{"id":295875,"date":"2023-11-22T00:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T00:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295875"},"modified":"2023-11-22T00:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T00:24:26","slug":"chelsea-versus-liverpool-is-most-watched-womens-super-league-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/chelsea-versus-liverpool-is-most-watched-womens-super-league-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea versus Liverpool is most watched Women&apos;s Super League ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chelsea versus Liverpool is most watched Women&#8217;s Super League ever, while Sky Sports record best viewing figures with Manchester derby<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Over a million people watched the BBC&#8217;s coverage of Chelsea&#8217;s 5-1 victory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sky Sports also saw their highest ever viewership with Manchester derby<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The curse of our game is abuse of referees, we are not doing enough to stop it. The punishments must be HARSH &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s 5-1 victory over Liverpool was the most watched Women\u2019s Super League game of all time with 1.1 million people tuning into BBC 1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren James scored a superb hat-trick while Aggie Beever-Jones and Sjoeke Nusken were also on the scoresheet for the Blues at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time a WSL match has passed the 1 million mark for viewing figures while the game also recorded the highest ever average audience of 765,000.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports also saw their highest ever viewership for a WSL game with a peak of 589,000 watching Sunday\u2019s Manchester derby at Old Trafford, with the average viewership of 485,000 also a record.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City came out on top with goals from Jill Roord, Lauren Hemp and Khadija Shaw cancelling out Katie Zelem\u2019s penalty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/23\/78087489-0-image-a-31_1700609414939.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Over a million people watched the BBC&#8217;s coverage of Chelsea&#8217;s 5-1 victory over Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>The figures demonstrate a steady growth in viewership for the domestic game, with international fixtures having already garnered big audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve million people watched England lose out to Spain in this summer\u2019s World Cup final on BBC1, which made it second-most viewed event of 2023 after the Coronation of King Charles III.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster also registered 25.7million stream requests across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online. A further 2.6million people watched the final on rival broadcaster ITV.<\/p>\n<p>The Euro 2022 final, which saw England beat Germany in extra-time, was also watched by 17.4million on BBC1.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12777641\/Chelsea-versus-Liverpool-watched-Womens-Super-League-Sky-Sports-record-best-viewing-figures-Manchester-derby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Chelsea versus Liverpool is most watched Women&#8217;s Super League ever, while Sky Sports record best viewing figures with Manchester derby Over a million people watched <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/chelsea-versus-liverpool-is-most-watched-womens-super-league-ever\/\" title=\"Chelsea versus Liverpool is most watched Women&amp;apos;s Super League ever\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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