Dorset League

[expat]

Football is alive and well and being played(!!!) in Dorset

Five Saturday Divisions

Poole Borough are back in the DPL although other Poole area sides look to be the power houses again (except for Balti;is that where old T

erras spend the end of their careers?)

Poole Bay() Have teams in the third and fifth Divisions

It boggles the mind that some of these minnows are putting out THREE sides.must keep the team secretary busy oops i err the net has reached into darkest Dorset!

I note there is a ream in Div 5 Silvercross. Come on you Prams!!

[Bay Dolphin]

Yes, it's quite remarkable how many people are still happy to get a game of footie no matter how humble the circumstances including council rec's (sometimes wrecks!) and often shower free changing rooms that my dad's chickens might have refused.
Even more admirable are the secretaries and the army of volunteers that keep the clubs afloat and wash the kit every week.
When my dad was a ref (many years ago even before expat was raking the shale at The Stadium) he - my dad that is - took me along to clubs such as Lychett Red Triangle, Iwerne Minster and Donhead (I notice that Donhead still boast a Dorset League team).
Happy days!

[expat]

OK Dorset Football Quiz;


Who were The Stadium Club FC


What was very unique about this team??


I will post the answer in 24h if someone out there doesnt come up with it

[expat]

and here is one for the military types

Name THREE army teams who have played in Dorset Football

[expat]

Nov 23, 2021 22:49:02 GMT expat said:

OK Dorset Football Quiz;


Who were The Stadium Club FC


What was very unique about this team??


I will post the answer in 24h if someone out there doesnt come up with it

The Stadium Club was based at HMBP Portland
For some reason both home and away fixtures were played at home!!!

[expat]

Nov 24, 2021 13:34:33 GMT expat said:

and here is one for the military types


15th RASC long time members of the Dorset Combnation

6th CIC which i believe was the Catering Instruction Corps(No TV chefs for the Squaddies in those days)

The Junior Leaders Regiment

I think REME also had a team(my son in law,a graduate of Bovvy insists REME stands for Rough Engineering Made Easy!
however to put the lie to that he now has a very good job in aerospace in Canada. the Yanks in particular love his skills

[Bay Dolphin]

Did we get the 24 hours you promised expat?
I would certainly have got the Junior Leaders Regiment (odd name eh?) having played against them. Based at Bovington Camp weren't they? As I recall they weren't very good - not at football anyway.
I have to admit that I'd never have remembered the others but I do know that REME stands for Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers.
Good luck to your son-in-law and you.