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SWANS defeated a young talented Wimborne Town Reserves side at Day’s Park in the Dorset Premier League.

DPL Matchday 7 saw Cobham Sports make the short trip to The County Ground, Hamworthy where they faced Hamworthy Utd Reserves.

This was Hamworthy United's first ever game against their Berkshire hosts, who had just made the sideways move from the Combined Counties League Division One.

Marco Rose explained that it was a tough decision to leave Juanlu Sanchez and Ben Gannon-Doak out of the Cherries’ Europa League squad, and he told them in personal conversations that they had missed out.

Marco Rose knows Lincoln bring a potent threat from set pieces and are a very direct side, with the Imps representing a tough challenge for his side to overcome.

Marco Rose is ‘really convinced’ by the Cherries’ strength in depth and he knows Tuesday’s game against Lincoln in the League Cup provides a good opportunity for the new signings to get some minutes.

A busy afternoon brought 34 goals across seven fixtures in the Dorset Premier League and one cup tie, with movement throughout the leading positions.

The Dorset Premier One title race remains in Chalke Valley's hands as they beat Dorchester, while Wimborne also tasted victory over Bere Regis.

WIMBORNE Town will make the trip up the A350 to face Portishead once again, after the FA Cup First Round Qualifying match ended goalless at the Wyatt Homes Stadium.

Poole Town’s FA Cup campaign came to an end at the first hurdle to the hands of Bishops Cleeve in a 2-1 defeat away from home.

Marco Rose praised his midfield pairing of Alex Scott and Tyler Adams after both put in good performances at Newcastle on Saturday.

The Cherries head into their first cup game under Marco Rose against Lincoln on Tuesday knowing that they have bigger games to come – but wanting to book a spot in the next round of the League Cup.

Marco Rose has to wait for his first victory as Cherries boss as he was again left frustrated by a late goal at Newcastle on Saturday, but there were still plenty of positives to come out of the game.

The Cherries have their first taste of cup competition under new boss Marco Rose when Lincoln visit Bournemouth on Tuesday night, but will the boss heavily rotate his side with a busy schedule before the international break?

Pirates will face Redcar in the final of the BSN Series in a repeat of last year's final that saw Poole denied the treble.

THE Cherries ran riot to beat rivals Bournemouth Sports 11-1 in the National League Cup, having been 8-0 up at half time after a dominant first half display.