Kluivert and Rayan rock Real Sociedad as Bournemouth win on European bow

The first goal that AFC Bournemouth ever scored in Europe could be heard out on the Bay of Biscay.

A tradition from Real Sociedad’s old Atotxa ground, once lost but now recovered at Anoeta, dictates that a single flare is set off every time the visitors score while two are lit when the home team do; that way those out to sea know the score. And so it was that at 21. 41 on a Thursday night in September 2026, Justin Kluivert found the net and a man named Juan Iturralde ran out into the street to let everyone know what had happened. Back in Dorset and high in Anoeta, where 2,000 Bournemouth fans sang their way through this most special of occasions, they…