Sportscall on RTE 1

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Originally Posted by Cop on

Doubt it. Eddie Hobbs will probably do better .............. Not to mention Corrie & all that rubbish

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RTE Ratings

I've no inside knowledge but I think France match will push 1m viewers.

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Originally Posted by pete

When the ratings come out you'll see that the France game will have probably single highest figure on irish TV this year & that doesn't account for huge numbers watching in the pub.

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Not a hope - Rose of Tralee, Rip Off Republic, The Late Late, to name just a few. General rule of thumb - RTÉ One way outdoes RTÉ Two no matter what's on Two. For instance the Late Late will always beat the Sunday Game Live.

KOH

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Originally Posted by WeAreRovers

Not a hope - Rose of Tralee, Rip Off Republic, The Late Late, to name just a few. General rule of thumb - RTÉ One way outdoes RTÉ Two no matter what's on Two. For instance the Late Late will always beat the Sunday Game Live.

KOH

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Very true - check this out

http://www.medialive.ie/

Go to top Top 20 programmes of 2004. Killinascully wiped the floor with the World Cup qualifiers ffs (I presume the match in France).

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Originally Posted by TheOwl

Very true - check this out

http://www.medialive.ie/

Go to top Top 20 programmes of 2004. Killinascully wiped the floor with the World Cup qualifiers ffs (I presume the match in France).

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Interesting stuff - Football pushed rugby into 2nd place. Although normally football is first, gaelic 2nd and rugby/hurling 3rd.

I imagine our numbers for home games will be lower as Sky also show them live. Many of the 300,000 Sky subscribers will watch Sky rather than RTE.

Also interesting that no GAA match featured in the kids top twenty.

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Originally Posted by gspain

Interesting stuff - Football pushed rugby into 2nd place. Although normally football is first, gaelic 2nd and rugby/hurling 3rd.

I imagine our numbers for home games will be lower as Sky also show them live. Many of the 300,000 Sky subscribers will watch Sky rather than RTE.

Also interesting that no GAA match featured in the kids top twenty.

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That's just the Irish internationals though - I remember that the Shels vs Steaua first-leg got 100k less viewers than Mayo vs. Cavan in an absolute dire All-Ireland Qualifier.

The GAA is easily the consistent top puller, football and rugby will only really register in the rankings for a few big games during the year.

I'm surprised WC Qualifier so low. Maybe i'm confusing with actual WC tournament figures as i;m sure they are consistently huge for Ireland matches. Sure 80% of the population watch Ireland WC football matches...?

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Originally Posted by WeAreRovers

No it's not, it's an Irish phenomonen. Whatever else about the Brits they follow their sports teams in huge numbers. And in fairness winning the Ashes is huge for them, hence the massive prices for tickets.

What's the 4th best supported league in Europe?...it's the Championship.

The Owl is 100% correct we're an embarrasement of a sports supporting nation - event junkie, day-out, face-painting, passionless goons.

KOH

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But average attendances for County Championship Cricket games in England rarely breaks the 100 mark - I've been in cricket grounds in England for Championship games that have had 20 - 30 people watching them

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Originally Posted by Réiteoir

But average attendances for County Championship Cricket games in England rarely breaks the 100 mark - I've been in cricket grounds in England for Championship games that have had 20 - 30 people watching them

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I think cricket si similar to rugby in that its the internationals that keep it alive and pays wages for top players. I would think the Ashes like rugbys Lions tour.

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Originally Posted by patsh

Sportscall is a phone-in programme, so the content is decided by the people who phone in. No matter what you say Éanna, the All-Ireland Hurling final is one of the top two sporting events in this country, so it's only natural that on the day after the game, it's what people want to talk about.

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Then why did they tell Pablo they'd call him and put him on, but instead let that ignorant ***** come on giving out that they dared to cover other sports. Quite obvious that RTE were the ones deciding the content.

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Originally Posted by patsh

Calling GAA people bigots while posting "hillbillies...rednecks...Moaning ****ing bigots... reminded me exactly why I hate the ****ing GAA" is a tad ironic is it not?

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I was talking about the people who called up that show, and they do represent a significant minority of GAA people. Like I said, not all GAA people ae like that, far from it, but its the main reason I have no time for the GAA.

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Originally Posted by patsh

In Séan Óg O'hÁilpin, we have one of the most eloquent, honest and endearing sportsmen anywhere in the world.

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Seán Óg is "eloquent"????!!!! The man can hadly speak English "eh uh whatever dya know like whatever" :rolleyes: I get a headache just thinking about him talking, never mind listening to him. He's like George on tranquilisers after a week on the beer or something :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by patsh

The anti-GAA posters on this site seem to like to use "bigot" as their insult of choice for the GAA, but to quote that great philosopher, Nuttsy Fenlon, they would want to have a look at themselves.....

