Eddie Howe has become the freeman of Bournemouth, making him the 28th person to receive the honour in the town’s history.
According to the council, the title is given to someone who has undertaken “exceptional and widely-recognised services to the Borough”.
“It came as a huge surprise when I was approached by the council to potentially receive the Freedom of the Borough. It would be a great honour and I felt the right thing to do was to accept the proposal on behalf of everyone associated with AFC Bournemouth, in recognition of all the success we have achieved over the past 10 years.”
Eddie Howe has been a Premier League manager since the 2015/16 season after guiding AFC Bournemouth to promotion in the previous campaign.
He said: “It came as a huge surprise when I was approached by the council to potentially receive the Freedom of the Borough. It would be a great honour and I felt the right thing to do was to accept the proposal on behalf of everyone associated with AFC Bournemouth, in recognition of all the success we have achieved over the past 10 years.”
