Thank you for making this a World Cup to remember on the BBC

Thank you for making this a World Cup to remember on the BBCImage source, Getty ImagesByAlex Kay-JelskiBBC Director of SportPublished1 minute agoAs an incredible World Cup comes to an end, everyone here at the BBC wanted to say thank you.Thank you to the 42.8 million people who tuned in to our live match coverage on television or streamed games on iPlayer, the BBC Sport app and website 237 million times. That's a lot of football.Whether you were one of the 24 million who watched England v Argentina in the semi-final, the late-night 9.1 million who stayed up until 4am for England v Mexico, the 2.4 million who saw Scotland beat Haiti in the middle of the night, or part of the hardcore crew of half a million who gave Iran v New Zealand a chance at 2am and were rewarded with a four-goal thriller.Thank you to those of you who trusted us to not spoil your mornings, coming to iPlayer or the BBC Football YouTube channel every day for our eight-minute highlight packages. There were so many of you that we saw the biggest ever day and week in iPlayer's history.Thank you to the 57.2 million unique browsers who used our app and website 1.7 billion times, watching clips of our games, interviews and journalism, following our amazing live pages and reading stories from our journalists covering everything from the Trump-Fifa-Balogun scandal to tactical trends and the US entry denial of Somalian referee Omar Artan.World Cup final watched by 15.8m people on BBCPublished2 hours agoAnd to those of you who spent ages deep in our new 3D tool, watching the game as if you were Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Erling Haaland charging down the goalkeeper - it was used almost five million times. We love trying new things and you using them helps us decide what to do next.Thank you to the millions of you on the move tuning in to the games on Radio 5 Live or BBC Sounds, realising there are few better ways to sit on the edge of your seat than listening to John Murray, Ian Dennis and t...