Football clubs in Dorset

There are 198 non-league and grassroots teams listed in Dorset, playing in 20 leagues (117 Saturday, 43 Sunday league, 3 veterans, 35 women's). The biggest are the Dorset Football League, the Bournemouth Hayward Sunday League, the Dorset Women's Football League.

Teams are grouped below by league and division, highest level first. Clubs already on BallFindr are marked, and you can message them or apply to their vacancies.

198 teams20 leagues117 Saturday43 Sunday league3 veterans35 women's

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Southern League

Saturday football · Steps 3–4 · 6 teams

Premier Division South

  • Poole Town
  • Wimborne Town

Division One South

  • Dorchester Town
  • Portland United
  • Shaftesbury
  • Weymouth

Wessex Football League

Saturday football · Steps 5–6 · 7 teams

Premier Division

  • Bournemouth
  • Christchurch
  • Hamworthy Recreation
  • Sherborne Town
  • Sturminster Newton United

Division One

  • Blandford United
  • Hamworthy United

South West Peninsula League

Saturday football · Step 6 · 1 team

Premier Division East

  • Bridport

Dorset Premier Football League

Saturday football · Step 7 · 17 teams

Dorset Premier Football League

  • Balti Sports FC
  • Bournemouth Electric FC
  • Bournemouth Sports FC
  • Cobham Sports FC
  • Dorchester Sports FC
  • Gillingham Town FC
  • Hamworthy Recreation Reserves
  • Hamworthy United Reserves
  • Holt United FC
  • Mere Town FC
  • Portland United Reserves
  • Sherborne Town Reserves
  • Swanage Town & Herston FC
  • Verwood Town FC
  • Wareham Rangers FC
  • Westland Sports FC
  • Wimborne Town Reserves

Dorset Football League

Saturday football · Step 8 and below · 78 teams

Division 1

  • Bere Regis
  • Bournemouth Electric Reserves
  • Crossways Spitfires
  • East Christchurch SSC East Christchurch
  • Mudeford Mens (Saturday)
  • Ringwood Town Development
  • Sturminster Newton United Reserves
  • Swanage Town And Herston Reserves
  • Wilton FC Wilton Football Club
  • Wincanton Town Reserves

Division 2

  • Allendale
  • Beaminster
  • Blandford United Reserves
  • Broadstone
  • Corfe Castle
  • Holt United Reserves
  • Okeford United
  • Portesham United
  • Poundbury
  • Sturminster Marshall

Division 3

  • AFC Burton
  • Cranborne
  • D.I. United Mens
  • Piddlehinton United
  • Portland United Youth Panthers
  • South Cheriton United FC
  • Stalbridge FC
  • Symene
  • Tisbury United Reserves
  • Wareham Rangers Reserves

Division 4

  • Beaminster Reserves
  • Chickerell United
  • Donhead United
  • Handley Sports
  • Mere Town FC Mens Reserves
  • Merley FC Mens
  • Pimperne United FC
  • Poole Town Youth Dolphins
  • Shillingstone Shillingstone
  • Wessex Phoenix
  • Witchampton United
  • Wool United
  • Wyke Regis

Division 5

  • AFC Damerham
  • Bere Regis reserves
  • Corfe Mullen United
  • Dorchester United
  • Longfleet FC Saturday
  • Maiden Newton & Cattistock Reserves
  • Milborne Sports
  • Poundbury Reserves
  • Puddletown FC
  • Ridgeway Ridgeway FC Men
  • Stalbridge Reserves
  • West Moors

Division 6

  • Allendale Allendale Reserves
  • Bournemouth Electric A Team
  • Bournemouth Manor
  • Broadstone Reserves
  • Child Okeford
  • Donhead United Reserves
  • Dorchester United Rese
  • Fordingbridge Turks
  • Ridgeway Mens development
  • Wessex Phoenix Reserves
  • West Moors Reserves
  • Wool United Reserves

Dorset Senior League

  • Bournemouth Poppies Reserves
  • Bournemouth Sports Reserves
  • Canford United
  • Cobham Sports Reserves
  • Maiden Newton & Cattistock
  • Parley Football Club
  • Poole Borough
  • Shaftesbury Reserves
  • Stars Football Academy Stars FC
  • Tisbury United
  • Westland Sports Reserves

Bournemouth Saturday League

Saturday football · 5 teams

Division One

  • Bisterne United
  • Cameron
  • FC Bearwood Sports
  • New Milton Eagles
  • Winkton Athletic

Blackmore Vale Football League

Saturday football · 1 team

Teams

  • Yetminster Sharks F.C.

