* Harry Redknapp, former manager of Bournemouth, West Ham United, Southampton, Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur football clubs.

* Sean O ' Driscoll-manager of Doncaster Rovers FC and former AFC Bournemouth player and manager

* Eddie Howe-manager of Burnley FC and former AFC Bournemouth player and manager

In late 1982, Bournemouth manager Don Megson signed the 36-year-old Best for the Football League Third Division side, and he remained there until the end of the season, when he finally retired from football at the age of 37.

In his first season as manager, Bournemouth narrowly missed out on the Division Two playoffs, but were relegated a year later in the new stadium.

Redknapp started his career at Tottenham Hotspur as a youth player but turned down their offer of a contract to play for Bournemouth under his father, manager Harry Redknapp, before going on to play for Liverpool where Redknapp will be remembered for his best performances.

Although the sacking came two days after a good 1 – 1 draw in the FA Cup First Round against AFC Bournemouth, it was the club's continued poor league form which cost the manager his job.

After a spell managing Bournemouth, Crompton returned to Rovers as manager in the late 1930s to guide them to the Second Division championship.

In November 2011, Beattie began training with League One side Bournemouth, with manager Lee Bradbury keen to sign him.

He started his career as a trainee at Bournemouth where his father, John Bond, was manager.

On 12 October 2006, Bond was appointed manager of Bournemouth, signing until the end of the season.

Bond's coaching career began when he joined the staff at Gillingham ( having been turned down on applying for the manager's job at Torquay United ), and in May 1970 he replaced Freddie Cox as manager of Bournemouth, who were then known by their original ( and still official ) name of Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic.

His successes at Bournemouth led to him being appointed Norwich City manager in November 1973, replacing Ron Saunders.

In turn he re-joined Bournemouth following Groves ' appointment as manager.

A defender before retirement who spent much of his career at Bournemouth, he was the youngest manager in the Football League when appointed Bournemouth manager in January 2009.

Howe returned to Bournemouth as a youth coach under Jimmy Quinn and took over as caretaker manager when Quinn was sacked on 31 December 2008.

However, on 14 January 2011 Howe became the new Burnley manager after the club agreed a compensation deal with Bournemouth.

Ian Branfoot succeeded Nicholl as manager in June 1991, and considered that the club could dispense with Case's services and he was transferred to Bournemouth within a few days of Branfoot's appointment, a decision that proved very unpopular with to Saints fans, especially when Case was replaced by the unsuccessful Terry Hurlock, and was one of the key reasons that Branfoot was an unpopular figure with the club's supporters during his two and a half years in charge.

The new manager bagged his first win at the fifth attempt, in a 1 – 0 away victory over Swindon Town, before following it up with his first home victory against Bournemouth, in which Leeds beat the relegation-threatened side 2 – 0.

In October 2006, Lee was interviewed for the manager position at Bournemouth, but the job went to Kevin Bond.

The advertising campaign for the new Bournemouth club attracted criticism and legal action for featuring images of Lee Evans, Michael McIntyre and Jimmy Carr without their consent.

James Martin " Jimmy " Quinn ( born 18 November 1959 in Belfast ) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and was manager of Bournemouth.

However, Quinn would not play in the top flight, instead transferring to Bournemouth of the Third Division at the start of the 1991 – 92 season.

The contributing factors to the down fall of Palmair was said to have been increasing competition from various low cost airlines using Bournemouth airport, rising fuel prices and the recession.

About the animators, he said that, " All but two were straight from art school and almost all from Bournemouth.

Roger Preston, Co-Principal Cello, who worked with Paavo on many occasions, said " Anyone who played with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the largest wooden church in the world Kerimäki Church, Finland, as part of the BSO ’ s 1981 tour will tell that it was a truly unforgettable experience.

* Stephane Zubar-AFC Bournemouth player

At the beginning of the open era Dave Dixon, WCT boss, didn't allow his players to enter tournaments where NTL players were present: there was no WCT player at the two first open tournaments, Bournemouth and Roland Garros 1968, while all the NTL players were present.

* Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup game: 9, Ted MacDougall ( for Bournemouth in 1971 )

In addition, her brother Timothy is principal horn player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, her other brother Ian is a pianist, and her sister Sally plays viola with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Alec Frampton-Alec Frampton is a professional football player for AFC Bournemouth, he is yet to make his first team appreance, but has spent time on loan at Poole Town scoring 4 goals in 7 games.

Pulis took his first steps into management at Bournemouth, where he was a player / coach and then Harry Redknapp's assistant.

However Pulis returned to Bournemouth a year later to take up a player / coach role.

* Shwan Jalal, Bournemouth football player.

* Sammy Igoe, an English association football ( soccer ) player, currently at AFC Bournemouth

In 2012 he was charged with drink driving after being stopped by police returning home from a youth player awards ceremony in Bournemouth.

Johnson is a product of the Wycombe Wanderers youth set-up, joining the club at the age of 15 having previously spent time at Portsmouth and Bournemouth, and made his first-team debut for Wycombe in the final game of the 1999 / 2000 season against Cambridge United, becoming the youngest ever player to make a Football League appearance for the club at the time, at the age of 17 years and 8 days.

The first plaque placed on a building in Bournemouth was unveiled on 31 October 1937 to Lewis Tregonwell, who build the first house in what is now Bournemouth.

William the Conqueror created his Nova Forest in 1079, a vast hunting area lying south and west of his capital at Winchester ; it stretched south to the coast at Barton on Sea and west to what is now Bournemouth.

The main line transit from Bath to Bournemouth was still hampered by the necessity of reversing at Wimborne, and the Joint companies built a new cut-off line from Bailey Gate to what became Broadstone station.

Swanage's primary industry is tourism, employing a large number of the working population, However, as with most tourism, the demand level is highly seasonal, and as such people looking for permanent work may have to commute to nearby towns such as Poole and Bournemouth.