Deathray 2,941 Posted July 4, 2018 @Grim Up North People who get excited at seeing huge numbers of people watching television events are acting like they've had their own world cup victory on internet forums where they talk about this stuff. Each to their own. Here are the stats these lunatics are getting excited about, the highest peak for a show since the 2012 Olympics was achieved last night. Football proving once again it can be the big draw it once was. These figures only include people watching at home on TVs, not in pubs, on big screens or other business locations. Here's the updated viewership tally for this world cup: Monday 18th June 2018 England 2 v 1 Tunisia - Avg - 13.7m (60.9%) - Peak 18.3m (66.9%) - Match Time 7pm / Peak time: 8:45-8:50pm Saturday 25th June 2018 England 6 v 1 Panama - Avg 9.9m (72.9%) - Peak 14.1m (82.9%) Match Time 3pm / Peak time: 2:35-2:40pm Thursday 28th June 2018 England 0 v 1 Belgium - Avg 16.7m (72.2%) - Peak 18.6m (72.0%) Match time 7pm / Peak Time: Monday 3rd July 2018 England 1 v 1 (4-3 pens) Colombia Avg 20.8m (77.4) - Peak 23.8m (79.9%) Match time: 7pm / Peak Time 9.45pm-9.50pm Saturday 7th July 2018 England 2 v 0 Sweden Avg 17.4m (84.4%) / Peak 19.64m (87.7%) Match time: 3pm / Peak Time: 16:45 Quick breakdown Avg - Average viewership during the match itself. Peak - Peak viewership of the entire match. Share's in brackets are percentage of people at home watching a telly who were watching the match. Peaks are measured in 5 minute intervals. For reference the 10th most watched broadcast in history is the London Olympics opening ceremony in 2012 with 24.4m viewers. The most watched television broadcast in history is the 1966 world cup final with 32.3m viewers. Real possibility of one of those being broken if we make it to the semis. Too many pub watchers on Saturday to trouble it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted July 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Deathray said: The thing is unless we're playing against you most English fans want the other home nations to do well in competitions. It was great when Wales and Northern Ireland qualified for the euros in 2016. Hopefully they, England and Scotland can all qualify for Euro 2020 and Qatar 2022. This!! I watched little Archie jink this way and that before planting the ball in the net. I roared when Gerry Armstrong stuck the ball in the net back in 82? I cheered on Wales in the Euros and even gave support to the Republic when they were punching above their weight. Most English people did exactly the same. Not anymore tho. Fuck them. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted July 4, 2018 I watched a bit of it last night but decided that my nerves wouldn't take it. With 3 minutes of normal time left I dared to look and it was still 1-0 to England. Then I took into account the dirty filthy play of the opposition and figured that there would be about 25 minutes of stoppage time to be added. So I took the dog out. Much later I nervously switched over again only to see that it had gone to penalties. I ran out screaming. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runebomme 377 Posted July 4, 2018 shame the Germans are not in it any more it could be a classic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,743 Posted July 4, 2018 From a wit in the Grauniads comments section. Neymar - A man trapped in an invisible washing machine. heh. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr_T 254 Posted July 4, 2018 I love the comment about Neymar above-he is a joke but while they have started to do something about staging it hasn't gone far enough. Still seems that the two things you need to make it at soccer are a very high centre of gravity and a very low pain threshold. Not to mention a very fertile imagination. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted July 5, 2018 8 hours ago, Dr_T said: I love the comment about Neymar above-he is a joke but while they have started to do something about staging it hasn't gone far enough. Still seems that the two things you need to make it at soccer are a very high centre of gravity and a very low pain threshold. Not to mention a very fertile imagination. You need to watch British football more. We don't tolerate cheating and diving fuckers here. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted July 6, 2018 Looks like it’s going to be a Europe dominated top 4 then, since the 4 teams that haven’t played yet are European while France and Belgium both won against the South American teams in their match... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted July 6, 2018 20 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Looks like it’s going to be a Europe dominated top 4 then, since the 4 teams that haven’t played yet are European while France and Belgium both won against the South American teams in their match... 