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.
History 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 promoted 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.History of the Dorset Premier League Official League Website
League champions SeasonChampions1957-58Swanage Town 1958-5915th Training Battalion RASC1959-60Swanage Town 1960-61Swanage Town 1961-62Swanage Town 1962-63Parley Sports 1963-64Parley Sports 1964-65Parley Sports 1965-66Parley Sports 1966-67Parley Sports 1967-68Weymouth Reserves 1968-69Weymouth Reserves 1969-70Blandford United1970-71Portland United 1971-72Parley Sports 1972-73Parley Sports 1973-74Parley Sports1974-75Blandford United1975-76Parley Sports1976-77Hamworthy United1977-78Flight Refuelling 1978-79Poole Town Reserves 1979-80Parley Sports1980-81Dorchester Town Reserves 1981-82Sherborne Town1982-83Blandford United1983-84Parley Sports1984-85Parley Sports1985-86Bridport 1986-87Bridport1987-88Bridport1988-89Shaftesbury 1989-90Weymouth Reserves1990-91Dorchester Town Reserves1991-92Blandford United1992-93Westland Sports1993-94Hamworthy Engineering 1994-95Hamworthy Engineering 1995-96Hamworthy Engineering1996-97Shaftesbury Town1997-98Sturminster Marshall 1998–99Portland United1999–2000Portland United2000–01Hamworthy Recreation2001–02Hamworthy Recreation2002–03Hamworthy United2003–04Hamworthy United2004–05Hamworthy Recreation2005–06Holt United2006–07Westland Sports2007–08Portland United2008–09Portland United2009–10Hamworthy Recreation2010–11Hamworthy Recreation2011–12Westland Sports 2012–13Portland United 2013–14Portland United2014–15Hamworthy Recreation2015–16Shaftesbury Town 2016–17Holt United2017–18Hamworthy Recreation2018–19Hamworthy Recreation2019–20No Competition as a result of COVID-19 pandemic2020–21No Competition as a result of COVID-19 pandemic2021–22Hamworthy Recreation2022–23Holt United2023–24Sturminster Newton United2024–25Bournemouth Sports2025-26Blandford United
Member clubs (2026–27) Balti Sports Bournemouth Electric Bournemouth Sports Bridport Reserves Cobham Sports Dorchester Sports Gillingham Town Hamworthy Recreation Reserves Hamworthy United Reserves Holt United Mere Town Portland United Reserves Sherborne Town Reserves Swanage Town & Herston Verwood Town Wareham Rangers Westland Sports Wimborne Town Reserves
Locations 2025–26
References
External links Official Website