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1898-99 Formed from the disbanded
Boscombe St. John's Lads Institute F.C
1901-02 Moved to King's Park ground
1905-06 Won Hampshire Junior Cup and Pokesdown Cup
1909-10 Mr J.E Cooper-Dean J.P. donated land near King's Park where a home ground was built which was named Dean Court - officially opened Dec 31st
1911-12 Arrival of Boscombe's first professional player, B. Penton
1912-13 Season tickets first issued
1912-13 Eight more professional players signed
1913-14 Club formed into a limited company
1914-18 Club ceased playing during World War I
1919-20 Started play again in the Hampshire League
1919-20 Joined the Southern League
1922-23 Changed name to Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletics and adopted the nickname "The Cherries" after being referred to as the "Cherry Stripes" in the local press
1922-23 First Football League season. First game
away to Swindon Town on August 25th (1-3 loss) with Jim Lister scoring the
club's first League goal. First League home game also against Swindon (0-0
draw) in front of 6614 spectators the following week. First victory in
League away at Exeter City (2-0) and first home victory also against
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1923-24 Finished inaugural season in 21st place (out of 22 teams) with a record of 11 wins, 11 draws and 20 losses. The highest attendance was 8926 vs. Portsmouth on Easter Monday. Re-elected to League
1924-25 Signed Ronnie Eyre from Sheffield Wednesday. Eyre would score over 200 League goals in eight and a half seasons, one of the top scorers in team history
1925-26 Finished 8th in the League. Reached the 4th round of the F.A. Cup against Bolton at Dean Court (first Division 1 team to play there) with an attendance of 10165. Drew 2-2 but lost the replay 6-2
1926-27 Finished 7th in the League. Played Liverpool in the 3rd round of the F.A. Cup at Dean Court. Attendance was 13409. Drew 1-1 but lost the replay 4-1
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1927-28 New grandstand with a seating capacity of
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opened by the Vice President of the Football League.
1930-31 First international match played at Dean Court when the England amateur team beat Wales 5-0
1932-33 Poor results (finishing 18th in the League) led to the sell-off of many players and the start of a rebuilding program. Ronnie Eyre departed having scored 259 goals for the team, 203 in the League
1936-37 The South End covered stand was opened. Had their best finish to date in the League (6th) and played Everton with the legendary Dixie Dean in the 3rd round of the F.A Cup, losing 5-0
1937-38 First trip outside of Britain, play the Dutch national team in Holland (lost 1-0)
1938-39
Only three games played before the outbreak of World War II. The last game was a 10-0 win over Northampton
1939-45 Activities were suspended during the war when most of the players signed up for armed service
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