Friday Night Football (AFL)
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Friday Night Football | |
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Genre | Matthew Richardson Jacqueline Felgate |
Narrated by | James Brayshaw Brian Taylor Basil Zempilas Cameron Ling |
Opening theme | "The Boys are Back" |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 30 |
Production | |
Running time | 180 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network (1985–2001, 2007–present) 7mate (2012–present) Nine Network (2002–2006) Network Ten (2002–2006, finals only) Fox Sports Plus (2007–2011) Fox Footy (simulcast) |
Release | 29 March 1985 present | –
Friday Night Football is an Australian sports broadcast series is currently airing on the Seven Network.
History
Non-weekend night matches of Australian rules football first emerged in the late 1970s/early 1980s with the
The first
Friday night AFL is generally played in Melbourne, at either the
Seven's commentary team includes
Broadcast history
The Seven Network, which broadcast football for around 40 years before losing the rights after the 2001 season, was the first Australian network to broadcast Friday Night Football.
Between 2002–2006, the
The
The television rights deal which began in 2012 saw Seven broadcast Friday night matches live from 7:30pm into Melbourne, with the last 60 minutes of Better Homes and Gardens being televised on
In the early days of multichannelling, an early morning replay of the Friday night game was shown at 6am Saturday on
From 2014, the Friday night telecast began at 7:00pm nationally, with the pre-game show being shown on 7mate.[5]
See also
- Saturday Arvo Football
- Saturday Night Footy
- Friday Night Football (NRL)
References
- ^ Friday night is 'ours': AFL - AFL.com.au
- ^ Is Friday night footy rolled gold for SUNS?, Gold Coast Football Club official website, 9 July 2014
- ^ "James Brayshaw to join Channel Seven commentary team". Sporting News. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Musolino, Adrian (17 February 2010). "Battlelines drawn over live Friday Night Footy". The Roar. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Improvements coming to Australian Open, AFL on Seven, TV Tonight, 24 October 2013