Bournemouth, the Fall and Rise

The Astonishing Rags to Riches Tale of the Premier League's Smallest Club

Neil Meldrum

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785314735
• Year: 2018

Bournemouth: The Fall and Rise is the ultimate rags-to-riches football story—from administration and the brink of non-league to the Premier League within six years. Manager Eddie Howe and a host of key players behind the club's surge up the leagues provide a fascinating insight into how they pulled off the feat—against all the odds.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword by Eddie Howe
• Introduction
• Prologue: Dream the Impossible Dream
• 1. Setting the Scene 2003–06
• 2. Head Examination 2006–08
• 3. We’ve Got No Chance 2007/08
• 4. The Rookie 2009
• 5. The Big Man Cometh 2009
• 6. On the Up 2009/2010
• 7. The End of an Era 2010/11
• 8. Paving the Way 2011/12
• 9. The Miracle Man Returns 2012/13
• 10. So Close Yet So Far 2013/14
• 11. The Promised Land
• Epilogue: Up With the Big Boys
• The Miracle Men from League Two to the Premier League
• League Tables 2008–2016
• Photos