19.5m Watch England Crash Out Of Wc
29 Jun 2010 | sigadmin
19.5 million people watched the BBC One’s coverage of England’s 4-1 defeat by Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup as the team crashed out of the competition.
Match of the Day Live had an average of 17.8 million viewers between 2pm and 5.15pm – an 82% share of the TV-watching audience.
But the viewing peaked at 19.5 million as Germany went on to score the third and fourth goals to send England home.
The audience was England’s second highest of the tournament, behind the match against Algeria which had an average of 18.8 million viewers.
It beat the clashes with the USA with an average 17.6 million and England’s victory over Slovenia with 12.8 million viewers.
