Running games on several pitches at once

In a league, games on different pitches run at the same time, each with its own scorer and its own live page, and every result feeds the same table. The one rule is that a team can only be in one game at once, so a team still playing is never put into another.

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Useful for office tournaments and tournament organisers.

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What does another pitch buy you?

Your tournament
Teams6
Pitches2
The working, as you change it

Games

6 × 5 ÷ 2
15

Games per team

plays the other 5
5

Games at once

one per pitch
2

Time slots

15 games ÷ 2 at once
8
The day runs6 h 35 min8 slots of 45 minutes, with 5 minutes between games

Change the teams, the pitches and the format. Game lengths are the football formats.

6 steps

In short

  1. Create the leagueAdd every team. Each fixture is a game waiting to start.
  2. Start a game per pitchTap Start match on each game that can run now, one for every pitch.
  3. One game per teamA team still playing cannot start another. The tap says which game it is still in.
  4. Give every pitch a scorerSend each pitch its scoring link and password, so somebody there scores from their own phone.
  5. Watch one tableEvery result lands in the same table as its game finishes.
  6. Label pitches for a streamOn the Stream tab, label the pitch each game is on, and its overlay follows the game there.
Several pitches

Games side by side

In a league, games do not have to wait for each other. With two pitches, two games run at once, each with its own scorer and its own live page, and both results land in the same table.

same timesame timesame timeRound 1Pitch 1Falcons v RoversPitch 2Tigers v LionsRound 2Pitch 1Falcons v TigersPitch 2Rovers v LionsRound 3Pitch 1Falcons v LionsPitch 2Rovers v Tigers
  1. Round 1 to Pitch 1 Falcons v Rovers
  2. Pitch 1 Falcons v Rovers to Pitch 2 Tigers v Lions, same time
  3. Round 1 to Round 2
  4. Round 2 to Pitch 1 Falcons v Tigers
  5. Pitch 1 Falcons v Tigers to Pitch 2 Rovers v Lions, same time
  6. Round 2 to Round 3
  7. Round 3 to Pitch 1 Falcons v Lions
  8. Pitch 1 Falcons v Lions to Pitch 2 Rovers v Tigers, same time
Tournament day

Run the day

  1. Create the league

    Add every team. The fixtures are there, each one a game waiting to start.

  2. Start a game on each pitch

    Tap Start match on each game that can run now. A team still in an unfinished game cannot start another: the tap says which game it is still playing, and the game can start once that one finishes.

  3. Hand each pitch its scorer

    Send each pitch its match's scoring link and password, so somebody at every pitch scores from their own phone.

  4. Watch the table

    Results land in the standings as each game finishes.

Tip

Streaming the day? On the series' Stream tab, tap Playing on more than one pitch? and label the pitch each game is on. A pitch can then have its own stream link and its own overlay, which follows whichever game is under way there.

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Need to know

Questions people ask

About several pitches at once.

Does every pitch need its own scorer?

Ideally. Send each pitch its match’s scoring link and password, and they score from their own phone.

Can a team be in two games at once?

No. A team in an unfinished game cannot start another: the tap says which game it is still playing.

Does the order of games matter?

In a league, no: games run in whatever order the pitches allow.

What else it does for you

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Create a league

Add your teams. Games can run side by side.

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