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The app on their own phone

If your child has their own phone, they can have GrassrootsManager on it - seeing just their own football, nothing else. You set it up from your phone in under a minute, and you can take it away again any time.

There's no email address, no password and nothing for your child to sign up to. You show a code on your phone, they scan it with theirs, and that's it: their matches, match stories and achievements live where they do. You stay in control from your own app.

Set it up from your phone

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    Start from your child's page

    Open your child in the app. If they don't have the app on a phone yet you'll see "Does your child have their own phone?" on their home page - tap Set up their app. (It's also in Settings whenever you need it.)

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    Read what they will and won't see

    Before any code appears, we show you exactly what your child's view contains: their fixtures, their match stories, their achievements and their teams - and nothing else. No contact details, no medical information, no payments. Tap Agree and show code when you're happy.

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    Show the code, they scan it

    A square code appears on your screen. On your child's phone, open GrassrootsManager, tap "I'm a player" and point the camera at your screen. Codes only last a minute, and each one works exactly once - if it runs out, a fresh one appears automatically.

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    You'll know the moment it works

    Your phone chimes and shows "That's it" the instant their phone connects. Every parent of your child also gets a notification that a phone was set up - so if anyone else ever pairs a device, you'll know.

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    Take it away any time

    On your child's page you'll find their phone listed under "their app". Remove it and their phone signs out immediately - nothing lingers. If they get a new phone, or the app stops working after a long break, just show them a fresh code. That's always the fix.