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
10th February 2024
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5 Games were played today with the weather claiming the other 3 due to waterlogged pitches.
The Royals regally won again as they beat hosts Poole Borough 3-1 at Turlin Moor with Steve Smith helping himself to a brace, and their 3rd an OG, replying for Borough was Dan Mirto. Portland United Reserves and Holt United played out a 1-1 draw at the Camp & Satherley with Josh Camp scoring for the Blues & Scott Bungay for the Bulls. Bournemouth Sports picked up a deserved 6-2 win at Chapel Gate against Westland Sports with Sam Darlow hitting 4 and a brace also for Jack Voisey, replying for the visitors were ..... meanwhile in North Dorset, Sherborne Town Reserves & Hamworthy United Reserves played out a 6 goal thriller which ended 3-3, scoring for the Zebras were Cian Cabel, Dec Cornish & Alfie Calway, scoring for the Hammers were Tymotusz Famurat, Brandon Williams & Neemo Nixon. Sturminster Marshalls pursuit of their 1st point of the season goes on as they were emphatically beaten 12-0 at home by Merley Cobham Sports, scoring for the visitors were Owen Reynolds (x3) Josh Buck (x2) Amechie Eze Sunday (x2) Adam Hall (x2) Thomas Beckett (x2) & an OG.
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 |