When the club became Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in 1923 crowds at Dean Court had grown to around 7,000 and thereafter a 3,700-seat stand was constructed on the site.

AFC Bournemouth. How To Get To The Vitality Stadium The Vitality Stadium is located only 2 miles from the iconic Bournemouth Pier and the town centre with the main train station lying roughly equidistant between the two. Holdenhurst Road is the main road linking the centre with Kings Park, where the stadium is located. Post-match, you can exit into Kings Park Drive, or use the south exit into Gloucester Road. The A35 travels east from the centre to Boscombe, passing Pokesdown station and the area south of the stadium.

Away fans generally greet this stadium with positive reviews given that its intimate nature means great views of the game from anywhere in what is a small away section. Christchurch Road, BH7 6DL; 20 mins' walk. Comparatively, Manchester United, whose Old Trafford home is the UK's biggest club stadium with a capacity of around 76,000, generated £111.6m in matchday income. Dean Court was completely rebuilt in 2001 with the pitch rotated and opened as a three-sided stadium with a 9,600 capacity. The Cherries’ pitch, surprisingly for some, is rather wide at 78 metres with a standard length of 105 metres. Bournemouth can accommodate up to 12,000 with the stadium … Turn right onto Gloucester Road, and follow all the way to Goldsands Stadium. Hospitality Welcome drinks, three-course meals, a pre-match player interview, panoramic views and full-time refreshments are on offer in various lounges from £150 per person for some fixtures and £175 per person for others. Wessex Way (A338), Holdenhurst Road (A3049) and Littledown Avenue converge at the roundabout with Kings Park Drive, just north of the stadium. In the intervening years the club bought up land around the ground but construction fell through due to lack of funds and by the mid-80’s the club saw a new low when less than 2,000 people were turning up for games. Follow Kings Park Drive and the stadium will appear. AFC Bournemouth have worked in partnership with AccessAble, to produce detailed pan-disability guides for Vitality Stadium. (Note there is also a separate entrance for the main stadium car park on this road). The stadium is near Boscombe, a 30-minute walk (1.5 miles) west from the town centre. accessable.co.uk/organisations/afc-bournemouth, South West Train services to Bournemouth and London Waterloo, South West Train services to from Pokesown Station and London Waterloo, From North: A346, A338; passing Salisbury, approaches town centre on Wessex Way, From North-east: M3, M27, A31, A338; via London, passing New Forest National Park, From South: no route, town is located on the south coast, From West: A35; passing Poole, approaches town centre on Bournemouth Road. In addition to the basic facts, you can find the address of the stadium, access information, special features, prices in the stadium and name rights. Vitality Stadium  11.329 Seats, Current transfer record: