Portland United F.C.

The club was established in 1920 following a meeting at the Drill Hall on Monday 7th June, 1920 and joined the Dorset County & District League. They were continuously amongst the top clubs in the league but without actually taking the title. They joined the Western League Division Two in 1925.{{cite web |url=http://www.s299639758.websitehome.co.uk/portland.html |title=Portland |publisher=S299639758.websitehome.co.uk |access-date=17 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423182603/http://www.s299639758.websitehome.co.uk/portland.html |archive-date=23 April 2013 }} The club went on to win this division twice before the Second World War, but never achieved promotion to Division One.{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/WestL19.htm |title=Website created using 350pages at www.350.com |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=17 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114022938/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/WestL19.htm |archive-date=14 November 2013 }} During this time the club made its debut in the FA Cup in the 1928–29 season and the club won the Dorset Senior Cup on four occasions.{{fchd|id=PORTLANU|name=Portland United}}

After the Second World War the club rejoined the Western Football League for the 1946–47 season but this time were placed in Division One.{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/WestL45.htm |title=Western League 1945–1965 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |date=5 June 1947 |access-date=17 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512214423/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/WestL45.htm |archive-date=12 May 2012 }} The club then spent the next 24 seasons in this division, during which time they finished as runners-up once and went on to win six more Dorset Senior Cup finals. The club then left the Western League to join the Dorset Football Combination League for the start of the 1970–71 season. The club then won the league at their first attempt. However, it would be another 28 seasons that the club would have to wait for another league title in the 1998–99 campaign, when they achieved the double by winning the league cup as well. They repeated this success the following season as well.

In 1994, the club moved from their original home of Grove Corner to New Grove Corner, when the Crown decided it needed the land for mineral extraction. After finishing as league runners-up and with improvements made to their new ground, the club joined the Wessex Football League for the start of the 2001–02 season. The club then remained in the Wessex League until the end of the 2005–06 season, when they dropped back into the Dorset Premier Football League. Since then the club won the league two times more, once in the 2007–08 season, though they made the decision not to seek promotion, and again the following season.{{cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regions_2/SWdor03.htm |title=Dorset Premier League 2003–2011 |publisher=Nonleaguematters.net |access-date=17 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928102828/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regions_2/SWdor03.htm |archive-date=28 September 2013 }}{{cite web |author=Graham Pauley |url=http://www.poolefsc.freeserve.co.uk/news.htm |title=Poole Borough Football Club |publisher=Poolefsc.freeserve.co.uk |access-date=17 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307011316/http://www.poolefsc.freeserve.co.uk/news.htm |archive-date=7 March 2013 }}

In the 2013–14 season the club became winners of the Dorset Premier League for the seventh time in their history.{{cite web|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/10431129.Portland_in_island_jig/ |title=Portland in island jig (From Dorset Echo) |publisher=Dorsetecho.co.uk |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013}} After a 9-season absence, they were promoted to the 2015–16 Wessex League via a runners-up finish which was approved by the FA Leagues Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/12968758.Football__Portland_United_to_play_in_Wessex_League/ |title=Football: Portland United to play in Wessex League (From Dorset Echo) |publisher=Dorsetecho.co.uk |date=23 May 2015 |access-date=3 July 2015}}

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Portland United play their home games at Camp & Satherley Stadium, Grove Corner, Grove Road, Portland. DT5 1DP.

• Wessex Football League Premier Division :
• Winners (1): 2016-17
• Wessex Football League Division One :
• Winners (1): 2015-16
• Western Football League Division Two :
• Winners (2): 1930-31, 1931-32
• Dorset Premier League :{{cite web |url=http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=6392495 |title=Magna Dorset Premier League |publisher=Full-time.thefa.com |access-date=24 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605004935/http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?league=6392495 |archive-date=5 June 2013 }}
• Winners (6): 1970–71, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14

• Dorset Premier League Cup :{{cite web |url=http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=953218116&psSelectedDivision=1891838&psSelectedCompetition=675049189&psSelectedLeague=6392495 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630101737/http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=953218116&psSelectedDivision=1891838&psSelectedCompetition=675049189&psSelectedLeague=6392495 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-30 |title=Magna Dorset Premier League |publisher=Full-time.thefa.com |access-date=24 May 2013 }}
• Winners (4): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2008–09

• Highest League Position: 2nd in Western Football League 1965–66
• FA Cup best performance: Fourth qualifying round – 1928–29, 1929–30, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66,
• FA Trophy best performance: First qualifying round – 1969–70
• FA Amateur Cup best performance: Third round – 1930–31, 1931–32
• FA Vase best performance: Second round – 2001–02, 2023–24
• Highest Attendance: 4,127 vs Weymouth January 1949

1. Managers/Coaches that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Managers/Coaches with full international caps.

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