A friend league does not need an automated league feature to be enjoyable. You can organise one with a shared spreadsheet, a few agreed rules and completed daily result links. Footbillion supplies the games and saved score pages; your group supplies the membership list, deadlines and weekly tally.
Make that distinction explicit from the beginning. This is a private activity run by friends, not an official competition, a separate in-app leaderboard or a prize system. Keep the stakes social and the administration small enough that somebody is happy to maintain it.
Choose a format before the first round
The cleanest comparison is the same ranked daily board for the same UTC day. Players need to sign in for their own daily attempts. A friend opening a shared result does not need to sign in merely to read it.
Pick a weekly scoring rule and write it down. You might sum the seven daily totals, count each person's best five days, or award simple placement points within your group. These are optional house rules, not settings in Footbillion. Decide how missed days and ties work before you know who benefits.
Avoid mixing practice or duel totals into the daily table. Comparing scores fairly across modes explains why similar-looking £ amounts can come from different tasks.
Use a small tally sheet
Give each submitted result one row with these fields:
- Player's agreed chat name.
- UTC day printed on the result.
- Mode, which should be Daily for this format.
- Saved score.
- Full result URL.
- A short note if the entry arrived late or needs checking.
The name belongs in your sheet because the public score page does not disclose the player's account identity. Ask people to submit their own links; a public result URL is useful evidence of a saved score, but it is not an identity certificate proving who played it.
Keep one accepted entry per person per day in the group table. If somebody pastes the same link twice, update the existing row rather than adding another score. The app already limits ranked daily attempts, but your external tally still needs basic housekeeping.
Use UTC consistently
A deadline such as “submit by 23:30 UTC for the displayed day” is easier to apply internationally than “before bed.” Choose a time that suits your group and explain any grace period.
The UTC reset guide helps players translate the game day into local habits. The date displayed on the result should decide which row receives it, not the date on a chat message after somebody crosses a time zone.
Protect unfinished attempts
Post result links or scorecards without adding answers. Keep detailed discussion out of the main submission thread until the agreed point. A pinned reminder based on spoiler-free sharing etiquette can prevent repeated arguments about what counts as a hint.
If the group wants unaided play, say so plainly. A saved result confirms what the server recorded; it does not document every outside conversation or reference somebody used while playing. A friendly league works best when expectations are shared rather than when members attempt to police each other constantly.
End the week with a useful recap
Publish the tally, check any disputed entries and celebrate more than first place. Consistency, a memorable recovery and welcoming a new player can all be part of the conversation. If the rules were awkward, change them for the next week rather than rewriting the completed one.
Open the daily challenge, agree on your first UTC day, and keep the league simple enough that playing remains the main event.
