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Free AFC Bournemouth quiz with explained answers — Ted MacDougall's nine goals, Eddie Howe's rise, the Great Escape. Play free in your browser.
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When the club joined the Football League in 1923, what name did it adopt?
It joined the town's name to the suburb's, and kept the word 'Athletic'.
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In which season did AFC Bournemouth play in England's top division for the very first time?
Eddie Howe's side reached the top flight in the middle of the 2010s.
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Who managed Bournemouth for their shock 2-0 FA Cup win over cup holders Manchester United in January 1984?
In his first major managerial job, long before West Ham, Portsmouth and Spurs.
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In a famous December 2016 home comeback, Bournemouth recovered from 3-1 down to beat Liverpool. What was the final score?
Bournemouth scored three times late to win a seven-goal thriller by a single goal.
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Who holds AFC Bournemouth's all-time record for most appearances, across two spells as a much-loved striker?
'Super Steve', widely regarded as Mr Bournemouth.
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In August 2022, Bournemouth suffered a 9-0 defeat that equalled the Premier League's record scoreline. Which club inflicted it?
The Merseyside giants ran riot early in the 2022-23 season.
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AFC Bournemouth was founded in 1899 under what original name?
Named after the seaside suburb where the club was originally based.
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Which striker scored nine goals in a single FA Cup tie for Bournemouth, an 11-0 rout of Margate in 1971?
A Scottish forward whose nine-goal haul is a record for the FA Cup proper.
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Bournemouth played their first-ever Premier League match in August 2015, losing 1-0 at home to which club?
A Midlands side won 1-0 at Dean Court on the opening weekend of 2015-16.
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Which manager led Bournemouth to promotion back to the Premier League in 2022 before being sacked early the following season?
A former England midfielder whose spell ended abruptly after a heavy early-season loss.
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Which Bournemouth striker scored on his senior England debut against the USA in November 2018?
The Cherries' talismanic No.9 of that era, who later starred for Newcastle.
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In 1986-87, Bournemouth won the first divisional championship in their history. Which division did they win?
The old third tier; the title took them into the second tier for the first time.
What the Bournemouth quiz covers
Every question is written and checked by football fans, across the topics that decide a real Bournemouth expert:
Club history
Founding, golden eras and the moments that shaped Bournemouth.
Players & legends
Cult heroes and record-breakers, past and present.
Managers
The bosses in the dugout and the trophies they won.
Trophies & honours
Every title, cup and big European night that counts.
Records & stats
Appearances, goals, transfers and all-time bests.
Iconic moments
Famous games, comebacks and unforgettable goals.
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About the Bournemouth quiz
AFC Bournemouth began life in 1899 as Boscombe FC, took the name Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic on joining the Football League in 1923, and have long been known simply as the Cherries. Few clubs wear their identity so plainly: red-and-black striped shirts modelled on AC Milan's, introduced in the early 1970s; a crest showing a player heading a football; and a home ground everyone still calls by its traditional name, Dean Court. This free Bournemouth quiz covers the whole story — the FA Cup giant-killings, the Great Escape of 2009, and Eddie Howe's climb from League Two to the Premier League.
For most of their history the Cherries were a lower-league club with a habit of embarrassing bigger ones. The Third Division side of 1956-57 knocked out Wolves and Tottenham on the way to the FA Cup quarter-finals; Ted MacDougall scored nine goals in a single tie in 1971, an 11-0 rout of Margate that set an FA Cup record; and in January 1984 Harry Redknapp's team beat cup holders Manchester United 2-0. The Third Division title of 1986-87 was the first divisional championship in the club's history. Then came the hard road back: docked 17 points after exiting administration in 2008-09, Bournemouth were all but saved by Steve Fletcher — the much-loved striker who holds the club's all-time appearance record across two spells — scoring the decisive goal against Grimsby in April 2009. Eddie Howe, a former Bournemouth defender, took it from there, guiding the club from League Two all the way to the 2014-15 Championship title and a first-ever top-flight season in 2015-16.
The questions range across the eras. You'll meet the famous 4-3 at Dean Court in December 2016, when Bournemouth came from 3-1 down to beat Liverpool; the club-record fee of around £25m paid to Levante for Jefferson Lerma in 2018; Callum Wilson scoring on his England debut against the USA that November; and Ryan Fraser's 14 assists in 2018-19, one of the highest tallies in the division. The bruises are in here too — the 9-0 defeat by Liverpool in August 2022 that equalled the Premier League's record scoreline, and Scott Parker winning promotion back to the Premier League in 2022 only to be sacked early the following season. Difficulty climbs from easy openers about nicknames and famous wins to hard deep cuts about points deductions, name changes and Howe's brief 2011 spell at Burnley, so casual fans and lifelong Cherries both get a proper test.
Every question comes with a short explained answer, so even a miss leaves you knowing more — why the club began 2008-09 seventeen points down, or which club those red-and-black stripes were modelled on. Play the sample set below free in your browser, no sign-up needed. When you want the full Bournemouth quiz — plus daily challenges, leaderboards and multiplayer — it's all in the Ball IQ app.
Ball IQ has 24 Bournemouth questions — 5 easy, 13 medium and 6 hard.