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
19th April 2025
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SUPPLEMENTARY CUP
The final group games were completed today and the semi final line up is now known. In Group A Cobham Sports and Sherborne Town Reserves played out a 2-2 draw seeing both sides progress through with Cobham as Group Winners and Sherborne as best Runner up, scoring for the hosts were Aldo Bertorelli & Daniel Lindenburg with Joe Boon & Jamie Russo replying for the Zebras. In Group B Bournemouth Electric topped the Group after their 4-2 win at Bournemouth Sports with goals from Matt Charalambous [x3] & Jackson Kavita, scoring for the hosts were Tom Beckett & Daniel Edwards, also in the Group Swanage T&H signed off with a 2-1 win against Hamworthy United Reserves with goals from Charlie Dyke & Steve Pryor, replying for the Hammers was ????
SEMI FINAL DRAW
Saturday 26th APRIL 2025
DORCHESTER SPORTS FC v COBHAM SPORTS FC
BOURNEMOUTH ELECTRIC FC v SHERBORNE TOWN FC Reserves
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 |