Harbottle & Lewis has advised new client npower on a deal to succeed Coca-Cola as the sponsor of the Football League from the beginning of the 2010-11 season.

Npower has sealed a three-year deal, worth a reported £21m, to take over from Coca-Cola as the sole sponsor of the Football League Championship, League One and League Two. The drinks giant has sponsored the competition since the 2004 rebranding of the three divisions.