HawkMan

Top 15 football leagues for attendances, ranking from 1995 to 2025

Well done Al Hilal, Inzaghi top coach. ++ ; Channel 5 **; DAZN Updated, Saturday Palmeiras v Botafogo 1700 ** Benfica v Chelsea 2100 ** Sunday PSG v Inter Miami 1700 ( Messi v old friends) ++ Flamengo v Bayern 2100 ++ Monday Inter Milan v Fluminense 2000 ++ Tuesday Man City v Al Hilal 0200 (Monday U.S.) ++ Real Madrid v Juventus 2000 ** Wednesday Dortmund v Monterrey 0200 ( Tuesday U.S.) **

I wasn't comparing the sports, but the attitude of some who think the whole idea is daft but would applaud it in RL. Unless IT IS daft in one but not the other.

Latest- lovely old fashioned dirty Italian v Argie game last night as Inter beat River 2-0 knocking them out. Last 16; Saturday Palmeiras v Botafogo 1700 Benfica v Chelsea 2100 Sunday PSG v Inter Miami 1700 ( Messi v old friends) Flamengo v Bayern 2100 Monday Inter Milan v Fluminense 2000 Tuesday Juventus/ Man City v Salzburg/ Real Madrid/Al Hilal 0200 (Monday U.S.) Salzburg/ Real Madrid/ Al Hilal v Juventus/ Man City 2000 Wednesday Dortmund v Monterrey 0200 ( Tuesday U.S.)

They would have played games anyway, pointless friendly tournaments in the Far East or The States , at least the CWC puts pay to those. I've enjoyed it, nice to see famous teams that I've never seen before like Boca, Palmeiras, River Plate etc. Crowds slowly building as tournament heads to knockout. We must not be too Eurocentric, the R.O.W is keen as mustard particularly the Latin American fans. The ironic and slightly hypocritical thing is, if RL attempted this , a brand new comp, bringing teams hitherto never played competitively against each other before, to a potential new audience and bringing new TV money to the game many on here would be applauding the idea.

Oh..FU....fiddlesticks 2-1 Inter.

Goal of the tournament so far from Martinez, sort of swivelling overhead kick, 1-1 Urawara tiring. Inter need win to avoid a needing probable win against River.

Obviously want England to win but these u21 tournaments lack a bit of intensity for me. 1-0 to Urawa Red Diamonds, Inter Milan need to win this with River Plate to come in game 3. Monterrey v River early hours tomorrow should be interesting.

Nope, I've just never managed to get into the under 21s or whatever of any sport.

Boca v Bayern didn't stay best game for long, Sundowns v Borussia great game and Jobe Bellingham MOTM, CWC really warming up. Channel 5action ( 150 on sky q) for for this evening match.

Just caught up with the Boca v Bayern match recorded overnight. Best game so far, excellent crowd, amazing atmosphere, and Kane Man of the Match, sorry Superior player of the match. Boca up to usual tricks, but Bayern played very well. BTW weather delays infuriating, don't remember such problems in WC in '94, evidence of global warming perhaps.

This is an inaugural tournament so FIFA will make tweaks to it in many areas for future editions,including kick off times and matching stadiums to expected turn out. FIFA will probably be happy with 50% turn out, and TV viewing figures are more important anyway, and I've read that those are particularly good in South America. The next edition if it is like this one in being held in the following year's WC location then that'll be Spain and Portugal and I expect attendances to be higher. Rugby League fans do obsess about attendances, and so do a lot of the media , particularly those who have previously stated they want the tournament to fail, and it's becoming boring.

So far, Real Madrid v Al Hilal very good game, 1-1, Al Hilal deserving of the scoreline. I actually recognise more of their players than Real's, Trent AA done alright, nothing great or poor, solid, Bellingham anonymous.

I've just looked up the relevant dates for various comps. The Liverpool v Villa will almost certainly be on tv, EVERY game not on Saturday at 3pm will be televised in 25/26 season. If Liverpool play on Wednesday 5th November in CL then it'll be moved to Sunday. If they play on Tuesday then it'll be moved to Friday night ,and any League Cup tie will be on prior Tuesday. May be a disappointment for SL but Friday night Prem will be the norm next season.

On ESPN there's a daily sports show called Pardon The Interruption ( PTI) where journos discuss the day's action, bit like Sky's Back Pages Tonight. Aimed at Americans, no mention of CWC or Gold Cup at all, it's all MLB,NBA and close season NFL gossip. Perhaps the general sporting public interest in soccer in the US has been a tad overstated.