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Aston Villa sponsors Dafabet were left red-faced today – after retweeting a spoof account offering odds on the team to be relegated.

The gambling firm passed on the tweet – from a fake Villa account – this morning.

It said: “Club sponsor @Dafabet are offering exclusive relegation odds to #AVFC fans.

Use the code LAMBERK to receive promotional rates.”

The original tweet was posted by a fake account posing as Villa’s official Twitter feed.

It had just five followers this morning.