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Dorchester Town

Dorchester Town FC

Kit impression

Founded

1880

Years standing

146

Home ground

The Avenue Stadium, Dorchester

Capacity

5,229710 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

Nickname: The Magpies Dorch

Adopting Dorchester Town means England FA Trophy results start mattering to you, a club going since 1880. Not a novelty, a habit.

Deep roots
Founded in 1880, Dorchester Town were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 146 years of accumulated grudges.
Loaded cabinet
8 distinct honours on record, including Southern League Eastern Division. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.
Cathedral football
The Avenue Stadium, Dorchester holds around 5,229,710. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.
You get a nickname
Known as The Magpies Dorch. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.

Ground: The Avenue Stadium, Dorchester. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Bournemouth Airport (BOH)

44 km / 27 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Monkton and Came Halt railway station

Walkable from the platform

Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.