After extensive in-house research - including throwing out our first idea of thinking of a number and doubling it - we feel we have designed a grading system that reflects what our site visitors want to see most of all in a football site.

You have no doubt taken a lot of care in developing your sites, many of which offer an amazing array of innovative features. Our system takes into account a multitude of parameters which constitute a good site, such as news content, message boards, histories, player info, match reports, reserve info etc.

With this in mind here is our marking system ...
2 pts Messageboard with five or more new messages per day (1 pt if less)
2 pts More than four new news stories per week (1 pt if less)
1 pt History Section
1 pt Team/Players Section
1 pt Regular Match Reports
1 pt Site been active over 12 months
1 pt Good extensive site content
1 pt Reserves or Youth team content

If you have any query or dispute with any of the ratings, feel free to email the Footymad team.