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Apps & platforms · own product · 2026
Whistle Connect
Book FA-verified grassroots football referees in seconds, with payment held safely.
The story
Grassroots coaches waste mornings phoning round group chats to find a referee. Whistle Connect puts coaches and FA-verified local referees in one app: coaches book or broadcast a match, referees accept and name a price, and the fee is held in escrow until both sides confirm the game was played.
The clever bit
A full two-sided marketplace with Stripe Connect payouts and dual-confirm escrow, live at whistleconnect.co.uk
What it does
- Book a referee for a match or tournament in a few taps
- Urgent SOS broadcasts to nearby referees
- Payment held in escrow until both sides confirm the match
- Referee wallets with payouts straight to their bank
- FA verification of referee credentials
- Messages, availability calendars and push notifications
- For
- Grassroots football coaches, clubs and referees in the UK
- Status
- Live / in use
- Works with
- Stripe Checkout + Connect · Supabase auth/realtime · Mapbox · Web Push + FCM · Resend email · Sentry
- Built with
- Next.js 16 · React 19 · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS 4 · Supabase · Capacitor
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