Yesterday's Sunday Game Live coverage of Dublin's victory over Kerry in the All Ireland Senior Football semi-final attracted an average of 823,000* viewers for the game itself and post-match analysis, making it the highest rating sports event of the year so far.

This represents a share of 67 per cent of those watching television at the time. The coverage of the game reached almost 1.215** million viewers.

*823,000 is the average number of viewers who watched the game from 15.30 - 17.29

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 02/09/2013 15:55:10    1473266

i wonder do those figures account for us up north also???

pig.ignorant (Derry) - Posts: 655 - 02/09/2013 15:58:47    1473270

Also the many thousands of watching abroad from San Francisco to Sydney.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11753 - 02/09/2013 16:00:38    1473274

It just shows that football being played the right way is a huge draw in this country. Imagine if every team aspired to play that way, the game would be hugely popular, probably overseas also.

Out of interest, how do people feel this game measured up against the dublin v kerry matches of old? Would they rank it as the best ever?

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 02/09/2013 16:00:48    1473275

Out of interest, how do people feel this game measured up against the dublin v kerry matches of old? Would they rank it as the best ever?

Was not born when them so called classics of the 70/80's but have say games on TG4. The current teams would steamroll them as teams now are fitter and stronger and the game is gone up several notches in speed. That said it is unfair to compare era's that far apart.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11753 - 02/09/2013 16:04:31    1473281

Of course it got those figures!

Is there ever a match-up more exciting in the world of sport than the Navy & Blue V the Green & Gold??!!

Say what you like, but Dublin V Kerry 'is' Gaelic football!

1.2m viewers expected a great game and 1.2m viewers got exactly that!....and sure why wouldnt they, just like 2011, its Dublin V Kerry!

Regards,

Snufalufagus....Laochra Gael

Snufalufagus (Dublin) - Posts: 8100 - 02/09/2013 16:05:23    1473283

well i was not alive in the 70tys but have watched reruns of them games but as i always say its one thing watching on tv and another being there so very hard to compare but certainly seemed to be on a par if not ahead of the 77 semi final,but most definatly that was the best match i have ever seen in the flesh

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 02/09/2013 16:11:32    1473291

it was better than 1977 even keaveney said so and i agree

heresam (Dublin) - Posts: 156 - 02/09/2013 16:15:22    1473293

would love to see some sort of global estimation for viewing figures

emmomac (UK) - Posts: 273 - 02/09/2013 16:18:21    1473297

Don't remember the 70's but this was an epic!!! Up there with Mayo/Dublin 2006 and Armagh/Tyrone trilogy of 2005. More of the same for the final please!

Grey_Wolf (Leitrim) - Posts: 236 - 02/09/2013 16:28:00    1473310

Great to see that the whole country was willing Dublin on to win.

Floops (Dublin) - Posts: 1623 - 02/09/2013 17:27:00    1473365

The games from the 70s were turgid compared to the great spectacle we had yesterday. Teams were more concerned about kicking the ball forward to focus on any kind of technique or accuracy.

We were shown precision, pace and skill in abundance yesterday.

bob_dolphin (Limerick) - Posts: 694 - 02/09/2013 17:44:16    1473388

Out of curiosity, how do they come by these figures? I mean, is it an exact art or what is the definition of a viewer? If they can determine what households are watching the game does this then equate to one viewer I.e. a household or do they then factor in number of occupants in the house? Or is it all just pie in the sky and to borrow a phrase, did they just pick the number from their.....

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 02/09/2013 18:00:15    1473408

Floops
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Great to see that the whole country was willing Dublin on to win.

Enjoy it while it lasts because Everyone will be shouting for Mayo come September 22nd.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 02/09/2013 18:42:42    1473456

i know the guy over neilsen ratings.hes actually irish.its highly accurate.v scientific and technical.if they say 1.2 m ,1.2 it is

kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 505 - 02/09/2013 19:02:17    1473463

Unbelievable...

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 02/09/2013 19:27:18    1473489

better than 77?...wouldn't be difficult...that game was built up to be something it wasn't...yesterdays'game was rubbish...full of poor marking..add in the cynical fouling ..the stamp...eye gouging..foot trips..time to lock up the children

mayotyroneman (Tyrone) - Posts: 1821 - 02/09/2013 19:28:03    1473490

02/09/2013 16:18:21
emmomac
would love to see some sort of global estimation for viewing figures why? The figures outside Ireland wouldn't be high at all.

02/09/2013 18:00:15
Offside_Rule
Out of curiosity, how do they come by these figures? I mean, is it an exact art or what is the definition of a viewer? If they can determine what households are watching the game does this then equate to one viewer I.e. a household or do they then factor in number of occupants in the house? Or is it all just pie in the sky and to borrow a phrase, did they just pick the number from their..... Nielsen ratings which uses Viewer diaries where target audiences record their viewing habits
No they don't pick numbers out of the air. there is precise enough market research methods used to calculate figures.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 02/09/2013 20:49:21    1473554

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02/09/2013 16:18:21
emmomac
would love to see some sort of global estimation for viewing figures why? The figures outside Ireland wouldn't be high at all.

No idea what kind of figures there are but I know in Edinburgh, where I am, there were 5 packed irish bars full of people watching as well as the people who watch online (illegally or otherwise). Any time I have been in another country during championship I see people watching. Would love to get an estimate as to global figures. I reckon the states have a good few thousand watching

emmomac (UK) - Posts: 273 - 03/09/2013 13:23:54    1474016

02/09/2013 16:18:21
emmomac
would love to see some sort of global estimation for viewing figures

ormondbannerman
why? The figures outside Ireland wouldn't be high at all.

03/09/2013 13:23:54
emmomac
No idea what kind of figures there are but I know in Edinburgh, where I am, there were 5 packed irish bars full of people watching as well as the people who watch online (illegally or otherwise). Any time I have been in another country during championship I see people watching. Would love to get an estimate as to global figures. I reckon the states have a good few thousand watching
Yes there would have been a number of irish bars and others where decent numbers would have been watching but not that large a number would have been watching.
No way of getting any kind of estimate and what would the point be?

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 03/09/2013 13:35:29    1474031