Boots-on-Bench
A weekly digest and WhatsApp bot that delivers a one-minute video and stat card of the standout pre-season performers from your followed clubs, written for fans who could not watch the friendlies.
busy English football supporters who want to follow pre-season without sitting through every stream
- WhatsApp bot that sends a 60-second highlight reel plus a single stat line for each followed club on Sunday evening
- per-player momentum tracker that flags pre-season risers and fallers across the clubs you follow
- shareable 'who stood out' social cards generated automatically from highlight clips
- opt-in alerts when a standout trialist or loan player appears in your club's friendly
a high-volume search for a single live stream shows fans want the content but lack the time to watch every friendly in full.
Pre-season interest is real — dedicated guides (globalgameguide.com) and free CFL preseason streaming rollout confirm fan appetite — but the window is narrow (~4-8 weeks/year) and Google Trends 200+ on 'stoke city' alone is a thin demand proxy.2026 Football Pre-Season Friendlies Ultimate Guide: Full Schedule ↗Watch Free and Online: Welcome to Cfl Preseason Live and Cfl+ ↗
Direct/adjacent competitors exist: EPL Match Insight Bot (WhatsApp + AI match reports for PL), ReFooty.com (friendly highlights), paulvidal/Highlights Messenger bot, and Sports Bots on Discord/Telegram — the specific niche of AI video stat-cards for pre-season friendlies is open but the broader space is occupied.EPL Match Insight Bot — AI match reports for WhatsApp ↗Club Friendly Highlights | Pre-Season & International Tours | ReFooty ↗Sports Bots — Live Scores, TV Guide & Highlights for Discord & Telegram ↗
No clear WTP evidence for AI-generated pre-season digests; WhatsApp Business API carries per-conversation costs that compress margins, and the closest paid benchmark (CFL+) bundles far more content for free — unproven willingness to pay pushes this below average.Watch Free and Online: Welcome to Cfl Preseason Live and Cfl+ ↗EPL Match Insight Bot — AI match reports for WhatsApp ↗
Football fandom is perennial but pre-season itself is a 4–8 week annual window — the product would need to pivot to in-season/digest coverage to sustain revenue, otherwise usage drops sharply from August to June.2026 Football Pre-Season Friendlies Ultimate Guide: Full Schedule ↗
Multiple open-source WhatsApp/Telegram football bots (paulvidal/Highlights, linnett/football_news_bot) and the codewords EPL Match Insight template prove the stack is replicable; 1-minute AI video generation adds modest extra complexity but no blocking technical barrier.GitHub - paulvidal/Highlights: Messenger bot fetching the latest football highlight videos ↗linnett/football_news_bot - GitHub ↗EPL Match Insight Bot — AI match reports for WhatsApp ↗