First Team | Southend United Football Club

Away Tickets | Southend United Football Club

Blues Lottery | Southend United Football Club

Vacancies | Southend United Football Club

Policies | Southend United Football Club

Ladies | Southend United Football Club

Fan Engagement | Southend United Football Club

Academy | Southend United Football Club

Junior Blues | Southend United Football Club

Ticket News | Southend United Football Club

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Southend United FC

Title / URL	Issues
First Team \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/teams/	33
Away Tickets \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/tickets/awaytickets/	4
Blues Lottery \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/fans/blues-lottery/	3
Vacancies \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/club/vacancies/	3
Policies \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/club/policies/	2
Ladies \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/club/ladies/	2
Fan Engagement \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/fans/fan-engagement	2
Academy \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/club/academy/	2
Junior Blues \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/fans/junior-blues/	2
Ticket News \| Southend United Football Clubwww.southendunited.co.uk/tickets/ticketnews/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Southend United FC

Where this issue has occurred