
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 December 2023
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The final games of 2023 were played today with 4 games played and 4 games Postponed due to the conditions.
In the early game played at Chapel Gate, Bournemouth Sports thumped Sherborne Town Reserves 7-0 with the hosts goals coming from Sam Darlow, Jamie Trimble, Karol Borowski, Jack Voisey, Dan Hayward and a brace from Cameron Shaw. Dorchester Sports came from 3-1 down at HT to beat Hamworthy United Reserves 5-3 at the Avenue Stadium with Alex Godfrey (x3) Joel Hewitt & Dylan Ellis all scoring for Sports with Tymek Fanurat, Brandon Williams & Neemo Nixon scoring for the Hammers. Blandford United beat visitors Bridport Reserves 6-2 at home with Mark Ford hitting 4 and Archie Mcarthy a brace for the Blues. Replying for the Bees were Josh Baker & Ali Kamara. Finally Swanage T&H and Westland Sports played out a competitive 0-0 draw in the Purbeck with both sides finishing with 10 players apiece after 2 sendings off.
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 |


