The system uses Spider's web-based communications solutions.
Sportnetwork boasts more than 10 million page impressions every month and 400,000 unique users.
It is the online home to 160 sports clubs and associations around the UK covering such sports as football, rugby union, cricket and swimming.
Spider's solutions are built around existing web standards and bolted on to clubs existing websites, maintaining their look and feel.
One of its solutions is club webmail - each subscribing fan gets a personalised, club-branded email address for life.
Fans can set up interactive chat sessions with players and managers and get more involved in the daily affairs and forward activities of their clubs.
