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
8th March 2025
News Item
102
The benchmark has been set at the top of the table .....
Dorchester Sports finished their League campaign in style as they beat Balti Sports 3-0 at the College scoring for Dorch were Joel Hewitt, Toby Kelly & Dylan Ellis, this win sees Dorchester sit atop of the table on 70 points, chasing them, Bournemouth Sports won on the road at Bournemouth Electric 5-0 with goals from Sam Darlow [x2] Josh Moody, Jamie Trimble & an OG. Blandford United left it very late to secure a point at home against Sherborne Town Reserves in an entertaining 3-3 draw, scoring a hat trick for the Zebras was Morgan Alexander who were leading 3-1 going into injury time, however 2 late goals from Mark Ford & Ben Knight alongside George Colemans earlier strike rescued a point. Holt United & Swanage T&H played out a 1-1 draw at Petersham Lane with Cohan Lee giving the Swans the lead only for the Bulls Sam Bradford to restore parity, another game to end in a 1-1 draw was at the County Ground where Hamworthy United Reserves & Hamworthy Recreation Reserves cancelled each other out, scoring for the hosts was Neemo Nixon only for Recs Curtis Lane to equalise. Finally at Alvington, Bridport Reserves picked up a welcome 2-1 win that sees them move out of the bottom 2, scoring for the Bees Were Josh Baker & Jack Summers with Niall Woolard scoring for the hosts.
On 18 July 2020 the FA issued guidelines for the return of outdoor competitive grassroots football.
In summary
-
From August outdoor competitive football can commence e.g for pre-season friendlies
-
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 |
|---|---|---|
Start of season 2022 / 2023 | Saturday 13th August 2022 at 15:00 |