Live scores for kids' and grassroots sport
Sideline Score lets one adult at the ground keep the score and match clock on a phone, while parents, grandparents and anyone who can't be there follow the match live. It is free, and nobody watching needs an account or an app.
Start or watch a matchHow it works
- Set up a match in about 30 seconds: pick the sport, type the two team names and kit colours, and choose the length of each half or quarter.
- Share it. You get a short match code such as red-fox-42, a link and a QR code to send to the team's parents.
- Keep the score. Hold or double tap a button to add a goal, try, point or basket, with the scorer's shirt number if you want. Add cards and substitutions, and run the clock through each half to full time.
- Everyone follows live. Parents see the score, the clock and each event as it happens, with a full-screen flash, sound and vibration for every score.
Sports
Football, rugby union, rugby league, hockey, Gaelic football, hurling, basketball and netball. Each sport has its own scoring (for example tries, conversions and penalties in rugby, goals and points in Gaelic games) and its own halves or quarters.
For coaches and clubs
- Teams and squads: save your team with its colours and squad, then pick the scorer with one tap.
- Both coaches together: the other team's coach can join the same match with their own team and help keep the score.
- Hand over: another adult can share control of the match with the code and PIN.
- Season and fixtures: results are saved at full time, with played, won, drawn and lost totals and top scorers.
- Result image: a full-time picture of the score to share with the club.
Privacy
There are no ads and no tracking, and parents get no cookies. Players are shown by shirt number. A team can add first names for its coaches and choose whether parents see them; that is off unless the team switches it on. Match codes stop working three hours after full time.
Questions
- Do parents need to sign up or install an app?
- No. They open a link, scan a QR code or type the match code.
- Is it free?
- Yes, to run a match and to watch one.
- What if the person keeping score has to leave?
- Another adult can share control of the match with the code and PIN, or by scanning a control QR code.
- Does it work with a poor signal?
- Yes. The clock runs on each phone, and the scorekeeper's changes are kept on their phone and sent when the signal returns.
- Can I get alerts when I'm not watching?
- Yes. Tap Goal alerts on the match screen for a notification at each score, half time and full time. On iPhone, add Sideline Score to your home screen first.
Sideline Score is made by Táirga Solutions. Contact: hello@tairga.com