Pocket Gaffer
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Features · Sub recommendations

It tells you who's next.
You watch the game.

Pocket Gaffer tracks every player's minutes across the whole season, warns you before a change is due and recommends who comes on, so the kids who've had least get their time. One tap makes the sub. No maths on the touchline, no 'has he been on yet?', no one quietly missing out week after week.

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What it actually takes

  • 0

    mental maths

    Minutes count themselves for everyone on the pitch.

  • 1

    warning before it's due

    "Get ready" tells you who to warm up, and for whom.

  • 1 tap

    to make the sub

    Tap the recommended swap. Fewest minutes across the season comes on.

  • Any time

    to do it your way

    Pick your own swap whenever you want. You're still the gaffer.

The countdown, the minutes and the fair-swap maths are done for you, every match, all season.

You don’t have to…

  • Keep a stopwatch. Minutes count automatically for every player on the pitch and update the moment you make a sub.

  • Work out who's next. The bench is sorted fewest minutes first, and the app recommends the fairest swap.

  • Remember who missed out last week. Recommendations look at minutes across the whole season, not just today, so it all evens out over the year.

  • Hand over control. Recommendations are suggestions. Make any swap you like, whenever you like.

More that’s this easy

Try it at your next match.
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