Al Nicholson joins us to chat the art of commentary, Tasmania & the best weekend of footy this year!
6/9/20261 hr 3 min
Yessss Faffers! Big episode today as Dyl and Brett were joined by Channel 7's own Al Nicholson to review a massive long weekend of footy. Al discussed his upbringing in Tasmania and how he got his start in commentary, including his time working alongside Brett at the ABC. We then tackled the big topics in Linc's List and unpacked what may have been the best weekend of footy of the year. Enjoy! If you want to support Footy & Friends, please give us our flowers by clicking follow or subscribing wherever you are listening, and if you loved the episode, please share it with your close personal friends xx 🌷 FAFFERS PATREON: www.patreon.com/footyandfriends 👕 BUY MERCH HERE: https://clubbysports.com/collections/footy-friends 📸 FAF INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/footyandfriends 🎥 FAF TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/footyandfriends ✏️ WRITE TO OUR MAILBAG: boris@clubbysports.com 🏉 AFL CLUBBY: LINK HERE 🎟️ ENTER YOUR CLUB IN OUR TOYOTA GFFR FUNDRAISER: LINK HERE AL'S BOOK: LINK HERE Footy & Friends is produced by Lincoln Allan Video and audio production by Mack Kelly.
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