How to Build a Football Club Website

Whether you are the president of the booster club, the parent of a football player or a fan of your school's football team, you can show your school spirit with a football club Web site. You don't have to be a professional Web designer to create a site that represents your team.

Things You'll Need

  • Computer
  • High-speed Internet
  • Digital camera with video capturing capabilities
  • Photography release forms
  • Web hosting service
  • Team programs
  • Hats with the football team logo or name
  • T-shirts with the football team logo or name
  • Pom poms in the football team colors
  • Football game tickets
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Instructions

  1. Sports Web Site for a Football Club

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      Choose a domain name that reflects your football club, and register it with a domain name register such as register.com. Choose a Web hosting company that specializes in sports Web sites. These companies, such as League Athletics, will offer templates designed specifically for football teams. Choose a company that gives you the ability to upload videos and pictures, insert text and sell your football team's merchandise.

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      Obtain a photography release form from each of the football team player's parents, each football team coach and your school principal or school district president. This form will help protect you from any possible lawsuit for invasion of privacy or defamation. You can download a photography release form for free at Web sites such as BetterPhoto.com.

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      Take pictures of each football player individually and as a group. Take pictures of each of the coaches. Take pictures of the school, the football field and the stadium. Also, videotape a football practice (with the coach's permission).

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      Interview the football players and the coaches. Create individual bios about the players and the coaches from the interviews. Also, interview local businesses that support the team.

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      Create your football club Home Page. The home page is the landing page for your site, and it's often the first page visitors will see. Upload a group picture of the football team, pictures of the school and a short video clip of a football practice. Include the name of your football team and a welcome message.

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      Create a Web page dedicated to the football coaches. You can upload text, photos and videos for these pages. Upload photos of the coaches and short bios about each coach.

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      Create a page that displays the football team schedule. Obtain your team's schedule and place that information and a group picture of the football team on the page. Include the dates of the games, the location of the games and whether they are home or away games.

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      Create a sponsorship page. Include any information about local businesses that sponsor the football team and how they sponsor the team. Also include information about any fundraisers in which the football team is participating.

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      Create a players roster page. Upload an individual picture of each team player. Post the player's position and stats next to each picture.

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      Create a spotlight page. Upload a photo or photos of the football player or players of the week. Interview the coach and the player, and write a article about the play of the week. Place the article on the spotlight page.

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      Create a merchandise page. Sell your football team programs, pom poms, T-shirts and hats on your site, as well as tickets for the football games.