Up The Cherries In All Departments - AFC Bournemouth Fans Podcast

The Cherries have released their three kits for the new season in the Premier League season and what better way to review our new releases than to get our resident kit experts Craig Beazley and Matthew Harrison to review them one by one. Do we like them or loathe them. We provide close up footage of each kit and determine which is best and which is worst. Do we like our return to traditional black...

Craig and Matt are back for the latest episode of Cherry Picking as we look at a modern version of a classic shirt. The Cherries played last in a Yellow and Navy shirt between 1996 & 1998 when the club first feared going out of business but then later found success in reaching the final of the Auto Windscreens Trophy. We have footage of classic games played in this iconic shirt for you to enjo...

Last Season, Craig successfully predicted Newcastle United would reach the Champions League. We all predicted Leeds United would sink into the Championship. No one expected Leicester City to be relegated. And Southampton are gone but will be missed (just for the easy points). Can we do it again? Craig, Matt and Mani go through the Premier League team by team selecting where they will finish at the...

At every football club it is the people behind the scenes, the unsung heroes, the people who work tirelessly every day which make that club what it is. Joe Roach has had a long standing affiliation with AFC Bournemouth. Without a doubt, no team in the past 20+ years in Red and Black hasn't had the benefits of Joe Roach on it. And the Cherries are incredibly lucky to have a man who has implemented...

The Harry Redknapp Premier League Preview Show is back! As you will have seen, Harry has been talking to us about each of the 20 Premier League teams and you will have heard a bit from him and also the fans videos. Well, in this show, Harry discusses the entire Premier League in length and makes his predictions for who is going to win the title come May, who will be getting into Europe and who wil...

Craig Beazley and Matthew Harrison are back for the latest summer episode of Cherry Picking. With only 3 weeks left to go before AFC Bournemouth kick off against West Ham United at Dean Court we discuss the big build up. We discuss the signing on Milos Kerkez, our new Away Shirt - does it look like a J Cloth?, Senesi to Napoli and lots more. Who will we sign next and what do the club need ahead of...

Since Andoni Iraola took charge at AFC Bournemouth, Cherries fans have been excited about our new Head Coach. But how did he get to the man he is today and what was his journey. Well, we asked the man who will know. Mikel Etxarri is an experienced football coach from the Basque Region having managed the Basque Country - also known as Euskadi - National Side for 16 years. Etxarri has been the man t...

AFC Bournemouth have been linked to Milos Kerkez, a tricky left back from AZ Alkmaar whilst Ivan Fresneda is a surprise mention, a man who was the shining light in a Real Valladolid CF team relegated from La Liga last season. We also touch on the appointment of a new Director of Performance at AFC Bournemouth in Vegas Golden Knights Jay Mallette and ask what will he and his position bring to the c...

 Joe Partington burst on the scene in 2007. By burst, Joe was the youngest goalscorer still to this very day for AFC Bournemouth, scoring at only 18 years and 5 days old. Joe was a hard working player who never gave up but was incredibly unlucky with injury in a career which took him to Bristol Rovers, Eastleigh, Aldershot Town, Bromley, Eastbourne Borough and Farnborough. In this interview Joe g...

WE ARE BACK! Join Craig Beazley and Matt Harrison as we look forward to the summer ending and the football season beginning in August. The Cherries will look very different next season with Andoni Iraola taking over at the club however we focus back on our history looking at our famous Number 5's! As well as remembering our roots we look at the Transfer Targets being linked with a move to the Vita...

AFC Bournemouth have been linked to a lot of players during the summer but one has got Cherries fans licking their lips in the form of very highly rated central midfielder Alex Scott. Alex who grew up in the Channel Island's is a player many clubs are after and was subject to a £15 million bid announced earlier this week by Mark McAdam. In this video we assess whether it is worth going in for the...

The Basque Country is part of Spain which straddles the Bay of Biscay. Its well known for its artists, musicians and also models. However it is also very well known for another thing and that is Football Managers and Head Coaches. In this video we cover off the roots of why and how Basque managers have been so successful, the philosophy from an early age, Athletic Bilbao and the part they have to...

On Monday 26th June 2023, Jim White spoke with AFC Bournemouth Owner Bill Foley about his plans for the future. Bill explained during the chat with Jim on talkSPORT what his aspires to and where he see's the Cherries in the long run. Former Crystal Palace Chairman Simon Jordan and Former England International Stuart Pearce also discussed the Cherries plans and the big decision in which Bill Foley...

