TWO Middlesbrough match-day tickets are on offer as top prize in a spot-the-ball competition played in cyberspace.

The contest marks the launch of a website within a designated Middlesbrough on-line education action zone, covering five primary and secondary schools.

Appropriately, local football commentator Alistair Brownlee - who taught at Whinney Banks School - launched the website and the new game.

The zone is part of the West Middlesbrough New Deal for Communities regeneration initiative.

Mr Brownlee said: "I have been ass-ociated with Middlesbrough all my life, so I am delighted efforts are being made to promote the good work going on in the town.

"The football team is doing really well this season, and I am sure the New Deal for Communities initiative will be just as successful."

Education manager Anne Shaw said: "We have already invested huge amounts into new technology for our local schools and this website is part of our commitment to the development of interactive teaching and learning."

The prize tickets are for Middlesbrough's game against Leeds United on Saturday, October 26.