Straight Answers About uContend

uContend is a platform for running and following sports competitions. Organisers manage structure, fixtures, results and live operations; clubs and supporters use public pages for fixtures, results, tables, brackets and updates.

No. Football is the first major focus and provides the examples on this site, but the competition model supports more than one sport. Sport-specific capabilities are only advertised when implemented.

The supported structures include League, Knockout, Groups only, Groups + Knockouts and League + Playoffs.

Yes. One organisation can own different competitions, each with the format and control view that suits it.

Yes. Public pages and organiser tools work in a mobile browser, with tournament-day actions designed for short pitch-side use.

No. The current product works in a modern browser on a phone, tablet or computer.

Yes. Final group positions can fill configured places in a later knockout bracket.

Yes. Add the available pitches or playing areas and assign matches to times and locations in the schedule.

Yes. Save the change to the working draft, review the revision and select Publish changes when it is ready.

Yes. Club check-in records whether a tournament club has arrived without changing its normal entry state.

Yes. The live view includes Quick score for current matches, with the full result flow available when more detail is needed.

Where progression is configured, confirmed results can populate later places once the required qualifier or winner is determined.

Yes. An organiser can publish a registration window with division choices, requirements, terms and custom questions. Applicants can verify their email and return to a protected status page.

Yes, on plans that include registration. Use a free entry, publish manual payment instructions, or connect the organisation to Stripe for online checkout.

An eligible application can be updated from its protected status page. Changing the contact email requires new verification. The applicant can also withdraw by confirming the club name.

The registration workflow can record and process the applicable rejection refund for an online payment. Organisers should publish their refund policy before opening entry.

Yes. League competitions use fixtures, results and tables across a season, with organiser views for the next matchday and unresolved work.

Keep the fixture in its postponed state until a new date is known, then reschedule the same match rather than creating an unrelated duplicate.

Confirmed results feed the relevant table according to its configured scoring and tiebreak rules.

Yes. Choose single or double round robin, the normal matchday and kick-off, cadence, match duration, hosting model, pause dates and any division overrides.

Yes. Lock confirmed fixtures before rebuilding so they are preserved while eligible future fixtures are replaced.

You can move unlocked fixtures on one date together, or edit an individual fixture when only one match changed.

Review active fixtures, final tables and points adjustments, then confirm completion. The competition becomes read-only and final league tables are snapshotted.

Yes. A completed league can duplicate selected clubs, divisions, venues, admins and reusable setup into a clean next season. Old fixtures, results, adjustments and payment state are not copied.

No. An organiser can manage a club’s competition entry, but a claimed persistent club remains owned by its authorised club owner.

A claimed club has an authorised owner managing its persistent uContend identity.

Yes. The same persistent club can appear across leagues and tournaments without receiving a new public profile each time.

Yes. Organisation pages can collect leagues and tournaments run by the same organiser.

Yes. A claimed club can create separate public or private squads with a name, season label, cover and default player image.

Yes, when the club admin makes the relevant squad and person public. Draft and private people are not shown on public squad pages.

For claimed clubs in non-tournament competitions, a distinct squad identifies which group of players entered each division and avoids creating duplicate club profiles.

A public club can accept an email-verified join request for a squad. Club admins can review it and create a private draft player after approval.

No. Public competition pages can be opened without signing in.

Depending on the format and published data, supporters can see fixtures, results, tables or standings, clubs, brackets, dates and locations.

Yes. Guest follows are saved in the browser and merge into your account when you sign in.

Yes. Use Open in Maps on verified public venue information to hand the address to an available maps service.

Eligible public, published and unfinished competitions can create a stream for a configured playing area when the streaming service has capacity.

The organiser flow provides RTMPS credentials and setup guidance for OBS Studio and PRISM Live.

Yes. Each live playing area appears in the public Live tab and has a stable share link.

No. The current livestream feature does not request or expose recordings.

The stream enters a short reconnecting state. If the encoder returns within the grace window, viewers can continue; otherwise the session ends and releases its slot.

A free entry plan is available, with paid event and organisation plans in the current pricing catalogue. The Pricing page shows the current amounts and included features.

No. Public competition pages can be viewed without payment.

No. Public club join requests and competition club-entry fees are different from a full club membership and recurring subscription system.

Not necessarily. Clubs may still use other systems for membership, finance or training management.