Talking Footy was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 chat show appearing on the Seven Network

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

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It appeared on TV from 1994 until 2002. The show was hosted by Bruce McAvaney

Bruce McAvaney

Bruce William McAvaney OAM is an Australian sports broadcaster with the Seven Network, well-known for his commentary of Australian rules football matches as well as covering every Summer Olympic Games from Moscow 1980 until Beijing 2008.- Early years :The son of an Adelaide accountant, McAvaney...

 in the 1990s, and included guests Mike Sheahan

Mike Sheahan

Michael "Mike" Sheahan is an Australian journalist who specialises in Australian rules football. He is Chief Football Writer and Associate Sports Editor for the Herald Sun, a panelist on the Fox Sports program "On the Couch" and former Media Director for the VFL .Sheahan attended Werribee High...

, Malcolm Blight

Malcolm Blight

Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former champion Australian rules football player and coach, and current television commentator. During the 1970s and 1980s Blight played for the Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and the North Melbourne Football Club in the...

 and Leigh Matthews

Leigh Matthews

Leigh Raymond "Lethal Leigh" Matthews AM is a former player and coach of Australian rules football. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League from 1969 to 1985, coached Collingwood from 1986–1995, and coached the Brisbane Lions from 1999 to 2008...

 as regulars. It was screened on Monday nights at 10.30pm, before a switch to Tuesday nights towards the end of its run. Other people to host the show include David Parkin

David Parkin

David Parkin is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach.- Pre-football career :He attended Melbourne High School and during his time there, was the school vice-captain and captain of football....

, Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection, and two Best and Fairests with the Footscray Football Club...

, Gary Ayres

Gary Ayres

Gary Ayres is a former Australian rules footballer for the Hawthorn Football Club and currently the senior coach for the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victoria Football League.-Playing career:...

, and Tim Lane.

Parodies

In 2005, comedian Andrew Startin

Andrew Startin

Andrew Startin is an Australian performer, impersonator and television personality.Startin first came to prominence in 1997 as a result of a video tape of him impersonating Sam Newman being sent into The AFL Footy Show in an attempt to win a trip to London...

 appeared on rival network Channel Nine

Nine Network

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 with a send-up of the show on The Footy Show

The AFL Footy Show

The Footy Show is a Logie Award winning Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates.This show, which is dedicated to the AFL and Australian rules football, made its debut on 24 March 1994 at the same time as the other version which relates to the NRL and rugby...

. Gary Ayres

Gary Ayres

Gary Ayres is a former Australian rules footballer for the Hawthorn Football Club and currently the senior coach for the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victoria Football League.-Playing career:...

 was sent up with his catchphrase "at the end of the day" and "You've got your Buckley

Nathan Buckley

Nathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

s, your Hird

James Hird

James Hird is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League....

s, your Ricciuto

Mark Ricciuto

Mark Anthony Ricciuto is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League...

s"; Mike Sheahan

Mike Sheahan

Michael "Mike" Sheahan is an Australian journalist who specialises in Australian rules football. He is Chief Football Writer and Associate Sports Editor for the Herald Sun, a panelist on the Fox Sports program "On the Couch" and former Media Director for the VFL .Sheahan attended Werribee High...

 with "what do you think?"; and Bruce McAvaney

Bruce McAvaney

Bruce William McAvaney OAM is an Australian sports broadcaster with the Seven Network, well-known for his commentary of Australian rules football matches as well as covering every Summer Olympic Games from Moscow 1980 until Beijing 2008.- Early years :The son of an Adelaide accountant, McAvaney...

 with "Special!".

Theme song

The lyrics to the song are as follows:

The weekend's come and gone,

As we talk up a storm,

'Bout our team, bout our form,

And how it could be.


But when Monday comes around,

Talk around the town,

It's what happened on the weekend in the footy.


Monday nights, we're Talking Footy.


When the show switched to a Tuesday night timeslot (which led to its demise), the lyrics changed somewhat.

In the first season, the theme song was Monday's Experts by
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