Operations platform for small-sided soccer facilities

One system runs the whole facility.

Gaffer runs the facility for staff, the experience for players and referees, and the screens and cameras around the pitches, all from one shared real-time system.

Web dashboardiOS & AndroidApple TVField cameras

Pitch 3 · Division 2Live 31:12

Tuesday FCHome

3:2

Late KickoffAway

29' Goal · Tuesday FCRecorded by referee

24' Yellow card · Late KickoffRecorded by referee

18' Goal · Late KickoffRecorded by referee

Apple TV scoreboard · updates as the referee records events

A goal, everywhere, within moments.

Everything runs on one real-time backend. Every app reads from the same live data, so a change in one place appears everywhere instantly, with no refreshing. Here is what happens when a referee records a goal.

01 · Referee
Taps Goal on their phone
The referee's game view in the mobile app records goals and cards live.
02 · Facility screens
The TV scoreboard updates
Apple TV screens around the pitches show the new score.
03 · Players
Score and standings refresh
Players see the result and the table move in their app.
04 · Staff
The dashboard shows it
Staff watch the same game state from the web dashboard.

The four surfaces

Each part of the facility gets its own app.

Web dashboard

For facility staff and admins

Where the facility is set up and run. Competitions, bookings, people, payments, and the hardware on the pitches, in one place.

Facility and venue (pitch) setup
Calendar of pitches, events and bookings
Leagues, divisions, competitions and tournaments, with generated fixtures
Team and player management, including free agents looking for a team
Event registration and check-in
Payments and subscriptions through Stripe, promo codes and waivers
Display and camera management

Gaffer dashboard · CalendarAdmin

Facility & pitchesCalendarCompetitionsTeams & playersEvents & check-inPaymentsDisplays & cameras

Tuesday 10 Nov · Evening

BookingsEventsFixtures

18:0019:0020:0021:0022:00Pitch 1Open bookingDiv 1 · Round 4Div 1 · Round 4Pitch 2Clinic · 14 checked inDiv 2 · Round 4Div 2 · Round 4Pitch 3Live 3–2 · Tuesday FC v Late KickoffDiv 2 · Round 4Open bookingPitch 4Cup · Quarter-finalCup · Quarter-finalCup · Semi-finalCup · Final

Pitch 1 cam · RecordingPitch 2 cam · RecordingPitch 3 cam · RecordingPitch 4 cam · Idle

Mobile app

iOS and Android · players and referees

One app with two jobs: the player's view of their soccer life, and the referee's tool for running a match.

Players

Schedule, standings, teams and game details
Discovering and booking events
Payments
A wallet of credits

Referees

A game view for running matches
Recording goals and cards live

PlayerDivision 2

Standings

TeamPWPtsTuesday FC7618Late Kickoff7515Park Rangers7310Nine Toes714

Next gameTue 19:00 · Pitch 3 · v Late Kickoff

Wallet4 credits

ScheduleStandingsEventsWallet

RefereePitch 3 · Live

Tuesday FC3:2Late Kickoff

31:12

Goal · HomeGoal · AwayYellow cardRed card

29' Goal · Tuesday FCUndo

24' Yellow · Late KickoffUndo

18' Goal · Late KickoffUndo

Apple TV app

Screens in the facility

The screens around the pitches. Set up once with a facility code and the TV remote; each TV remembers which display it is.

Live scoreboards that update as referees record events
Advertisements that rotate between games
Set up with a facility code and the TV remote
Remembers which display it is

Pitch 3 · Division 2Live 31:12

Tuesday FC3:2Late Kickoff

29' Goal · Tuesday FCNext on Pitch 3 · 20:00 · Div 2 Round 4

Between games

Sponsor advert
rotates between games

Set up once with the remote

G4F72K

Facility code · this TV remembers it is Pitch 3 · North

Field cameras

Hardware on each pitch

A camera per pitch, reporting to the same backend as everything else, so the dashboard always knows which pitches are recording.

Records games and automatically tracks the play
Highlights are clipped from the footage
Live status of each camera in the dashboard
Staff start or stop recording from the dashboard

REC 00:31:12

Pitch 1 · RecordingStop

REC 00:12:40

Pitch 2 · RecordingStop

REC 00:31:12

Pitch 3 · RecordingStop

Idle · online

Pitch 4 · IdleStart

Highlights · Pitch 3 · clipped automatically from the footage

Goal · 29' · 0:14

Save · 26' · 0:09

Goal · 18' · 0:12

Goal · 11' · 0:16

How it works together

One real-time backend

Every app reads from the same live data. A change in one place appears everywhere instantly, with no refreshing.

Staff set up, players register

Staff set up competitions and events in the dashboard. Players register and pay in the mobile app, and those registrations and payments appear straight back in the dashboard.

Cameras report in

Field cameras report their status to the same backend, so the dashboard always shows which pitches are recording.

Stripe and wallet credits

Payments go through Stripe, and players can also pay with credits from their wallet.

How it works together

One real-time backend

Every app reads from the same live data. A change in one place appears everywhere instantly, with no refreshing.

Staff set up, players register

Staff set up competitions and events in the dashboard. Players register and pay in the mobile app, and those registrations and payments appear straight back in the dashboard.

Cameras report in

Field cameras report their status to the same backend, so the dashboard always shows which pitches are recording.

Stripe and wallet credits

Payments go through Stripe, and players can also pay with credits from their wallet.

A goal, everywhere, within moments.

Taps Goal on their phone

The TV scoreboard updates

Score and standings refresh

The dashboard shows it

Each part of the facility gets its own app.

Web dashboard

Mobile app

Players

Referees

Apple TV app

Field cameras

How it works together

One real-time backend

Staff set up, players register

Cameras report in

Stripe and wallet credits

A goal, everywhere, within moments.

Taps Goal on their phone

The TV scoreboard updates

Score and standings refresh

The dashboard shows it

Each part of the facility gets its own app.

Web dashboard

Mobile app

Players

Referees

Apple TV app

Field cameras

How it works together

One real-time backend

Staff set up, players register

Cameras report in

Stripe and wallet credits