Despite failing to win in four games, with defeats against Manchester City, Aston Villa and Sunderland and a draw with West Ham, Andoni Iraola’s side are still well-placed in the Premier League.
They are 11th on 19 points – but with a hugely congested table, they are just three points off fifth and five points off third, so the festive period will be, as usual, crucial for the campaign as a whole.
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Senior sports reporter Alexander Smith is the only written journalist to travel home and away with the team, covering minute-to-minute coverage of every game plus all the build up and reaction.
Subscribers can read every word from Iraola’s pre-match press conferences, plus previews and predicted teams ahead of each game.
Match day coverage includes a live blog for updates throughout, then an on-the-whistle match report and reaction from Iraola.
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Off the pitch, the Daily Echo is the best place to stay up to date with all the developments in the Cherries’ stadium expansion plans, with the enabling works planning application set to go to committee this month as work progresses.
There is also coverage of the high-flying women’s team, with Helen Bleazard’s side currently second in the National League Southern Premier Division and eyeing up a potential promotion to the WSL2 – with the team unbeaten in 1,000 days in the league.
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Poole Pirates fans can also enjoy coverage of the speedway team as they continue to build their team for 2026, looking to recover the treble after falling just short in the BSN Series, after a nonetheless impressive double-winning 2025.
Lewis Kerr. (Image: Richard Crease)
Four of the seven riders have now been confirmed, with Lewis Kerr announced to be returning last night to join Richard Lawson, Will Cairns and new face Fraser Bowes in the Pirates side.
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