The bright side of sport: Bournemouth put the beauty back in the beautiful game

Every week, Steve Neville will be looking at the positives in the world in sport. This week he looks at AFC Bournemouth and how they went from near financial ruin to a chance of playing in the Premier League.

The bright side of sport: Bournemouth put the beauty back in the beautiful game
Thu, 30 Apr, 2015 - 01:00
Steve Neville

AFC Bournemouth's humble Dean Court stadium has a capacity of just 12,000.

To put its size in context, Cork City FC, in the Irish Premier League, have a stadium capacity of nearly 7,500.

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