01/30/2012 10:08 am

Champ19ns Trophy Tour to kick off in Delhi

As the Official Logistics Partner of Manchester United, DHL is well-trained and ready to play a key logistics role behind the scenes as the 2011 English Premier League Champion’s Trophy goes on a four-month global tour.

At Old Trafford on May 22, 2011, Manchester United were crowned Champion of the English Premier League for a record-breaking 19th time, finally breaking Liverpool’s long-held record. To celebrate this historic moment, England’s most popular football club is taking the coveted Barclays Premier League trophy on a world tour that kicks off on February 4 in the northern Indian and football-crazy metropolis of Delhi.

This is precisely what the world’s leading logistics company trains for every day. Backed by a worldwide, united network and years of practice on the global playing field, DHL is driven to deliver perfect passes that send Manchester United’s international victory celebration to their 330 million fans around the world who cheer for the world’s number one football club.

The DHL Champ19ns Trophy Tour will travel some 48,000 miles and make stops at 27 destinations, including Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, South Africa, Kenya, Norway and Denmark, to name only a few. Fans across the globe will have the opportunity to get an up-close-and-personal look at the trophy and celebrate the club’s prestigious 19 league titles with some of the legends from Manchester United’s winning past.

Manchester United legends who will join the tour as it travels around the world include Andy Cole, Lee Sharpe, Bryan Robson, Paul Parker and Quinton Fortune.

Follow the tour right here at DHL Brandworld. We’ll post updates as DHL deftly passes the trophy from one destination to the next.

To see a complete tour schedule, click here.

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