Dorset Senior Cup
| Organising body | Dorset County FA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1887 |
| Region |  Dorset |
| Number of teams | 10 (2024–25) |
| Current champions | Weymouth (26th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Weymouth (26 titles) |
| Website | Dorset Senior Cup |
The Dorset Senior Cup is a knockout cup competition involving association football teams from the county of Dorset, England, affiliated with the Dorset County Football Association. The current holders of the Dorset Senior Cup are Weymouth who beat Hamworthy Recreation 2-1 in the final on 25 March 2025 at the County Ground in Hamworthy.
The competition, founded initially in 1887 and in its current format in 1981,[1][2] is open to all affiliated clubs at step 7 and above of the national league system. They must also have floodlights at their home grounds.[3] The county FA headquarters is located at the County Ground in Hamworthy near Poole.
Teams
A total of 12 teams competed for the 2023–24 season.
Note: TH: Title holder
Previous winners
Key
| Match went to a replay | |
| Match went to extra time | |
| Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time | |
| Shared trophy |
Winners
| Club | Wins | First final won | Last final won | Runner-up | Last final lost | Total final apps. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weymouth | 13 (26 total) | 1888 | 2025 | 5 | 2023 | 18 |
| Poole Town | 13 | 1895 | 2023 | 18 | 2006 | 35 |
| Dorchester Town | 12 | 1951 | 2012 | 6 | 2020 | 18 |
| Bridport | 9 | 1964 | 2005 | 2 | 1992 | 5 |
| Wimborne Town | 3 | 1992 | 2018 | 9 | 2019 | 12 |
| Sherborne Town | 2 | 1984 | 2008 | 1 | 2007 | 5 |
| Hamworthy United | 1 | 2006 | 2006 | 4 | 2022 | 5 |
| Swanage Town & Herston | 1 | 1990 | 1990 | 2 | 1991 | 3 |
| Gillingham Town | 1 | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 2017 | 3 |
| St. Pauls | 1 | 1982 | 1982 | 1 | 1983 | 2 |
| Trinidad Bluebird | 1 | 1983 | 1983 | 0 | – | 1 |
| Sherborne | 1 | 1984 | 1984 | 0 | – | 1 |
| Hamworthy Engineering | 1 | 1995 | 1995 | 0 | – | 1 |
| Hamworthy Recreation | 1 | 2024 | 2025 | 1 | 2025 | 2 |
Records & statistics
Finals
- Most final wins: 26
- Most final lost: 9
- Most consecutive finals win: 4
- Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic (1909, 1910, 1911, 1912)
- Most consecutive finals lost: 3
- Poole Town (1993, 1994, 1995)
- Most finals played without winning: 2
- Portland United (1985, 2008)
- Shaftesbury (2018, 2024)
Scoring
- Biggest winning margin in the final: 8 goals
- Weymouth 8–0 Wimborne Town (1986)
- Highest scoring finals: 8 goals
- Weymouth 8–0 Wimborne Town (1986)
- Weymouth 5–3 Swanage Town & Herston (1987)
- Dorchester Town 6–2 Weymouth (2011)
References
- ^ Headington, Oli (14 January 2025). "Is the Dorset Senior Cup important?". buzz.bournemouth.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ^ The First One Hundred Seasons – A Centenary History of Dorset County Football Association 1887–1987 (Norman Gannaway)
- ^ Dorset County FA Handbook 2019-2020. p. 64.
- ^ a b c d e "Wimborne have 'chip on shoulder' due to Poole success claims Pike". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Weymouth FC Honours". 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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- ^ "Weymouth FC - 1986/87". Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "Poole Town FC - Honours". 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ "Weymouth FC - 1989/90". Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ The football club history database says that Weymouth won the competition in 1994. However, Dorchester Town's honours page Archived November 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine says that Dorchester won the competition in 1994, and Weymouth's honours page makes no mention of them winning the competition that year, while Weymouth FC's article on the 1993/4 season shows them getting knocked out by Dorchester.
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- ^ a b c d e f "Dorchester Town FC - Honours". 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ "Poole Town FC - History". Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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- ^ "Full details of 2005-06 competition". Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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- ^ "Full details of 2007-08 competition". 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ "Full details of 2008-09 competition". Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "County cup coup". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ "Full details of 2009-10 competition". Retrieved 15 April 2011.
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