Getting Started
How do I create a league?
Register for an account and you'll be taken through the setup wizard. You'll name your league, pick a URL (yourleague.supersmalls.site), choose a plan and any add-ons, invite your managers, and review everything before going live.
How do I invite managers?
During setup (or any time before locking the roster), go to the Members page and send email invites. Each manager gets a unique link to register and join your league. You can also share invite links directly.
What happens when I lock the roster?
Locking the roster finalises your list of managers for the season and triggers payment requests to everyone. No new managers can join after locking. Once all managers have paid, your league activates and you're ready to start.
Can I unlock the roster after locking it?
Yes, but only if no managers have paid yet. Unlocking cancels all pending payment requests so you can add or remove managers. Once any payment has been made, the roster is locked for the season.
What does the league website look like?
Every league gets its own site at yourleague.supersmalls.site. Managers log in to view standings, submit lineups, check scores, and manage transfers. As commissioner, you also get admin pages for scoring, transfers, settings, and more.
League Settings
What can I configure for my league?
You control the scoring rules, squad size, transfer budget, auction opening balance, gameweek settings, and transfer window behaviour. Everything is on the Settings page inside your league dashboard.
How does the rules page work?
You can create custom rule sections for your league using the Rules CMS. Add, edit, reorder, and delete sections as you see fit. Rules support dynamic placeholders that auto-fill with your league's actual settings (squad size, transfer budget, etc.).
Can managers pick their own squad names?
Yes. Managers can choose a custom squad name from the league site. Once everyone's happy, you lock squad names from the admin panel and they're set for the season.
Running Your Season
How do I run the auction?
You have two options.
Live auction: run the entire auction through SuperSmalls in real time — managers bid from their own devices with countdown timers and built-in chat.
Offline auction: run it in person or over a video call, then enter the results into SuperSmalls afterwards. See the
Live Auctions section above for full details on the live option.
How does weekly scoring work?
After each Premier League gameweek, go to the Scoring page on your league site. Enter ratings and goals for each player, then submit. SuperSmalls calculates points automatically based on your league's scoring rules, with position-specific modifiers for goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and strikers.
What about players who didn't play?
Players who didn't feature in a gameweek should be given a rating of 0. SuperSmalls recognises this and won't penalise the manager — the player simply scores no points that week.
How do transfers work?
You open transfer windows at set points during the season. Managers submit bids — each bid is a swap: one player in, one player out. You review and approve or deny each bid. Successful transfers update squads and deduct from the manager's transfer budget.
What are free transfers?
Free transfers let managers swap players outside of formal transfer windows. The commissioner can grant free transfers at any time — useful for replacing injured or sold players mid-season.
Live Auctions
What is a live auction?
A live auction lets your league draft players in real time through the SuperSmalls platform. Everyone joins from their own device, players are revealed one at a time, and managers bid against each other with a countdown timer. It's the full auction experience — without needing to be in the same room.
How do I create a live auction?
Go to the Auction page in your league and click "Create Live Auction". You'll set a date and time, choose the bid timer duration (default 30 seconds), the bid increment (default £0.5m), and optionally assign a backup runner in case you lose connection. You can also configure breaks, late arrival rules, and warning preferences. Once created, email notifications go out to all managers.
What is the player order?
The player list is randomised automatically when you create the auction. You can configure how far in advance the list is released to managers (default 10 minutes before start) so they can plan their strategy.
How does the lobby work?
Before starting, you open the lobby. Managers join and you can see who's online. Once everyone's ready, you start the auction. You can also share a voice/video call link (Zoom, Google Meet, etc.) so managers can chat while bidding.
What happens during the auction?
Players are revealed one at a time. When a player appears, the countdown timer starts. Managers place bids — each bid must beat the current highest by at least the bid increment. Every new bid resets the timer, so bidding wars keep going until nobody bids before the timer expires. The highest bidder wins the player.
What if nobody bids on a player?
If the timer expires with no bids, the player goes unsold and the auction moves to the next player automatically.
What controls do I have as the runner?
As the auction runner (usually the commissioner), you can pause and resume the auction, skip players, extend the timer by 15 or 30 seconds, trigger breaks, and approve or deny pause requests from managers. You're in full control of the flow.
What is a backup runner?
