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The Second Captains Podcast

Second Captains

Listen to the award winning Second Captains free to air podcasts featuring The Second Captains Podcast and Second Captains Football. Join The Second Captains World Service and get access to our daily shows and much more. Become a Second Captains member at secondcaptains.com. - iTunes Podcast of the Year - iTunes Essentials Top 10 Podcasts of All-Time - The Guardian"s 50 Podcasts You Need To Hear - Ireland"s Most-Downloaded Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep 2834: There's Something In The Fog - 08/01/2024

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2024/01/08

The All-Ireland club final between Watty Graham's Glen and Kilmacud Crokes was one of the most controversial sporting events of 2023... and 7 days into 2024, they got a chance to go at it again.This time around, in yesterday's semi-final in Newry, the action on the field was completed to everyone's satisfaction... even if it was enshrouded in fog.Oisin McConville saw as much of it as therest of us, and we talk to him about Glen's resilience, Jim McGuinness' return to GAA management... and why he

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Ep 2833: Liverpool Let Their Burners Cry, Cup Of...

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2024/01/08

Every year it becomes more culturally embarrassing for us to talk about the third round of the FA Cup, and yet... here we go again.This time - the Sunderland-Newcastle damp squib, the latest gut-punch for Arsenal, and plaintive cries from the Saudi coast suggesting one more possible reason for Liverpool's successful transformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Net Positive Nunez, Poor Man's Boehly, Gen Gold, 16...

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2024/01/05

HNY and welcome to our regular Second Captains snifter. For our first week back in 2024 we covered Darwin Nunez's net positive contributions, the poor man's Todd Boehly (Garry Cook), Wayne Rooney and the golden generation's hapless coaching careers and what challenges a teenage sports star such as Luke Littler faces after they make their first breakthrough. To join go tosecondcaptains.com/join– it’s a fiver a month with no contracts, no minimum stay, no sneaky fees, no obligations, no ads and you

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Ep 2828: Ronnie O'Sullivan in Second Captains Studios...

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2024/01/01

Happy New Year from all of us at Second Captains! To celebrate we've decided to dip into the vault and dig out our favourite interview of 2023, an all-timer with Ronnie O'Sullivan live in our Dublin studio.Ronnie O’Sullivan joins us to talk about anxiety, his childhood, his relationship with his father before and after his father went to jail, his relationship with Snooker and why he looks to Messi, Jordan and Tiger for lessons on how to get better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Ep 2826: The Worms Crawl In And The Worms Crawl Out

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2023/12/28

A feast of festive football games, coaches who can’t read the room, ref nixers, viral fakes, the Thirty Years War - it must be the annual post-Christmas football pod with Jonathan Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:23

Why Be A Football Fan?

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2023/12/21

Welcome to our weekly Second Captains snifter. To join go tosecondcaptains.com/join– it’s a fiver a month with no contracts, no minimum stay, no sneaky fees, no obligations, no ads and we’re independent and Irish owned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep 2820: Munster Turn 5 Into 1, Leinster's Second...

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2023/12/18

Munster appeared to be in a winning position away to Exeter, before some bad kicks, bad bounces, poor refereeing decisions and an intercept turned 5 game points into 1, putting a big hole in their European campaign in the process. On the back of the draw with Bayonne and the news that RG Snyman will likely be moving to Leinster next year, it's been a rough week for the URC champs.We chat to Ruaidhri O'Connor and Shane Horgan aboutMunster's slick attack and weak basics,the rights and wrongs of RG"s

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Ep 2819: Darwin's Deep Dive, The Emicast

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2023/12/18

With the action at Anfield making for slim pickings, we turn to the spreadsheets in search of fresh narrative. The results MIGHT surprise you...There's also Ollie Watkins and Emiliano Martinez, Peter Walton's idea of acceptable dissent, Phil Foden's latest betrayal of Pep Guardiola and a clash of fire and ice in prospect on the shores of the Red Sea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Chipper Chippy Brady, United's Emmy Season

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2023/12/14

Liam Brady brought the house down at our end-of-year live show last week, arriving with anecdotes full of insight, levity and physical comedy that were warmly received by the Liberty Hall crowd and our World Service members alike. Elsewhere, Ken has been marvelling at Manchester United's ill-fated Champions League campaign which has served us up a six-part series of appointment-television, dramatic perfection fit for an Emmy Award.To join go to secondcaptains.com/join - it's a fiver a month with no

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Ep 2814: Leinster Beat La Rochelle, Frawley Does A...

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2023/12/11

Leinster went to war in La Rochelle, and at the fourth time of asking against ROG's team, got the win they craved. It won't make up for the last three seasons in Europe, but it was a deeply satisfying win.We chat to Shane Horgan and Murray Kinsella of The42 about Frawley's monster kick to seal it, the levels of animosity between these two teams, and Leinster's toughness, tackle technique and lineout masterclass.There's also Munster's weak set piece, Connacht taking a hammering at home and Ulster's

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Ep 2813: Correct Celebrations, Grit, Rigour & Humour...

