The Second Captains Podcast

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1. The Week That Was; Conor Murray's Chicago Memories, Shooting Hoops With The Mob, Leopold Bloom's League Of Ireland

   31 Oct 2025 · 27 min

   This week winter announced its arrival with rain that was general all over Ireland, nonetheless we've been having a fun week here at Second Captains Towers and now we want to share some of that with you. Before…

2. Ep 3386: Madrid Back On Top, Slot’s Doom Spiral - 27/10/25

   27 Oct 2025 · 1 h 15 min

   Is Keith Andrews the new Mikel Arteta? Hard to say for sure, as it suddenly seems as though everybody wants to be the new version of the Arsenal coach, whose bulletproof juggernaut continues to bulldoze all comers. But…

3. Believe The Hype, Orla's Year, Parker And Lee, Ruthless Giants

   24 Oct 2025 · 27 min

   Orla Comerford has just come off a sensational year, one which started in Paris in September 2024 when she took a Paralympic bronze medal in the 100m and finished 3 weeks ago with double World Championship golds in the…

4. Ep 3381: Munster Monster Leinster, Jack Of Heart, NZ Clouds Gather - 20/10/25

   20 Oct 2025 · 58 min

   Munster had 35% possession, 31% territory, had to make 270 tackles to Leinster's 117, had the inferior scrum, went down to an early try, and we're playing against a team full of Lions and Ireland internationals.... and…

5. Ep 3380: The Old Premier League World Is Dying, And The New World Struggles To Be Born - 20/10/25

   20 Oct 2025 · 1 h 27 min

   Ken is on holiday!! Come back, please keep reading, there is a but coming.. Ken is on holiday BUT given the enormity of the football weekend we have all just lived through he is taking a break from his mini-retirement…

6. Dunphy At The Gaiety, Martin O'Neill On XG, Kuper's World Cup Fever

   17 Oct 2025 · 40 min

   What an Incredible week we’ve had in Second Captains, and thanks again to our guests and those who came to the Gaiety both nights. Eamon Dunphy got the biggest Second Captains standing ovation of all time, and we have…

7. Ep 3375: Andy Farrell On His Life And Career - 13/10/25

   13 Oct 2025 · 48 min

   It’s live show day in the Second Captains offices, but we still found time to send our best and brightest (and oldest), Simon Hick off to talk to Andy Farrell, on the release of his autobiography “The Only Way I Know”…

8. Ep 3374: One Battle After Another - 11/10/25

   11 Oct 2025 · 42 min

   Ireland have fallen to their second defeat of the 2026 World Cup Qualifying campaign and now sit bottom of Group F on one point. Ken dials in from Lisbon as we talk through a night in which we came so close to a…

9. Heimir's Armenian Hangover, England's Golden Losers, Ben Healy's Big Break, KenCall Live - 09/10/25

   9 Oct 2025 · 39 min

   Finn Azaz was asked about Heimir’s comment last week that the Irish players underestimated the challenge of Armenia. “I think it goes further than that. “In terms of the build up, the wins against Bulgaria, the…

10. Ep 3369: KENCALL Live, The Race For 10, Boks Clever - 06/10/25

    6 Oct 2025 · 48 min

    “I made a mistake that was not in keeping with my character and the standards I set myself. I am now taking steps to address the matter.” With Jim Gavin pulling out of the race to be the President, we ask GAA man…

11. Ep 3368: Don't Push Erling, Ange Fights Bigger Kid, Liverpool's Known Knowns

    6 Oct 2025 · 1 h 04 min

    Brentford’s Sepp van den Berg showed one way not to defend against Erling Haaland this weekend: start the game by pushing him around in a mildly irritating manner. Don’t make him angry, you wouldn’t like him when he’s…

12. The Prem Becomes Set-Piece Rollerball, Arsenal x The RAF, Ryder Cup Sociology, NFL Lessons For The GAA - 02/10/25

    2 Oct 2025 · 43 min

    The weekend's sport draws to a close, Monday arrives and you get a double shot of Second Captains. The world feels brighter, airier, you walk with an extra bounce in your step. Then comes Tuesday and there's a sudden…

13. Ep 3363: Ryder Cup Retained, Shane Saves The Day, US Fans Go Below The Belt - 29/09/25

    29 Sep 2025 · 1 h 04 min

    It was a wild Ryder Cup weekend at Bethpage Black, for good and for bad. Despite heckling from American fans that managed all at once to be annoying, unoriginal and verging on the obscene, Europe wiped the floor with…

