The Women’s FA Cup Final attracted a peak audience of nearly two million viewers last weekend.
Chelsea beat Notts County last Saturday in front of a record 30,710 crowd in the first-ever final at Wembley.
There has been a surge of interest in the women’s game, with 1.99m tuning in at the weekend, following England’s brilliant run to the World Cup semi-finals in Canada earlier this summer.
The figures represent a 51 per cent increase on last year’s peak of 1.32m, where just over 15,000 fans turned up to Stadium MK to see Arsenal defeat Everton 2-0.
South Korea striker Ji So-Yun, known as the 'Korean Messi' scored the only goal of the game as Chelsea won the Cup for the first time, defeating Notts County.
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes said after the game: "I believe that the quality we show on the pitch is deserving of being inside a top men’s club."
