Euro 2004 Barb

As England unites and cheers the boys on in Portugal tonight for their match against the host country, our eyes will not just be on the game and number of goals scored but whether this match will top the viewing figures for Monday night’s match when, at it’s peak, just over 20 million individuals watched Wayne Rooney help England beat Croatia 4-2.

Bearing this in mind, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at the viewing figures for Euro 2000 and see, in addition to our patriotic interest in England’s games, how much interest we take in the whole tournament?

The table below shows the top 10 most popular games viewed in Euro 2000 starting at the top.

Date	Channel	Tx start	Match	Score	Individuals (MIllions)
Sat 17 June	BBC1 + ITV	1914	England v Germany	1-0	17.0 approx
Mon 12 June	ITV	1935	Portugal v England	42403	14.9
Tue 20 June	BBC1	1856	England v Romania	42431	14.6
Sun 2 July	BBC1 + ITV	1817	France v Italy (Final)	42371	14.0 approx
Wed 28 June	ITV	1945	Portugal v France (Semi- Final)		9.7
Sun 11 June	BBC1	1945	Holland v Czech Republic	1-0	8
Sun 25 June	BBC1	1915	Spain v France (Quarter- Final)	42401	7.7
Sat 10 June	ITV	1923	Belgium v Sweden	42371	7.3
Wed 21 June	ITV	1945	France v Holland	42431	7.2
Thu 29 June	BBC1	1630	Italy v Holland (Semi-Final)	0-0	7.1

Source: Barb

Unsurprisingly the highest rating matches were indeed the England games, with the most popular match being England v Germany when approximately 17 million individuals watched England beat archrival Germany 1-0. Although England did not feature in the final, our nation of football fans still supported the tournament with approximately 14 million individuals tuning in to see France beat Italy.

Euro 2004 viewing for two of the three England matches already played has surpassed Euro 2000 levels and if the boys win tonight we should expect support for England in this tournament to soar.