Everything you use in Spond – and where it is here

In Spond

Group / subgroup

Here

Club / team

Website: Team switcher at the top of every page
Phone app: Team switcher at the top of Home

Each team is its own group. Parents see only their own teams.

In Spond

Group admin, custom admin roles

Here

Manager, coach; club owner, admin, secretary, billing contact

Website: More → Team admin → People and invitations
Phone app: More → People and invitations

Fixed roles instead of custom permissions, so nobody gets more access than they need by mistake.

In Spond

Invite link / group code

Here

Registration link (with a QR code)

Website: More → Registration requests
Phone app: More → Registration link

You approve each person before they can see anything.

In Spond

Import members from Excel

Here

Import members (reads Spond's member export)

Website: More → Club admin → Import members
Phone app: Done on the website

Dates of birth and medical details in the file are left behind.

In Spond

Member list

Here

Member list

Website: Team → Squad → Member list
Phone app: Team → Squad → Member list

Adults only – children are never listed with contact details. Off by default for youth teams.

In Spond

Contact information: All members / Admins only

Here

Contact details: Everyone in my teams / Coaches and managers only / Nobody

Website: Account → Contact details
Phone app: More → Account → Contact details

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Guardian

Here

Parent or guardian (plus carers and view-only family)

Website: More → Family members
Phone app: More → Your family

Parents add a co-parent, childminder or grandparent themselves.

In Spond

Leave group

Here

Leave this team

Website: Team → Squad → Leave this team
Phone app: Team → Squad → Leave this team

Your child stays on the squad until the coaches take them off. Coaches and managers ask the club instead.

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Event, match, recurring event

Here

Fixture, training session, repeating training

Website: Fixtures / Schedule
Phone app: Fixtures tab

Set up a whole season of training at once, with half-term skipped.

In Spond

Attend / Decline

Here

Yes / No (and Maybe)

Website: The event page → Can you make it?
Phone app: The event → Can you make it?

There's a Maybe too, and you can answer for every child – or a whole week – in one go.

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Unanswered

Here

Not replied

Website: The event → Replies
Phone app: The event → Replies

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Default response: Automatically enrolled

Here

Everyone's going unless they say no

Website: The event → Places, waiting list and reply options
Phone app: The event → Places, waiting list and reply options

Families can also tick “usually available” for a training series.

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Registration deadline

Here

Reply by + Close replies at the reply-by time

Website: The event → Places, waiting list and reply options
Phone app: The event → Places, waiting list and reply options

After it, families can still say they can't make it.

In Spond

Max number of participants and waiting list

Here

Limited places, with a waiting list

Website: The event → Places, waiting list and reply options
Phone app: The event → Places, waiting list and reply options

When a place frees up, the next one waiting is moved in and told – nobody has to accept an offer.

In Spond

Send reminder / automatic reminders

Here

Nudge / automatic reminders

Website: The event → Replies → Nudge
Phone app: The event → Replies → Nudge

Reminders only ever go to people who haven't replied, at times you choose once for the team.

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Availability request → Select people and create event

Here

Replies → Squad selection

Website: The event → Replies & squad
Phone app: The event → Squad

Every family sees Selected / Reserve / Not selected, so nobody's left guessing.

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Tasks

Here

Duties and rotas

Website: Schedule → Duties
Phone app: The event → Duties

Share out jobs fairly across the season; families can pick up an open slot.

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Line-up

Here

Line-up

Website: The match → Line-up
Phone app: The match → Line-up

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Player spotlight

Here

Match awards (player of the match, parents' vote)

Website: Team → Awards
Phone app: Team → Awards

Winners only – no counts or rankings for children.

In Spond

Register attendance / attendance history

Here

Register / attendance

Website: The event → Register; Schedule → Attendance
Phone app: The event → Register

Reasons, walk-ins and past events can be added. Download as a spreadsheet (CSV).

In Spond

Message attendees

Here

Message everyone going

Website: The event → Message everyone going
Phone app: The event → Chat

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Calendar sync

Here

Calendar feed (subscribe) or Add to calendar

Website: Fixtures → Calendar
Phone app: Fixtures → Add to calendar

No access to your phone's whole calendar is needed.

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Post

Here

Team update

Website: Team → Updates
Phone app: Team → News

Seen-by counts, pinning and scheduling are there for coaches.

In Spond

Poll

Here

Poll

Website: Team → Polls
Phone app: Team → Polls

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Hide votes / results for admins only

Here

Anonymous, and “Who sees the results?”

Website: New poll → More options
Phone app: New poll

Coaches can see who hasn't answered and remind just them.

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Chat / group chat

Here

Team chat, event chats, private and group messages

Website: Team → Chat
Phone app: Team → Chat

Nobody can message a child. Parents can message each other only if the team allows it – or in a group with a coach in it.

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Seen by

Here

Seen

Website: Under your latest private message
Phone app: Under your latest private message

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Files

Here

Documents and photos

Website: Team → Documents / Photos
Phone app: Team → Files

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Payment request

Here

Payment request

Website: More → Payments
Phone app: More → Payments

Bank transfer and cash are free. Mark cash paid, waive, refund and cancel from the app.

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Instalments / subscriptions

Here

Instalments / repeating costs / standing orders

Website: Club admin → Payments
Phone app: More → Payments

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Family discount

Here

Sibling discount

Website: New payment request
Phone app: New payment request

In Spond

Products (sizes, extras)

Here

Kit orders

Website: More → Kit orders
Phone app: More → Kit orders

In Spond

Spond Club registration forms

Here

Next season sign-up, and Forms

Website: Team → Forms; More → Next season sign-up
Phone app: Team → Polls → Forms

Forms ask your own questions (kit sizes, dietary needs) – never medical details.

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Superdraw, Spot the Ball, brand partnerships

Here

Not here

Website: —
Phone app: —

No lotteries and no adverts, ever. Fundraising is your club's own.