AFC Bournemouth Trivia
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49 free AFC Bournemouth trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
AFC Bournemouth were formed as Boscombe FC in 1899, spent 35 unbroken years in the Third Division South, twice went into administration, and in 2009 were ten points adrift at the bottom of the Football League with a 31-year-old rookie manager called Eddie Howe. Three promotions in six years later they were in the Premier League, and in 2026 the Cherries finished sixth and qualified for Europe for the first time in their history. This quiz covers the whole climb: the lease from J.E. Cooper-Dean that gave the club its ground, the AC Milan-inspired stripes, Ted MacDougall's nine goals against Margate, Harry Redknapp's cup win over Manchester United, the Leeds weekend of 1990, James Hayter's 141-second hat-trick, the 17-point penalty, the Great Escape against Grimsby, the 8-0 at Birmingham, the FFP fine, the 9-0 at Anfield, Bill Foley, Michael B. Jordan and Andoni Iraola's record-breaking sides. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for the pub.
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Q 01What is AFC Bournemouth's nickname?
The Cherries
The Cherries. The name is usually traced to the cherry-red striped shirts the team once wore, or to cherry orchards said to have stood on the estate next to the ground.
Q 02Under what name were AFC Bournemouth formed in 1899?
Boscombe
Boscombe. The club was formed from the remains of Boscombe St John's Institute FC, wound up that year, at a meeting held under a street lamp in Gladstone Road.
Q 03What is the traditional name of AFC Bournemouth's home ground, in use since 1910?
Dean Court
Dean Court. It is named after J.E. Cooper-Dean, who leased the club a patch of wasteland beside Kings Park in 1910; since 2015 a sponsor has called it the Vitality Stadium.
Q 04Which former England winger ended his career at Bournemouth in 2008 by volleying a late winner in his farewell game?
Darren Anderton
Darren Anderton. Days after announcing he would retire, the 36-year-old came off the bench against Chester City and volleyed in the winner two minutes from time.
Q 05Which 18-year-old striker scored in ten successive league games while on loan at Bournemouth in 2000–01?
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe. The run began with his first game for the club and equalled a post-war record, and 16 years later Bournemouth brought him back as a Premier League signing.
Q 06Third-tier Bournemouth's famous 1957 FA Cup run included a 1–0 win away to which top-flight club?
Wolves
Wolves. They were third in the top flight when Bournemouth beat them, and second-placed Tottenham were knocked out 3–1 in the very next round.
Q 07Which future England centre-back spent two months on loan at Bournemouth as an 18-year-old in 1996–97?
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand. He played ten games in Bournemouth's defence that winter and was an England international within a year.
Q 08Bournemouth won their first trophy as a league club in 1946, beating Walsall in which cup's final?
The Third Division South Cup
The Third Division South Cup. The final was played at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge in a one-off post-war revival of the competition, which was never staged again.
Q 09Which European club's strip inspired the red-and-black stripes Bournemouth adopted under manager John Bond?
AC Milan
AC Milan. The Italian look was part of an early-1970s makeover that also gave the club a new name and a new badge.
Q 10The heading player on AFC Bournemouth's badge honours which prolific scorer of the 1950s and 60s?
Dickie Dowsett
Dickie Dowsett. After retiring he returned as the club's commercial manager and helped design the new identity that put his own silhouette on the shirt.
Q 11Ted MacDougall scored nine goals for Bournemouth in an 11–0 FA Cup win over which club in 1971?
Margate
Margate. His nine goals that day set a record for one player in a game in the FA Cup proper, and within a year a top-flight giant had bought him.
Q 12Which FA Cup holders did Bournemouth famously knock out in January 1984?
Manchester United
Manchester United. Bournemouth were second from bottom of the Third Division when they beat the holders 2–0 in the third round.
Q 13Who managed Bournemouth to the Third Division title in 1987?
Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp. His side piled up a club-record 97 points and took Bournemouth into the second tier for the first time in their history.
