BBC and Superbowl.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. 4.7 billion is the total who did watch for all games

The source for that Wikipedia figure is The Times, which said:

"The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world (its TV audience is 4.7 billion)".

Here's a realistic look at world sporting audiences. Note that Man Utd. v. Barcelona in the Champions League final, a match that mattered and culminated the most important club competition in the world, between, I reckon, 2 of the 3 most popular teams in the world, got 300 million. It's absurd to think a fixture that happens a couple of times a year, involving a team of mediocre popularity like Man City, would get more than twice that.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/05/16/3106275/the-most-watched-club-game-in-the-world-how-chelsea-v-bayern

That pointed out the Champions League final overtook the Superbowl a few years ago, and that the 2010 World Cup final got about 700 million. These are figures that are actually believable.

I need to emphasise this: no one outside Manchester gives a toss about Man City. Possibly the nationality of whoever their current owner is, but that's the point - it's a rich man's plaything, not a popular club.