Originally Posted by seagull_Mark:
“Not true.
If you do not want to know a result you would not watch a live match.
Anyway, the BT Premier League ratings for the festive period are as follows;
Sat 26th - Newcastle v Everton 713,000
Sat 26th - Southampton v Arsenal 884,000
Mon 28th - Man United v Chelsea 1,173,000 (peaking at 1.74million)
Solid.”
The Newcastle-Everton rating doesn't make BT's all-time top 10 for Bank Holiday and midweek rounds, but the other two matches do:
Man City v Liverpool (13/14) - 1,335,000
Man Utd v Tottenham (13/14) - 1,301,000
Tottenham v Chelsea (14/15) - 1,255,000
Man Utd v Chelsea (15/16) - 1,173,000
Arsenal v Man Utd (13/14) - 1,118,000
Liverpool v Tottenham (14/15) - 1,018,000
Liverpool v Everton (13/14) - 909,000
Southampton v Arsenal (15/16) - 884,000
Man Utd v Newcastle (14/15) - 834,000
Tottenham v Man City (13/14) - 767,000
The Man Utd-Chelsea average rating is higher than any weekend game has ever managed for BT, although I'm slightly surprised that it didn't get higher than the three games above it in that list given the high-profile nature of it.