# 2014–15 AFC Bournemouth season

The 2014–15 season was AFC Bournemouth's 2nd season in the Football League Championship following their promotion from Football League One in 2013.
On 25 October 2014 Bournemouth won 8–0 away at St. Andrew's against Birmingham City. It was the first time that the Cherries had ever scored eight goals in a league game (barring a 10–0 win over Northampton Town in September 1939 which was expunged from the records after World War II broke out the next day) and they recorded their biggest winning margin in a league fixture. They won promotion to the Premier League, and promotion to England's top division, for the first time in their history by winning the Championship on 2 May 2015.

## Statistics
### Appearances & goals

    As of 2 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NIR | Lee Camp | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Francis | 46 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Cook | 49 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dan Gosling | 24 | 5 | 1+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tommy Elphick | 50 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Andrew Surman | 41 | 3 | 40+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Marc Pugh | 44 | 9 | 35+7 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Harry Arter | 47 | 9 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RSA | Tokelo Rantie | 16 | 2 | 0+12 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman | 39 | 14 | 18+16 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Charlie Daniels | 43 | 2 | 41+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | WAL | Joe Partington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Callum Wilson | 50 | 23 | 45 | 20 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Ian Harte | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Smith | 36 | 0 | 6+23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Shaun MacDonald | 10 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Yann Kermorgant | 42 | 17 | 26+12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Junior Stanislas | 20 | 2 | 6+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 27 | 2 | 6+15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Elliott Ward | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Darryl Flahavan | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Sam Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Jayden Stockley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Matt Ritchie | 51 | 15 | 44+2 | 15 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | POL | Artur Boruc (on loan from Southampton) | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | IRL | Eunan O'Kane | 17 | 1 | 8+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Harry Cornick | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | LIE | Benjamin Büchel | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Baily Cargill | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | TRI | Kenwyne Jones (on loan from Cardiff City) | 6 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players currently out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | NIR | Josh McQuoid (at Coventry) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Mohamed Coulibaly (at Port Vale) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ENG | Ryan Allsop (at Coventry) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Miles Addison (at Blackpool) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 2 May 2015
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 13 | FW | Callum Wilson | 20 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | Yann Kermorgant | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | 30 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Brett Pitman | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | Marc Pugh | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | MF | Dan Gosling | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | Andrew Surman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | Charlie Daniels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | Junior Stanislas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | Tokelo Rantie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | Ryan Fraser | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 49 | FW | Kenwyne Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 32 | MF | Eunan O'Kane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | MF | Shaun MacDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | Tommy Elphick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 98 | 6 | 11 | 115 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 May 2015
| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Lee Camp | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Francis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Steve Cook | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Dan Gosling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tommy Elphick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Andrew Surman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Marc Pugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Harry Arter | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Brett Pitman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Charlie Daniels | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Callum Wilson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Ian Harte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Adam Smith | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Yann Kermorgant | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Ryan Fraser | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Artur Boruc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Eunan O'Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 76 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 3 |

## Competition
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bournemouth (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 98 | 45 | +53 | 90 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Watford (P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 91 | 50 | +41 | 89 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Norwich City (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 86 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 85 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Brentford | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 59 | +19 | 78 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 May 2015. Source: Football League

#### Matches

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

### League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Bournemouth were drawn away to Exeter City.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 4 | MF | Dan Gosling | 24 | EU | Newcastle United | Free Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 19 | MF | Junior Stanislas | 24 | EU | Burnley | Free Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 13 | FW | Callum Wilson | 22 | EU | Coventry City | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 6 | MF | Andrew Surman | 28 | EU | Norwich City | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 9 | FW | Lewis Grabban | 26 | EU | Norwich City | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | A.F.C Bournemouth |
| 26 | MF | Richard Hughes | 34 | EU | | Retired | Summer | — | Football League |
| — | GK | Shwan Jalal | 30 | EU | Bury | Released | Summer | Free | Football League VitalFootball |
| 19 | MF | Stephen Purches | 34 | EU | | Retired | Summer | — | Football League |
| — | FW | Matt Tubbs | 30 | EU | Portsmouth | Released | Winter | Free | A.F.C Bournemouth BBC Sport |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Country | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 31 | GK | Artur Boruc | | 34 | Southampton | 19 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 | A.F.C Bournemouth A.F.C Bournemouth | |
| — | FW | Kenwyne Jones | | 30 | Cardiff City | 26 March 2015 | 2 May 2015 | Cardiff City | |

### Loans out

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| — | FW | Matt Tubbs | 29 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 June 2014 | 6 January 2015 | A.F.C. Bournemouth BBC Sport | |
| 23 | GK | Ryan Allsop | 22 | Coventry City | 4 July 2014 | 20 January 2015 | Coventry City F.C | A.F.C Bournemouth |
| 21 | MF | Mohamed Coulibaly | 25 | Coventry City | 4 July 2014 | 13 November 2014 | Coventry City F.C | Coventry City F.C |
| 24 | MF | Miles Addison | 25 | Scunthorpe United | 28 July 2014 | 8 September 2014 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | |
| 17 | FW | Josh McQuoid | 24 | Coventry City | 4 August 2014 | 20 January 2015 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | A.F.C Bournemouth |
| 38 | MF | Josh Wakefield | 20 | Torquay United | 22 August 2014 | 19 October 2014 | BBC Sport Torquay United F.C | |
| 29 | FW | Jayden Stockley | 20 | Cambridge United | 22 August 2014 | 9 January 2015 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | |
| — | MF | Aristide Bassele | 20 | Welling United | 8 September 2014 | 6 October 2014 | Welling United F.C | |
| 40 | DF | Stéphane Zubar | 27 | Port Vale | 29 September 2014 | 27 October 2014 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | |
| 40 | DF | Stéphane Zubar | 28 | York City | 7 November 2014 | 30 June 2015 | BBC Sport SkySports | |
| 29 | FW | Jayden Stockley | 21 | Luton Town | 7 January 2015 | 4 February 2015 | A.F.C Bournemouth | |
| 38 | MF | Josh Wakefield | 21 | Bristol Rovers | 2 February 2015 | 7 March 2015 | A.F.C Bournemouth | |
| 24 | MF | Miles Addison | 26 | Blackpool | 4 March 2015 | 1 April 2015 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | |
| — | FW | Josh O'Hanlon | 19 | York City | 26 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 | York Press | |
| 21 | MF | Mohamed Coulibaly | 26 | Port Vale | 26 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | |