Pompey Play Two Dorset Teams In One Night

Well Pompey and Pompey11 play on the same night and both teams will have a mixture of reserve and first teams, so it will interesting to see hoe it goes Play Up Pompeys.

A bit about the teams

AFC Bournemouth are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two. The side plays at the Fitness First Stadium (Dean Court) in Kings Park, Bournemouth, Dorset. The club has existed since 1899. Its nickname is The Cherries. The team traditionally plays in red and black stripes but reverted to predominantly red for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons before announcing a return to the stripes for the 2006-07 season due to fan demand.

The club was originally known as Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, but adopted the AFC Bournemouth name in 1972. At the same time, it adopted the famous red and black striped shirt in imitation of the great Italian side AC Milan.


Dorchester Town were established in 1880, making them one of the oldest teams in the South West of England. They first played regular, competitive football in the Western League Second Division in the 1947–1948 season, spending three seasons there before winning promotion to the First Division. The First Division later became known simply as the 'Western Football League' with the dissolution of the Second Division. Dorchester won this league in 1954, but had to wait until 1972 to gain promotion to the Southern League. This was based upon gaining 'membership' of the league as opposed to actually finishing in a predetermined position.