17 Jun 2008United celebrate 10 year partnership with record hits

Football Sponsors/ Sponsorship and Media

Manchester United are currently patting themselves on the back for choosing to partner with IMG Media for the upkeep of their website.

For ten years IMG has been partnered with United and has maintained their websites but in the past few years the team have seen the number of hits treble every other year.

At the end of the 2007-8 season, the team received a massive five million hits on their website and there is now a Korean, Japanese and Chinese version of the site.

And now numbers seem to be growing exponentially. With hit numbers for April this year breaking records, the following month then broke April's record, with 5.4 million visitors to the site during the month.

Speaking of the success of the website, Mark Hargreaves, general manager at Manchester United Interactive, said: "It's been a magnificent end to the season which has culminated in a huge surge of traffic to the official websites.

"There has been a real team effort both on and off the pitch in which editorial, design and hosting teams have all played a key role in delivering great content to our fans."

Patrick McNerney, senior vice president of IMG, said: "For more than ten years, IMG has provided Manchester United digital solutions, in which time Manchester United have constantly strived to push the digital boundaries whilst remaining loyal and relevant to their audience.

"IMG looks forward to continuing to help the club build their online audience and retain their number one position on the web."

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