College Forms Executive Regional Partnership with AFC Bournemouth

In April this year, we announced our new Executive Regional Partnership with AFC Bournemouth. As two central hubs within the BCP area, this was always a perfect fit for us at Bournemouth and Poole College. 

The official Executive Regional Partnership with the Premier League football club includes LED advertising and other sponsorship rights at the Vitality Stadium for the 2024-25 season.

We’re thoroughly enjoying our new working relationship with the club and seeing our college branding across the Premier League stadium and at the heart of the matchday experience.

Key facts: 

• The club formed as Boscombe in 1899, then adopted its current name AFC Bournemouth in 1971.
• Celebrating the 125th Anniversary this season (Sunday, 25^th August 2024)
• Nicknamed "The Cherries" have played at the current ground since 1910.
• Club colours are Red & Black stripes.
• Stadium Capacity 11,307.
• Current Manager - Andoni Iraola
• Previous Managers include - Harry Redknapp, Eddie Howe, and Scott Parker to name a few.
• 2009/2010 season saw the club promoted to the Premier League for the very first time under Eddie Howe.
• Steve Fletcher holds the record number of appearances for the club at 726.
• All-time goal-scoring record held by Ron Eyre with 229 goals between 1924-33.
• Ted Macdougall had a record number of goals in one season of 42 in 1970/71, he also holds the record for most goals in a single FA Cup match of 9 goals.
• The highest transfer fee received from Manchester City for Nathan Ake of £41 million in 2020.

Marketing statistics:

• Over 1.1m TikTok followers
• 700k+ Instagram followers
• 675k+ X followers
• Website has 1.8m unique visitors per season
• 3.8m digital newsletter opens per season
• Entering seventh season in the Premier League
• 900 million households broadcast premier league coverage worldwide
• Premier League has a 1.8 billion total worldwide audience

Sammy Watson, Marketing and Communications Manager at Bournemouth and Poole College said: “This is a great step forward for our college and the partnerships that we have within the local community.  Partnering with AFC Bournemouth provides an exciting opportunity for us to engage with our local people and drive awareness of the life-changing opportunities that our college provides. We’re excited to embark on this journey and look forward to achieving great things alongside The Cherries.”