Round Two of the Dorset Walking Football League would be the last of 2025 before resuming in January. The weather was good, our captain was back, as was our goalkeeper, and we started the day in fourth place. We were hopeful to push on and finish 2025 on a high. Unfortunately, Dorchester weren’t able to…
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After a bright start to the season, both our squads arrived at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth for Round Two of the Dorset Walking Football League in buoyant mood. As well as arriving with confidence, we also arrived with a history making Toko Robbins – more on that in a bit. After Round One of…
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Dexter Sports Walking Football Club’s oldest player has reached a significant milestone – Mervyn Young is 75 years old on 29 October 2025, and is still going strong in multiple leagues. As well as being a wonderful fella, Merv is also an exceptional footballer. He’s still banging in goals for us. Indeed, he scored three…
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Some may have wondered if our third place finish in the Dorset Walking Football League 65s last season was an over-achievement. On the evidence of League Round One this season, maybe those ponderings would have been misplaced. Our 65s squad started the season with a new manager in the shape of Terry Benson. Terry’s been…
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The new 60s season kicked off on a Sunday teatime in mid-October. This season there are nine teams competing with Wimborne joining the league for the first time. The rain was supposed to stop around lunchtime – it’s fair to say it didn’t, and the wind was pretty unpleasant. Despite that all teams turned up…
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For a while now, many of our tournament reports for DSWFC 50s have mentioned potential. Well, the new season has started with us tapping into that potential from the outset. Our new-look Thunder and strengthened Storm squads arrived at our home venue, The County Ground, in Hamworthy for the opening league fixtures of the Dorset…
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There’s a new season on the way, and with it some changes to the FA Laws of the Game. We play to FA Walking Football Rules in the Dorset Walking Football League – so let’s take a look at what’s new for the 2025/26 season. FA Walking Football Rules: Changes for 2025/26 Here you’ll find…
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As the new season rushes towards us, we thought it’d be a good idea to share what the key roles look like for the start of the 2025/26 season. Managers, Captain’s and Backroom Staff are all considered below. Dexter Sports Walking Football Club (DSWFC) have just over 60 players registered, and four squads competing across…
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Intro and tournament report by John Gray After Dorchester relinquished their place to Dexter’s Eagles, I’d been looking forward to the Regional Finals for four weeks. As the 50’s had won their group in Dorset Qualifying we had around 20 players and supporters making the trip, so we hired a minibus and made a day…
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After a successful county qualifying tournament in August, we earnt the right to represent Dorset at the South-West Regional Finals of the FA Walking Football Cup 2025 in Exeter. Our 60s squad had also secured a place (through the back door) to the regional finals. There were so many of us we hired a minibus…
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