[3] In 2017, Purches was promoted to serve as a first-team coach under Eddie Howe, before again being promoted to assistant manager in 2020, after Howe left and his assistant Jason Tindall was named manager. We needed to beat Hartlepool to reach the play-offs but could only draw 2-2. Stephen Robert Purches: Date of Birth: Jan 14, 1980: Place of Birth: London : Age: 40: Citizenship: England Coaching Licence: UEFA Pro Licence History. His exploits proved in vain as the Cherries suffered relegation. No tickets are available for the game yet, but prices and hospitality packages will be announced in due course. He made 320 appearances for the club across two spells as a player and has had several coaching roles since hanging up his boots.

[2] On 18 February 2012, Purches broke his leg playing in a match against Rochdale. He signed from West Ham in July 2000 and starred as a Jermain Defoe-inspired Cherries team went close to reaching the Division Two play-offs in his first season.

©Copyright 2001-2020. You can change your cookie preferences at any time and find out more about our cookie policy by following this link. But Purches admits he was unsure whether his time at the club would continue after Howe left following Cherries’ relegation from the Premier League last month.

You can find out more information on how we use online identifiers and your options and rights in our Cookie Policy here. Having come off the bench in the second half at the Madejski Stadium, Purches saw his goalbound effort cleared off the line by Graeme Murty in stoppage time, a 3-3 draw seeing the Cherries finish seventh. Breaking my leg was a negative but, overall, it had a really positive outcome because it made me take another path and one I’m still in today which is something I will always be grateful for. “We didn’t really know 100 per cent what the plan was going to be but the club dealt with it fairly quickly after Ed and the club decided to end their relationship. I had just signed a new deal so had some piece of mind with regards what I was going to do. He was also handed the team captaincy when he arrived. Stephen Purches says Bournemouth's decision to give him a testimonial is a "great honour" and says he is targeting a return to fitness for the game. It was right decision at that time. Again, we had kept together most of the squad and we had some great players, some who went on to play at a higher level with other clubs. In conversation with former Cherries striker Steve Massey and his move to play on the south coast. Appointed captain at Brisbane Road, Purches played 122 games in three seasons for the Londoners before returning to the Cherries in 2010. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. There was a lot of pressure on us after we had been relegated. Purches signed for Bournemouth in 2000, but joined Leyton Orient in 2007 and returned to the Cherries in 2010.

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