WALSALL Football Club have today agreed a new stand sponsorship deal with online sports spread betting company extrabet.com.

Saddlers Commercial Director, Roy Whalley welcomed the sponsorship: "This is great news for the club, our first sponsorship with a major online sports spread betting company.

"Extrabet are pioneers in the gambling business. They were the bookmaker who introduced in-running betting, and they continue to offer one of the largest and best portfolios of in-running markets in the country.

"They will sponsor the stand accommodating visiting supporters which will now be known as the 'extrabet.com stand'.

"The sponsorship is structured to give extrabet a very high profile, which I feel sure will create name awareness and introduce new customers to the spread betting services being offered .

"The initial sponsorship is for 12 months, but we hope that this will be the start of a much longer association."

David Payne, representing sports marketing company AGH Worldwide, explained how the sponsorship would benefit his client: "This sponsorship will put the extrabet.com name in front of a huge audience. Extrabet.com is the only bookmaker allowing clients to bet on spreads, traditional fixed odds, 0-100 binary bets and an online casino all under one account.

"Extrabet.com has the most comprehensive betting solution in the market, offering both fixed odds and spread betting via mobile phones.

"Spread betting is an exciting way to bet, and the sponsorship with Walsall FC will introduce the services of extrabet.com to a completely new audience in this rapidly growing sector."