Terms of Use
These are the rules for using Gaffer, the app for running a small-sided football team. By making an account you agree to them. They're short and in plain English; please read them.
Who runs Gaffer
Gaffer is run by Ethan Davison-Pearce. To get in touch, email ethan@reth.com. How your information is kept is in the privacy policy.
No abuse, no offensive content
Gaffer has zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. Anything you post, send or stream in Gaffer, including posts, captions, comments, chat messages, usernames, names, team names, highlight clips, reels and live streams, must not:
- abuse, threaten, bully or harass anyone, on the pitch or off it;
- attack anyone for their race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexuality, disability, age or where they're from;
- be sexual, show nudity, or show anyone being hurt for real;
- show or encourage anything illegal, including violence, drugs or betting on games you play in;
- pretend to be someone else, or share someone's private details;
- be spam, or video you aren't allowed to share.
Swearing at the football is part of the game, but never aimed at a person. Gaffer checks what you type for words that aren't allowed and won't post them.
Filming people
Only film, stream or post games where the people playing are happy to be filmed. If someone asks you to take a clip of them down, take it down. Anyone tagged in a post can take themselves off it, and any player can take a clip off their own highlights. Only put a goal up for Goal of the Week if the players in it are happy for everyone on Gaffer to see it.
Reporting and blocking
- Report a post (⋯ on the post), a profile (⋯ on their profile), a chat message (tap it), a goal up for Goal of the Week (Report under it) or a live stream (Report under the stream). Reports come straight to us.
- Block someone from their profile, or from any of their chat messages. You won't see each other's posts, profiles or messages any more.
We look at every report within 24 hours. Anything that breaks these rules is removed, and anyone who posted it may have their account removed straight away, without warning.
AI commentary
Gaffer can add a commentator's voice to highlight clips. It's made by Google's AI from the lines Gaffer writes (players' names, the score and the minute), and only once you've agreed to send them. The "Sweary" voice swears and is for over-18s only.
Your account
- Accounts are for adults (18 and over). Younger players can be in a team run by an adult gaffer.
- Keep your password to yourself. You're responsible for what's done with your account.
- You can delete your account at any time: Profile → the gear (Settings) → Your account → Delete my account.
What you post stays yours
You keep the rights to what you post. You let Gaffer store it and show it to the people you share it with (your team, your followers, or anyone who can see your profile), only to run the app.
The small print
- Gaffer is provided as it is. We work hard to keep it running and your data safe, but we can't promise it will never go wrong, and we aren't responsible for games, fees or arrangements between players and teams.
- We may change these terms; if we do, the date at the top changes and the app may ask you to agree again.
- These terms are under the law of England and Wales.