The Fairytale down South

[Alex MacLeod]

Tonight AFC Bournemouth could clinch automatic promotion to Premiership. In 08/09 season (remember that one) Bournemouth just managed to save themselves from relegation out of the English Leagues. Since then they've climbed all the way up to knocking at the door of Premiership. Not an easy achievement for the smaller teams in England. I also think this will be the first time ever they have made the top league in their history.

[Kingsmills]

With an Invernessian connection one of their club legends being Ted MacDougal

[+DoofersDad]

I think their ground capacity is only about 12,000 which is very small for the EPL.  There is still an outside chance that they could be joined in the Premier League by Brentford who have a similar sized ground and who also have an Inverness connection.  They were managed by Terry Butcher who took them to the wrong end of the English 4th tier in 2007 before being sacked.

[Alex MacLeod]

With an Invernessian connection one of their club legends being Ted MacDougal

And of course the red and black link

[bauhaus]

AFC Bournmouth will be in that EPL. Think it will be the smallest Premier League ground in recent History

[Kingsmills]

Well done to 'The Cherries'

[Yngwie]

As is the tradition, having completed a fairy tale on the park, their rightful place in the top flight can only be claimed if they also defeat Partick Thistle's lawyers.

[Charles Bannerman]

As is the tradition, having completed a fairy tale on the park, their rightful place in the top flight can only be claimed if they also defeat Partick Thistle's lawyers.

Unless the Old Firm bully the EPL into imposing a "50,000 seat rule".

[IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER]

They will not be allowed to play in Bournemouth as the bigger clubs are complaining en masse. It looks more likely that they will groundshare with Southampton.

[bdu98196]

Well done to them, but clearly shows the power of TV money when a club with 12k seats can sign £3m players, consider a similar size club in Scotland such as Aberdeen can barely raise £300k.

[Alex MacLeod]

Well done to them, but clearly shows the power of TV money when a club with 12k seats can sign £3m players, consider a similar size club in Scotland such as Aberdeen can barely raise £300k.

Who did they pay £3m for?

 

From what I can see they paid just over £2m each for Wilson and Rantie. £400k for Ryan Fraser. Most of the squad came up with them from league 1. Their new owner has put a lot of cash into the club.

The other thing to note is the vast difference in funding from TV in Championship compared to Scottish football.

Edited April 28, 2015 by Alex MacLeod

[northstandfan]

Well done to them, but clearly shows the power of TV money when a club with 12k seats can sign £3m players, consider a similar size club in Scotland such as Aberdeen can barely raise £300k.

Who did they pay £3m for?

Their record signing although it is just a reported figure and not official. Must of been an undisclosed fee.

[EvilWhiteStripe]

Every figure I have seen is quoting £3m for Calum Wilson.

[Laurence]

AFC Bournmouth will be in that EPL. Think it will be the smallest Premier League ground in recent History

 

AFC Bournmouth will be in that EPL. Think it will be the smallest Premier League ground in recent History

 

There is talk about playing at St Mary's - Southampton

 

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