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The Liverpool FC official website has a similar design to the previous YahooSports post. But there is much more clutter and for a first time viewer, it is hard to find where to click. But there is a strong style guide and there is a similar hierachy to many sites. The advertising for products (online viewing of games, new kits, betting) overshadow the real information, even though it is at the top. If they cut back on the jpegs and gifs or toned down the colour then the actual information would stand out better. But really profit is the one of the main aims for sites so thats probably why the ads stand out most.


I try to post and read to keep up with sports teams I follow, so forums are good for this. Here are two I saw and thought that the 'yellow fever' forum was much easier to use in terms of general viewing compared to the liverpool fc forum.

The general function of both is pretty similar and the main reason the YF one is much more readable is the type used the smaller type and smaller bounding box, makes it much easier to use.

The hierachy of the text within is also much better, much more page numbers are visible for the posts.

YF page has some bad design on it though, the logo type is pretty horrible and hard to read, the grass background is unnecessary, but other than that its a tight design.