Start a new season

How a squad gets into a season

You do not sign up for a new season. Your league manager enters your squads, and each one arrives with an empty roster. Filling it is your job, and it has to be done before the squad's first game.

1. Find the squads that need players

There are three ways in, and all three open the same wizard. Use whichever one reaches you first.

Screenshot: The season reminder email images/ns-01-reminder-email.png One line per squad, each with Add players and a link to start from last season's squad.

Your league sends the email when it chooses to, so do not wait for it. The dashboard shows the same squads all the time, from the day they are entered.

Screenshot: The Get ready block on the dashboard images/ns-02-dashboard-get-ready.png One row per squad: name, division, the shortcut, and its count against the minimum.

2. Open the previous-squad wizard

How the wizard opens depends on how you got here. Either way, nothing is added until the very last button.

1. From the email or the dashboard, it opens by itself

   The squad's Roster page loads with the wizard already open on Pick players, and last season's squad already chosen. Go straight to tick who is coming back. If you want a different squad to start from, press Back.

   If the link asks you to sign in first, sign in and you are taken back to the same page.

2. From the Roster page, press Choose a squad

   An empty roster shows a card above the two panels, Start from a previous squad, with how many earlier squads you have and the one it suggests.

   

   Screenshot: The offer on an empty Roster page images/ns-03-roster-offer.png The count strip, then the Start from a previous squad card with Choose a squad.

3. Bring the players across

Four steps, or five if the old squad has a player the scorer's table added without a name. You can close the wizard at any point and nothing changes.

1. Pick a squad

   Every squad your club has fielded before is listed, newest season first, with its division and how many players it had. The one that matches this squad is marked Suggested, but you can pick any of them, in any league.

   

   Screenshot: Pick a squad images/ns-04-pick-a-squad.png Earlier squads grouped by season, each with its division and player count.

2. Tick who is coming back

   Everyone who can play in the new division is ticked already. Untick anyone who has left. Select all and Clear let you work from either end, and the search box finds a name in a big squad. The footer counts your selection against the minimum and the spots left.

   

   Screenshot: Pick players images/ns-05-pick-players.png The ticked list, and the footer counting the selection against the minimum.

   A player who cannot come across is greyed out with the reason underneath, never hidden. The usual reasons:

   • Age or gender. They fall outside the new division. When that looks wrong, the date of birth usually is: see who can edit a player.
   • Already placed on another squad. They are on another of your rosters in the same division and season. One player can only be on one roster per division.
   • Already on this roster. Nothing to do.

3. Name any scorer's-table players (only if asked)

   A player added at the scorer's table during a game may have only a jersey number, and shows as Unnamed player #53 with a Needs first name tag. If you leave one ticked, a Details step appears. Each needs at least a first name. Last name, gender and date of birth are optional, but add all three together or none; the parent can fill in the rest later from your claim link. If the details match a child already at your club, you are asked whether it is the same child. Untick a player here to leave them out.

4. Check the jersey numbers

   Numbers carry over from the old squad. A number that clashes with someone already on this roster comes through blank, and two players on the same number are flagged; the footer counts what is still to sort. Every player needs one, because it is how the scorer's table finds them during a game.

   

   Screenshot: Jerseys images/ns-06-jerseys.png One number box per player, filled in from the old squad.

5. Confirm

   The last step lists who is going across, with their numbers. Press Add 14 players (the count is yours). You then see who was added, and anyone who was not, with the reason, such as the roster filling up. Press Done.

   

   Screenshot: Confirm images/ns-07-confirm.png The final list and the Add 14 players button.

4. Finish the squad

The count strip at the top of the Roster page tells you when you are done.

1. Check the count strip

   It reads 0 of 8 added and Need 8 more until the squad reaches its minimum, then Ready. The minimum and maximum come from your league and can differ by division. The squad's row on your dashboard changes to Ready at the same time.

2. Add anyone new

   A returning player who was not in the old squad is still in your club pool: find them in Add from your club (build the competition roster). For a player new to the club, send your claim link so the parent enters the details, or use Quick add on the day.

3. Repeat for each squad

   The wizard fills one squad at a time. Go back to your dashboard or the email for the next one. When all your squads read Ready, the last job before each game is to confirm the lineup.

When the offer is not there

The shortcut is only offered when it can help. If you cannot find it, one of these is why.

Common questions