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I wouldn't say I'm bigotted against the GAA. I despise a certain section of its support, and as for the rest, I couldn't give a monkeys.

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Originally Posted by razor

His reference to the Irish National football team as the England B team said it all for me. Sickened me to the core.

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Funnily enough that was the only thing he said that I agreed with :D

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Originally Posted by TheOwl

Irish people are just terrible sports fans, it doesn’t matter what the sport is. Club GAA attendances are massively overstated, EL crowds are pathetic, and rugby crowds at AIL level are worse again.

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spot on

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Originally Posted by Cop on

??????? The whole country except for those six counties who managed to win something that night.
In ainm dílis Dé - have you lost all reason ?? The France game had **** all importance . That 'Irish' team didn't represent the whole country - far from it. If they were representing the country, they might have shown a bit of passion & not be so f****in interested in singing karaoke and fannyinG about in Lillies until four in the morning.

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I knew this day would come: Cop On, I agree with you, wholeheartedly!

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Originally Posted by Éanna

Then why did they tell Pablo they'd call him and put him on, but instead let that ignorant ***** come on giving out that they dared to cover other sports. Quite obvious that RTE were the ones deciding the content..

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Pablo?? so he can talk?

When you see that the among the top watched programs in Ireland last year were the Eurovision, Your A Star and Daniel O'Donnell it says a lot!

Sweet Jesus :D

does this take into account people in pubs watching, because i'd think there would definately be more in a pub watching an international then daniel o'donnels christmas special

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Originally Posted by geysir

Pablo?? so he can talk?

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once ya get him started, there's no stopping him :D :D

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Originally Posted by gspain

The Ireland v France was by far the biggest sporting event in the country this year. It was bigger than all the GAA game sput together.

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Poppycock. Don't you read the papers or watch telly? Ireland v France was 1 game that got about a week in the media. GAA gets year-round major media.

Its not unusual to see 15,000 - 20,000 at a championship inter-county match. How many eircom league matches even get half of that? I would say FAI cup final barely scrapes that kind of attendance.

Lets get a bit of realism and open mindedness here FFS.

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Originally Posted by OneRedArmy

Cop On, never lets the facts get in the way of a good wind up opportunity.

As Bohs fans are wont to say, there isn't a massive interest in hurling nationwide. FACT.

Now get back to your slice of buttered turf lunch, that sileage won't cut itself.

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A great example of how some of the sh1te ye are spouting on this string is juvenile at best, bigoted and offensive at worst.

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Originally Posted by madjack

Poppycock. Don't you read the papers or watch telly? Ireland v France was 1 game that got about a week in the media.

Lets get a bit of realism and open mindedness here FFS.

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GSpain is absolutely right. France v Ireland was the biggest sporting event of the year. Certainly, in terms of viewing figures, both nationally and, importantly, internationally, it wiped the floor with *anything* the GAAH have to offer.

Sometimes I wonder whether I've drifted into a GAAH love-in with some of the comments here. Surreal. :confused:

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Originally Posted by republic

Sometimes I wonder whether I've drifted into a GAAH love-in with some of the comments here. Surreal. :confused:

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So just because you show your contempt and dislike for the GAA, it's expected that everybody on here should have your ridiculous & blinkered view?

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Originally Posted by Cop on

I don't usually watch muck on the goggle box (or what I perceive to be muck in all my pretentiousness, but the missus sometimes has outrageous $hite on in the background), but did ya see yer man last night - Karl Spain. looking for a girlfriend he is. He goes on these 'blind dates' & he brought this chick he's trying to impress to the Shels-Steua game (and correct me if I'm wrong, but did he have a Cork accent ??) Anyway, she wasn't too impressed, nor were the $hel$ supporters in the background !!

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He is from Limerick*. Big deal. If he is an eircom League fan he obviously has an interest in other eircom League sides.

I've been at Bohs and Rovers home ties in Europe and I'm from Donegal.

(Any relation to GSpain in this thread by any chance?)

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Originally Posted by Cop on

What planet are you on ????? 'France v Ireland the biggest sporting event of the year' :D :D :D :D

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On this island I can't think of anything bigger to date. Although our friends in OWC might beg to differ. They obviously think last Wednesday's game in Windsor was the big one.

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Originally Posted by Cop on

As to the genius that enquired as to the crowds of 50,000+ - who the hell are you kidding ?? Does it ever dawn on you what the populations of these counties is?

