Win a copy of The Ted MacDougall Story - MacDouGoal!

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Being an AFC Bournemouth supporter used to mean little history didn't it? Well, no. The Cherries have always had their stars and big named strikers and they didn't come any bigger that Ted MacDougall in the 1970s. Not so many of Bournemouth's players went on to play for teams like Man United and Bournemouth fans still talk about Ted's FA Cup exploits against Margate, as if they were as fresh in the memory as happening yesterday. 

Of course, not all of us are old enough or were lucky enough to see Ted MacDougall set many of the modern records for the Cherries, but AFC Bournemouth's historian and club secretary, Neil Vacher can take you back to Ted's glory days at Dean Court and help relive those epic goals that made MacDougall one of the most feared strikers in the lower divisions.

Ted is over for the game on Saturday between Bournemouth and Southampton and this coincides with Neil Vacher's Ted MacDougoal book being re-released in a paperback edition by Pitch Publishing.

With recollections from the man himself, including exploits with the likes of Alan Ball, George Best, Mick Channon, Bobby Moore and Peter Osgood, MacDouGoal! traces Ted MacDougall's rise from his roots in Inverness, through his playing and coaching career, to the present day. 

Neil Vacher goes on to recall the big-money move to Manchester United, then a fiery spell at West Ham and a controversial end to his Scotland career. Super Mac even spent a season with Detroit Express, and he explains his decision to relocate across the Atlantic, where he formed his own club. Never short of an opinion, MacDougall also has plenty to say about the modern game.

When reading the MacDouGoal you'll discover all this:

· What happened the time Ted was asked to take over in goal
· How he broke a 42-year-old goalscoring record at Bournemouth
· His personal misery when caught in the cross-fire at Old Trafford
· What caused a dressing room punch-up at West Ham
· How much of Ted's success was down to the guiding influence of John Bond
· The remark made to a local reporter which effectively ended his international career
· How Ted proved all his doubters wrong by becoming the First Division's leading goalscorer
· The inside story of his 'telepathic' striking partnership with Phil Boyer at four different clubs
· The day when Ted called 'time' on his First Division career
· The part he played in trying to secure the future of AFC Bournemouth
· How Ted's latest role is helping to revolutionise the administration of grassroots football.

Free to enter Competition
So what do you have to do to win the free copy of this book from Pitch Publishing? Simply, email: CherryChimesblog@gmail.com what you think Ted's first professional football club was in England?

(A) West Ham
(B) Liverpool
(C) Bournemouth

We have three books to give away. Three correct answers from the hat will win the prize - Answers must be in by 12pm on Saturday 20 October 2018. Good Luck!

Thanks to Pitch Publishing for sponsoring this competition on Cherry Chimes. Pitch publishing would appreciate it if winners and other fans that have read the book can post a review on the Amazon page for the publication.

Win a copy of AFCB the Fall & Rise

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Pitch Publishing have kindly offered three readers of Cherry Chimes the chance to own a copy of the latest book to chart the history of AFC Bournemouth, Neil Meldrum's 'AFC Bournemouth – The Fall & Rise'. This is the astonishing rags-to-riches tale of the Premier League’s smallest club.

Neil explains how a small, lower league club on the south coast fought back against all odds to reach the riches of the English Premier League.  With fascinating insights from renowned manager Eddie Howe and all the key players, the book reflects on the club’s day of destiny against Bolton Wanderers in April 2015, when Premier League promotion was secured just six years after the club almost went out of existence.

Former captain Tommy Elphick candidly reveals how Howe plotted the Cherries’ route out of the Championship, while club legend Steve Fletcher tells the emotionally charged story of his return and the goal in 2009 that halted the club’s slide into non-league.

Howe, meanwhile, provides amazing detail into how he took a club on the brink to the top of the beautiful game.

Neil Meldrum is a former sports editor and deputy editor of the Bournemouth Daily Echo and  covered AFC Bournemouth’s rise from League Two to the Premier League between 2007 and 2015. His work has been published in a host of newspapers and magazines and he was twice nominated for regional sports writer of the year awards. He now runs a Dorset marketing business.

Neil provides an insightful account of a tiny football club’s rise to the top division of English football – and tells how one young manager, with no experience, led his club from the grit of Grimsby to the bright lights of Manchester United. Among the stories:

· Kevin Bond tells how former Cherries chief Alaistair Saverimutto axed him – and then phoned him for advice before sacking his replacement Jimmy Quinn three months later

· Marvin Bartley believes Rochdale boss Keith Hill was “jealous” of Eddie Howe’s success.

