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British designer Paul Smith has teamed up with Manchester United Football Club to design and supply the team players with formal wear and accessories for the next three years. This is the first time that Manchester United has entered into such a partnership.

“It is exciting to be involved with Manchester United, they have such an international fan base and I know that our customers in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, in fact all South East Asia, Europe and the U.S. will be interested in this partnership. And hopefully it might help me get a ticket to a match now!” Paul Smith

“The outfits are outstanding. This is a Club with a rich heritage and one that has a clear sense of identity. Sir Paul has recognised that, while providing clothing that will be the envy of every other Club.” Sir Alex Ferguson

Paul Smith will supply Manchester United playing staff and officials for all domestic matches, European Cup campaign and pre-season tours. The first designs will be worn in June 2008 to the European Cup Final in Moscow.

“We were very privileged to be asked to make the suits; the suit is a two button slim navy 100% mohair with specially designed lining with red panels and striped piping. The team crest has been made from gold and silver thread and is sewn to the top pocket to give a club blazer feel. As we are famous for stripes we decided on a tie with diagonal stripes in optimistic colours, designed exclusively for the team. It is worn with a white shirt and we have made a special belt which has the crest printed inside on the tip. Finally, we have supplied luggage for the team in a striped fabric inspired by traditional English suiting.”

“I was also asked to make another special suit for their trip to Moscow; a lightweight grey wool/mohair suit will be worn with a pale blue shirt and striped tie. It has a special red panelled lining with striped piping matching the stripe of the tie.”

The Players, Coaching Staff and Board Directors will be travelling to and from Moscow in the Grey Cup Final suits whilst all other staff will be wearing the new official Navy suits.

Source: Paul Smith Ltd

Just in time for UEFA EURO 2008(TM), the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Swisscom are offering an attractive travel and telephony package for all football fans: the Football Mobile Package combines a half-fare card for public transport with an attractive mobile telephony offer.

Football fans from outside Switzerland in particular will benefit from the Football Mobile Package: with the UEFA EURO 2008(TM) half-fare card from the SBB they will be able to travel at half the cost on Swiss and Austrian public transport throughout June 2008. On top of the half-fare card, this combined offer also comprises a Swisscom mobile phone including a prepaid card with initial credit of CHF 20 and 60 minutes of free foreign calls - meaning that regular updates can be given to those back home without having to pay any roaming charges.

The cost of the Football Mobile Package is just CHF 139 including the Nokia 2610 handset, or CHF 89 without the phone. And if you purchase the Football Mobile Package by 31 May, you will pay just CHF 119 or CHF 69 respectively. Swisscom’s NATEL easy liberty tariffs apply. The 60 free minutes will apply to calls made in June from Switzerland to all of the countries participating in UEFA Euro 2008(TM), as well as to the EU, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Israel, Palestine, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and many other countries.

Benefits for a whole month

This travel and telephony package applies not only on match days, but from 1 June right through to 30 June 2008. A UBS ARENA RailTicket can also be purchased with the Football Mobile Package. This will allow fans to travel from any location in Switzerland to a UBS ARENA and back for just CHF 13. The ticket is booked directly via SMS. For further information please visit http://www.sbb.ch/euro08

Available from major railway stations

The Football Mobile Package is available from the railway stations at Basel, Geneva and Zurich airports, as well as from the following railway stations: Basel SBB, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zurich HB. Call credit for the Football Mobile Package can be topped up at any SBB ticket machine.

Source: Swisscom AG

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