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Top 6: June 4th 2025
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Heineken: Lucky Pub

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Top 6: June 4th 2025
Part of “Cheers to the Superstitious Fans” platform, the new Heineken campaign, ideated by creative agency LePub, celebrates the wildest, most original superstitions that make football fans truly hardcore. Half of football fans have matchday rituals – and nearly as many (46%) believe their superstitions can influence the score. So, the brand kicked off a global social-media recruitment featuring Heineken ambassadors and football legends Virgil van Dijk and Jill Scott MBE, calling on women’s football fans to share their most devoted match day rituals ahead of the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final in Lisbon on May 24. The search uncovered two die-hard supporters who always swing by the same 'lucky pub' in North London before heading to the stadium. For years, London-based Amelie Margaret Kirk and Sophie Hurst have watched every match from the same corner of The Twelve Pins bar ahead of each their team’s match - pints in hand, seats unchanged. Therefore, when their team reached the Final, Heineken and LePub made sure to keep their lucky ritual alive in Lisbon too. They disassembled the pub and loaded it onto a truck for the most epic of deliveries: their beloved pub in Lisbon, ready for the two fans to keep the superstition going before the big match, just steps from the L'Estádio José Alvalade. Every detail - from the lighting to the layout, right down to the last beermat - was recreated to reflect Amelie and Sophie’s matchday tradition: meeting at The Twelve Pins, sitting in the same corner on the same stool, ordering the same beer, before heading to the stadium. It feels exactly like their matchday local, yet it’s parked in Lisbon, Portugal, in honour of the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final. Thanks to Heineken, the fans get the best of both worlds: a front-row seat to history, with their lucky pub and ritual right there with them. But there is more. On match day, the two supporters will arrive at their lucky pub to find football legends Jill Scott MBE and Thiago Alcântara on hand to honour the ritual: same pub, same stool, same beer, and all the luck needed to chase a historic victory.
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Agency

Chief Executive Officer Bruno Bertelli

Motion Designer Dario Lipani

PR Director Isabella Cecconi

PR Luca Orioli

Head of Strategy James Moore

Strategist Aneta Junkova

Data Strategist Andrea Battista

Data Analyst Alberto Mura

Data Analyst Tumay Mavi

Client Service Director Shirine Aoun

Client Service Director Ilaria Castiglioni

Client Service Director Alexis Delwasse

Account Director Amira Ramadan

Agency MassiveMusic Amsterdam

Account Director Ella Chevaso

Agency Dentsu Creative Italy

Strategy Partner Simon Bielby

Account Director Milo Meulenkamp

Strategy Director Darren McLeod

Agency Edelman Italy

Managing Director Suzy Socker

Brand Director Kate Gard

Marketing Director Freya Lifely

Account Director James Foggin

Account Director Rebeca Nagy

Account Manager Sébastien-Nicolas Chiffrin

Account Manager Tessa Saxon

Account Manager Sophie Hunter

Account Executive Yahia Tamer

Account Executive Carien van Rietschoten

Account Executive Louis Trott

Agency Boomerang

Client Service Director Sebastiaan Poublon

Digital Producer Vic Krens

Communications Manager Jesus Sanz

Media Amplify UK

Planning Director Cristel van de Ridder

Social Angelina Natividad

Media Planner Bhargav Bogadala

Media Team Margarita Mavar

Production

Production Team Alessio Zazzera

Line Producer Claudio Rimedi

Executive Producer Giuseppe Ceccarelli

Post Production / VFX Prodigious Milan

Head of Production, Post Alfredo Beretta

Colourist Luca Parma

Editor Claudio Roveda

Editor Andrea Besana

Editor Tommaso Bianchi

Post Production / VFX MGCR Studio

Music / Sound MassiveMusic Amsterdam

Licensing Stefan van der Wielen

Music Producer Niels Docter

Music Producer Thomas Harmsen

Publisher Sony Music Publishing

Composer Isley O.K., Isley R. & Isley R.

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