
The club's own channel is home to match highlights, press conferences, goal reactions and behind the scenes features straight from the Vitality Stadium. It is the most reliable source of Cherries video.
Watch on YouTubeBack of the Net
A long-running independent AFC Bournemouth fan podcast and channel, covering matchday reaction, transfer talk and the wider mood around the club. It is run by supporters and is not connected to Bournemouth.
Watch on YouTubeFan channels are made by supporters and are not affiliated with the club. For official news, ticketing and confirmed broadcast information, always go to afcb.co.uk.
Podcasts worth a listen
Start with the Bournemouth fan pods, then the best of the league-wide shows.
Up The Cherries
Up The Cherries is a fan-run podcast that follows the club through the season.
ListenThe Rest Is Football
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards on the week's football, relaxed and sharp.
ListenThe Athletic FC Podcast
Daily analysis of the biggest stories, straight from the writers who cover them.
ListenFootball Weekly
The Guardian's long-running show, with Max Rushden and the pod squad.
ListenWhere Bournemouth fans talk
The community and the accounts worth keeping open through the season. Each opens in a new tab.
r/AFCBournemouth
The Bournemouth subreddit: a match thread for every game, plus the news and the daily back-and-forth.
Open on RedditVital Bournemouth
Vital Bournemouth is the main independent Bournemouth forum, run by supporters for the day-to-day debate away from the club's own channels.
Open the forum@afcbournemouth
The club's own account, for confirmed team news, line-ups and the goals as they go in.
Follow on XFabrizio Romano
The transfer news that tends to break first, with the Bournemouth deals as they close.
Follow on XDavid Ornstein
The Athletic's reporter, trusted for the stories before they land.
Follow on XWhere to watch, listen and meet up. These all link out to other sites, so they sit apart from everything above.
Where to watch
How to follow Bournemouth on TV and streaming
On the radio
Listening to the Cherries
Meet up
Where Bournemouth fans gather
Matchday at The Vitality Stadium
Everything for a home game: getting a ticket, the ground itself, getting there and parking, and where to eat and drink around it. For away days, the travel planner is further down.
Getting into the Vitality Stadium
The Vitality Stadium is one of the smallest grounds in the division, so home league games sell out often and demand tends to run ahead of supply. The club's official pages are the only safe place to buy, and the surest way to see what is actually on sale right now. Prices and availability change through the season, so we do not list figures here.
Match tickets
On-sale dates, availability and prices for home and away games are all listed and managed through the official ticketing pages. Because the ground is small, general-sale tickets can be limited, so it is worth checking early and often.
Official ticketsMembership and priority
A club membership is usually the most reliable route to regular tickets, often with earlier access to sales than the general public. The official site sets out the current options and what each one includes.
Membership optionsHospitality
Matchday hospitality and premium seating are sold separately from general admission, with packages that vary by fixture. Details, availability and pricing are handled through the club's official hospitality and ticketing team.
Hospitality and premiumTicket exchange
When a game is sold out, the official ticket exchange lets season-ticket holders return seats they cannot use and gives other supporters a safe, verified way to buy them. Always use the club's own resale rather than third-party sites.
Official resaleAvailability and prices vary and change through the season, so always confirm the current details on the official club site at afcb.co.uk/tickets before buying.
Travel and parking
The Vitality Stadium sits in Kings Park, walkable from the town centre and close to the south-coast rail line. Matchday parking around the ground is limited and heavily restricted, so most supporters arrive on foot, by train or by pre-booked parking rather than turning up and hoping for a space.
Bournemouth and Pokesdown
The two nearest stations are Bournemouth and Pokesdown, both on the South Western Railway line from London Waterloo and along the coast. From either it is a walk of roughly twenty to thirty minutes to the ground, or a short local bus or taxi.
Check train timesParking is limited
There is very little parking at the stadium itself, and matchday restrictions apply on the surrounding residential streets. If you are driving, official or pre-booked parking is by far the safest bet, and it is worth allowing extra time around kick-off.
Parking guidanceBournemouth publish full travel, access and accessibility guidance on the official site, and it is the best source for the current matchday arrangements.
Book train tickets
Advance singles and returns to the ground on Trainline, usually cheaper the earlier you book.
BookCheck train times
Live times, platforms and any disruption on the day through National Rail.
CheckPre-book parking
Reserve a space near The Vitality Stadium on JustPark, the safest bet with matchday restrictions in force.
Pre-bookPublic transport route
Door-to-door directions to The Vitality Stadium by tram, bus and train, on the map.
PublicFood, drink and a look inside
Where to eat and drink before a game near The Vitality Stadium, and how to get a look inside on a non-matchday.
Pubs & food near the ground
The bars, pubs and places to eat around The Vitality Stadium on a matchday, on the map so you can see what is closest.
Open the mapStadium tour
Most matchweeks aside, Bournemouth run tours of the ground and the museum. Book through the official tour listings.
Find tour ticketsFollowing Bournemouth on the road
Every upcoming away game with the destination and the match date, plus a starting point for the hotel, trains, coach or flights. Hotel links open Booking.com set to the city and match-night dates. Always buy the away ticket itself through the club so you are in the away end.
Away allocation & tickets
Away tickets go through Bournemouth to registered members, so buy through the club to be in the away end. Sign up early for the popular ones.
AwayOfficial supporters' coaches
Many away games have official club or supporters'-club coach travel from the ground, often the easiest way there and back.
OfficialThe official Bournemouth store
Shirts, training wear and the rest of the official range are sold through the Bournemouth store, online and in the ground. Designs and prices change through the season, so the store is the place to see what is available now.
This season's shirts
The new home, away and third kits. Tap through for the current designs, sizes and the option to add a name and number.
What else you'll find
Training & travel wear
The kit the players train in, plus the travel range and the lifestyle collection.
View in storeRetro & classic shirts
Reissues of the shirts from the club's history, for when the current one is not the one you want.
View in storeGifts & accessories
Scarves, mugs, home kit and the smaller bits that make good presents or a matchday extra.
View in storeJunior & baby
The full kit and clothing range sized for younger supporters, from baby grows up.
View in storeLinks open the official club store. Kit designs and prices are shown there and change through the season.