AS Burnley prepare to welcome back form manager Eddie Howe, with the visit of Bournemouth on Saturday, sports reporter TONY DEWHURST looks back on other Cherries and Clarets connections.

WADE Elliott ensured his name was written into Turf Moor folklore when his Wembley wonder strike ended Burnley's 33-year wait for a return to the top flight of English football in May 2009.

He remained very much a regular at Burnley throughout that Premier League campaign and indeed until his former Bournemouth team-mate Eddie Howe took charge at Turf Moor in January 2011.

That north-south divide has endured to this day, with Danny Ings, Sam Vokes and Brian Stock, all former Cherries, and signed by ex-Clarets boss Howe, now providing the driving force for Sean Dyche as he engineers his own Burnley revolution.

Ings, who joined the Clarets from Bournemouth six months after Howe's appointment, has emerged as one of the finest attacking prospects outside the Premier League.

Ings’ recent England Under-21 call up underlined his vast potential and the striker has grown in confidence and maturity this term, attracting the Premier League scouts to Turf Moor in ever increasing numbers.

Ironically, Howe never saw the best of Ings talent during his Clarets tenure, with his first two seasons at Turf Moor disrupted by two long-term knee injuries, both of which required surgery.

Vokes, like the talented Ings, began his career at Bournemouth.

Vokes’ first Burnley start came against one of his other old clubs Leeds United, replacing Charlie Austin as a substitute at Turf Moor in November 2011.

Marvin Bartley, currently on loan with League One pace setters Leyton Orient, was another Howe capture from Bournemouth, making his Turf Moor bow as a replacement for Chris Eagles against Watford at Vicarage Road in February 2011.

Wind back the clock to the 1990s and former England youth player Adrian Randall, who started his career at Bournemouth, was to become Jimmy Mullen's first signing in December 1991 for a fee of £40,000 from Aldershot.

When on top form Randall's abundant skill and potential were never in doubt, and he was in the team that won the Fourth Division Championship twenty years ago.

The midfielder made a significant contribution to the promotion success of 1994, although he never played in any of the play-off matches as Burnley overcame Stockport County in another Wembley play-off final.

Randall ended his career at Bury, signed by former Clarets boss Stan Ternent.

Burnley goalkeper Gerry Peyton could count Bournemouth among several clubs he played for.

Burnley bought Peyton for £10,000 from non-league Athertone Town and he was handed his Burnley debut mid-way through the 1975-76 season, replacing fans' favourite Alan Stevenson against Liverpool.