Every kid, visible
Availability, selection, minutes, and review all stay tied to the player and the fixture, so the quiet kid does not disappear in the shuffle.
- Every kid deserves a fair go
Without spreadsheets, arguments, or guesswork — Fairtime plans fair minutes, runs Match Day, and hands you the proof.
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Invite-only while we run a small pilot. Free for individual coaches — no payment details to start. Built for the UK volunteer reality: phone in one hand, kit bag in the other.
Free to start
Free for coaches — no club budget, no payment details.
- The product is the proof
Fairtime is not a broad team-management app. It is a fixture-centred workflow for coaches who already care about fairness and need a clearer way to prove it.
Availability, selection, minutes, and review all stay tied to the player and the fixture, so the quiet kid does not disappear in the shuffle.
Always plays, Preferred, Equal rotation, Needs minutes. The planner uses the language a coach can explain to parents.
A match record shows who played, when, and for how long — plus a position heatmap of where each kid actually played, all season. Not a ranking. Not a lecture. Just the honest record.
— The fairness model
Every player sits in one of four categories based on how you want to share minutes — not just history. Your keeper should play every game. Your youngest player might need building up. Two different kids, two different fair outcomes. Fairtime plans the difference and gives you the record to prove it.
Sunday 10:30
Needs minutes
3 players
Preferred
2 players
Equal rotation
11 players
Always plays
1 keeper
- Weekly rhythm
01
Collect availability and match details before the week gets noisy.
02
Build a fair match plan around segments, roles, and the squad you actually have.
03
Use touchline controls for goals, subs, cards, corrections, and final whistle.
04
See who needs minutes next week and what changed from the plan.
- Who needs it
Show that playing time is being shared fairly, match by match, without turning children into a leaderboard.
Run the weekly football job from one place: fixture prep, fair minutes, Match Day, and next-week review.
Give every team the same fairness model and a parent-readable record across the season.
- From the founder
I’m Phil. I run a youth team in the UK and got tired of the spreadsheet I’d been keeping for fairness. So I started building Fairtime — for managers like me, who care about every kid getting a fair go and who don’t have a club budget for software.
Fairtime is free for individual managers and stays free. The paid tier is for clubs that want one fairness record across every team — that’s what we’re building next with pilot clubs. If that’s you or your club, get in touch.
— Phil, founder, Fairtime
Read the full story- Built for the volunteer reality
Start with the next fixture. Plan fair minutes. Run the game. Keep the proof.
Built in the UK for grassroots football. No third-party advertising. No data sold. Designed around child fairness, coach trust, and parent-readable records.