Hill publicly slammed Cherries’ spending ahead of the Spotland side’s 4-0 win over Howe’s men in November 2009

· Former Cherries keeper Shwan Jalal labels ex-boss Paul Groves’s treatment of Cherries’ senior stars as “disgraceful”

· Legendary Cherries captain Tommy Elphick reveals a bus bust-up with boss Eddie Howe led to Kenwyne Jones’s signing during the club’s dramatic Championship title-winning season of 2014-15

· Boss Eddie Howe hails striker Brett Pitman’s impact on Cherries’ rise to the Premier League and insisted the Channel Islander will “go down in history” at the Dorset club

To enter the competition, simply answer this question:

At which football ground were AFC Bournemouth crowned title winners of the Championship in 2015? 

Send your answers to @CherryChimes on Twitter or by email to Cherrychimesblog@gmail.com

We will pick three winners from those who send in correct answers by 12pm on Sunday 7th October 2018.

COMPETITION: SKY BET and Cherry Chimes team up to offer two match tickets

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Jim and Nat will be at the Goldsands Stadium on Saturday.

Here is a generous gift for two lucky AFC Bournemouth fans.

The Sky Bet Transfer Fund gives one fan the chance to win £250,000 for their Football League club to spend on new players in the January transfer window. In addition to a cash prize of £5,000. To sign up and start collecting tokens for AFC Bournemouth now, visit: Sky Bet.

As part of this, Sky Bet put Transfer Fund duo Jim White and Natalie Sawyer on the Transfer List and gave Football League fans the chance to win the pair at their league on a match day. The first of these was won by an AFC Bournemouth fan which means the pair will be transferring from the news room to Dean Court this Saturday. Keep your eye out for Jim and Nat before the game as they will be helping the club in various roles from selling programmes, to working in the club shop.

We’re also giving away a pair of tickets for tomorrows big game against Middlesbrough thanks to Sky Bet.

To enter all you have to do is answer this question:
Tell us who you would like AFC Bournemouth to buy should we win the £250,000 Transfer Fund.

The best answer will win the tickets to tomorrow’s game!

Simply Tweet your answer to @peterbell19 and follow to enter the competition.

Answers need to be in by 6pm tonight to be in with a chance of winning - so get tweeting. We hope to announce the winner before 6.30pm.

Job transfer for Jim and Nat. I hear the flood lights are a bit dirty!

Competition for places and home is support key for Cherries

While AFCB have not managed to build on going top of the division last week, the management is confident that the team can respond against the big challenges that are coming their way in the next few games. It is the defining part of the season when teams either go on a run to secure their place in the automatic and play-off positions or fall by the wayside. 

Where the Cherries are helped is in the strong squad that has now been assembled at Dean Court. For example, just take a look at the right wing position. There is going to be intense competition between Ritchie, McQuoid and Fogden for that place in the coming weeks and Ryan Fraser and Donal McDermott are further cover.

Of course the player that has been putting most of the crosses for the forwards to feed off on the right is Simon Francis, playing at right back. I must admit I wasn't always his biggest fan but he has made the right back place his own and continues to put a shift in every game. We have not been so fortunate recently at left back. Charlie Daniels is a big miss and it is a problem area, even if Ritchie played well there. Eddie Howe will I'm sure be working hard with Painter this week and Pugh in trying to get some under standing going. While Miles Addison has been out for a long while it would also help if he becomes available for selection again soon as this would give Eddie more options at the back, with perhaps Cook going to left back. Yes, I know Miles isn't everyone's cup of tea and there's no news of how he is doing yet.

With the side knowing that they can recover from defeats and with an unbeaten league home record that stretches back to the end of September, if you discount Wigan's victory in the FA Cup in January, there are reasons for Howe and Tindall to be confident that the Cherries can continue their push for promotion. It was Walsall who was the team to beat us last at home, if like me you had forgotten who it was. They have been a bit of a thorn in or side this season having done the double over the Cherries. Still the players will get over their recent defeat at Preston very quickly this week, because Eddie I'm sure won't allow it to play on their minds. They know three points is always massive at this stage of the season and that is the target now.

It's also down to the fans to help the team through this crucial period. Get any negative thoughts out of your head early this week, AFCB is still in a good position to challenge for honours. Sing up next Saturday. Our voices can give the Cherries confidence to go and beat Sheffield Utd, Coventry and Doncaster at home. We have to be up for these games as much as the players. We have to put these teams under pressure by supporting our team with real passion for 90 minutes and more - I for one expect to lose my voice at the Goldsands Stadium this month! I hope you do too.