Run game day from one screen
Clear the readiness checks, check teams in, push back late-running games, keep up with the live update board and move each category from its groups into the knockout stage.
Reviewed November 9, 2026 · Verified for d466fd6
Before you start
- A tournament with a schedule, which you created or help to run as a co-admin
- For a knockout stage: the knockout games already created in Format
The short answer
Select Matchday Centre in the sidebar. Sort anything under Game day readiness, mark teams Arrived under Team arrivals, use Delay unstarted games when play runs late, and once every group result is in, select Proceed to knockout stage under Competition progress.
On this page
What you will do
The Matchday Centre is the tournament’s home on the day. From one page you check you are ready to start, register teams as they arrive, move games back when a field runs late, watch results come in and, when the groups are finished, fill the knockout draw.
The arrivals list and the live update board refresh every 15 seconds, so several helpers can keep the page open on different devices and see each other’s changes.
Before you start
- Only the tournament owner and co-admins can make changes here. Give Co-admin to anyone who will check teams in or delay games on the day.
- A delay only moves games that have not started. Locked, live and completed games stay where they are.
- Competition progress only appears for categories with a knockout stage. Create the knockout games in Format before game day.
- Before you leave home, select Download printable game day pack and Export referee schedule in case the signal is poor at the ground.
How to do it
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Clear the readiness checks
Select Matchday Centre in the sidebar. Under Game day readiness, each check has Resolve, which opens the page where you fix it, such as the venue details, unpaid entries, referees or the schedule. When nothing is left, it says No outstanding game day checks.
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Check teams in as they arrive
Under Team arrivals, teams are listed by their first kick-off. Type in Find a team to jump to one. Set Arrival to Arrived, Running late or Absent, add a Private issue note if needed, and select Save arrival.
Good to know: If another helper has just updated the same team, select Load their update before you change it again. - 3
Push back games when play runs late
Under Delay unstarted games, choose the Tournament day, a Pitch or All fields, and the Delay in minutes. Select Preview delay to see every game that will move and its new time, then Apply this delay. The public schedule updates straight away.
Good to know: If the preview finds a clash, or a game would finish after the day’s closing time, Playlee will not apply it. Sort the clash on the Schedule page, then preview again. - 4
Keep up with the live update board
The Live update board lists results coming in, disputes, fields running late and categories ready for knockout. Use the filters, such as Disputes or Needs action, and the button on each item to go straight to the right page. The most urgent items also appear at the top under Needs attention now. Further down, each field shows the game that is Live Now and the one that is Upcoming.
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Move from the groups to the knockout stage
Under Competition progress, each category shows how many group games are complete and the top of each group table. Once every group result is in, select Proceed to knockout stage: Playlee puts the qualified teams into the knockout games you created in Format.
Good to know: After that, the card shows the Current stage, and once the final is played, the Winner and Runner up. Winners move on to the next round as you save each knockout score.
Check you are ready
- Game day readiness says No outstanding game day checks.
- Every team that has turned up is marked Arrived.
- Every delay was previewed before it was applied.
- Nothing is left under Needs attention now.
- Each category’s group results are all in before you select Proceed to knockout stage.
If something looks wrong
If something looks wrong
Check every group score before you select Proceed to knockout stage: the qualified teams are placed from the group tables as they stand. Once a knockout game has started or has a result, its teams can no longer be changed.
Common problems
Proceed to knockout stage does not appear
It appears only when every group game in that category is finished and the knockout games exist. The card says how many group results are still needed, or asks you to create the knockout games in Format first.
Apply this delay is greyed out
The preview found no games to move, a clash, or a game finishing after the day’s closing time. Change the field or minutes, or fix the clash on the Schedule page, then select Preview delay again.
The Auto Scheduler replaced my schedule. Can I get it back?
Open Recover the schedule before regeneration at the bottom of the Matchday Centre and select Restore previous schedule. It only works if no game, result or assignment has changed, and no tournament setting has been edited, since the Auto Scheduler ran.
Can parents see the arrival notes?
No. The Private issue note is only visible to the tournament organizers.