Pen pics of Bournemouth's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff.

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola says analysts face the toughest task of all during busy fixture periods and that he begins pre-match analysis on the bus back after a game.

SIMON FRANCIS will succeed Richard Hughes as Bournemouth’s Technical Director at the end of this season, the club have announced.

BOURNEMOUTH Technical Director Richard Hughes will step down after a decade at the end of this season.

BOURNEMOUTH’S new indoor dome has opened, completing phase one of their training ground redevelopment and ensuring they are now Category Two compliant.

CRAIG ROBERTS will step down as Medical Director at Bournemouth at the end of this month after eight years in the role.

JAY MELLETTE has joined Bournemouth as Director of Performance. The American arrives from the Vegas Golden Knights ice hockey team - also owned by Bill Foley - where he has been Director of Sports Performance for the last six years.

BOURNEMOUTH and Fleetwood Town have both been promoted to Category Two Academy status from the start of next season.

JOE ROACH is leaving Bournemouth’s Academy after 20 years’ service. Last summer, he took up the new position of Head of Player Progression, with Sam Gisborne replacing him as Academy Manager.

HEAD COACH Gary O'Neil has finalised his backroom staff at Bournemouth, including Neil Moss returning as Head of Goalkeeping and Tim Jenkins joining as first-team coach after a decade at Liverpool.

JIMMY GLASS scored one of the most famous goals in English football history. Now he's the 'go-to man' at Premier League side Bournemouth.

ASSISTANT Matt Wells, goalkeeper coach Rob Burch and analyst Jonathan Hill have left Bournemouth following the dismissal of manager Scott Parker.

BOURNEMOUTH have started work on the first phase of development of their new training complex at Canford Magna as they gear up for promotion to Category Two. Work has begun on installing an outside 3G artificial pitch and indoor dome, along with temporary offices for the Academy.

SAM GISBORNE has been promoted to Academy Manager at Bournemouth, with Joe Roach moving to the new role of Head of Player Progression.

ASSISTANT Stephen Purches, first-team coach Simon Weatherstone, Head Physio Steve Hard and goalkeeper coach Neil Moss have left Bournemouth following the arrival of Head Coach Scott Parker and his staff.

GOALKEEPER coach Anthony White is leaving Bournemouth after four-and-a-half years to join the Football Association.

SCOUTS have been among the main casualties in football's response to Covid-19. Andy Burton, the former Senior Recruitment Consultant for Bournemouth, argues this is short-term thinking that could have long-term consequences.

THE six clubs bidding to move up an Academy category are set to discover their fates within the next few weeks.

BOURNEMOUTH lead strength coach Ben Donachie has been appointed Director of Performance by MLS side Chicago Fire.

BOURNEMOUTH have had revised plans for a new multi-million pound training complex unanimously approved by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.

SOME might dismiss Harry Redknapp as a hangover from a bygone age, but Ben Dirs finds the 71-year-old as passionate and thought-provoking as ever about the game he loves.

HUGO FARIA has joined Bournemouth as first-team assistant coach, while Carl Fletcher has taken up the new role of loans manager.

BOURNEMOUTH have shelved plans to build a new multi-million pound training ground at Canford Magna golf club.

FORMER Premier League footballer (and champion boxer) Curtis Woodhouse tells Ben Dirs why he's learnt so much managing Bridlington Town in the Northern Counties Premier Division.

BOURNEMOUTH have released Football Operations Manager John Yems after almost six years at the club.

DANNY CIPRIANI is one of English rugby's great talents, but hasn't started a Test for 10 years. He tells Ben Dirs about refusing to fit the mould.

FOR YEARS, the barmaid at The Borough thought the small, grey-haired chap wearing an old England rugby shirt was just another regular. She was right, up to a point.

BEFORE Christmas, Bournemouth gave their players a present - their own sleep pack. There were three items inside: a pair of glasses, an eye mask and a small torch.

TRAINING GROUND GURU has been shortlisted for sport website of the year at the prestigious Sport Journalism Awards.

SECRETARY OF STATE Sajid Javid chooses not to call in plans for a new £10m training complex at the former Canford Magna Golf Club.

OUR top 10 best-read stories of 2017, ranging from Redfearn to Ranieri.

BOURNEMOUTH have had plans for a new multi-million pound training complex approved by Poole Council.

BRUCE SURACI has been promoted to Academy Head of Coaching and Development by Bournemouth.

MARTIN EDWARDS transformed Manchester United from a club in the doldrums into a corporate juggernaut. So why doesn't he get more credit? Ben Dirs went to meet the club's unloved emperor.

Steph Curry and Danny Cipriani are enthusiastic members of the floating fraternity. We sent Ben Dirs down to Float Level in Manchester to find out what it's all about.

BOURNEMOUTH announce that long-serving Academy boss Joe Roach is staying on at the club - two months after saying he was leaving.

NEIL REDFEARN was sure he was watching a future England captain as 17-year-old Lewis Cook cajoled his weary team-mates during a 4-1 defeat by Ipswich in December 2014.

FORMER Bournemouth co-owner Eddie Mitchell has appealed to the police and military to use his elite skills arena as an anti-terrorism training tool.

WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.

Joe Roach, Bournemouth’s long-serving Academy manager and head of coaching, is to leave the club at the end of June for personal reasons.

BOURNEMOUTH have used the latest principles on 'training load' to manage Jack Wilshere’s regime and minimise his risk of injury this season.

Bournemouth’s squad have started using SleepSpecs - scientifically engineered glasses that use amber lenses to help reduce the effect blue light has on sleep patterns.

Ex-England striker Alan Smith reveals the truth about his acrimonious exit from Leeds, the injury that almost ended his career and why he is relishing every moment with Notts County.