The AFL Footy Show Tickets

The AFL Footy Show is a Logie Award winning Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates.

This show is the original of the two versions of the program, which is dedicated to the AFL and Australian rules football. The other relates to the NRL and rugby league on The NRL Footy Show. As they are shown in distinct geographical regions, according to areas where one or other sport predominates, there is little room for confusion.

Current presenters on the show include: Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Billy Brownless, Shane Crawford, Sam Newman and Craig Hutchison.

The AFL Footy Show had its origins in 1993 when a special Grand Final Edition of The Sunday Footy Show aired on the Thursday night before the AFL Grand Final. The program was then extended and started as a regular program in 1994, and was hosted by former Network Ten reporter Eddie McGuire, and joined by former Geelong champion John "Sam" Newman and comedian Trevor Marmalade. They are usually joined by three current and former football players in a panel format.

In 2006, after Eddie McGuire's appointment as CEO of the Nine Network, he stepped down as host of the program and has been replaced by former Melbourne star Garry Lyon and former state cricketer James Brayshaw.

The panelists discuss any news stories that arise during the week, review the last round of matches, and preview each match for the coming week including showing the lineups. Before 2000 no footage of any AFL games could be aired by the show as the rival Seven Network held the broadcast rights and refused to allow the show to air footage, in an attempt to stall the program's success. From 2001-2006, Nine had the rights to AFL broadcasts and footage was used liberally during the show. From 2007, they reverted to not using footage, due to Nine having lost the rights to AFL broadcasting to the Seven network & Ten network until at least 2011. .