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.
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15th February 2025
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Dorchester Sports maintained their title push with a 4-0 win at the Avenue Stadium against Westland Sports with goals from Darren Watts, Dan Sheehy, Joel Hewitt & Alex Godfrey. Hard on their heels are Bournemouth Sports who beat Balti Sports 5-0 at Chapel Gate with Josh Moody hitting a brace & Sam Darlow bagging a hat trick for the hosts, Blandford United hit Poole Borough 6-0 at Turlin Moor with Mark Ford [x2] Niall Dixon, Ryan Horwood & Elliott Manson [x2] all scoring for the Blues. The remaining 2 games both ended in draws, firstly, Bournemouth Electric played out a 2-2 draw with Portland United Reserves with Abraham Adjejosi hitting a brace for Electric with Matt Chambers & Roin Pathak in reply for the Islanders. Secondly, Hamworthy United Reserves and Sherborne Town Reserves shared 6 goals in a 3-3 thriller at the County Ground, the visitors led 3-1 at the break with goals from Elliott Mann, Joe Boon & Josh Haskett, with Reece Dilling and 2 goals after the break from Lionel Demura for the Hammers.
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:
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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 |