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DORSET Police again thanked residents and football fans alike as Thursday night’s Europa League match between the Cherries and AC Milan went off without any reports of disorder or arrests related to the game.

Junior Kroupi will play for the Cherries at Manchester United, Marco Rose confirmed.

Wimborne Town’s historic FA Cup first round tie against Crawley Town has been chosen to be broadcast on TNT Sports.

Dorset and Wilts Ladies have announced Kevin Moggridge as their new head coach for the upcoming term

Hamworthy Rec beat Andover New Street 5-1, after the hosts saw a player sent off early. Chris Long, Ollie Davies and Aaron Roberts scored.

Marco Rose was delighted with how his Cherries side 'suffocated' AC Milan and gave the Italian giants nothing in their dominant 3-0 victory on Thursday night.

Alex Tóth has a hamstring injury and will be assessed to see how long he will be out of action for, Marco Rose said.

MARCO Rose told the Cherries bench that the free-kick that Amine Adli scored would need to be a lay-off and drilled effort to have a chance of scoring, before the Moroccan proved him wrong with a sublime curled effort to seal a 3-0 victory over AC...

MICHELE Di Gregorio is a 'great guy' and an 'outstanding' goalkeeper, Marco Rose said.

It was a night that will live long in the memory of Cherries fans as they dominated AC Milan to defeat the Italian giants 3-0 in the Europa League yesterday.

THE Cherries dominated Italian giants AC Milan to cruise to a 3-0 win in the Europa League, continuing their perfect start in the competition.

Hundreds of Milan fans descended on Bournemouth and the wet weather did not dampen their spirits as they marched to Dean Court ahead of their Europa League clash with the Cherries.

Updates from AFC Bournemouth vs AC Milan in the Europa League.

A338 Spur Road northbound closure delayed to 11pm on October 22 for AFC Bournemouth v AC Milan Europa League match, with works until 6am October 23.

Former Weymouth chairman Paul Maitland has made another move in Dorset non-league football after joining Poole Town as the club's new technical lead.

The prime minister has backed AFC Bournemouth ahead of an historic European match against AC Milan tonight.