14. Ep 3362: Inside Camp Andrews, Emotionless Man, Enzo Gets Dreaded Confidence Vote, Town Square Isak Reaction

    29 Sep 2025 · 1 h 04 min

    An explosive reaction to Liverpool's first defeat of the season maybe suggests discontent with performances was simmering through the recent series of late wins. Have we seen enough to state boldly that a certain…

15. Ep 3357: Kate O'Connor's Incredible Silver, Cian McPhillips Goes Forth, Ryder Cup Preview - 22/09/25

    22 Sep 2025 · 1 h 04 min

    Kate O'Connor's heptathlon silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo was one of the truly great Irish sporting achievements. To post 5 personal bests in her 7 events, some of them with a knee injury,…

16. Ep 3356: Arsenal Draw, Maresca's Plank, Pep's Paradigm - 22/09/25

    22 Sep 2025 · 1 h 03 min

    What must it be like to go to sea on what is expected to be a normal fishing expedition, only for the captain to go mad and start forcing random crew members to walk the plank? The Chelsea players got to find out on…

17. Last Minute Liverpool, Amongst Geordies, NFL In Croker, Rome Derby, Big. In Japan

    18 Sep 2025 · 20 min

    The Champions League has been a lot of fun this week with Gurbanov, the madness in Turin, and Liverpool winning late, yet again. We chatted to Neil Atkinson of The Anfield Wrap. Ken tells us about where he was when…

18. Ep 3351: RIP Ricky, Donovan Beaten In Belfast, Ireland Lose To France In RWC QF - 15/09/25

    15 Sep 2025 · 57 min

    Two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton, who was one of the best-known and most loved fighters of his generation, has died at the age of 46. Gavan Casey of the42 is in studio today along with Mike Costello, who was…

19. Ep 3350: Big Erling, Big Nick Energy, Ruben Sticks, Serene Arsenal, Liverpool Figuring It Out - 15/09/25

    15 Sep 2025 · 1 h 27 min

    Nick Woltemade’s had his critics - some of the biggest Bundesliga beasts of all time popping up to give him a surprise pre-debut kicking in the media - so his winner for Newcastle against Wolves is a nice place to…

20. Taking Up Hurling At 42 - Searching For Perfect Failure Or Having A Midlife Crisis?

    12 Sep 2025 · 48 min

    What if, at 42 years of age, having spent your entire life playing Gaelic football, you were to take up one of the fastest sports in the world, one that most experts say you need to take up before the age of 7 or 8 if…

21. Ep 3345: McIlroy's Magic 2025, Irish Open Roars, Trump At The Tennis - 08/09/25

    8 Sep 2025 · 39 min

    When McIlroy drained a monster eagle putt on the 18th green at the K Club to get into a playoff, the fans at The Irish Open let out a roar worthy of any major; yesterday's dramatic, emotional win in front of his home…

22. Ep 3344: Ireland Are Still Alive, Ken In Armenia, Damien Delaney On Irish Defenders - 08/09/25

    8 Sep 2025 · 1 h 06 min

    Ireland 2-2 Hungary - a scoreline that looked highly unlikely after 20 minutes, then looked reasonably likely after 55 minutes, before being greeted with untrammelled delight after 94 minutes. We’re still alive and…

23. The Guehi Lesson, Irish Vibes Are Smilin', The Jim Gavin Question, Them Cowboys

    5 Sep 2025 · 37 min

    We had a record breaking transfer window with subplots a plenty, World Cup fever has gripped the nation in advance of our qualifiers against Hungary and Armenia, and our star striker is settling in nicely to life in…

24. Ep 3339: Ryder Or Die, Bradley Drops Bradley, Political Will Wilts - 01/09/25

    1 Sep 2025 · 29 min

    The European team was selected today, and even though Ryder Cup legend Shane Lowry missed out on automatic qualification, he was nevertheless Luke Donald’s obvious first pick. If you were to cut USA Captain Keegan…

25. Ep 3338: Lame Arsenal, The Anfield Juggernaut, Newcastle Sources, Lack Of Pep, Chelsea Lemonade - 01/09/25

    1 Sep 2025 · 1 h 21 min

    On your Monday football show, we talk about why Liverpool deserved to win at Anfield yesterday, and whether Ken is still billing Arsenal as the title favourites. With the Isak saga finally at an end, we survey the…

