England's seven-goal night in Croatia leads Virgin Media Sport's Irish weekend

The Nations League highlights ran far past anything else the Irish broadcaster posted on Saturday, including Brian Kerr and Richard Dunne on Ireland's buildup to Israel.

Channel: Virgin Media SportStory of October 4, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 38,220 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (3,578).

ENGLAND SCORE SEVEN IN RECORD-BREAKING WIN | Highlights: Croatia vs England | UEFA Nations League

"ENGLAND SCORE SEVEN IN RECORD-BREAKING WIN" is how Virgin Media Sport titled its highlights of Croatia against England. The title doesn't say which record fell, but the score needs no help: Croatia 0, England 7, away from home, in the UEFA Nations League.

The channel belongs to the broadcaster that brings the Nations League, the Champions League and the Six Nations to viewers in the Republic of Ireland, so an England rout is not its obvious home story. It traveled anyway. Nine hours after it went up, the clip had passed 21,000 views. A new video here usually finishes its whole first day under 4,000.

The comments are light on analysis and heavy on jokes. One viewer reaches for an abacus to count the goals, and another wants England's away shirt promoted to home duty, since it seems to have powers. A few get serious about the fourth goal, with one long breakdown of a Croatian defender who races back to cover Bukayo Saka, then drifts away from him entirely. The old Three Lions refrain turns up too, half as hope and half as a tease.

On the same Saturday the channel had a talking point of its own. Former Ireland manager Brian Kerr and Richard Dunne reacted to what the video calls Ireland's chaotic press conference before Sunday's Nations League meeting with Israel. That clip also started well ahead of the channel's usual pace, though not as far ahead as England. Lamine Yamal's strike for Spain against Czechia trailed further behind.

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The numbers

For a channel whose new videos usually have a quiet first day, England's seven goals brought a very different start.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,578

this video

38,220

subscribers

200,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

113,640,674

views per day

15,588

typical day: 47,080

the video

views

21,365

likes

76

comments

25

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

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219,000

Sunderland AFC

213,000

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212,000

Premier Sports

202,000

Virgin Media Sport

200,000

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185,000

As of October 4, 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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