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
24th August 2024
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Dorchester Sports made it 5 wins from 5 as they travelled to the Purbeck to face hosts Swanage Town & Herston with Sports winner coming courtesy of Todd Coombes in the 1st half. Bournemouth Sports continued their fine start to the season as they travelled to Cranford Avenue to face hosts Balti Sports and return East with all 3 points after a deserved 4-1 win, scoring for the visitors were Jamie Trimble [x2] Max Norris & Sam Darlow, scoring for the hosts was Danny Andrews. Cobham Sports hammered the "Hammers" of Hamworthy United Reserves at Merley Park 5-0 with Amechi Eze-Sunday hitting a hat trick with further goals from Joshua Buck and an OG. Meanwhile at St Marys, a very early Steff Stavrianos goal was the difference as Bridport Reserves beat Wimborne Town Reserves 1-0 to claim their 1st win of the season. Westland Sports made the long trip east to face Bournemouth Electric and picked a narrow 1-0 win with Ryan Thurgood getting their winner.
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 |