{"id":109278,"date":"2019-09-16T16:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T15:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=109278"},"modified":"2020-04-21T22:11:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T21:11:06","slug":"record-numbers-for-ladies-football-finals-on-tg4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/record-numbers-for-ladies-football-finals-on-tg4\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Numbers for Ladies Football Finals on TG4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>A new record was set yesterday with <strong>56,114<\/strong> people in attendance; the largest-ever attendance to date at Croke Park for Ladies Football, up from 50,141 in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to official TAM Ireland figures, the TV viewership also made a huge impact. In all,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>666,000<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>tuned into TG4&#8217;s coverage of finals day yesterday, with an average audience of<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>252,500<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>people watching the live broadcast of the Senior Final between Dublin and Galway a rise of over 70,000 viewers from the 2018 Ladies Football Final.\u00a0 This is the second highest viewing figure for a Ladies\u2019 final on TG4 since it first started to broadcast the games back in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The match took a<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>30% share<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>of viewing among individuals, making<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>TG4 comfortably the most popular channel<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>in Ireland yesterday afternoon.\u00a0 Viewing<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>peaked at<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>5.19pm with<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>358,400<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>viewers as Dublin closed in on the three in a row to retain the Brendan Martin Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>TG4<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>Director General Alan Esslemont says<span>\u00a0<\/span><em><b><span>\u2018TG4 is extremely proud of our partnership with the LGFA and Lidl.\u00a0 Women\u2019s sport is a central pillar of TG4 audience strategy for many years and it is wonderful to see the profile now being given to these world-class sportswomen. \u00a0We are proud partners in the 20 x 20 Women in Sport campaign and are extremely proud that TG4\u2019s women\u2019s sport alliance with Ladies Football will indeed be 20 in 20. We are already looking forward to marking the lead up our twentieth anniversary with a flourish, both on-screen and with events in the community in Ireland and abroad.\u2019<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ladies Gaelic Football Association President, Marie Hickey, said<strong><span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><em><b><span>&#8220;We are very fortunate that TG4 continue to be our Championship sponsors and broadcast our games, not just nationally, but to a worldwide audience. I extend a heartfelt thanks to Alan Esslemont and all of the team at TG4, as we reflect on another record-breaking Sunday. It&#8217;s now full steam ahead for the 2020 season, a year that will mark the 20th of our long-standing partnership. The #ProperFan hashtag was trending heavily throughout TG4 All-Ireland Final Sunday and the viewership figures are reflective of our sport&#8217;s growing popularity.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109301\" src=\"https:\/\/d1og0s8nlbd0hm.cloudfront.net\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Stats_CC_Peil_na_mBan_2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new record was set yesterday with 56,114 people in attendance; the largest-ever attendance to date at Croke Park for Ladies Football, up from 50,141 in 2018.\u00a0 &nbsp; According to official TAM Ireland figures, the TV viewership also made a huge impact. In all,\u00a0666,000\u00a0tuned into TG4&#8217;s coverage of finals day yesterday, with an average audience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":876,"featured_media":109273,"parent":98832,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pr.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Record Numbers for Ladies Football Finals on TG4 | Press Release | Sp\u00f3rt TG4 | LGFA | TG4<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Record Numbers for Ladies Football Finals on TG4 | Press Release | Sp\u00f3rt TG4 | LGFA | TG4\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new record was set yesterday with 56,114 people in attendance; the largest-ever attendance to date at Croke Park for Ladies Football, up from 50,141 in 2018.\u00a0 &nbsp; According to official TAM Ireland figures, the TV viewership also made a huge impact. 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