Starting a match: a guide for captains

One phone or laptop runs the whole match for both teams, so only one captain needs to do this. Usually that's the home captain.

Before you start

  • Sign in with your darts.pub email and password. The league must have made you a captain of your team.
  • You can start the match from 8:30pm on match night (Friday 16 October).

Start the match

  1. Sign in with the button above, or Login in the menu.
  2. Tap Tonight's matches.
  3. Tap your match. You'll see both teams' squads.
  4. Check the players. If someone is missing, type their name in Add a player under the right team and tap Add. Either captain can add players to both teams.
  5. Tap Go to match night.
  6. For each game, choose the players, check who throws first, then tap Start on board.
  7. Score every visit. On a laptop, type the total and press Enter. On a phone, use the keypad. If you make a mistake, tap Undo last visit.
  8. When the last game ends you'll see Match complete, and the result goes to the league.

Showing the scoreboard on a TV

If your laptop is plugged into a TV:

  1. Press the Windows key + P and choose Extend.
  2. On the match screen, tap Scoreboard. It opens in a new tab.
  3. Drag that tab off the browser and onto the TV, then press F11 for full screen.
  4. Keep scoring on the laptop. The TV updates by itself.

Using a phone to score? Open the scoreboard on the laptop or TV instead and leave it there.

If something doesn't look right

  • No "Go to match night" button: you're not signed in, or the league hasn't made you a captain. Ask the league admin.
  • "This fixture is not open yet": it's before 8:30pm. Try again then.