The Women's World Cup

[Royal Rother]

1.6m watched the Qtr Final - with a 2.30am finish that is pretty extraordinary.

And that will be reflected in increased gates and coverage in the UK from here on in.

Great to see.

1.6m is a lot at that time. Are you sure that's right for the UK audience?

The Norway game apparently averaged 1.4m at a much more sociable time, and I'd say even that is quite a success story for the womens game over here.

Just repeating what Talk Sport said this morning.

[Royalist]

The lowest attended game this tournament had just less than 11,000 fans. More than a lot of Championship clubs.

Talking about womens games in the Uk in the womens super league.

Turns out i was a hundred out and they average nearly 900

http://www.thefa.com/news/fawsl/2015/ju ... 015-season

[YateleyRoyal]

The lowest attended game this tournament had just less than 11,000 fans. More than a lot of Championship clubs.

Talking about womens games in the Uk in the womens super league.

Turns out i was a hundred out and they average nearly 900

http://www.thefa.com/news/fawsl/2015/ju ... 015-season

But this thread is about the Women's World Cup.

[Hoop Blah]

1.6m watched the Qtr Final - with a 2.30am finish that is pretty extraordinary.

And that will be reflected in increased gates and coverage in the UK from here on in.

Great to see.

1.6m is a lot at that time. Are you sure that's right for the UK audience?

The Norway game apparently averaged 1.4m at a much more sociable time, and I'd say even that is quite a success story for the womens game over here.

Just repeating what Talk Sport said this morning.

Probably ill-informed, inaccurate and inflammatory rubbish then.

[Nameless]

I watched it if that helps.

Royalist... I'd say it's a pretty major fricking achievement for the ladies to make their first ever major competition semi-final. Comparisons to the mens game in terms of achievement is insulting to the women. They've successfully played through to better their realistic world ranking. The men haven't done that for 15 years and have regularly underperformed compared to it. Last WC, 94. Didn't qualify for a Euros finals in that time too.

All credit to the women for what they have achieved. It needs no comparison to the men, it's a success in it's own right.

[Royal Rother]

1.6m is a lot at that time. Are you sure that's right for the UK audience?

The Norway game apparently averaged 1.4m at a much more sociable time, and I'd say even that is quite a success story for the womens game over here.

Just repeating what Talk Sport said this morning.

Probably ill-informed, inaccurate and inflammatory rubbish then.

It wasn't Boozil so I'm prepared to accept it at face value.

[Royalist]

But this thread is about the Women's World Cup.

Putting it in the media context of the womens game in this country. No doubt papers will bring up wage differences between men and women footballers after their run in the world cup and complain that someone who gets a few hundred watching is dwarfed in wages by someone who gets tens of thousands in the ground and millions watching worldwide!!

This is just like Curling the media are reporting a good news story as the side is going well but In a few weeks it'll all be forgotten and anyone pretending otherwise is deluded.

[Royal Rother]

Pretending and deluded don't really work together.

Anyway, you are wrong.

[Ian Royal]

But this thread is about the Women's World Cup.

Putting it in the media context of the womens game in this country. No doubt papers will bring up wage differences between men and women footballers after their run in the world cup and complain that someone who gets a few hundred watching is dwarfed in wages by someone who gets tens of thousands in the ground and millions watching worldwide!!

Why are you getting angry about something that hasn't happened and almost certainly won't happen?

[Royal Rother]

He's a bit odd. Only ever posts about non league football and women's football and looks for a negative angle every single bloody time, whatever the subject. If there isn't a subject he makes one up - like the above.

[Kitsondinho]

Carney still carrying a knock, so Duggan in....Carney has made the team tick...not sure Duggan is the right replacement for her.....but Sampson has got it pretty much spot on so far! C'mon England!

[Brosef Stalin]

England have been a bit long ball the last couple of times I've seen them

[Ian Royal]

Very much so. That was a soft as oxf*rd pen.

Can't sit back and hoof now. Got to go for it now.

[Brosef Stalin]

defo a pen though

once you're on the wrong side you're fecked.

not sure that was a pen mind!!!

[Brosef Stalin]

lol live nobbing....

defo a dive there but

GTFI

[Ian Royal]

Now that was a captain's dive. Lol.

Total injustice.

[Brosef Stalin]

The foul for Japan's penalty was outside the box tbf

and England pen looks legit now they've slowed it down...

[Ian Royal]

The foul for Japan's penalty was outside the box tbf

and England pen looks legit now they've slowed it down...

Good I thought it was nailed on in full speed, then the replays suggested Houghton had at best fallen over her own feet.

The Japan one looked like she played cunning and deliberately put the breaks on so Rafferty would have no option but to go into her back, even then the contact wasn't huge. Looked right on the edge to me so wasn't prepared to call in or out.

[Brosef Stalin]

Yeah thought the same thing about Japan's pen. Beckham used to win freekicks like that for Utd and England all the time.

England pen - stood on her ankle, this brought her down. Shane Long special tbh

[Brosef Stalin]

England on top for the last 5-10.

Hit the bar, decent save from keeper and a header narrowly wide (thought it was going in...keeper no chance)