Sports teams, clubs and seasons

One game. Everybody who was there remembers a different one.

The final, the cup run, the one that got away. Eleven players, a coach and a touchline full of parents all came home with their own version of the same ninety minutes. Collect every one of them.

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Start with one game, not the whole season.

Pick the match people still bring up. The striker remembers the goal. The keeper remembers the save two minutes before it. The parent on the touchline remembers the look on their kid's face, and the coach remembers making the substitution nobody agreed with. Four people, four completely different games.

None of that is on the scoresheet, and none of it gets written down unless somebody asks for it while people still remember.

You can go wider whenever you want. Set a section for each month of the season, or for pre-season, the bad run and the final day, and people write under each. But a season from one person is a report. One game from eleven is a story, and that is the part nobody else is keeping.

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Alan comes on.

The Sunday final

A community playing field, California · Last match of the neighbourhood football season · 5 people · 12 memories

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Alan comes on · 3 memories

  • Alansubstitute who takes every role seriously

    my job was to stand there

    Phil told me to go in and stand near the far post when we had a corner. I asked which post was the far one and he pointed. I stood where he said. A ball came towards me and I put my foot out because that's what you're supposed to do when the ball comes near your foot. It went into the goal. Everybody ran towards me. For a second I thought I was in the way and they were trying to move me. Then Doug hugged me and I understood we'd scored. I hadn't known kicking a football could make so many people happy.

  • Philvolunteered to coach, loudly

    i put him there

    ok yes alan scored. and yes i told him exactly where to stand. not saying i deserve a medal but good coaching matters. he was meant to be a distraction, honestly, and the ball just happened to come through. but he stuck his foot out and buried it. the whole sideline went crazy. he looked completely stunned. i was ready to shout about getting back into shape and then i saw how happy everyone was. so i shut up for about thirty seconds. possibly a personal best.

  • Studefender and unofficial rules official

    for once, nobody argued

    I saw the ball go in and checked the linesman because I'd been conditioned by the first half to expect disappointment. No flag. Actual goal. Alan was still standing by the post with his arms slightly out as if the referee might ask him to give the ball back. Phil immediately claimed tactical credit, which is irritating because he had, in fact, put Alan there. I ran over and hugged him. My ankle was sore and we were still playing, but I did it anyway. That is the only entirely spontaneous thing I remember doing that season.

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Alan thought he was following an instruction. Phil had sent him on as a decoy. Stu would like it known that Phil was, irritatingly, right.

How it works

Free to collect. Free to read. No accounts for anyone you invite.

  1. 1

    Start a collection

    Give it a name and say who or what it is about. It takes a minute and it is free.

  2. 2

    Send the link

    Share it however your group already talks: WhatsApp, a text, an email, or a QR code on the table.

  3. 3

    Everyone adds what they remember

    Written down, or simply spoken aloud and written up for them. Photos too. Nobody needs an account; a name is enough.

  4. 4

    Read it together

    Every memory, in each person's own words, kept privately for you and whoever you choose to share it with. Collecting and reading is always free.

Questions that help

You don't have to start with a blank page.

You write the sections you want filled in and your team writes whatever they like underneath. These are only starting points.

  • What was the defining moment of the season?
  • Which match will you never forget?
  • What happened behind the scenes?
  • Who made everyone laugh?
  • What's the first thing you remember?
  • Was there a moment nobody else noticed?
  • What would you never want to forget?

Every question is optional. Anyone can skip straight to writing, or talking.

Questions people ask

Can parents contribute as well as players?

Yes. Anyone you send the link to can add a memory: players, coaches, parents, volunteers, supporters. Each person says who they are in relation to the team.

Some of the players are children. Is that okay?

Collections are private and only visible to the people you invite. For younger players, we would suggest a parent sends the link and helps them add their memory.

Can the club pay rather than one person?

Yes. It is one payment for the whole collection, made by whoever started it, so a club card works as well as anyone's. Everyone who contributed reads it free.

Does it cost anything?

No. Starting a collection, adding memories and reading them is free for everybody.

Who can see what people write?

Only the people you invite. Every collection is private when it is created, nothing is listed publicly or shown to search engines, and you decide whether contributors can read each other's memories.

Is the finished story written by AI?

Yes, and it is held to what people actually said. It works only from the memories you include, quotes people in their own words, and says so plainly where two people remember something differently. It does not invent events, dialogue or feelings. The original memories are always kept underneath, and you can edit anything before it is shared.

Before the next season starts, keep this one.

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