Stop chasing.
Start playing.
Botfather handles your weekly football game: Scheduling, player tracking, reminders, team picks, and more. All from your WhatsApp group chat. No apps, no spreadsheets, no faff.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Botfather handles the admin headache so your group can focus on your finishing.
Scheduling On Autopilot
Creates next week's game as soon as this week's one ends. No copy-paste ritual required. No chasing the organiser
Player Tracking
Tracks who's in, who's out, and who's on reserve in real time. Even when the chat is chaos.
Smart Reminders
Sends reminders before kick-off and tags reserves when a spot opens. Less nagging, more football.
Team Assignment
Splits the squad into fair teams once the game fills up. No awkward debates, no favourites.
Try it yourself
See exactly how Botfather works — from first setup to final whistle — right here in your browser.
Friday Football
10 members
How to set up Botfather
Follow these steps in your WhatsApp group. Full setup takes about 2 minutes, depending on typing speed and banter levels.
Invite Botfather
Use your WhatsApp group invite link in the Invite to WhatsApp section. Once the bot has joined it will jump into setup mode.
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Friday Football
Today
Botfather
The person who added me is either very organised or absolutely exhausted. Either way, good call. 👋
I am here to help manage your weekly football game and make life easier for you all. Let's get you set up — I just need a few quick answers.
18:42
Not ready to use it on your real group yet?
Create a throwaway group
Open WhatsApp and create a new group. Add one mate or just yourself — it only needs to exist long enough to try things out.
Invite Botfather
Use the invite form on this page. Paste the group link, hit Invite, and Botfather will appear in the chat within seconds.
Go through the setup
Botfather will ask a few questions: game day, kick-off time, location, price, and squad size. Takes about two minutes.
Try the commands
Send "in", "out", "reserve", and "info" to see it in action. Get a feel for it before the group does.
Takes about 2 minutes to set up.
Don't take our word for it
Used weekly by groups across the UK. Less admin, more football.
“We used to run games through an app. Never again. Botfather tracks games, invites, and no-replies in one place. No more shouting at folk to check the app!”
Emma
Group admin, Manchester
“I used to spend half my week trying to get lads to confirm if they were playing or not. Who played last week? Who's in this week? Did Dave say he could play or is he on holiday?..... Now the Bot handles it all. I haven't had to chase anyone for a response in months!”
Ronnie
Group Legend, South Queensferry
“Botfather is brilliant. Has made a huge difference to our weekly game. Everything is easy, the reminders are superb and it's made the whole thing far more straight forward.”
Chrissy
Organiser extraordinaire, East Calder
How to convince the group
it's a good idea
There's always one. Here's your ammunition.
No new app. Ever.
It lives entirely in the WhatsApp group you already use. Nobody needs to download anything, create an account, or learn a new interface.
The organiser gets their life back.
No more pinning messages, chasing late replies, updating a spreadsheet, or fielding "is it still on?" at 9pm on a Tuesday.
Reserves actually get a fair shot.
Botfather manages a proper queue. When someone drops out it automatically notifies the next person in line — no more whoever shouts loudest gets the spot.
Everyone knows where they stand.
One live game post in the chat shows exactly who's in, who's out, and who's waiting. No ambiguity, no crossed wires.
Reminders go out automatically.
The group gets a nudge 3 days and 1 day before kick-off. No one can claim they forgot. The organiser doesn't have to ask twice.
It keeps a record.
Game history, attendance, scores, and player of the month — all tracked without anyone writing anything down.
And it's completely free.
No subscription, no trial period, no paid tier. Free to set up, free to run. Forever. Donations are appreciated though.
Get your group sorted.
It's free.
Invite Botfather to your WhatsApp group in 4 quick steps.
- Open WhatsApp and navigate to your football group settings.
- Copy your group invite link. (If you can't see it, ask a group admin to grab it.)
- Paste the link into the box below and click Invite.
- Follow the setup prompts Botfather sends in the chat, then relax.
Botfather will join the chat and introduce itself. Once it's set up, you can retire from reminder duty.
Join the Botfather Discord
Got a question? Found a bug? Want to suggest a feature? Come hang out. The Discord is where updates get announced and feedback actually shapes what gets built next.