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2023/12/11

A great weekend for Unai Emery and Lewis Dobbin, not only because they were winning but because they werecelebrating in the right way, according to the people who pay attention to these things.Manchester United's 0-3 defeat to Bournemouth came as no surprise to Mystic Murph - but Erik ten Hag's team selection did. Still, if the title of Sir Big Jim's new book is anything to go by, help is on the way.Lars Sivertsen and Gavin Cooney join us to talk about the weekend's football. Is Emi Martinez

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Emery's Super Villians, Sports Books Of The Year 2023

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2023/12/07

After what could be considered one of the greatest performances in the club's storied history, it’s time to welcome a new force into the world of Premier League superclubs - Unai Emery's Aston Villa. Miguel Delaney and Rory Smith joined us to delve into their past and ask if they truly are contenders for this year's title.Plus, Malachy Clerkin and Sinead O'Carroll were in studio this week to reviewthe best sports books of 2023. This time around, with the added wrinkle of having a book written by one

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Ep 2808: MOTD McDevitt, Return Of The Mack,...

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2023/12/04

In front of 8,100 fans in a packed out Sportsground, Connacht had Leinster beat; until the very death when Ciaran Frawley broke their hearts. We discuss the many ebbs and flows of psychic energy in this game and whether the pain will linger for Connacht.Gerry Thornley was in Galway to witness a deeply flawed Leinster display and a thrilling Mack Hansen comeback. We also discuss Munster's magic attack, Ulster's internal strife and big Thomas Ahern's shot at being a starter in Europe.Plus there's

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Ep 2807: Groggin', Floggin' and Brainwashin'

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2023/12/04

We can be sure that Friday's live show guest Sam Allardyce would have been appalled at the spectacle of City 3-3 Spurs.For the rest of us it was pretty good. Spurs' devotion to their apparently suicidal gameplan, Kulusevski arriving at the back post like the wrath of god, Haaland screaming at the ref for calling it back as Grealish ran through - and Pep revealing in his post-game comments that he is a Master & Commander guy.John Brewin and Rich Jolly join us to talk about some of the weekend's

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37:51

Madchester United, The Battle For 10, No Fun GAA

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2023/11/30

Welcome to our Second Captains taster menu which this week features Madchester United, the no fun GAA and the battle to be Ireland's next top outhalf. To join go tosecondcaptains.com/join– it’s a fiver a month with no contracts, no minimum stay, no sneaky fees, no obligations, no ads and we’re independent and Irish-owned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep 2802: Happy Shamrocks, Angry Toffees, Dunphy v Tel...

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2023/11/27

It turns out that Irish footballers literally cannot stop scoring and creating goals right now. Does this make the Ireland job the hottest vacant property in world football?The weekend brought the sad news of Terry Venables' death at the age of 80. We look back on the broadcasting masterclass that ended Venables' chances of managing Ireland back when the job paid a lot more than it does now.We also talk about the anti-corruption protest at Everton and whether the Everton fans really are on to

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Ep 2801: Don't Doubt Katie Taylor, The Croker...

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2023/11/27

"Don't ever doubt me again" - Ireland, consider yourself told.Katie Taylor avenged her only professional defeat with an exceptional points victory over Chantelle Cameronin the 3Arena on Saturday night, with a performance that franks her boxing greatness and rubber-stamps her place as one of Ireland's most beloved sports-people.We speak to formermiddle-weight world champion Andy Lee and the42's Gavan Casey about an extraordinary atmosphere, a display for the ages, and the possibility of a final act

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Zero Skill Moments, The Case For Casement Park, Ken...

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2023/11/23

On the same night that Stephen Kenny said his farewells to the Lansdowne Road crowd, James McClean, too said goodbye after more than 100 caps for his country. Both gave us plenty to argue about on the World Service.We also spoke to Mark Langhammer, Trade Union leader and vice-chairman of Crusaders Football Club on why he believes Casement Park is the right choice of Northern Irish stadia for Euro 2028.Plus, Ken gives his thoughts on Brazil vs Argentina and ‘useless pissheads’.To join go to

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Ep 2796: Murph Does A Pele, Hurling's Forgotten...

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2023/11/20

Pele did it first with Santos and the NY Cosmos, playing half a game with his boyhood club, and the other half with his adopted big city club - and our Murph is definitely the only other athlete to have done it, with Milltown of Galway and Templeogue Synge Street of Dublin. Did he play equally badly for both, as instructed?A proposal to remove counties with fewer than five adult club hurling teams from competing in the National Hurling League has been hammered from the moment it was suggested

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Ep 2795: Why Ireland Lose, Everton's "Show Trial" -...

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2023/11/20

We look back on Saturday's game in Amsterdam and the lessons from Ireland's disastrous qualifying campaign. "What was the alternative?" was Stephen Kenny's reply to questions about his approach following the latest defeat - but will his successor have to think of one?We talk to the deputy chair of Everton's shareholders association, John Blain, about the 10-point penalty imposed on the club after they were found guilty of breaching the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules.How are Everton

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