Football Squares Generator
The classic office pool, no spreadsheet needed. Choose a 100-square board, a 50-square or a 25-square 5×5, paste your participants, deal them onto squares at random, then draw the 0–9 numbers — once, or again after every quarter.
Draw order matters: the row axis uses one permutation, the column axis the other — that keeps every score combination possible. Lock the board once the draw is done so nobody can nudge it.
Columns = home team, rows = away team. Click a square to place the next waiting name; click a claimed square to free it.
How scoring works
At the end of each quarter, take the last digit of each team's score. The square where that row and column meet wins the quarter's pot — e.g. a 14–7 score looks up row 4, column 7. With one draw for the whole game the same numbers apply to all four quarters; with per-quarter repicks each quarter gets its own pair of permutations, and the Final set decides the last pot.
Good squares to hold: 0, 7 and 4 score often; 2, 5 and 9 are long shots. The 50-square board keeps the 0–9 digits on one axis and trims the other to five numbers; the 25-square 5×5 keeps only the five most common digits on both axes — both are drawn straight from the same engine permutation as the classic 10×10.
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Squares pool FAQ
How do 50-square and 25-square boards differ from the classic 100?
The 100-square board is a 10×10 grid with every digit 0–9 on both axes. The 50-square version halves the squares per axis pair; the 25-square version is a 5×5 that uses only the five most common digits. Fewer squares mean each one wins more often, which suits smaller groups.
What does “repick after each quarter” change?
Instead of one number pair for the whole game, the generator draws a fresh pair of 0–9 permutations after Q1, Q2, Q3 and before the final. Owners keep their squares; only the digits change. It keeps the pool exciting when the game is lopsided.
When should I lock the numbers?
After all squares are claimed and before the first kickoff — the draw button stops working on a locked board, and the lock state travels in the share link so everyone can verify the pool hasn't moved.