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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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29:02

FIFA Moves In With Trump, Rome And Evan, Taylor's...

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2025/07/11

Welcome to our World Service taster which this week included Ken on Infantino throwing all his chips in on Trump, David Sneyd on Shels in the CL and Evan's move to Roma, and we had a great chat with Gavan Casey, who was in NYC, and legendary commentator Mike Costello, about Taylor Serrano III and the future of women's boxing.Plus there was Paul Flynn and Malachy Clerkin on the football semis, the Royal county's new pinata, the Lions tour getting interesting and next week there's The Open in

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42:54

Ep 3292: There Goes That Dream, Musiala Injury,...

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2025/07/07

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 the Club World Cup, where Jurgen Klopp's direst predictions of injuries came true for Bayern's best player, Jamal Musiala. Should he even have been playing? And does Gianluigi Donnarumma deserve the criticism he's been getting from the original sweeper keeper, Manuel Neuer?We also talk

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53:34

Ep 3291: Hot Cork Summer, Scoreboard Mayhem, Stop The...

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2025/07/07

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 certain cockiness and Dublin’s quick capitulation made for a good day out for the red shirted horde.And then came "its a madhouse at Croker" on Sunday - our senior analyst Jamie Wall had tipped against Tipp. What’s he got to say for himself now? He’s joined in our studio by Dublin's

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23:32

Hip Hop Politics, Dublin Cork Semi Final, George...

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2025/07/04

Welcome to our World Service taster which this week includes a chat aboutthe life, death and ongoing political impact being made by one of hip hop’s most enduring icons; the author of a brilliant new book "Words for my Comrades: a Political History of Tupac Shakur", Dean Van Nguyen, joined us in studio.We also previewed the hurling semi finals with Liam Rushe and Jamie Wall, covered the British and Irish Lions tour, the club world cup circus in USA and Ken and Dion Fanning reflected on the sudden

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36:49

Sin And Win, Italian V American Cuisine, Messi...

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2025/06/27

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 and win, Messi's secret to longevity, and Ken on the USA V Italy cuisine wars.Plus there's Lions o'clock, climate change, ASMR, and the GAA football and hurling championships are red hot for the next few weeks.For access to all our shows from Monday to Friday go to

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44:38

Ep 3280: Dublin Beat Goliath In An All-Time Shock,...

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2025/06/23

14-man Dublin's win over Limerick on Saturday has been described as the greatest upset in championship history - is that hyperbolic or on the money? Is this the end of an era or can we expect to see a less dominant but still title-contending Limerick going forward? And what are Dublin capable of against Cork in two weeks' time?Jamie Wall and former Dublin hurler Liam Rushe are with us to answer those questions and more after an extraordinary weekend.It's probably for the best that Murph's away this

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1:03:28

Ep 3279: Duff Departs, Energy Vampires, League's...

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2025/06/23

Ken is back from holidays and so is Branno. Did they... go on vacation together?Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened... is what Branno's Shels-supporting friends are claiming they are thinking the day after Damien Duff walked out of the club.Today's show is mainly about perhaps the last-ever Duff-LOI Bomba - although it was a different competition that dominated much of our weekend bandwidth. Eoin brings us up to speed.David Sneyd joins Eoin, Ken and Branno to talk about Duff's

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30:40

Every Instinct You've Ever Had Is Wrong

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2025/06/19

Welcome to our weekly World Service taster menu which this week includes Dion Fanning and Rory Smith on Trent, the Spurs killjoys, sacking Ange and hiring Thomas Frank. Plus there's Gavin Cooney on the rights and wrongs of Ireland welcoming the Trump aligned NFL to Dublin, the wildly popular new slot "Lions Watch", all the best GAA and rugby coverage and a brilliant interview with former world champ and now one of the best boxing coaches in the world, Andy Lee.For access to all our shows go

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31:10

Caring About The Club World Cup, No RTE Panel, Box To...

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2025/06/11

Welcome to our weekly World Service taster menu which this week includes Tim Vickery on South America's keen interest in Infantino's Club World Cup, Dion Fanning and David Sneyd on RTE's panel, Ire V Lux and Tuchel's tricky start to life as England coach. We also discuss football midfielders' brain power requirements, transcendent tennis, we preview the URC final and next week we cover all the football, golf and GAA action.For access to all our shows go to secondcaptains.com/join – its 5 euro a

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58:46

Ep 3267: Cork Take Limerick In Epic, Lilies In Bloom,...

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2025/06/09

Cork won a Munster final that "began at tea-time and didn't finish until bed-time", as Denis Walsh put it on Saturday night - a win on penalties over Limerick after a raucous, controversial, enthralling match that was perfectin its imperfection, as Jamie Wall explains to us. Kilkenny won a sixth Leinster title in a row, but the real headlines from Croke Park yesterday came from Kildare, who won the Joe McDonagh Cup with a bravura performance on their biggest day. We also discuss Murph's insatiable

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Ep 3267: Nations League Finale, The Ronaldo Reign,...

