Introduction to the;
Dorset Premier Football League
The league was formed in 1957 and was initially called the Dorset Football Combination League.
The 2019/2020 Season will be contested by 17 teams covering the entire county of Dorset and neighbouring Counties.
The objective of the League on its formation was to increase the standard of football in Dorset, an ideal that still holds true today as the League currently sits at Step 7 of the FA's National League System.
The DPL is proud to have been awarded it's FA Standard Charter League Status.
Recent Updates
30th November 2024
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After last weekends storm, ALL 8 scheduled fixtures took place today.....
Bournemouth Sports remain top after a deserved 4-2 win at the Camp & Satherley Stadium against hosts Portland United Reserves, scoring for the visitors were Jack Voisey, Josh Moody [x2] & James Bergin, replying for the Blues were Ryan McKechnie & Josh Camp, hard on their heels are Cobham Sports who won 6-3 at Bridport Reserves with goals from Amechie Eze Sunday [x2] Josh Buck, Dan Kelly & Dan Brown [x2] with Matt Loader hitting a hat trick for the Bees in reply. Another side to win big away from home were Bournemouth Electric who taught host Balti Sports a lesson at the College by winning 6-2, scoring for the visitors were Dillon King [x2] Jackson Kavita, Sergio Cracium, Sam Lench & Faustino Maher with Balti's goals courtesy of Charlie Mussenden & Joe Wearing. Dorchester Sports with goals from Dan Sheehy & Toby Kelly accounted for Hamworthy Recreation Reserves 2-0 at the Avenue Stadium, meanwhile at Petersham Lane, Holt United beat Sherborne Town Reserves 4-1 with all the goals coming in the 2nd half, scoring for the Bulls were Sam Bradford, Jamie Power [x2] & an OG with the Zebras consolation scored by Gabe Plant. Swanage T&H came from trailing to a Steve Smith goal in the 1st half to beat Blandford United 2-1 in the Purbeck, scoring the Swans goals in the 2nd half were Stephen Pryor & Albie Turner. Another side to overturn a half time deficit were Westland Sports who eventually beat Wimborne Town Reserves 3-2 at Alvington, after trailing 2-1 at the break, scoring for the visitors were Luca Lane & Hector Rayner with Westland's goals courtesy of Steve Ormrod [x2] & Malik Kamal, finally in a big game at the foot of the table, Hamworthy United Reserves moved out of the bottom two after a narrow 1-0 win at home to near neighbours Poole Borough, the Hammers goal being scored by Kai Kilcoyne, a win that not only secured local bragging rights but sees Borough drop into the bottom two.
On 18 July 2020 the FA issued guidelines for the return of outdoor competitive grassroots football.
In summary
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From August outdoor competitive football can commence e.g for pre-season friendlies
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From September grassroots leagues can commence competitions
The DPL Management Committee will be meeting by the end of this coming week to discuss the situation with a proposed Club Secretaries meeting by the end of July.
Meanwhile, clubs are strongly advised the read the full statement by clicking on the below link:
Useful Links
To All Club Secretaries:
Having reviewed what was said at the recent AGM, please can I confirm that the club secretaries should register their players on the Whole Game System. At the same time the player registration form(s) should either be scanned across to me or a hard copy be posted to me so that I can complete the registration process.
Please excuse the confusion by comment at the AGM.
Hilary
DPL Registration Secretary
League Handbook 2019/2020
Event | Date | Venue |
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Start of season 2022 / 2023 | Saturday 13th August 2022 at 15:00 |