How to enter your match

Log in to the captain area

• Go to stokesleypool.co.uk/captain (it is also in the site menu).
• Enter the username and password the league admin gave you.
• No login yet? Email us and we will set one up.
• Online scoring only works when both captains have a login. If the other captain has not got one yet, use the paper scoresheet for that match.

Tip: once logged in, add the page to your phone's home screen so it is one tap away on a Tuesday.

Check your team

• Under Your team you will see your players.
• Missing someone? Type their name in Add a player and tap Add player.
• Use the full first name and surname, for example John Smith. No nicknames, so the stats add up.
• Someone left or moved team? Tap Archive. They vanish from your lists but their past results stay.

Open tonight's match

• Under Your fixtures, tap tonight's match to open the Match night screen.
• Both captains do this on their own phones. Each enters their own side.

Pick your line-up and lock it

• Choose two players for each of the 3 doubles first, then a player for each of the 6 singles.
• Player not in the list? Choose Add a new player in the dropdown and type their full name.
• Tap Save if you need to stop and come back.
• Happy with it? Tap Lock. Your line-up stays hidden from the other captain until both sides are locked, then both are revealed together.
• Last line-up fills in the same team as your previous match, to save typing.

The screen tells you if a line-up breaks the rules, so you cannot lock an invalid one by accident.

Enter the scores as you go

• Once both line-ups are locked, Your scorecard appears with all 9 frames.
• After each frame, tap the player (or doubles pair) that won it. The running score updates at the top.
• Won on the 7 ball? Tick the 7 ball box next to that frame.
• Tap Save scores any time. Nothing is sent yet.
• Made a mistake? Just tap the other player.

Enter the result as you saw it. The other captain does the same on their phone.

Everyone can watch it live

• As soon as both line-ups are locked, the match appears as a LIVE card on the Table page and on both team pages.
• Every frame you tap in shows up there within seconds, so players, fans and the other pubs can follow the score as it happens.
• The Table page shows the score and how many frames are done. Tap a team name on the card to open its team page and see it frame by frame: who played who and who won each one.
• Your match notes stay private.
• Fixtures for the night are marked LIVE on the fixtures list too.

The live card uses whichever captain has entered the most frames, so keep tapping them in as they finish and the whole league sees it.

Send your scores

• When all 9 frames are in, the Send my scores button lights up. Tap it.
• If both captains' scores match, the result goes live on the site straight away and you get an email.
• If they differ, the league admin is told and sorts it out. You may get an email asking you to check and send again.
• Sent too soon? Tap Edit my scores, fix it, and send again.
• You can add a private note for the league admin before sending, for example if a frame was conceded.