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 6, 2018 On 13/06/2018 at 18:01, gcreptile said: I think France is going to win. Germany out in the semi-finals, have forgotten against whom, could be England... because yes, I believe that England is going to defeat Brazil in the quarter-finals. Turns out Belgium defeats Brazil. I expected England to win their group. But then 2nd place in their group gave England the easier bracket. My big miscalculation in all of this was Germany, of course. France however is looking better each round and now the new favourite. In my office pool I also had an all-european semi-final. But with Spain and Germany instead of Belgium and .... Croatia, I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,067 Posted July 7, 2018 Good luck England today. Sretno Croatia! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted July 7, 2018 Is anyone else getting miffed by Russia just casually being referred to as in Europe to justify this European teams only stuff, Half the countries in asia ffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 7, 2018 Half your team is from Africa, don't hear us whining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted July 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, charon said: Half your team is from Africa, don't hear us whining. Check your facts before you make cheap old jokes. 22 of the team were born in England Jordan Pickford - born in Washington, England Kyle Walker - born in Sheffield, England Danny Rose - born in Doncaster, England Eric Dier - born in Cheltenham, England John Stones - born in Barnsley, England Harry Maguire - born in Sheffield, England Jesse Lingard - born in Warrington, England Jordan Henderson - born in Sunderland, England Harry Kane - born in Walthamstow, England Jamie Vardy - born in Sheffield, England Kieran Trippier - born in Bury, England Jack Butland - born in Bristol, England Danny Welbeck - born in Manchester, England Gary Cahill - born in Dronfield, England Phil Jones - born in Preston, England Fabian Delph - born in Bradford, England Ashley Young - born in Stevenage, England Marcus Rashford - born in Manchester, England Dele Alli - born in Milton Keynes, England Reuben Loftus Cheek - born in London, England Trent Alexander-Arnold - born in Liverpool, England Nick Pope, born in Soham, England 1 of the team was not born in England (moved here when he was 5) Raheem Sterling - born in Kingston, Jamaica (which still isn't Africa) None of them are from Africa. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,067 Posted July 7, 2018 Hmm, that reminds me...has anyone checked the rain down in Africa? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted July 7, 2018 Whenever I hear the name Dele Alli I am reminded of this. Sorry, but there it is. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 7, 2018 Fuck me, deathers spent ten minutes finding out. And I don't even know some of that lot. Maguire, Trippier, Pope, Cheek, Arnold and Butland. Bunch of no marks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 7, 2018 Oh, and deathers..... If another spare ten minutes..... Do the same for Russia and see how many born in Asia..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted July 7, 2018 59 minutes ago, Toast said: Whenever I hear the name Dele Alli I am reminded of this. Sorry, but there it is. Whenever I hear them call him Dele im calling him Delicatessen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted July 7, 2018 34 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: 1 hour ago, Toast said: Whenever I hear the name Dele Alli I am reminded of this. Sorry, but there it is. Whenever I hear them call him Dele im calling him Delicatessen. Yes, on that note it would be good to see all the non-food shops replaced by specialist grocers and then we could call it Deli Alley. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 7, 2018 1 hour ago, charon said: Oh, and deathers..... If another spare ten minutes..... Do the same for Russia and see how many born in Asia..... Was thinking about the same thing, re: "All-European semi-finals" and Russia, but then football in Russia is part of their "European Heritage", the arenas are mostly, but not all in Europe. Having a look at the roster...there's one born in Brazil, two born in Irkutsk (Asia!), one born in the Ural mountains (Europe/Asia?), one born in Barnaul (Asia), one born in Ulan-Ude (Asia), one born in Komsomolsk-On-Amur (Asia). So out of 23 players, 16 are from Europe, 1 half-Europe-half-Asia, 1 Brazil, and 5 Asian players. More Asians than I expected! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,480 Posted July 7, 2018 Aye but in football terms, Russia is European. I feel deja vu from some argument or other about Turkey in 2016, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 7, 2018 There are no turkeys in Turkey msc. Factoid for you. * cheers GC , interesting. ** are Australia Asian? Are Israel European? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 7, 2018 England doesn't dazzle, they just run more and know where to stand and when to run (good manager!). Very solid. They would get crushed by a really strong team, but I think only France has this quality this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted July 7, 2018 Wow. Just bloody wow. First semi-final in a major international tournament for 22 years. First semi-final in a World Cup for 28 years. Hands up if you don't remember either of those! *puts hand up* Great England team. Heroes in the making. Bloody incredible. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
