NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dorset Premier Football League

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. Image File history File links Dorset_premier_logo. ... Image File history File links Dorset_premier_logo. ... For other uses, see Dorset (disambiguation). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football League. ... The English football league system, otherwise known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although for historical reasons a small number of Welsh clubs also compete). ...

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. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ...

At present the league is operating with 16 clubs (originally 18 but Stourpaine and Dorchester United withdrew early in the season), covering the entire county of Dorset, ranging from Bridport in the west and Swanage in the south to Sherborne in the north and Bournemouth in the east plus Westland Sports from Yeovil. For other uses, see Dorset (disambiguation). ... See also Bridport, Tasmania. ... Location within the British Isles Swanage station, the terminus of the Swanage heritage railway. ... See also: Sherborne, Gloucestershire Sherborne is an affluent market town in north west Dorset, England, situated on the River Yeo and A30 road, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale six miles east of Yeovil. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. ... Westland Sports F.C. is a football club based in Yeovil, Somerset, England. ... Statistics Population: 41,871 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST552164 Administration District: South Somerset Shire county: Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Police Ambulance service: {{{Ambulance}}} Post office and telephone Post...

The inaugural season saw 12 clubs in membership with Swanage Town lifting the Championship and the 15th Training Battalion R.A.S.C. finishing as runners up. The following season the top two places were reversed. The clubs badge Swanage Town & Herston F.C. is a football club based in Swanage, Dorset. ...

In the first 5 seasons, Swanage Town won the Championship four times and finished in runners up spot on one other occasion. The clubs badge Swanage Town & Herston F.C. is a football club based in Swanage, Dorset. ...

Parley Sports F.C. have also reached the final of the Combination Cup 21 times, lifting the trophy on 11 occasions they have also won the league title on 12 occasions as well as finishing in the runners-up place 9 times. On one occasion they won the Combination League 5 times in a row from 1962 to 1966. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

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 Step 7 of the National League System, standing parallel to the Wessex League Division Two. 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. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sydenhams Wessex League is an English association football league at the fifth step of the National League System, or the ninth tier of the overall English football league system. ... The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football League. ... The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the FA Premier League and The Football League. ... Sherborne Town F.C. is a football club based Sherborne, Dorset, England. ... The Western League is a football league in the south west of England. ... Bridport F.C. is a football club based in Dorset, England. ...

The 2002/2003 saw the League change its name to the Dorset Premier Football League. It was felt that this more reflected the League's status.

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