ROSSENDALE United have signed a four-figure sponsorship package from local community website Rossendale Online.

Combined with their recent success of obtaining a scholarship for this season in the form of an advertising package from Tesco Rawtensall, it is the latest success story for the Stags, who finished a respectful ninth place last season in UniBond Division One .

Rossendale United chairman Steve Hobson said: "It's a further boost to have Rossendale Online on board and it is another measure of the confidence the local business community now has in Rossendale United."

After having recently passed the milestone of receiving over 100,000 viewings on their site in just one month, Lee Bradshaw from Rossendale Online said: "Supporting a local team with a lot of passion and dedication means a lot to us at Rossendale Online.

"We were only too happy to join the revolution' at Dark Lane and wish them the very best for the upcoming season."

The Stags entertain Nantwich Town at Dark Lane today in their final pre-season friendly of the summer, before starting their UniBond Division One campaign at home to Harrogate Railway next Saturday.

Manager Derek Egan has bolstered his Rossendale squad with threesome Ian Willis, Anthony Taylor and Matt Edington all joining in early August.