EPL

Time for Iraola's side to write history?

26-Mar-2025 12:28:59 | Yahoo Sports

It is only the third time the Cherries have reached the last eight – but the first time that several generations of fans can watch their heroes in the quarter-finals, as the 2021 defeat by Southampton was during the "Covid season" of 2020-21 when only a handful of journalists and officials attended. Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic (as they were then), of the Third Division (South), began their Cup campaign by beating Burton Albion 8-0, Swindon Town 1-0 and Accrington Stanley 2-0. Manager Freddie Cox then led the Cherries to a 1-0 giant-kill at the mighty Wolverhampton Wanderers, skippered by England captain Billy Wright, before another leading First Division side in Tottenham Hotspur were beaten 3-1 at Dean Court in round five.