It price round £43 to £61 to observe Bournemouth play Leeds United on Saturday.
You would possibly assume that’s affordable sufficient for a Premier League fixture, however we’ve been conditioned to assume that manner with incremental value will increase.
And it’s not a case of waking up on the day of the match, rocking as much as the bottom and paying on the gate. Oh no.
Your go to can have been deliberate weeks prematurely, lengthy sufficient to make sure you’re solely gouged in a single eye by the price of a practice ticket.
And there’s the rigmarole of signing as much as an official Bournemouth account on-line to get an e-Ticket. Which is certainly about sustainability and never one other approach to harvest your information.
All of that is to say attending a Premier League match isn’t just costly, however an train in hoop-jumping and inconvenience.
However soccer continues to be an exquisite sport and there are moments to make all these bills value it. Resembling Eli Junior Kroupi’s nutmeg earlier than Bournemouth’s second purpose.
The Cherries have been main 1-0 because the clock ticked into the fifth minute of damage time, removed from holding on in opposition to a reasonably florid Leeds however with the worst-case situation lurking behind their minds.
Marcus Tavernier rolled the ball to Kroupi on the sting of Leeds’ space. The cross itself wasn’t speedy, however the Frenchman was already shifting on the pace of knots and will’ve simply miscontrolled.
As a substitute, Kroupi collected himself and dribbled inside. Sean Longstaff loomed into view, already having mentally dispossessed the Bournemouth man and weighing up strategies of launching one final counter-attack.
Kroupi paused, briefly, and assessed. No likelihood of dribbling round Longstaff, a part of a Leeds facet that bodily loomed over their opponents.
No likelihood of going below both, having made the error of not stuffing a digging utensil in his sock beforehand.
The one possibility was to undergo Longstaff. Kroupi instinctively realised this and cutely slipped the ball between his opponent’s legs.
Having overcome this impediment, the 20-year-old dissected two additional Leeds defenders with an incisive cross straight into Amine Adli’s path.
Adli fortunately slotted his end previous James Trafford to seal Bournemouth’s victory and provides Kroupi the help he deserved.
He’s him.
Junior Kroupi’s help is OUTRAGEOUS 😱 pic.twitter.com/sewBU9ecVf
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) October 31, 2026
Such is the membership’s enterprise mannequin that he received’t be in Dorset for lengthy. The likes of Arsenal, PSG and Tottenham are all sniffing across the striker, compiling PowerPoints to pitch to the participant and his agent.
Bournemouth will money in, having doubtless discovered his alternative already for a fraction of the price. The ceiling can have been bolstered, however the ground raised additional.
It’s now six wins in a row for Marco Rose’s crew, clicking into gear simply because the Thursday-Sunday carousel hurries up.
And there’s little hazard of any fan feeling short-changed after seeing Kroupi’s nutmeg within the flesh.
By Michael Lee
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