Billy Brownless quits Footy Show after 27 years
Media mainstay Billy Brownless has decided to hang up his Footy Show boots, saying his 27-year stint was “a fantastic ride”.
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Former Geelong star Billy Brownless has quit the Footy Show after 27 years.
Larrikin Brownless started his TV career on the Thursday edition of The Footy Show in 1994 and joined the Sunday Footy Show a couple of years later. He was stalwart of the Thursday Footy Show until its demise in 2019 and informed Channel 9 that he would not be returning to Sunday Footy Show in 2022 last week.
“I have been part of the Footy Show world for 27 years,” Brownless said.
“The time has come to hang up the boots and microphone and to have Sundays off.
“I started with the Footy Show with Ed (McGuire), Sam (Newman) and Trev (Marmalade) in the good old days. Once I finished up footy I was lucky enough to get onto the show and ended up doing both the Thursday and Sunday shows.
“It has been a fantastic ride, to be honest.”
Brownless, whose final two appearances will be The Footy Show Grand Final Eve: My Room Telethon on Friday and the Sunday Footy Show Grand Final Wrap next weekend, said he considered pulling the pin last year.
“I did have a chat to Brent Williams, (9’s director of sport) last year and he said, ‘give it another year and see how you go’, so I don’t think my decision was a great surprise to him,” Brownless said.
“Living in Geelong, you have to be up pretty early to be there for an 8.30am (Sunday Footy Show) meeting.
“I have just had enough, to be honest.
“I love the show and I love the boys.
“We have a very good chemistry which is hard to get on a footy panel show because we all have egos, but we all get on really well. We are a team.
“I am stepping away, it will be nice to have a Sunday.”
Brownless said he will continue to be head on Triple M radio next year.
The Footy Show Grand Final Eve: My Room Telethon airs on Channel 9 at 7.30pm on Friday, September 24, 2021.
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