Grassroots football tournament software

Run the whole day from one screen.

Build fixtures, collect team registrations and entry fees, manage referees and publish live results from one organiser desk. If a team drops out or the rain comes in, Zokko rebuilds the schedule without wiping the results already played.

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Zokko is browser-based software for running grassroots and junior football tournaments in the UK: fixtures, team registrations, referees and live results from one organiser desk.

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Fixturesin minutes
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Teams & paymentsin one place
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Live resultsfor everyone

Most tournaments still run on a spreadsheet and a shout.

One volunteer builds the fixtures in Excel, coaches confirm things across messages, payments sit in a bank list and referee changes live in somebody's phone. On the day the timetable goes on a wall, scores walk back to the desk and the tables drift out of date. Then it rains or a team does not turn up, and the organiser has to hold the whole event together by hand.

Every tool out there is built for planning. Nothing is built for the chaos.
What it does

The things that actually go wrong on the day.

Zokko handles the preparation too — fixtures, team confirmations, entry fees and referees — but its real job is keeping the tournament moving when the plan changes.

A team drops out

Remove them and the whole day rebuilds — fixtures, pitches, kick-off times, knockout bracket — keeping every result already played. Ten seconds instead of an hour.

It starts raining

Push the day back, then see instantly what you'd need to trim to still finish on time. It tells you how to recover, not just that you're late.

Scores from the pitch

A code on each corner post. Whoever's marshalling scans it, taps in the score, and it lands at your desk for approval. Nothing touches a table until you accept it.

Every age group at once

U7s, U9s and U11s on their own pitches with their own match lengths, sharing your referees, in one timetable. Not three separate accounts.

Teams confirm before the day

Give each coach a private link to confirm attendance, squad size and kit colour, add a crest and — if you switch it on — pay the entry fee or deposit securely through Stripe.

Referees without another login

Store their contact once, send private availability links, see confirmations and workload, move assignments when plans change and keep an estimated total of referee fees due.

Everything on paper too

Wall timetable, a card per manager, a sheet per pitch, registration list and certificates. Because the signal will die in a field, and paper never does.

Cards, first aid, the lot

Yellows and reds by shirt number, with suspensions carried into later games. A first-aid shout that goes straight to the desk. Registration ticked off as teams arrive.

For parents and coaches

One link, and the questions stop.

Families get one public link to follow the day. Each coach gets a private link for team details and payments. No account, no app.

  • Next match, in minutes"Pitch 2 in 18 minutes" beats a kick-off time.
  • Live scores and tablesWhat's live, what's done, and where they stand.
  • Coach modeCards and suspensions, before naming a side.
  • Where everything isParking, toilets, food and the site map.
See the live view What families see after tapping your link
Parent at a grassroots football tournament checking the Zokko Tournament View on a phone

Short clips, not a webinar.

Each one shows a single thing that goes wrong on a tournament day, and what Zokko does about it.

Recording soon

A team drops out at 8am

One click, and the entire day rebuilds around the gap — keeping every result already played.

About 60 seconds

Building a tournament from scratch

Two age groups, eight pitches, teams pasted in from an email. Timetable and knockouts in a couple of minutes.

About 90 seconds
Recording soon

Rain, and getting the day back

Push everything back half an hour, then work out what to trim so you still clear the site on time.

About 90 seconds
Recording soon

What visitors and marshals see

The link you send out, and what a marshal sees after scanning the code on the corner post.

About 2 minutes
How it works

Three steps, and none of them involve me.

Set it up whenever

Paste in your teams, pick your pitches and match lengths, and build the timetable. Do it in one sitting or come back to it over a fortnight — it saves as you go.

Print the pack

Wall timetable, a card for every manager, sheets for the pitches, registration list and codes for the corner posts. All from one button.

Run the day

Keep it open on a laptop at the desk. Scores go in, tables move, and when something changes it works out the knock-on effects for you.

About

Made by one person, in Lancashire.

Zokko is built in Lancashire by Ben Fairless around the messy reality of grassroots tournament days — especially the bits spreadsheets struggle with when plans change.

About Zokko

Zokko started because running a junior tournament is a genuinely hard scheduling problem that somehow still gets solved with a spreadsheet and a laminator. Nobody had built the thing that helps when it all goes sideways — and that's the part organisers actually dread.

It's one person building it, which cuts both ways. If you email about something annoying, you're emailing the person who can change it, and it'll probably be fixed that week. On the other hand, I'm not a call centre.

Zokko is still in beta. Right now the priority is getting it into the hands of real organisers, learning what breaks under pressure and making the live-day experience properly dependable before the paid version launches.

The person building Zokko
Founder / builder A real person behind the product.

One person building Zokko in Lancashire — so feedback reaches the person actually changing it.

Straight answers

  • Browser-based — nothing to install
  • Works on any laptop with a browser
  • We don't sell your tournament data or use it for advertising
  • Download a copy of your tournament any time
  • Paper backup for everything
Cost

Beta now. Simple pricing later.

Zokko is in beta while the complete organiser journey is stress-tested — preparation, registrations, payments and the live tournament day. The public version is planned around straightforward tournament-based pricing rather than a bloated software subscription.

Beta early access
Try the beta

Pricing is not being locked in before beta testing proves what organisers actually use. The current plan is simple: build and prepare the tournament first, then pay to activate the event when you are ready. Team entry fees are separate and, when enabled, are processed through the organiser's own connected Stripe account.

Questions

The ones people ask.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Zokko is browser-based. Organisers use their account on a laptop, tablet or phone, while Tournament View, team registration, referee confirmation, Pitch View and Tournament Crew links all open in a normal browser without another app to install.

Do coaches, referees or parents need Zokko accounts?

No. Only the organiser needs an account. Coaches, referees, pitch helpers and families use the relevant private or public browser links without creating their own Zokko account.

What happens if a team drops out or the schedule slips?

Remove a team or use the rain / delay tools and Zokko recalculates the remaining schedule while protecting results already played. The organiser stays in control before applying the changes.

Can teams pay their tournament entry fee through Zokko?

Yes. Connect Stripe, set the fee and choose full payment or a deposit plus balance. Payments are processed through the organiser's connected Stripe account and Zokko records what has been paid.

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Run the whole day. Keep everyone moving.

Build the tournament, collect team confirmations and entry fees, organise referees, share the live view, take scores from the pitches and recover when the day changes. No parent app to download and no referee account to manage.

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Tournament guides

Useful before the first whistle.

Practical planning guides for grassroots organisers — formats, pitches, fixtures and the bits that usually cause the most chasing.

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Planning

How many pitches do I need for a junior football tournament?

A simple way to work it out from team numbers, group size, match slots and the time you actually have.

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Tournament-day recovery

What to do when a team drops out of a football tournament

Use the recovery planner to work through future fixtures, completed results, communication and the knock-on effects on the day.

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Timetable tool

Build a football tournament timetable that actually fits

Set teams, pitches, match slots and rest time, then preview the schedule and download a reusable CSV template.

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