AFC Bournemouth
The Cherries will be hoping to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the sixth time in their history when they host Boreham Wood on Sunday.
Scott Parker’s class of 2021/22 will be looking to match a feat achieved twice in recent seasons, in the late 1980s, during the club’s memorable cup run in 1956/57 and in the late 1920s.
Here, MATCHDAY look backs at the five fourth-round victories, including the famous win against mighty Wolverhampton Wanderers on their way to the quarter-finals in 1956/57.
1928/29
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 6-4 Watford
A fine FA Cup run in a record-breaking 1928/29 campaign saw the Cherries, under new manager Frank Richards, win their first fourth-round tie.
They eased past neighbours Poole Town in the first round before Ronnie Eyre’s hat-trick inspired them to a 5-1 win at Guildford City in the second.
Pat Clifford was on target for the Division Three (South) Cherries as they drew 1-1 with Division Three (North) Accrington Stanley in the third round.
And a crowd of more than 10,400 at Dean Court saw goals from Clifford and Bob Bryce earn them a 2-0 victory in the replay, booking them a date with league rivals Watford.
Another hat-trick from Eyre, who went on to register 40 goals in the season, helped the Cherries emerge triumphant following a ding-dong affair which ended 6-4 to the hosts.
Clifford, Bryce and local lad Percy Cherrett were also on the scoresheet, while Hornets goalkeeper Joe Hewitt had a day to forget between the sticks.
In the fifth round, the Cherries held top flight West Ham to a 1-1 draw at Dean Court before going down 3-1 in the replay at Upton Park.
1956/57
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
The Cherries would have to wait 28 years before recording another win in the fourth round – but what a memorable and eventful occasion it turned out to be.
Under new manager Freddie Cox, a firm advocate of open and attacking football, the Cherries started their FA Cup adventure with a thumping 8-0 win over Burton Albion of the Birmingham & District League.
A narrow 1-0 win at Swindon was followed by a 2-0 home victory over Division Three (North) leaders Accrington Stanley, with 17,212 packing into Dean Court to see late goals from Ollie Norris and Brian Bedford earn the Cherries a place in the hat for the fourth round.
The draw pitted the Cherries against Stan Cullis’s mighty Wolverhampton Wanderers, the 1949 FA Cup winners and 1954 champions of England, who were flying high in the top flight.
More than 4,000 travelling supporters headed to Molineux and were among a crowd of 42,011 to see the Cherries’ Reg Cutler crash into a goalpost after just six minutes with a further seven minutes needed to repair the damage.
Cutler recovered to score the only goal, firing home Nelson Stiffle’s cross in the 40th minute as the Cherries pulled off one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history.
The run continued when they knocked out Tottenham at Dean Court before bowing out to Manchester United’s famous Busby Babes in the sixth round.
1988/89
AFC Bournemouth 5-2 Hartlepool United
Harry Redknapp’s team of the late 1980s ended some lean years for the club in the competition when they won in the fourth round for the first time since 1957.
Having won promotion to the second tier in 1987, the Cherries were exempt until the third round and were looking to erase the memory of the previous year’s 2-0 defeat at Brighton.
Luther Blissett scored the only goal to settle in their favour a tight third-round encounter against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road as Redknapp’s charges continued their winning start to 1989.
However, defeats by Hull City and Sunderland checked their progress in Division Two before they made the long trek to Hartlepool for the fourth round.
A penalty from Blissett saw honours finish even at Victoria Park and spared the Cherries’ blushes against the mid-table Division Four outfit.
But just three days later, the Cherries highlighted the gulf between the teams when they ran out convincing 5-2 winners at Dean Court.
They were given a helping hand by own goals from David Baker and Wayne Stokes with Mark Newson, Paul Morrell and Richard Cooke also on target for the hosts.
It set up a memorable fifth-round meeting with Manchester United, the Red Devils prevailing 1-0 in a replay at Old Trafford after Trevor Aylott had netted for the Cherries in a 1-1 draw at Dean Court.
2015/16
Portsmouth 1-2 AFC Bournemouth
Following the win over Hartlepool, it would take the Cherries another 27 years to progress to the fifth round, a period which included seven fourth-round defeats.
Under Eddie Howe, the Cherries were 16th in their debut season in the Premier League when they headed to Fratton Park in January 2016.
Howe made no fewer than ten changes to the starting line-up which had drawn 1-1 at Sunderland seven days earlier.
Portsmouth, fifth in League Two and 2008 FA Cup winners, had the better of the first half and scented an upset having taken the lead through Gary Roberts on the stroke of half-time.
But the Cherries came alive in the final 20 minutes and levelled through Joshua King who headed home Eunan O’Kane’s free-kick from close range.
The double substitution of Marc Pugh and Matt Ritchie in the 62nd minute helped changed the dynamic of the Cherries attack.
And Pugh was on hand to bag the winner seven minutes from time, heading past Pompey goalkeeper Ryan Fulton via a deflection off Adam Webster.
Victory avenged a 5-1 defeat at the same venue in the fourth round in 1990/91 and earned the Cherries a home draw against Everton.
However, their hopes of matching Freddie Cox’s class of 1956/57 by reaching the quarter-finals were dashed by second-half goals from Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku at Vitality Stadium.
2020/21
AFC Bournemouth 2 Crawley Town 1
FA Cup winner Jack Wilshere bagged his first goal for the Cherries as victory set up a trip to Premier League Burnley in the fifth round.
Joshua King’s double, coupled with goals from David Brooks and Rodrigo Riquelme, had seen the Cherries ease past Crawley’s League Two rivals Oldham Athletic in a third-round tie which had been switched to Vitality Stadium.
Wilshere made his first appearance in the competition since featuring in the 2015 final when he helped Arsenal triumph 4-0 against Aston Villa at Wembley.
The former England international had signed for the club during the January transfer window and had made his debut off the bench in a 1-0 defeat at Derby seven days before the cup tie.
He drew first blood for the Cherries with a classy finish midway through a first half which the hosts dominated but without adding to their lead.
Arnaut Danjuma drove into space and fed King who intelligently flicked the ball to Wilshere, the midfielder delicately guiding his shot past Glenn Morris from the edge of the box.
Tom Nichols, booked earlier for diving and trying to win a penalty, levelled for the visitors somewhat against the run of play in the 59th minute.
But the Cherries restored their lead just six minutes later when King finished emphatically after being teed up by Danjuma, Morris’s heroics between the sticks preventing the Cherries from adding to the scoreline.
A goal from Sam Surridge and a penalty from Junior Stanislas earned the Cherries a 2-0 win at Burnley in the fifth round before Southampton triumphed 3-0 at Vitality Stadium in the quarter-finals.
