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Trojan 67 wrote: Yeah, but didn't go to Boscombe from us as a player, the other aforementioned players did.

Back in the day before AFC Bournemouth, it was Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic - similar to Brighton & Hove Albion (Bournemouth back then as now play in Boscombe, like Brighton back then played in Hove and Grimsby today still play in Cleethorpes. The real Wimbledon however are still south of the Thames.

Trojan 67 wrote: Some of our best ? ALL OF OUR BEST . . . .

John Benson

Bill Kitchener

Tony Scott

Tommy Mitchinson . . . . .

. . . . . and of course, the late great "Mexican bandit mustachiod one" (Hey! Blondie!). . . . .

Micky Cave . . . . .

. . . . . with the heart, soul and mind ripped out of the late 60s/early 70s side, relegation from Division III to Division IV become inevitable.

... and don't forget Alan Welsh

It was basically the Torquay United team that had just missed out that took Bournemouth to what is now the Championship, whilst we slipped into oblivion (now known as League 2)!

stefano wrote: ... and don't forget Alan Welsh

It was basically the Torquay United team that had just missed out that took Bournemouth to what is now the Championship, whilst we slipped into oblivion (now known as League 2)!

Yeah, but he went to Argyle first, then from Argyle to Bournemouth while Micky Cave went to Argyle on loan from Bournemouth. I watched both play for Argyle at Home Park but can't quite recollect whether they played in the same team.

How that superb Torquay team was allowed to be "stolen" from under our hooters is to me still a mystery. If Hollywood was to get hold of the facts in would spawn a host of films - The Bourne(mouth)Identity; The Bourne(mouth)Supremacy; The Bourne(mouth)Ultimatum.