When creating the auction, you can assign another manager as the backup runner. If you lose connection, the backup runner automatically takes over the runner controls so the auction can continue without you.
How do breaks work?
You can configure automatic breaks — after every X players, at the halfway point, or after a specific player number. You can also trigger manual breaks at any time. Breaks have a configurable duration (default 15 minutes) and the auction resumes when you end the break.
What happens if a manager disconnects?
SuperSmalls detects disconnections in real time. If you've enabled auto-pause on disconnect, the auction pauses automatically until the manager reconnects. Otherwise, the auction continues and the disconnected manager misses any players auctioned while they're offline.
Is there a live chat?
Yes. There's a built-in chat panel where managers can send messages and emoji reactions during the auction. It's rate-limited to prevent spam, and all messages are logged.
What about squad limits and budgets?
SuperSmalls enforces budgets and squad size limits in real time — managers can't bid more than they can afford or exceed the maximum squad size. You can also enable advisory warnings for positional limits and club limits to help managers plan, though these are warnings rather than hard blocks.
What happens when the auction ends?
Once every player has been auctioned (sold, unsold, or skipped), the auction completes automatically. Sold players are assigned to the winning squads, budgets are finalised, and a results page shows total spend per squad, the most expensive player, and a full breakdown. If you have the AI reports add-on, a post-auction report is generated automatically.
Can I still run an offline auction?
Absolutely. The offline auction workflow is still available — run your auction in person or over a call, then enter the results into SuperSmalls afterwards. Live auctions are an alternative, not a replacement.
Billing & Payments
How does per-manager billing work?
You choose a plan and any add-ons, then lock the roster. The total cost is split equally across all managers (including you). Each manager pays their share individually via Stripe. The league activates once everyone has paid.
What is the prize kitty?
The prize kitty collects money from each manager to fund end-of-season prizes. You set the amount per manager and decide how it's distributed — league winner, monthly awards, cup competitions, whatever suits your league.
What are the fee modes?
There are two modes. Added means the league fee is charged on top of the kitty — managers pay the fee plus their kitty contribution. Included means the league fee comes out of the prize pool — managers only pay the kitty amount and running costs are deducted from the pot.
How do season renewals work?
At the end of a season, click "Renew" from the billing page. This bumps the season year, unlocks the roster for changes, and lets you update settings. Once you re-lock the roster, fresh payment requests go out and the league reactivates when everyone's paid.
Add-ons & Extras
What is FPL auto-scoring?
FPL auto-scoring pulls real match data from the Fantasy Premier League API and suggests ratings and goals for every player in your league. You review the suggested scores on the scoring page and submit with one click — or tweak individual values before confirming. It saves hours of manual data entry each gameweek.
What are AI reports?
AI reports generate written match reports and season summaries for your league. There are four types: Post-Auction, Post-Transfer, Mid-Season, and End of Season. Each report analyses your league's actual data — standings, player performance, transfers — and writes it up in a casual, entertaining style. You can regenerate reports up to 3 times per day if you want a fresh take.
How do I enable add-ons?
Add-ons are selected during the setup wizard or from the Billing page. Enabling an add-on adjusts the per-manager cost. Add-ons include FPL auto-scoring, AI reports, and the prize kitty. Check the
pricing page for what's included in each plan.
Tips & Best Practices
How do I keep managers engaged?
Score promptly after each gameweek — managers lose interest if results take days to appear. Open transfer windows regularly to give managers something to think about. Use the rules page to set expectations early, and share AI reports to keep the banter going.
When should I run transfer windows?
Most leagues run 2–3 transfer windows across the season, often aligned with the real Premier League transfer windows (January) or international breaks. Some leagues prefer more frequent windows. It's your call — more windows means more activity but more admin.
Any tips for a smooth auction?
Set a budget that works for your group size. Print or share the player list in advance so managers can plan. Nominate players in position order (GK, DEF, MID, FWD) to keep things moving. Record prices as you go — you'll enter them into SuperSmalls afterwards.
How should I plan my season?
Run your auction before the season starts. Score weekly once the Premier League kicks off. Open your first transfer window after 5–6 gameweeks so managers have time to assess their squads. Renew early at the end of the season while enthusiasm is high.
Need more help? Get in touch and we'll walk you through it.