Contract with Southampton FC

SPORTS INTERNET GROUP PLC
18 October 1999


                     SPORTS INTERNET GROUP PLC
                                 
               ('Sports Internet' or 'the Company')
                                 
                                 
Planetfootball.com secures contract with Southampton Football Club

Planetfootball.com, a subsidiary of Sports Internet  and  Europe's
leading  official  branded  football  web  site  developer,  today
announces that it has reached agreement with Southampton  Football
Club  to  manage the club's official website (www.saintsfc.co.uk).
The  Southampton  website was launched on 15  October  1999.   The
agreement  takes Planetfootball.com's portfolio of Premier  League
clubs  to  ten.  Planetfootball.com also manages the  websites  of
nine Division 1 football clubs.

Jeremy Fenn, Chief Executive of Sports Internet Group commented:

'We are delighted to be working with Southampton Football Club  in
developing and managing its presence on the internet. We  will  be
extending  our full technical and design capabilities  across  the
site  as  well  as our full range of e-commerce applications.  Our
agreement  with  Southampton  consolidates  our  position  as  the
premier developer of football web sites in Europe.'


                                                                  
                                                   18 October 1999
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