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Think the population of Galway is more than 200. Which is about how many the totally non event junkie hurling followers of that county brought to their first match of the qualifiers (and I don't care who it was against, that's nearly as pathetic as them giving out about not getting tickets despite being a "lifelong" supporter).

btw I would never dream of listening or watching Des fookin Cahill has got to be the biggest no nothing cúnt in the irish media. Christ, he makes Paul Collins seem informed....

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Originally Posted by Cop on

Touchy, touchy. You not gettin' it these days ?? I was merely makin' the observation that it was a strange choice as these programmes normally go for some $hite other than Eircom league clubs.
You've been to Bohs & Rovers games ?? Horray for you. I've been to $hels, Bohs, Rovers, Home Farm games not involving the Town - and they weren't even bloody European ties - what does that prove ??

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Touchy touchy?? Far from it. I thought that your 'observation' you were pointing out that someone with a Cork accent was at a Shels game - you didn't make it entirely clear what your 'observation' was.

Bye bye.

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Originally Posted by Cop on

I've been to $hels, Bohs, Rovers, Home Farm games not involving the Town - and they weren't even bloody European ties - what does that prove ??

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That you're giving Ollie and Seery far too much money? :D

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Originally Posted by Macy

That you're giving Ollie and Seery far too much money? :D

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And that he LOVES THE DUBLIN :D :D

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Originally Posted by Macy

Christ, he makes Paul Collins seem informed....

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Never, he is the biggest idiot on radio, if he had his way the Sports news would consist of GAA full stop. Out and out GAA tunnel vision.

And to be fair after the substitutions were made the other night we had 11 irish men on the field, how does this in anyway resemble the England B team?

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Originally Posted by Cop on

No way. At least collins MIGHT -- MIGHT -- know something about the gaah, but Cahill is the most ignorant clown on the airwaves. He knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about any sport. How the hell did he EVER get employed as a sports commentator ??????

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The fact i don't usually listen to Radio 1 spares me from Cahill but that tool Collins irritates the hell out of me on TodayFM

I was in Manchester driving home and i tuned in to that show.
I'm not a cricket fan at all and i love watching the GAA.
But that fool on the radio was a disgrace. He made all GAA people look like Bigots.

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Originally Posted by razor

The fact i don't usually listen to Radio 1 spares me from Cahill but that tool Collins irritates the hell out of me on TodayFM

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Think I'm being misrepresented here..... Being better than Cahill doesn't mean he's any good. :)

Problem with all the news readers is they try and make out they're an expert on all sports when they have extremely limited knowledge of them. I actually think Collins plays up to the fact he's mainly GAA, where Cahill will start talking bollóx about cricket and then move on to cycling and then on to hockey making out he has a clue....

And I've never seen him in the Carlisle before Bray fans start - I reckon youse photoshop the pics in your programme.... :D

Anybody listen to the guy from Galway on the show tonight?

What a tool!

Was that the boy about national anthem

Them Tipperary girls, what with their passing water bottles about.........

I switched on, listened to that for a minute, then switched off :D

what did he say harry ?

He came on and said that he used to go to Terryland but doesnt anymore because all they do is kick the ball high and the air, and then he said that the players were TOO fit.

He then said that hurling was the only game. The presenter then asked him was he at the u-21 final yesterday and said that he didnt go because he didnt think they'd win.

A Shels supporter came on first and in a roundabout way said that the league was worth supporting and that the premiership was suffering becuase of negative tactics.

sounds like a muppet

Who, the Shels fan? Tell us something we DON'T know. :D

What about the presenter trying to find out what attracts him (the Shels fan) to supporting the eircom League by asking him, "What about the violence?" *******!

And another thing that bugged me was the guy giving out about Sean Og's speech being all as gaeilge.

It took RTE a week but they managed to dredge up some begrudger on that point.

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Originally Posted by republic

GSpain is absolutely right. France v Ireland was the biggest sporting event of the year. Certainly, in terms of viewing figures, both nationally and, importantly, internationally, it wiped the floor with *anything* the GAAH have to offer.

Sometimes I wonder whether I've drifted into a GAAH love-in with some of the comments here. Surreal. :confused:

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"Tyrone's All-Ireland SFC final victory against Kerry yesterday was watched by an average audience of 887,000 on RTÉ Two, equating to a 73% share of the available audience.

At its peak, over 1.1 million viewers were tuning into the match on RTÉ Two.

The average audience for the match was up 20% on last year's football final, which was watched by 743,000 viewers, and puts this year's final at number three in the top ten programmes broadcast in Ireland this year.


The All-Ireland SHC final stands at number eight and the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier against France inhabits tenth place.

The figures cap an extraordinary season in terms of those tuning into The Sunday Game Live's GAA coverage on RTÉ, with the All-Ireland SHC final between Galway and Cork watched by an average audience of 726,000 - a share of 74%. "