The End of Football – Xylem & Man City
The End of Football was a short disaster movie by which Xylem leveraged its Manchester City partnership to educate football fans about the water challenges facing our planet.
Amstel Bar Torino – Amstel & Valencia CF
Amstel celebrated Valencia’s 2019 centenary by recreating the bar where the club’s five founders started the team back in 1919.
My Old Kentucky Home – Woodford Reserve & Churchill Downs Incorporated
Filmed at an empty Churchill Downs racecourse, Woodford Reserve’s ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ spot was an homage to the delayed 2020 Kentucky Derby.
#TheToughest (Backing Club & County) – AIB & the Gaelic Athletic Association
AIB’s digitally led campaign leveraged its 2018-19 partnership with the GAA across owned channels and media partner platforms to engage new customers, grow brand affinity and build its digital services credentials.
We Choose to Rise – Etihad & Special Olympics
Ahead of the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, Etihad launched a campaign spanning television, cinema, online and at-event promotion to link the brand to the property’s values of tolerance, diversity and unity.
El Otro Derbi/The Other Derby – Cruzcampo & Real Betis/Sevilla FC
Cruzcampo – beer partner of both Sevillian teams, Real Betis and Sevilla FC – marked the April 2019 derby with an equivalent match between bartender fans of each club.
A Life of Zenit – Gazprom & Zenit Saint Petersburg/Uefa
Gazprom’s December 2019 mini-documentary leveraged its sponsorships with Zenit and Uefa to take football fans behind the scenes of the club.
Laundry Night – Tide & NFL
P&G detergent brand Tide used the start of the 2019 NFL – and its NBC media partnership – to kickstart a national debate about the best night to do laundry.
RBC Team Golf – Royal Bank of Canada & Golf Canada/PGA Tour
Longstanding Canadian golf sponsor RBC hit new marketing heights in 2019 with a season-long, multi-channel activation programme leveraging its two PGA Tour title sponsorships and its team of ambassadors.
Sal Al Patio Y Conquistalo – Nike & Sevilla FC Femenino
In September 2019, Nike created a campaign to drive jersey sales for the first shirt designed specifically for the women’s team by empowering Seville’s female footballers.