Two du competition winners watch Manchester United live

Press release

Published October 30th, 2011 - 07:58 GMT

Stephen Reece and Christopher Ridley with Manchester United

As part of its partnership with Manchester United Football Club (MUFC), du sent the two lucky winners of its MUFC SMS competition, Stephen Reece and Christopher Ridley, to watch the team play live at Old Trafford against Manchester City.

du announced its two-year partnership with Manchester United Football Club at GITEX Technology Week. The partnership will give du customers a whole new level of interaction with MUFC, through exclusively-assigned content, competitions to win souvenirs and match tickets, and more. Already bringing customers closer to their sporting heroes, du’s first competition sent two lucky winners on an exciting trip to the UK to watch their favourite football team play at their iconic home ground.

Ahmad Aburahima, Vice President, Government Relations, du, presented with the winners with their prizes during a special ceremony held at du’s headquarters in Dubai Media City. Each winner received a travel pack, which consisted of two return business class flights to England with Emirates, three nights’ hotel accommodation for two people and tickets for two to watch Manchester United play Manchester City on October 23 in the luxury setting of Old Trafford’s Centennial Suites.

“We would like to congratulate our winners, and trust that they enjoyed their exciting opportunity to experience the thrill of watching Manchester United play first-hand,” said Ahmad Aburahima, Vice President, Government Relations, du “Our partnership with Manchester United FC brings our customers even closer to their favourite football team. There will be many more exhilarating occasions for our customers to receive exclusive Manchester United content in the future.”

“I’m absolutely flabbergasted as I’ve never won anything before – this is just an amazing experience to be given the opportunity to see Manchester United live. Words fail me,” commented Stephen Reece, who shared his prize with a friend.

“Both myself and my son, Callum, are fans of Manchester United, Aberdeen and Alex Ferguson, and we couldn’t think of any better prize than to win a trip to Old Trafford to see Manchester United play,” said Christopher Ridley, who took his son with him to England.

du announced its partnership with Manchester United Football Club at GITEX Technology Week. The two-year contract will bring du customers even closer to the team, with exclusively-assigned content, competitions to win souvenirs and match tickets, and more.

Background Information

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)

Ever since we opened for business in 2006, we have worked hard to enhance and expand our bouquet of services in an industry that is at the heart of economic and social transformation. Bringing people and businesses together is what we do best, offering mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services to people, homes and businesses all over the UAE. We also provide carrier services, a data hub, internet exchange facilities and satellite services for broadcasters.