Q 21Which Bournemouth substitute set the record for the Football League's fastest hat-trick, against Wrexham in 2004?
James Hayter
James Hayter. He came on late with Bournemouth 3–0 up and scored three in about 140 seconds; his parents missed it all, having left early to catch the ferry home to the Isle of Wight.
Q 22Sean O'Driscoll left Bournemouth in 2006 to manage which club?
Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers. He left after 22 years at Bournemouth as player, coach and manager, and took Doncaster up to the Championship in his first full season.
Q 23Why did Bournemouth start 2008–09 on minus 17 points?
Administration
Q 14Bournemouth won the first Associate Members' Cup in 1984 by beating which club?
Hull City
Hull City. The final was meant for Wembley, but the Horse of the Year Show had wrecked the pitch, so Bournemouth won it 2–1 on Hull's own ground.
Q 15A last-day 1990 defeat to which club relegated Bournemouth and sparked weekend disorder?
Leeds United
Leeds United. Their 1–0 win clinched the Second Division title and sent Bournemouth down, while rioting by visiting fans caused more than £1 million of damage in the town.
Q 16After the 1990 trouble, police barred home games on what kind of day until 2003?
Bank Holidays
The ban finally lifted for a game against Shrewsbury Town in April 2003.
Q 17Which club did Bournemouth's 1987 title-winning manager rejoin as a coach in 1992?
West Ham United
West Ham United. He had spent seven years there as a player, and within two years of going back as a coach he was the manager.
Q 18Which future Premier League manager began his managerial career at Bournemouth in 1992?
Tony Pulis
Tony Pulis. The club was deep in money trouble, so he had almost nothing to spend, finished 17th twice and left before the 1994–95 season began.
Q 19Whom did Bournemouth beat 5–2 in the 2003 Division Three play-off final?
Lincoln City
Lincoln City. Bournemouth had been relegated only a year earlier, and the five goals they scored in Cardiff took them straight back up at the first attempt.
Q 20Whose ground hosted Bournemouth's home games while their own stadium was being rebuilt in 2001?
Dorchester Town
Dorchester Town. Bournemouth began 2001–02 at Dorchester's Avenue Stadium while their own ground was rebuilt with the pitch turned through 90 degrees.
Administration. The Football League had threatened to shut Bournemouth out of the division altogether before letting them start on minus 17, and they still stayed up.
Q 24Which Bournemouth boss became the Football League's youngest manager, aged 31, in 2009?
Eddie Howe
Eddie Howe. He took over a side stuck in the League Two relegation zone, kept them in the Football League and won promotion the very next season.
Q 25Which club did Bournemouth beat 2–1 to secure the 2009 'Great Escape'?
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town. The win in the last home game made Bournemouth safe with a match to spare, in a season they had started 17 points behind everyone else.
Q 26Which club lured Bournemouth's manager away in January 2011, only for him to return in 2012?
Burnley
Burnley. He left Lancashire citing personal reasons, rejoined a Bournemouth side near the foot of League One and had them promoted by the end of that season.
Q 27Lee Bradbury's Bournemouth lost a 2011 League One play-off semi-final on penalties to which club?
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town. A 3–3 draw after extra time in the second leg left the tie 4–4 on aggregate; Huddersfield won the shoot-out 4–2, then lost the final to Peterborough.
Q 28Bournemouth's 8–0 win in October 2014 came away at which club?
Birmingham City
Birmingham City. The hosts had sacked their manager five days earlier and had a man sent off inside seven minutes; it set Bournemouth's record league win and Birmingham's record home defeat.
Q 29Which Bournemouth striker ruptured knee ligaments in September 2015?
Callum Wilson
Callum Wilson. He had hit a Premier League hat-trick only a month earlier; Bournemouth lost him until April yet still finished 16th and stayed up.
Q 30Bournemouth were fined millions for breaking which Football League rules in 2014–15?
Financial Fair Play
Financial Fair Play. Bournemouth lost £38.3 million winning promotion when only £6 million was allowed; the £7.6 million fine was later settled at £4.75 million.