Centre Circle
The grassroots football app: fixtures, match reports, payments and chat for referees, clubs and leagues.
- Role
- Full-stack · Mobile
- Year
- 2023
- Platforms
- iOS
- Android
- Web
- Stack
- Flutter
- Dart
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Rive
- Firebase
- Apps
- Links
The grassroots football app: one place for referees, clubs, players, leagues and county FAs to run match day.
What it is
Centre Circle runs grassroots football end to end: fixtures and match reports, referee appointments and promotion pathways, team chat, player availability and club membership payments.
I joined in April 2023 as a Software Engineer and became the full-stack developer that September. I work across the Flutter mobile app, the league-facing admin portal and the Node.js API behind them, and I built the shared Flutter design system both apps use.
Highlights
Works without signal
Officials record match events offline at the pitch; everything syncs when they're back online.
Live match tracker
A Rive-animated pitch and match clock make live observation feel like the game.
Club payments
Card payments for club memberships, right inside the app.
Teams in one place
Team chat, line-ups and player availability together.
Referee pathways
Match reports, observer feedback and promotion pathways for referees.
Fixes before the weekend
Updates ship over the air with Shorebird, without waiting on store review.
How it fits together
- Mobile appFlutter · iOS & Android
- Admin portalFor leagues and county FAs
- APINode.js + TypeScript
- DatabasePostgreSQL
- Mobile app connects to API
- Admin portal connects to API
- API connects to Database
- Offline first: match events are saved on the phone and sync later, because pitches often have no signal.
- One shared design system keeps the app and the portal looking and behaving the same.
- Over-the-air updates mean urgent fixes reach referees before the weekend's games.
Get the apps
Centre Circle
For Referees, clubs and players
Centre Circle Portal
For Leagues and county FAs