Analysis

Analysis
     This magazine is aimed at a wide age range of people that are interested in football and reading about football. The layout of the cover is quite simple as it displays the main information about that issues focus (this one being about BVB Dortmund being an up and coming team), with a picture of their manager and top talents being displayed. The main cover line stands out by using a large text and contrasting colours, which are also the colours of Dortmund's kit. It also displays most of the masthead, but although the image covers a fair proportion of the masthead up, there is still enough shown to know what magazine it is.
     Most of the other cover information is displayed in the right third, which is different to other magazines, who commonly display it in the left third. They also have the plugs on the right third, which displays information about the feature story and a picture about another story. In the top strip, above the masthead, more information is displayed, and in this example, one is a competition to play at Wembley, with the other showing a snippet of an article in the magazine. In the bottom strip, another article is being displayed, this time a picture of the two of whom the article is about.
     The barcode is in an ideal location as it is simple and easy to see, all the information on the barcode is visible.
     Displayed at the lower section of the right third is a cover line, but it doesn't take up much room on the cover and it stays in the right third section. It shows the main information about that selected article and a little bit of extra information. The cover has attempted to appeal to the audience with contrasting colours on the cover, which stand out and catch the readers eye and by being nice colours it almost attracts the reader to the magazine. 
     The main cover line may cut through the image, but it doesn't cut off too much of the image and you can still identify the players and manager. It is all nicely laid out with the information being in its own space and not being interrupted by other information and stories. I feel that all the necessary information is being shown to attract a reader or new customer to the magazine and get them to purchase it. 
     The colour scheme is really impressive as it uses attractive colours that do catch the readers eye. The use of the black and yellow is good as not only are they contrasting and nice colours, they also are the colours of the feature teams kit and their badge. 
     Again at the bottom of the page the use of red when talking about two of Liverpool's players is clever as red is, and always has been, the colour of Liverpool's kit. The subheading of the cover line about Liverpool is also clever as it is a gold like colour, which is also the colour of their badge. This is nicely done by the designers of the magazine.