26. Man United Make History, Liverpool Down Toon - 28/08/25

    28 Aug 2025 · 45 min

    We had more midweek football excitement than we had any reason to expect this week, given we're still in August. Welcome to our "best of" show which features reaction to two unbelievably entertaining matches, the Isak…

27. Ep 3333: Rugby World Cup 2025 Hits Different, Ireland Win In Style, Red Roses Bloom, Becky Lynch In Dublin - 25/08/25

    25 Aug 2025 · 34 min

    The women's Rugby World Cup has come a long way in a short space of time. The opening game of the 2025 World Cup between England and USA had a higher attendance than the whole of the 2010 World Cup put together. At the…

28. Ep 3332: The King Of Rome - 25/08/25

    25 Aug 2025 · 1 h 15 min

    From Napoleon II to Evan I. A new star blazes in the sky of Rome. Did Evan Ferguson score? No - but that, initial reviews maintain, is a mere detail. Are we getting carried away after one game? There will be none of…

29. Jack Of Clubs, Wholesomeness-O-Meter, Football in a State of Emergency, The Golf Community

    21 Aug 2025 · 33 min

    This week we went from zero to 100 on the wholesome-o-meter, from the local kid that taught his town to love again, to the bitter Newcastle - Isak war of words…. it’s been a roller coaster up in here. Question is, are…

30. Ep 3327: Oasis Backlash, The Miracle Of Ellis Park, Now Who's Being Condescending? 18/08/25

    18 Aug 2025 · 40 min

    ''The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function''. Did you know F Scott Fitzgerald was actually referring to Ken…

31. Ep 3326: Viktor Gyökeres, Welcome To The Premier League - 18/08/25

    18 Aug 2025 · 1 h 16 min

    Not for the first time this weekend, Ken wonders if he is going insane, as English football shows once again that it can never forgive a goalkeeper for getting fouled at a set-piece. We discuss Keith Andrews' harsh…

32. Premier League Preview, Kencall, Oasis Take Over, All Wright On The Night

    14 Aug 2025 · 37 min

    Hold onto your britches folks, cos things went a little wild on the world service this week what with the Premier League hype machine in full flow, daily Isak transfer tittle tattle, Shels getting their hearts broken…

33. Ep 3321: Galway Deliver, GAA Gets Spite, Shoulders, Strikes And Shorts - 11/08/25

    11 Aug 2025 · 43 min

    After a month of All-Ireland finals, we finally got a close one - and in the end, we got a surprise winner, too. Cork were going for three-in-a-row, had beaten Galway by 11 points in the League final earlier this year,…

34. Ep 3320: Balancing Grealish and Pep, Summer Soccer Scuppered - 11/08/25

    11 Aug 2025 · 1 h 23 min

    Jack Grealish has gone to Everton on loan. We hope he finds meaning there. We try to understand why it never worked for him, with reference to some of the things Guardiola said in a surprisingly candid recent interview…

35. No Prem Ken, High On X, Regulators!

    8 Aug 2025 · 50 min

    The momentum behind "No Prem Ken" is building as our football correspondent put in another stonking performance this week on the world service. Welcome to our best of show! We had Shels' shock win against the…

36. Ep 3315: Lions Win Series But Search For Soul, Lightning Illuminates, Woakes Heroics In Vain - 04/08/25

    4 Aug 2025 · 57 min

    The Lions return triumphant from the 2025 tour of Australia with a 2-1 series victory... but was that the bare minimum? Shane Horgan and Gareth Rhys Owen of the BBC's Scrum V are on the show this Bank Holiday Monday to…

37. Jimmy Is Rising, Keith Is The Chief, Day Of The Jackal

    31 Jul 2025 · 38 min

    Welcome to our world service best of show, and what a humdinger of a week it was with Tom Brady and Keith Andrews getting the reality tv treatment at Birmingham and Brentford, Ken chatting to QPR and Ireland's soundest…

38. Ep 3310: Tibia Schmibia, Queen Boudica, Thank You Mr Marinakis

    28 Jul 2025 · 53 min

    England have won their second consecutive Euros, a Lionesses XI built out of different types of rocks and hard places ultimately proving too tough for Spain to break down. Today we learn about the lighter side of…

