STUDENTS can get an insight into the world of football by logging on to a website launched for them by a top North-East club.

Premiership club Sunderland has set up the site to help school, college and university students with their homework.

The project was launched in response to the several hundred requests for information that club staff deal with each week.

The website can be accessed at www.sunderland-afc.com. It has a wide range of information - from players' fitness to the financial, administration and legal aspects of the club.

The club's corporate communications manager, Lesley Callaghan, said: "The site not only provides a valuable learning resource about Sunderland AFC, but is also encourages students to broaden their studies by considering a wide range of associated topics.

"For this reason we've included references to other publications and websites, unique anecdotal evidence and other avenues of inquiry."

Professor George Shield, director of the university's school of education, said: "This collaborative project is an excellent example of how the club and the university are working closely together to reach out to a wider community."