Gulf’s first season with Manchester United ends with historic FA Cup final victory
Gulf Oil International is delighted to able congratulate its global football partner, Manchester United on winning the FA Cup – regarded by most football fans as the world’s most renowned domestic cup competition – for a record-equalling 12th time.
In a game that went to extra time, Manchester United displayed all of Gulf’s core values of Quality Endurance and Passion. The team came back from being a goal down to score a winning goal in the second half of the additional period, after having been reduced to ten men with some twenty minutes still to play.
“On behalf of everyone at Gulf, I would like to acknowledge this superb achievement and congratulate the team on becoming 2015-16 FA Cup Winners,” enthused Gulf Oil International Vice President of Branding and Marketing, Vicki Kipling. “It’s a great way to finish off the first season of our partnership and we are looking forward to achieving more success together in the coming seasons.”
“The FA Cup win is a great boost for our recently-launched Gulf United Special Edition lubricants,” continues Vicki Kipling “and will offer a host of additional opportunities for Gulf businesses around the world to activate this fantastic partnership in the coming months, as we head towards the new football season.”
Manchester United will also be representing the Premier League in Europe as one of three English clubs in the Europa League in the 2016-2107 season.
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About Gulf Oil International
Gulf Oil International Ltd (GOI) is part of the $18bn Hinduja Group. The Gulf lubricant brand is present in more than 110 countries, across five continents with the values of ‘Quality, Endurance & Passion’ as its core attributes. GOI’s primary business is manufacturing and marketing an extensive range of performance lubricants and associated products for all market segments.
GOI also licenses national fuel retail networks around the globe. The Gulf fuel brand is currently present at retail in 22 countries with more than 4000 outlets. The number of countries and outlets is growing rapidly year-on-year.
Other Gulf Oil International Group businesses include Gulf Oil Marine, which supplies lubricants to the worlds shipping industry and is present in more than 1000 ports worldwide, as well as the world’s most successful metalworking fluids company, Houghton International.
National Gulf businesses include Gulf Aviation’s specialist fuel supply, Gulf Express quick-lube franchises and Argenfrut crop protection.
GOI continues a proud heritage in endurance motor racing with its support of the Gulf Racing Porsche 991 RSR GTE in the World Endurance Championship. In Motorbike sport, GOI is a proud technical partner of BMW’s manufacturer-backed squad Team Milwaukee BMW and also supports nine times Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion Ian King, as both title sponsor and technical partner.
About Manchester United
Manchester United is one of the most popular and successful sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular spectator sports on Earth. Through its 138-year heritage it has won 63 trophies, enabling it to develop the world’s leading sports brand and a global community of 659 million followers. Its large, passionate community provides Manchester United with a worldwide platform to generate significant revenue from multiple sources, including sponsorship, merchandising, product licensing, new media & mobile, broadcasting and match day.
