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
22nd November 2025
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Weather Conditions 5 DPL 4 .........
It was a narrow win today for the poor conditions experienced at 5 of our Scheduled games, with 3 games being called off by the match referees on arrival at grounds, pitch conditions, player safety and the forecasted worsening weather conditions throughout the afternoon today played a huge part in the decision making.
Of the 4 games that did take place, Dorchester Sports FC beat Swanage Town & Herston FC 2-0 at the Avenue Stadium with both Sport's goals coming in the 1st half from, Brin Doyle & Shaun Bessant, just across the ridgeway, Balti Sports FC welcomed close neighbours Portland United FC Reserves to the College with the Blues being handed a lesson as the hosts ran out convincing 7-1 winners, scoring for Sports were Troy Walbridge [x3] Matt Chambers, Matt Harvey, Callum Allison & Jonny Jay Rowe, replying for the Islanders was Max Fisher. Bournemouth Sports FC picked up a decent 3-1 win on the road at Potterne Park against hosts Verwood Town FC, scoring for the visitors were Max Norris & a brace from Rob Howard with ????? scoring for the hosts, finally their was a 7 goal thriller eventually edged 4-3 to Bournemouth Electric FC at Wimborne Town FC Reserves, scoring for Electric were Oliver Bird [x2] & Nassim Meddah [x2] replying for Town were Kester Wilson, Taylor Broadley & Maksym Boichuk.
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 |