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DSWFC: Key Roles for 2025/26

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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FA Walking Football Cup 2025 – 60s Regional Finals

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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FA Walking Football Cup 2025 – 50s Regional Finals

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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FAWFC: 60s Eagles in through the back door!

At the beginning of August, Dexter Sports Walking Football Club entered the FA Walking Football Cup (FAWFC) for the first time. After the Dorset County qualifying tournament it seemed our DSWFC 60s Eagles team had just fallen short of qualifying for the Regional Finals. Until now… The initial stage of the FAWFC are the county…
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Dorset Walking Football League Fixtures: 2025/26

The new Dorset Walking Football League is on the horizon now. This year there are five different categories available to compete in. Dexter Sports Walking Football Club will be entering four teams across three of the categories – the 50s, 60s, and 65s. In addition to those age categories there’s also a 70s division, making…
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What exactly is the FA Walking Football Cup?

What is the FA Walking Football Cup?

The FA Walking Football Cup is the official national club cup of the English FA. Clubs from all over the country are invited to compete, with the final stages being held at St. George’s Park – the home of England Football. The FA Walking Football Cup could easily be confused with the WFA’s Walking Football…
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Dexter Sports FPL 2024/25

Walking Footballer Walks Dexter Sports FPL (again!)

This time last year we celebrated one of our 50s players topping the Dexter Sports Fantasy Premier League (FPL) mini-league. FPL is the official Premier League fantasy football game, played by millions across the world every season. The game has been around for a while now. You might know it better as fantasy football? From…
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Tenth Anniversary Tournament

In 2015, Paul Kybert set his mind to creating a walking football team as part of the Dexter Sports family of teams. Ten years later, we’ve 60 members, four teams, and a healthy looking future. To commemorate our tenth anniversary, a walking football extravaganza was arranged. Fifteen teams gathered at our home stadium in Hamworthy,…
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Dexter Sports Renews WFA Membership for 2025

Dexter Sports Walking Football Club have renewed their membership to The Walking Football Association (WFA) again. Membership grants the club WFA affiliation status and comes with a number of benefits. The affiliation will last until 31 March 2026. The WFA describe their purpose as being “…to promote and facilitate the playing of Walking Football in…
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Walking Football Rules: Controversial New Rule for 2025/26?

A controversial new walking football rule looks like it could be introduced for the 2025/26 season. The new directive from UEFA is being passed down to The FA and could be adopted by all walking football leagues in the country. The new rule will restrict players to just five touches when in possession. Presumably this…
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