2003 v 2009

Cherries left back, Warren Cummings, is quoted in the Bournemouth Evening Echo as saying: "The team we had back then was quite a special team. If you look at the amount of players playing at a higher level now, they're all doing pretty well. But this team has got a lot of potential. It's got players that can go further than they are at the moment, but I wouldn't want to take too much away from the team back then because it was a very good team. This team is learning all the time. Having come through the difficulties of last season, at the moment we've taken it on this season and instead of looking at the relegation zone, we're looking at a higher level now. We've worked hard and it's something individually and collectively we're quite proud of at the moment. But I think we know that if you're going to be successful as a team that it starts from the back, so you're going to need to keep a lot of clean sheets and concede very little goals".