About Dorchester

About Dorchester

Lying in South-Central Dorset, England, the market town of Dorchester sits on the River Frome. As the county town of Dorset since 1305, Dorchester enjoys a population of less than 20,000 people. Wednesdays are Market days for Dorchester. Currently Dorchester has three major employers for its citizens. The Dorset County Hospital, Dorset County Council and [...]

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Ashley Vickers – Player Manager

Ashley Vickers – Player Manager

After gaining experience with ten other teams across the country, Ashley Vickers has for the past year, been the player/manager of Dorchester Town football club in the Blue Square South Division. He started his football career as a Sheffield United trainee before switching to the non-league team of Worchester City. Vickers then quickly went through [...]

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History of Dorchester Town

History of Dorchester Town

Established in 1880, Dorchester Town is one of the oldest semi-professional football teams in England. After decades of local endeavors, Dorchester Town began their regular competitive play as part of the Western League Division Two during the 1947-48 football season. After three seasons the Second Division was dissolved and Dorchester Town was integrated into the [...]

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Weymouth Avenue Railway Stadium

Hailed as one of the most innovative football grounds constructed in England, the Weymouth Avenue Railway Stadium is home to the Dorchester Town Magpies. Built on ground owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, McIntyre Construction built the stadium which had a 3 million pound price tag.
The playing surface alone cost 110,000 pounds and comprises 32,000 [...]

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Dorchester Town Records

Despite Dorchester Town being one of the oldest established football clubs in England, fame continues to elude them on the pitch. Often plagued with personnel problems and shifting conference memberships, Dorchester still struggles on to become a football club of noteriety on the Island.
Improvement is coming although it seems unbearably slow to die-hard fans. Still, [...]

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