Bournemouth F.C.
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| Full name | Bournemouth Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Poppies |
| Founded | 1875 (as Bournemouth Rovers) |
| Ground | Victoria Park, Namu Road, Bournemouth |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Chairman | Bob Corbin |
| Manager | Micheal Cuffi |
| League | Wessex League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Wessex League Premier Division, 18th |
Bournemouth Football Club 
i/ˈbɔːrnməθ/ is an English football team currently playing in the Wessex League Premier Division, in the ninth tier of the English football league system. Their nickname is "The Poppies", and they are often known as Bournemouth Poppies to avoid confusion with the Premier League club A.F.C. Bournemouth. The club play at Victoria Park, Namu Road, in Bournemouth and are founding members of the Hampshire FA and Bournemouth FA.
The club was founded as Bournemouth Rovers on 11 September 1875 at a meeting held in Abbotts Auction Mart in Old Christchurch Road. In 1878 on Tuesday 26 November the club participated in one of the first floodlit matches, when they played under experimental electric lights at Dean Park for "a grand exhibition of the new electric light". In 1888 the club moved to Dean Park, and changed their name to Bournemouth Dean Park. The club changed its name again to Bournemouth F.C. in 1889 when the club amalgamated with local side Bournemouth Arabs, and moved grounds a season later to Victoria Park. In 1896–97 the club became founder members of the Hampshire League.
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