Torres, Gerrard and the old Sky graphics: a 2009 line-up short on Sky Sports Retro

Two long Sporting Heroes interviews went up the same day, with Prince Naseem Hamed on his ring walks and Jonah Lomu on the 1995 World Cup final.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Things looked a little different in 2009! 👀😅

What does a Liverpool-Chelsea team sheet from 2009 look like now? Sky Sports Retro, the broadcaster's archive channel, put one up as a short, and it drew close to 19,000 views in its first eleven hours. The tags read like a roll call of that era: Reina, Carragher, Gerrard, Xabi Alonso and Torres on one side, Terry, Ashley Cole, Ballack and Lampard on the other. In the comments, viewers pick out Martin Tyler's voice, wonder at how the Premier League has changed and ask for the old on-screen graphics back.

The same day brought two full-length Sporting Heroes interviews from the vault. Naseem Hamed talks about his father, his showboating, the night against Kevin Kelly and the Marco Antonio Barrera fight, along with the role Sky played in turning his ring entrances into an event. Jonah Lomu walks through his years in Tonga, his try against England and the 1995 final against South Africa, and speaks about the kidney illness he kept secret.

Overall it was a steadier, slightly slower week than usual, with the subscriber count unchanged. Among football channels of similar size, Zedsnap and FutbolEssence were having big weeks, while Leeds United Official was quieter. Sky Sports Retro ranks third in the group by subscribers.

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The numbers

Here is how Sky Sports Retro's week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

FutbolEssence

25,100,251

Zedsnap

11,581,521

Pêche Football

4,740,135

The Rest Is Football

3,065,953

The Football Terrace

2,678,631

UnitedPeoplesTV

2,505,678

Sky Sports Retro

653,079

Leeds United Official

167,100

Let's Talk FPL

116,799

subscribers

569,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

419,931,647

views per day

83,283

typical day: 102,382

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Pêche Football

664,000

UnitedPeoplesTV

630,000

Sky Sports Retro

569,000

Zedsnap

535,000

Leeds United Official

533,000

The Rest Is Football

519,000

Let's Talk FPL

512,000

The Football Terrace

504,000

FutbolEssence

499,000

As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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