Kevin Bond, who was fired as Newcastle's assistant manager after being implicated in a bribery investigation, was named manager of Bournemouth on Thursday.

Bond, who was a Bournemouth defender in the 1980s, replaces Sean O'Driscoll, who quit to take over Doncaster last month. Bond's contract with the third division team will run through the current season.

Bournemouth, winless in six games, is 15th in the 24-team League One.

Bond was fired by Newcastle on Sept. 26, a week after the broadcast of a BBC investigation into corruption in English soccer. The bribery allegations stem from when Bond was an assistant to Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth.

``I know I haven't done anything wrong and you hope the people who know you well, like the people at Bournemouth do, have the same faith and disregard the negative stuff,'' Bond said. ``But it was in the back of my mind and credit to the board at Bournemouth for not taking any notice of all the hype.''

Bond denies the allegations made by the BBC's Panorama program and plans legal action against Newcastle and the BBC.

Bond started his playing career at Bournemouth, where his father was manager. He also played at Norwich, Manchester City, Southampton and the Seattle Sounders.