The Biggest Team in Glasgow, Glasgow Warriors, has teamed up with the city’s biggest private sector employer, customer contact outsourcer RESPONSE.

The Warriors - who have added international stars such as British & Irish Lion Chris Cusiter, Scotland centre Rob Dewey and Canadian centre/wing DTH van der Merwe to the squad over the summer - will compete in the 2009/10 Magners League and Heineken Cup this season with RESPONSE emblazoned on the new look home and away kits.

Glasgow Warriors Chairman, Charles Shaw, commented: “RESPONSE has already shown that it’s a very proactive partner and we are now entering an exciting relationship that will see both parties work together to raise the profile of our brands in this great city.”

RESPONSE Managing Director, Brian Bannatyne, added: “RESPONSE is the biggest private sector employer in Glasgow and it’s fitting that we are now associated with the Biggest Team in Glasgow, Glasgow Warriors.

“The fact that the Warriors represent the city of Glasgow is very appealing to us and we look forward to working with the team at Firhill as we look ahead to a new and exciting season.”

RESPONSE, a leading business process outsourcer, provides a wide range of customer contact management services on behalf of major blue chip brands. In addition, the company launched RESPONSE Credit Management, a dedicated credit management, trace and collection division, and after recently acquiring leading software company, Inisoft, the company has now established a software services division offering a range of proprietary technologies.

The new Warriors squad will enter match action for the first time at the Challenge Auvergne in Issoire, France, where they will play Stade Rochelais tonight (Tuesday 4 August) and Clermont Auvergne on Friday 7 August. Both games are scheduled to kick-off at 8pm local time.

The squad will return to the UK to play two further pre-season friendlies – against Doncaster at Castle Park on Friday 21 August and Wasps at Firhill on Friday 28 August – before the first game of the Magners League season at home to reigning champions Munster.

Glasgow Warriors
• The 35-man Glasgow squad boasts 17 full internationalists from around the world, 13 of whom have played for Scotland. 30 members of the 2009/10 Glasgow Warriors squad are qualified to play for Scotland.
• Glasgow Warriors scrum-half, Chris Cusiter, toured with the British & Irish Lions to New Zealand in 2005.
• The Glasgow Warriors squad contains the highest points scorer in Magners League history, Dan Parks, and the Magners League top try scorer for season 2008/09, Thom Evans (9 tries).
• In season 2007/08, Glasgow Warriors finished in their highest ever position in the Magners League (fifth).
• Glasgow Warriors played their part in breaking the attendance record for a Magners League game in Scotland when 12,534 watched the David Lloyd 1872 Cup match against Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Boxing Day.
• The Warriors broke their own attendance record the following week when 6,665 supporters watched the return leg at Firhill.
• Firhill will be the home of the Warriors for the next five years.
• Glasgow Warriors will base all their training activity at Scotstoun sports complex as of summer 2010. This is a result of a partnership with Glasgow City Council and Culture & Sport Glasgow.

RESPONSE
• RESPONSE provides outsourced contact-centre, credit management and software services to a portfolio of blue-chip clients across several sectors.
• The company was founded in 1991, operates from five UK sites and has 2300 employees.
• The company is part of Murray International Holdings (MIH).
• MIH has been a private company throughout its existence and at inception was focused on steel stockholding and trading.
• The group has grown significantly through a combination of organic growth, investment, diversification and acquisition and is now a multi-faceted business employing 4000 people worldwide with interests in metals, property, asset management, outsourced services and football.

BE PART OF THE BIGGEST TEAM IN GLASGOW
The 2009/10 Glasgow Warriors season ticket has more benefits than ever before. On top of a match-by-match saving of over £100 (based on an adult season ticket), the new deal includes free entry for you and a friend for the pre-season friendly against London Wasps, entry into the ticket ballot for RBS 6 Nations tickets, free admission to the away 1872 Cup match against Edinburgh in addition to two further Edinburgh fixtures at Murrayfield plus free entry into a Partick Thistle league game.
 
Season ticket holders aged 12 and under will also be entered into the exclusive prize draw to run out with the Warriors as the official mascot at a Glasgow home game.
 
Season ticket prices remain at just £30 for under 18s with concessions and students enjoying all the action for only £80. Adult season tickets are priced at £160.
 
Call the ticket hotline on 0844 800 3490 or CLICK HERE to add your name to the list of signings for The Biggest Team in Glasgow.