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2025/06/09

The Nations League final four turned out to be pretty good but it's clear that what international football needs right now is to reverse the FIFA diktat to make every emotional stadium moment sound the exact same.We talk about Ireland's draw with Senegal and look ahead to tomorrow's season-closing friendly in Luxembourg, before the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Joseph O'Neill joins us in studio to speak about his 2024 novel, Godwin, a New York Times Best Book of the Year.The novel, partly set in

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1:18:54

Ep 3250: Palace Make Wembley Shake, Peno Game Theory,...

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2025/05/19

The FA Cup: good when the underdogs actually win.We look at some key moments of Palace's epic and emotional victory. Why didn't the VAR send Dean Henderson off? Why did Erling Haaland let Marmoush take the penalty? And did Oliver Glasner get in Pep Guardiola's head when he warned him, you play that system against us again and we will solve it?And in Europa League final week, we wonder: how did Oliver Glasner manage to come in mid-season, switch to 3-4-3, and win most of his remaining PL games, while

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48:51

Ep 3250: Limerick Quell Rebels, Naked Mountaineering,...

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2025/05/19

Limerick and Cork has been the marquee hurling rivalry of therecent past - but yesterdayin theGaelic Grounds, Limerick sent out a fairly thundering message that they are the team to beat in this year's All-Ireland championship. Liam Rushe and Jamie Wall are in studio again to talk to us about Kyle Hayes' dominance, Cork's naive puck-out defence, why Waterford may worry Cork next weekend with a place in theMunster final at stake, and Dublin's 'moral victory' in Nowlan Park. There's also the arresting

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45:10

Brazil And Argentina's Football Cultures, Glorious...

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2025/05/15

Welcome to our weekly World Service taster menu which this week includes the mighty Kate O'Connor live in Belfast on her incredible year of success, Ken on his US civil war ancestor, a brilliant GAA show with Paul Flynn and Oisin McConville, and fan favourite Tim Vickery on why Brazil and Argentina have such different football philosophies.For access to all our shows go to secondcaptains.com/join - its 5 euro a month with no sign-up fee, no minimum stay, no sneaky contract, no ads, just lots and

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45:16

Ep 3245: Can Clare Beat The Odds?, Skorts Saga...

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2025/05/12

The All-Ireland champions Clare are on the precipice after their defeat at home to Tipperary in a packed Cusack Park in Ennis on Saturday - but our analysts Liam Rushe and Jamie Wall reckon there's still a chance they survive.We also discussthe skorts issue that continues to rumble on inexplicably, John McGrath's late-career renaissance, Shane O'Donnell's return, and there's Limerick/Cork to look forward to this weekend too.We also reflect briefly on Louth'sthrilling Leinster football final win, Sam

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Ep 3244: Trent's Bernaboo, Ruben Amorim Pundit Of The...

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2025/05/12

The spectrum of football emotion runs wide. At one end, Trent Alexander-Arnold, once beloved and now accursed by his own people. At the other the Moose, surfing to his first LOI goal on a tidal wave of inexplicable love. Football can be a confusing place for footballers.We talk about another epic Clasico as Real Madrid fall apart in a comical first half in Montjuic. Have they grown desperate enough to submit to the kind of coach who will tell them how to play football?Dion Fanning and Rory Smith

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42:42

Second Captains Live at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery

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2025/05/09

Join us live from theGuinness Open Gate Brewery in Dublin City,with Gary Breen and Damien Delaney for a very special Second Captains football podcast, as we reflect on the Premier League season that was.Have Salah’s legs gone, what next for our boy Caoimhín and just why is Chelsea’s Enzo Maresca the anti-McIlroy?Plus Ken puts some working relationships on the line as Gary and Damien wait to see if either of them make it into his All-time Premier League XI (spoiler: they don't). Hosted on Acast. See

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Ep 3239: Leinster Lose Their Minds And Lose The Game,...

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2025/05/05

From the moment we saw the team-sheets, right through to the final moments when they chose not to kick at goal, this was a baffling display by the coaching staff and players, and it all ended with a defeat that will have repercussions far beyond the province of Leinster.We chat to Shane Horgan and Ruaidhrí O'Connor about the mental state of the players for this Northampton game, the starting team chosen, the Nienaber defensive system, the funding model in Irish rugby, and where this latest defeat

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27:26

Arteta's Psychobabble, Life In Gaza, Don Diego On Decay

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2025/05/01

Welcome to our weekly World Service taster menu which this week includes Ken on Arteta's psycho babble and Lamine Yamal's greatness, Diego Torres on Arsenal's decay, Meath beating the Dubs, and Abubaker Abed came to our studio for a sit-down with Ken. Abubaker arrived in Dublin late last month having left the Gaza Strip for the first time in his life. He had hoped to study and become a sports journalist but conflict came to him first, pushing him into becoming an accidental war reporter. Join in the

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28:15

World Service Rory Mania (And Other Less Important...

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2025/04/17

Well, that was something. Rory McIlroy'sMasters win rightly managed to make it into most of our conversations this week, and we're not even done yet - Lawrence Donegan is slated to do his victorylap tomorrow on the World Service after finally seeing his pre-tournament prediction line up with reality.Ken also sat down with Sol Campbell yesterday, just a couple of hours before Arsenal dumped Real Madrid out of the Champions League once and for all.And a debate raged betweenour listeners and Ken over

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