Bournemouth Football League

Saturday football · 1 team

Teams

  • Pottery United First

Weymouth Saturday League

Saturday football · 1 team

Teams

  • The Belvedere Inn FC Saturday

Bournemouth Hayward Sunday League

Sunday football · 28 teams

Teams

  • AFC Leigham Vale
  • AFC Wimborne
  • Boscombe Celtic (Sunday) Reserves
  • Bournemouth Bohemians
  • Bournemouth Manor
  • Bournemouth Sports and Social Club
  • BriT Sports FC
  • Dean Park Inn
  • Dolphins FC
  • East Christchurch Athletic
  • East Howe
  • FC Broadstone
  • FC Hajduk
  • Fernside Sports FC
  • Grange Athletic
  • Kraken Sports
  • Littledown
  • Pilot FC
  • Pilot FC Reserves
  • Poole Town Sunday
  • Sport Cuts FC
  • Strouden Athletic FC
  • Strouden Sports FC
  • Sturminster Marshall
  • Talbot Rangers
  • West Howe
  • West Mullen
  • Wivelsfield

Weymouth Sunday League

Sunday football · 10 teams

Premiership

  • Famous Old Spa
  • Market House Badgers
  • The Gloucester FC
  • The Rock
  • The Rock Rebels FC
  • The Royal Standard
  • Tides Inn
  • Waterloo
  • Wessex Phoenix Sunday

Other teams

Current division not confirmed yet.

  • The Belvedere Inn FC Sunday

Bournemouth Sunday League

Sunday football · 4 teams

Teams

  • Lotus Press FC
  • Poole Town
  • The Sydney Arms FC
  • Tower Park FC

FA Sunday Cup

Sunday football · 1 team

Teams

  • East Christchurch SSC

Somerset FA Legends League (Over 35's)

Veterans football · 3 teams

Peter Hockley Division (Group 2)

  • Gillingham Town Legends
  • Sherborne Town Vets
  • West Dorset Veterans

FA Women's National League

Women's football · Women's tier 4 · 2 teams

Division One South West

  • Bournemouth Sports Women

Southern Premier Division

  • AFC Bournemouth Women

South West Regional Women's Football League

Women's football · Women's tier 5 · 3 teams

Premier Division

  • Poole Town Women
  • Sherborne Town Women

Division One South

  • Ridgeway Women

Southern Region Women's Football League

Women's football · Women's tier 6 · 2 teams

Division One South

  • Bournemouth Sports Reserves Women
  • Wimborne Town Women

Dorset Women's Football League

Women's football · 25 teams

Division One

  • Bournemouth Manor Women
  • Bournemouth Poppies Women
  • Bridport Women
  • Dorchester Town Women
  • Longfleet Lionesses
  • Poole Town Reserves Women
  • Queens Park Women
  • Shaftesbury Women
  • Sherborne Town Development Women
  • Swanage Town & Herston Women
  • Weymouth Women
  • Wimborne Town Reserves Women

Recreational Division

  • Weymouth Development Women

Division Two

  • Bournemouth Electric Women
  • Broadstone Women
  • Cobham Sports Women
  • Dexter Sports Women
  • Dorchester Town Reserves Women
  • Longfleet Lionesses Reserves
  • Poole Borough Reserves Women
  • Poole Borough Women
  • Portland Women
  • Ridgeway Black Pearls Women
  • Shaftesbury Reserves Women

Recreational Section

  • Sherborne Town Women

Hampshire County Women's Football League

Women's football · 2 teams

Division One

  • Mudeford Phoenix Women

Division Five

  • Springbourne Women

Somerset County Women's League

Women's football · 1 team

Division Two

  • Bridport Women

About this list

Compiled from public league and club information, last updated October 2026. Grassroots football changes every season, so if a club has folded, moved division or is missing, tell us and we'll fix it. Professional clubs aren't listed: BallFindr is for non-league and grassroots football.