AFC Bournemouth have made their first signing of the summer window in the form of Justin Kluivert who joins the club from Italian side AS Roma in a deal worth around £10 Million. Justin, of course, is the son of Barcelona, Ajax and Newcastle star Patrick Kluivert - the man who famously won the Champions League for the Amsterdam based club before joining Milan (where he wore red and black) and then...

The tenure of Gary O'Neil as AFC Bournemouth Head Coach came to an end on Monday 19th June 2023 at 12:30pm. We didn't have to wait long for his replacement as Andoni Iraola was announced as his replacement by 3:00pm. In that short 2 and a half hours though, the media went into overdrive. Gary Lineker, Paul Merson, Richard Keys, Darren Huckerby, Graeme Souness... the list goes on, all commented abo...

Unless you have been living under a rock since Sunday you will know its all change at Dean Court with Gary O'Neil leaving the club to make way for our first ever International Head Coach in the form of a man who put Rayo Vallecano on the map. Andoni Iraola is one of the hottest prospects in football at the moment and is now a Cherry! But who is he? Lets find out! We discuss this massive statement...

If there is one man who will be busy during the summer months, it is certainly Sky Sports reporter Mark McAdam. Mark joins Craig Beazley for another conversation with regards to the Cherries Season last term and the future. Mark goes into further depth with regards to: 🍒 The Tweets following our game against Leeds United which pretty much guaranteed the safety of AFC Bournemouth in the Premier Le...

AFC Bournemouth entered the Premier League as newboys once again, like we did in 2015, written off by all the media including Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and loads of YouTubers (You all know who you are!) After a 9-0 thrashing away at Liverpool, not many would actually argue with them. In this period Maxim Demin dismissed Scott Parker - of course this was before Bill Foley took over a...

** If you haven't seen Part 1 of our Interview with Trevor Watkins, it is advisable that you watch that first as the story continues from where that video left off ** So The Winter Gardens Meeting has happened and Trevor is Chairman of AFC Bournemouth. The hard work for Trevor and his team did not stop there and in this second part of the Interview we pick up from where we left off but also look a...

January 1997. AFC Bournemouth were in dire straits. The club was on its knees and struggling to keep going. It could have spelled the end of the club. However one man had different ideas and it is a pleasure in this first half of a two part interview to be joined by that man - Trevor Watkins - whose actions in rallying a strong team and the fans saved the club from extinction. In this first half o...

Former AFC Bournemouth, Arsenal, Wolves, Huddersfield , Gillingham Goalkeeper Vince Bartram talks to Craig Beazley and Matthew Harrison about his career from an early age growing up and playing for his local side through to the present day. Find out: 🍒 Vince’s Wolverhampton Wanderers Early Days. 🍒 Coming To AFCB and almost ending up at Leicester. 🍒 The Experience of playing for Arsenal and Trai...

Former AFC Bournemouth Chairman Eddie Mitchell joined Craig Beazley to tell us his story from growing up supporting the Cherries to becoming the owner after some of the clubs darkest days and going from Minus 17 to the Championship. Find out: 🍒 Eddie's earliest memories of supporting AFC Bournemouth. 🍒 Taking over at the club after financial turmoil threatened to put the club out of business and...

Danny Thomas has had an interesting career which led him all the way from Lilleshall alongside the likes of former manager Scott Parker to the boardroom! Matt Harrison caught up with Danny to get a look at his career for the Cherries as well as covering his time with Martin O'Neill at Leicester City playing alongside the likes of Andy Impey, Emile Heskey, Neil Lennon, Muzzy Izzet and lots more, wi...

In the final Cherry Picking of the season - Craig, Matt and Mani discuss those players who are leaving the club and the memories of them in an AFC Bournemouth shirt and the rumours doing the rounds in the media at the moment and if we see any truth in them... During this Show: 🍒 Jefferson Lerma, Junior Stanislas and Jack Stacey leaving the club... 🍒 The rumours around Kondogbia and Osayi-Samuel...

The Cherries were favourites for the drop with most pundits last June after promotion back to the Premier League was secured after Kieffer Moore scored the goal following a beautifully placed pass from Philip Billing. Like everything though, the last 12 months have been eventful full of highs and lows, a managerial sacking in Scott Parker after comments against Liverpool, the appointment of rookie...