Craig Burley's three-word City verdict leaves ESPN FC's routine behind
The former Chelsea midfielder's reaction to Manchester City's guilty findings has drawn almost as many comments as likes.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 491,012 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (40,307).
'It's a mess!' - Craig Burley on Man City being found guilty on 114 of 115 charges | ESPN FC
Burley's reaction is flying. "'It's a mess!' - Craig Burley on Man City being found guilty on 114 of 115 charges | ESPN FC" went up on Sunday. Across its first day it has been running at roughly twelve times the pace a new ESPN FC upload usually opens with.
That gap matters on a channel where most new videos start modestly and then make room for the next one. This one has also got people typing: the comment count sits close to the likes, which is a lot of conversation for a single pundit's reaction.
Burley played for Chelsea and Scotland before moving into television, and he has long been one of the network's most outspoken voices. On a story this size, the title suggests he stayed exactly in character.
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- Channel
- ESPN FC
- Subscribers
- 5,380,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,554,192
- Video published
- September 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 135,767 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 491,012
The numbers
The figures below show how far this first day sits above a typical ESPN FC opening.