39. Ep 3309: Kerry Destroy Donegal, Clutch Cliffords, Fulsome Praise, Eoin Hulks Up - 28/07/25

    28 Jul 2025 · 1 h 05 min

    The 2025 All-Ireland senior football championship is finished and Kerry are worthy champions, again. Two of the great GAA pundits, Paul Flynn and Oisin McConville, are in studio to discuss this magnificent season of…

40. Dunphy And The Football Men, Kerry V Donegal, Ken In The Gym, Scheffler's Satisfaction

    25 Jul 2025 · 35 min

    Welcome to our world service best of show, and what a romper stomper its been this week with the Premier League transfer market getting red hot, Ken's north star, Eamon Dunphy, featuring heavily throughout, there's a…

41. Ep 3304: Tipp Top, Cork Crumble, Maher's Arms - 21/07/25

    21 Jul 2025 · 57 min

    Tipperary are the 2025 All-Ireland hurling champions, and their victory was as dominant and deserved as it was unexpected. As they’ve done all summer, Jamie Wall and Liam Rushe are on hand to pick through the bones of…

42. Ep 3303: Ecco Evan, Respecting Isak, Ratcliffe’s Fishing Trip - 21/07/25

    21 Jul 2025 · 1 h 12 min

    Evan Ferguson has joined the flood of under appreciated young Premier League players seeking to transform their careers in Serie A. James Horncastle joins us to talk about what awaits Ferguson in Rome - where he will…

43. What Makes You So Special?, Lions White-Wash Nerves, Nicky English Soccer Style - 18/07/25

    18 Jul 2025 · 30 min

    Welcome to our World Service taster which this week included Ken and Scottie Scheffler on the meaning of life, Patrice Evra brings you inside the dark culture of winning, Tom English of the BBC chasing Lions Down Under…

44. Ep 3298: Chelsea, The Undisputed...- 14/07/25

    14 Jul 2025 · 1 h 17 min

    Chelsea are the new FIFA world champions after destroying PSG in another one-sided CWC knockout game. Johnny Infantino's long servile campaign paid dividends as Donald Trump showed up and dominated the extended…

45. Ep 3297: Gaelic Gods And Goats, Return Of The Mc, Taylor Trilogises, Sailor Ken - 14/07/25

    14 Jul 2025 · 1 h 06 min

    If the price of one absolutely mega All-Ireland football final showdown is two pretty pedestrian semi-finals, then that’s a price we’re happy enough to pay. Paul Flynn and Oisin McConville are on hand to look back at…

46. Ep 3292: There Goes That Dream, Musiala Injury, Arsenal's Transfers - 07/07/25

    7 Jul 2025 · 43 min

    There was a period of a few hours over the weekend when it looked as though Mikey Johnston might be going to Brazil to teach them how to dribble. Even Robbie Keane's intervention could not save the move. We talk about…

47. Ep 3291: Hot Cork Summer, Scoreboard Mayhem, Stop The World, They Paved Paradise - 07/07/25

    7 Jul 2025 · 54 min

    The Cork hurlers have built up a following which some commentators are comparing with Heffo’s Army or, say, the Pope's visit to Ireland. They travelled from Kent station to Heuston on Saturday with, let’s be honest, a…

48. Ep 3286: The Meath Miracle, Kerry Class It Out, Kick Out Strategy, Losers Assemble - 30/06/25

    30 Jun 2025 · 1 h 07 min

    Murph and Mark headed off to Croke Park together yesterday for the MARPH derby. Murph's initial arrogance slowly curdled into horror as he and everyone else in the stadium witnessed the return of the Royals; Meath are…

49. Ep 3285: The Worst Idea ever Implemented In Football, Poch Flirts, FIFA's NFTs - 30/06/25

    30 Jun 2025 · 56 min

    Friend of the show David Sneyd sent US Soccer into a tailspin over the weekend with his exclusive report that Brentford interviewed Mauricio Pochettino for the job they ended up giving to Keith Andrews. But doesn’t…

50. Sin And Win, Italian V American Cuisine, Messi Longevity, Lions Roar

    27 Jun 2025 · 37 min

    Welcome to our weekly World Service taster menu which this week includes the voice of Saipan (trailer), the Joe Duffy era coming to a close and a new door opening, Tim Vickery on Brazilian footballers' ability to sin…