Dorset Premier Football League

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The Dorset Premier Football League is a football league based in Dorset, England, which sits at Step 7 of the National League System, or level 11 of the overall English football league system.

Dorset Premier League
Founded1957
CountryEngland
Divisions1
Number of teams18
Level on pyramidLevel 11
Promotion toWessex League Division One
Western League Division One
South West Peninsula League Division One
Relegation toDorset Football League
Current championsSturminster Newton United
(2023–24)
WebsiteDorset Premier League

History

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The league was formed in 1957 under the name Dorset Football Combination League when a number of senior clubs within the county became disillusioned at being dictated to by junior and minor clubs.

The objective of the league on its formation was to increase the standard of football and competition throughout Dorset and neighbouring counties, an ideal that still holds today.

In 1991 the Dorset Football Combination League accepted an invitation to become a feeder to the Wessex League, thus giving its member clubs the opportunity to progress through the National League System. The league has now been placed at the Regional Feeder League level of the National League System, standing parallel to the Hampshire Premier League. Clubs promoting from the DPL usually join the 2nd level of the Wessex League. However, the conclusion of the 2005–06 season saw Sherborne Town move to the Western League Division One. Bridport, who maintain a reserve team in the DPL, also play in the Western League. The bottom club may be relegated to the Dorset Senior League, which is a level 12 league of the English football pyramid.

The 2002–03 season saw the League change its name to the Dorset Premier Football League. It was felt that this more reflected the League's status. In 2010 the League was awarded the FA Charter Standard status, only the third league in the FA’s jurisdiction to be so awarded.[1]

Recent champions

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Season Champions
1998–99 Portland United
1999–2000 Portland United
2000–01 Hamworthy Recreation
2001–02 Hamworthy Recreation
2002–03 Hamworthy United
2003–04 Hamworthy United
2004–05 Hamworthy Recreation
2005–06 Holt United
2006–07 Westland Sports
2007–08 Portland United
2008–09 Portland United
2009–10 Hamworthy Recreation
2010–11 Hamworthy Recreation
2011–12 Westland Sports
2012–13 Portland United
2013–14 Portland United
2014–15 Hamworthy Recreation
2015–16 Shaftesbury Town
2016–17 Holt United
2017–18 Hamworthy Recreation
2018–19 Hamworthy Recreation
2019–20 No Competition as a result of COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 No Competition as a result of COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 Hamworthy Recreation
2022–23 Holt United
2023–24 Sturminster Newton United

Member clubs (2024–25)

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Locations 2024–25

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Balti Sports
 
Blandford United
 
Bournemouth Electric
 
Bournemouth Sports
 
Bridport Reserves
 
Dorchester Sports
 
Hamworthy Recreation Reserves
 
Hamworthy United Reserves
 
Holt United
 
Cobham Sports
 
Poole Borough
 
Portland United Reserves
 
Sherborne Town Reserves
 
Swanage Town & Herston
 
Westland Sports
 
Wimborne Town Reserves
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References

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  1. ^ History of the Dorset Premier League Archived 12 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Official League Website
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