Executive Summary
- Built for Sunday league, Saturday league, friendly and 5-a-side players, not just funded clubs.
- Film on a phone and get your goals, assists, tackles, saves and highlight clips back.
- No GPS vest, no fixed camera, no tapping buttons through the game.
- Free Pitchside tools are live now while the analysis app is in development.
Pitchside is a football analysis app being built for the players who play every week: Sunday league, Saturday league, friendly matches and 5-a-side. You film the match on a phone and it records your stats and highlight clips automatically, with no GPS vest and no fixed camera.
Most football analysis tools are built for funded clubs with cameras, analysts and budgets. Pitchside is built for the rest of football: the lads who turn out every Sunday, the Saturday league side chasing promotion, the friendly that means everything in the group chat, and the 5-a-side regulars on a Tuesday night. If you play, this is the app being built to give you the stats and highlights that until now only the pros had.
What is a football analysis app?
A football analysis app turns a recording of your match into useful data: goals, assists, tackles, saves, distance covered and shareable highlight clips. Professional clubs do this with fixed camera rigs and analyst teams. Pitchside is being built to do the same job from a single phone video, so the players who actually play amateur football can finally see how they performed, not just remember the scoreline.
Who it is for
Pitchside is built around the players who play week in, week out, in the formats real amateur football happens in.
- Sunday league players. The early start, the full pitch, the rivalry. Get your goals, assists and a highlight reel without anyone editing footage. See the Sunday league tools.
- Saturday league players. The more competitive end of the weekend. Track your performance across the season and prove who is carrying the side.
- Friendly and kickabout players. The midweek game, the work team, the group of mates. Even a friendly is worth a highlight clip and bragging rights.
- 5-a-side and futsal players. Fast, high scoring and easy to film from one corner. See the 5-a-side tools and guides.
- Grassroots teams. No budget, no analyst, no problem. Pitchside is built for teams that have a phone and a group chat, not a camera rig.
What the app tracks
Pitchside is being built to read the events that decide amateur matches, the things you actually talk about afterwards.
| Stat | Why it matters to a weekly player |
|---|---|
| Goals and assists | Your contribution, settled. No more arguing over the final touch. |
| Shots and passes | How often you threatened and whether your passing held up. |
| Tackles and interceptions | Defensive work that never shows up on a scoreline. |
| Goalkeeper saves | The most under tracked role in amateur football. |
| Distance and sprints | Read from the video, with no vest to wear. |
| Highlight clips | Your best moments, cut and ready to share. |
A football highlights app, built in
Stats are half the story. The other half is the clip. Pitchside is being built as a football highlights app as well as a stats app, so the same phone video that gives you the numbers also gives you the moments. It is designed to find your goals, assists and standout plays and cut them into short highlights you can drop straight into the group chat or post to Instagram and TikTok. No editing app, no scrubbing through 90 minutes, no fixed camera. If you want to film the best footage to feed it, read how to record a football match on your phone.
How it works
- Film the match on a phone. One angle from the side or behind a goal. Prop it on a fence or bag, or have a sub hold it.
- Upload it after the final whistle. Send the video to Pitchside and go get changed.
- Get your stats and clips back. Your numbers and a set of highlights, ready to share or compare to last week.
How Pitchside compares to the alternatives
| Option | What it costs | What you wear | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchside (in development) | Free at launch for founding members | Nothing | Weekly players who want stats and highlights from a phone |
| GPS vest (STATSports, Catapult) | Around £150 to £250 plus subscription | A vest each match | Fitness and physical load |
| Veo or fixed AI camera | Hundreds of pounds plus subscription | Nothing | Funded clubs with someone to run the camera |
| Manual stats app | Free to cheap | Nothing | Teams with a willing volunteer to tap every event |
Use the free Pitchside tools now
The analysis app is in development, but the free tools are live and built for the same players. Split fair sides with the team generator, plan a shape with the formation builder, run your standings with the league table maker, and log goals and assists with the stats tracker. To track without any kit, read how to track football stats without a GPS vest, or compare your options in the best football stats recording app.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Be first to get your stats and highlights
Pitchside is being built to turn one phone video of your Sunday, Saturday, friendly or 5-a-side match into stats and a highlight reel. Join the early access list as a founding member.