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Keep score live

By the end you’ll have a game scored live, with fans following on your website, and its final saved.

  • Who: League admin, Editor or Stat keeper
  • Time: 3 min
  • Steps: 9
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Before you start

  • The game must be on your schedule. See Schedule your first games.
  • Any admin, editor or stat keeper can keep score. It works on a phone, a tablet or a computer.

Steps

  1. Step 1: In the left menu, click Game day.

    Game day lists your games in sections: Live now, Needs a result, Today, This week and Later.

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    The admin left menu with Game day.
    Fig. 1Game day, in the left menu.

  2. Step 2: Find your game and click Score controller.

    The score controller opens for that game, on the Score tab: the periods, the clock and a scoreboard for each team.

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    The Game day list with tonight’s game and its Score controller button.
    Fig. 2Game day with tonight’s game under Today.

  3. Step 3: Click Start game.

    The game is live. Fans see the score on your website as you go. To keep this game off the site, turn on Hide from fans.

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    The score controller with the Start game button.
    Fig. 3Start game makes the game live.

  4. Step 4: When play starts, click Start under the clock.

    The clock runs, and RUNNING shows beside it. Click Pause to stop it. Click the clock itself to type an exact time.

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    The game clock at 12:00 and the Start button under it.
    Fig. 4The clock and its Start button.

  5. Step 5: When a team scores, click +1, +2 or +3 under that team.

    The score changes at once, for you and for fans.

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    The home team’s +1, +2 and +3 buttons with the clock running.
    Fig. 5Each team has its own +1, +2 and +3.

  6. Step 6: Clicked the wrong button? Click −1 to take a point back.

    −1 takes one point off that team. A score never goes below 0.

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    The away team’s −1 button, with the away score one point too high.
    Fig. 6−1 takes a point back.

  7. Step 7: At the end of a period, click Pause, then the next period (Q2).

    Changing the period resets the clock to a full period and leaves it paused, ready for the restart.

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    The Pause button under the running clock and the Q2 period above it.
    Fig. 7Pause, then the next period.

  8. Step 8: When the game is over, click End game, then End game again to confirm.

    The final score is saved and the game is marked completed. Standings and stats update.

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    The End game? dialog showing the final score, with its End game button.
    Fig. 8End game asks you to confirm the final score.

  9. Step 9: Click ↗ (View public site) at the bottom of the left menu.

    Your website opens in a new tab. The final is under Recent results on the home page, and the standings already include it.

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    The public home page’s Recent results with the final score, beside the standings.
    Fig. 9Your website with the final score.

What you’ll see

The game is final: Game day shows it with its score, and your website has the result and the updated standings. While a game is live, fans follow the score on its game page as you go.

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The Game day list with the finished game marked Final.
Fig. 10Game day: the game is final.

Common questions

Can I keep score from my phone?
Yes. On a phone, open Today and tap Open score controller on your game (or use Game day in the bottom bar). The controller fits a phone screen. For per-player stats, use the Scorebook on a tablet: see Record per-play stats with the Scorebook.
Fans can’t see the score. Why?
Either the game is hidden (Hide from fans is on in its score controller), or your league keeps started games off the site: an admin can change that in Settings › Broadcast › Show live games on the public site.
Can two people keep score at once?
Yes. Every score controller open on the game updates live, and each tap is added to the score, so no tap is lost.
What happens when the clock reaches 0:00?
While a score controller is open, the clock pauses itself at 0:00. Then click the next period, which resets the clock to a full period.
I ended the game by mistake, or the final is wrong.
A final game can’t be scored live any more. To change the final, an admin or editor opens the game from Schedule and uses Final score › Update final; standings follow the new result.