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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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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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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Intro and Eagles reporting by John Gray Having grown up with the FA Cup being a prestigious tournament, when Andy (Madden) first mentioned the FA Walking Football Cup my thoughts were immediately on the final being played at Wembley! Of course, that was a dream. But what the tournament did do was offer an opportunity…
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Commentary by Andy Madden For the first time ever, Dexter Sports Walking Football Club entered a tournament with two 50s teams and two 60s teams… or at least, that was the plan for our first foray into the FA Walking Football Cup! The 50s Tournament Here we’re looking at the 50s tournament. If you’re interested…
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