Category: 50s

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50s: League Cup 2025

The weather was hot for the final event in the Dorset Walking Football League – the League Cup. With four clubs not represented in the tournament, the remaining five teams all had realistic hopes of lifting the 2025 League Cup trophy. Dexters were hosts to a great day of football today in a trimmed down…
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50s: Time for Reflection

This round of fixtures was originally scheduled for March, but after the tragic events of February, it was postponed to mid-May. So a later than planned end to the season, and it was a hot one! Because the round was re-arranged, it now clashed with a Prostate Cancer charity tournament in Dorchester the previous day.…
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50s: Onwards and upwards

After a two month break, we returned to 50s action in the Dorset Walking Football League. Considering we’re half-way through April the weather could certainly have been warmer, that was especially true for teams with an hour break scheduled in – something both our teams contended with. We were delighted to see a return to…
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50s: A Sad Day

How the day ended on 9 February 2025 will live long in the memory of those who were there. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of Vinnie Wright. It was a tragedy that was preceded by a tournament played in good competition and humour. Although all the results have clearly…
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50s: Fine Margins

The first tournament after the Christmas excesses is always an interesting one to see who’s looked after themselves (or not!). All nine teams were represented at what was the third league tournament of the 2024/25 season. We were lucky with the weather – no rain and a relatively mild day for the start of January.…
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50s: Differing Fortunes

This was the matchday where the fortunes of Storm and Thunder really separated! One team secured seven points, two wins and a plus four goal difference, while the other didn’t! The teams arrived at the Littledown Center with 14 players – so again just one sub per team, and a manager (in Andy Madden) who…
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50s: A Tale of Two Teams

The start of the 2024/25 Dorset FA Walking Football Season was disappointing for the Dexter Sports 50s teams. Despite doubling the chances to win matches, DSWFC50 managed to avoid marking their results card with any W’s! Between the two teams, Storm and Thunder, just two draws were achieved from eight matches. However, it wasn’t all…
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2024/25: The 50s Season Begins

This coming Sunday sees Dexters Storm and Dexters Thunder enter the Dorset Walking Football League 50s division. For the first time we’ll enter two teams for the season. The way it’ll work is as follows – now try and keep up… we’ve named six players to play for Storm all season. Those players cannot play…
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Walking Football Laws

2024/25: New Rules

Here’s a review of what’s new in the Dorset Walking Football Laws for the 2024/25 season. The new DWFL season starts this Autumn in mid-October. This time round Dexter Sports will be entering four teams across the various age categories, and they’ll all need to understand two significant law changes. These changes involve the ‘not…
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2024/25 Team Entries

At the commencement of the 2023/24 season, Dexter Sports WFC entered one team into the Dorset Walking Football League 50s Division and one team into the 60s Division. Things will be very different come the start of the new season in October. Not only have we entered the 65s Division, but with the greatest of…
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