Pre-season training kicked off on Thursday 28th June and with it, news of new signings.

The prolific Wimborne Town striker Darren Elmes has finally agreed to sign for Poole and with ex-Poole player John Rowley also now signed from AFC Totton, Poole can boast the most potent strike force in years.
Peter Moore has also made another tremendous signing by capturing Poppies midfielder Matty White. Matty was both Players Player of the Year and Supporters Player of the Year last season and will be a key player for Poole.
Matty Lovell has also resumed training with The Dolphins and it is hoped he will stay with the club.

Fixture News

Two more friendlies have been arranged and they are as follows:-

??/07/01 - Away at Weymouth (Date and time to follow although it is in the last week of July)
07/08/01 - Away at Holt United - 6.45pm kick-off

Andy Culliford has now re-signed for next season.
Manager Peter Moore has also secured the signature of Poppies goalkeeper Paul Spillane for the new campaign.

Another friendly has been planned for 11th August. Poole Town will play Wantage Town of the Hellenic Premier League at Tatnam - kick-off 3.00pm.

Manager Peter Moore is talking to plenty of other players including a well known Wessex League striker who he is 95% sure will sign in due course.
Following keeper Terry Stockley's decision to retire Peter is also talking to a couple of keepers with a view to signing soon.

Of the new signings Dan West is a classy centre half once on the books at Aston Villa. Matty Parkin is also well known in local football and has played midlfield / defence for Wimborne Town and Poppies.

Fixture News

The friendly against AFC Bournemouth has been confirmed as Thursday 19th July - kick-off 7.00pm.
Friendlies have also been arranged away at Wessex League Eastleigh on 1st August and Lymington & New Milton on 14th August at Tatnam Farm.

The first round of the Trophyman Cup has also been announced and Poole Town have been drawn at home to Ringwood Town - date to be arranged.

Club News

The Hampshire FA held their AGM on Saturday 9th June where they proposed that Poole Town should remain in the Hampshire Premier League next season. All but one club voted to support the proposal and Poole Town have been confirmed in the Premier League. The club who voted against Poole Town? West Wight Mayflower - a decision which will come as no surprise to regular Dolphins supporters! Still, we can now look forward to giving them another good hiding next season!

Programme News

The magnificent matchday programme produced by the tireless Dolphins Secretary Bill Reid has been voted 18th in a national survey of 1103 programmes. This is a rise of four places from last seasons position of 22nd and only 1 Conference and 1 Doc Martens Premier League side managed to get programmes voted higher than the Poole Town classic. Well Done to Bill Reid for another wonderful season of programmes!

As expected the Council Executive gave 100% support to the funding for floodlights at Tatnam and we can now report that this has been passed and the money has been made available. This is subject to planning permission approval which will not happen until at least the middle of June. Contractors are now being sought in order that, given approval, the lights can be started on as soon as possible. The work is expected to take approximately 6 weeks.

Plans and measurements are also being processed for a permanent barrier around the pitch (to Vauxhall Conference standard) and a 156 seater stand.

Fixture News

The first pre-season friendly has been arranged and pits the Dolphins against a full strngth AFC Bournemouth side. The match is to be played on Thursday 12th July at Tatnam with an evening kick-off - time to be announced.

Player Profiles

I have now started a Player Profile section to the website and this can be found in the contents on the left. The idea is to add a new player every month thereby building up the team over the course of the year. Poole goalkeeper Terry Stockley has kindly bared his soul first - read about it here!