Tinkerman Tinkerman

For grassroots football managers

A clear head for kick-off.

Tinkerman turns the team in your head into the team on the pitch. Pick Sunday's line-up, show the players the plan and keep a record of every match, all on your iPhone or iPad.

Join the beta See how it works
  • Works with no signal
  • No login
  • Stays on your device

Tactics board

7-a-side / 2–3–1
Example line-up on a tactics board, with a run and a pass drawn on. You can move the players and draw your own runs and passes.
Pick Run or Pass, then draw on the pitch. Use Move to drag players.

How it works

Match day in three moves

Built for the manager with a bag of bibs in one hand and a phone in the other.

  1. 1

    Who's here?

    Tick off who's turned up. Every player in your squad has their natural and cover positions and their stronger foot, so Tinkerman knows who can play where.

  2. 2

    Pick the shape

    Choose 5, 6, 7, 9 or 11-a-side and a formation. Fill suggests the best fit for every gap from each player's positions. You make the final call.

  3. 3

    Show them the plan

    Your line-up drops straight onto the tactics board. Drag players, draw runs and passes, and hold up the iPad in the huddle.

New Past matches

Every match, remembered

The day after the game, your starting line-up saves itself. Add the score, the scorers and a few notes whenever you get a minute.

  • Started, Sub or Not there for every player, one tap each.
  • League, Cup, Friendly or Tournament, with filters to find any game.
  • Add older matches by hand to fill in the rest of the season.
  • Player of the Match for every game, so the moment gets remembered.
  • Share the result to the team WhatsApp as a branded result card, with or without the scorers' names.

Also in the app

The small things that save your Sunday

  • Match history New

    Every past match in one place: score, scorers, who started and your notes. Filter by League, Cup, Friendly or Tournament.

  • Training boards

    A full pitch and a set-piece board with numbered counters, for walking through drills and corners.

  • League table, one tap away New

    Save your league's table page once and it opens straight from Past matches.

  • Your club on every result New

    Set your club name once in Settings and it appears on every result card you share.

  • Light, dark or follow your phone New

    Pick the look that suits a bright Sunday morning or a late team-sheet session.

  • iPhone and iPad

    Portrait or landscape, with more room for the pitch on iPad.

Made for the touchline, not the office

  • No signal neededEverything works on a muddy pitch with one bar of 4G, or none.
  • No account or loginOpen it and start picking your team.
  • Stays on your deviceYour squad and matches are saved on your phone or iPad, not sent to us.
  • First name and initialPlayers are listed as Jack M., not full names. Less to lose, less to worry about.

Coming to Tinkerman

What we're building next

There are no dates yet. Your feedback helps us decide what comes first, so tell us what matters most to you.

For every manager

  • Planned

    Your season, backed up

    Sign in and your squad, line-ups and match history are backed up. Change phones, or lose one, and pick up where you left off.

  • Planned

    Who's playing Sunday?

    Drop a link in the team WhatsApp. Parents tap Playing or Absent in their browser, with nothing to download, and the answers land straight in Match day.

  • Planned

    Player stats

    Appearances, starts and goals for every player, season by season, so you can see at a glance who's due a game.

  • Planned

    Training session builder

    Build a session from drills on the training boards before you leave the house, then run it from your phone on the night.

  • Planned

    Line-ups your coaches can see

    Send your planned team to your assistant coaches before match day, so everyone turns up with the same plan.

  • Planned

    A free version

    The match-day essentials for every coach: pick your team and draw it up on the tactics board.

For clubs

  • Planned

    Every team in your club

    Set up every age group under one club, with a separate login for each coach. No more shared passwords.

  • Planned

    Club match reports

    Results and game reports from every team in one place, for the people who run the club.

Help us shape Tinkerman

Tinkerman is in early testing with grassroots managers. If you run a team and want to try it, drop us an email with:

  • your name and your team's age group
  • whether you use an iPhone, iPad or Android phone
  • the planned feature you'd want first