The Life, Death And Martyrdom Of Charlie Kirk secondcaptains.com/2025/09/23/e...

Chemtrails Over The Football Club. youtu.be/vBHild0PiTE?...

Your Thursday Football Pod is OUT NOW! secondcaptains.com/2025/09/18/e...

We chat to Cathal Dennehy in Tokyo about a world champs without Rhasidat but with plenty of drama particularly in the men’s 1500m. We also discuss Sonia O’Sullivan’s controversial Irish Times article about Rhasidat pulling out of the worlds. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/17/e...

We’re joined in studio by the sports editor at The Nation, David Zirin, who is in Dublin to warn Ireland about the dangers of getting into bed with the NFL, which he describes as a “Trumpist Trojan Horse”. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/16/e...

Two-weight world champ 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 working at all the big Hatton fights in Vegas. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/15/e...

Monday Football Show is out now and free to all. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/15/e...

Welcome To Murph Night! secondcaptains.com/2025/09/12/e...

One for pedant’s corner, just because I enjoyed how niche of a mistake it was - Ken said the 1990 Brazil World Cup coach was the Romanian-Hungarian László Bölöni, a real journeyman of a manager who‘s managed 15 clubs in 25 years, but meant Sebastião Lazaroni. v impressive where he pulled Bölöni from

It’s a few days since our World Cup dreams ended on a sodden Yerevan pitch, so time to exhale and read through our bursting at the seams mailbag Thursday Second Captains show out now! www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/11/e...

Down And Out In Yerevan. Armenia 2 - 1 Republic of Ireland. secondcaptains.com/2025/09/09/e...

Ken had a great night in Yerevan last night mingling with Russians, Belarusians, Georgians, Tatars, and Gavin Cooney. The resulting podcast is out now, for World Service members: secondcaptains.com/2025/09/09/e...

We chat to Joe Callaghan about what incredible entertainment Rory provides, about the wholesome family scenes we saw at the K club and Joe talks about being a cub reporter covering the start of Rory’s amateur career. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/08/2...

⚽️ Ireland are still alive! ⚽️ Monday's football show is out now and free to all. ⚽️ In all good podcast apps and on Spotify www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/08/e...

We went out to Ballybrack Boxing Club this morning, and chatted to Paddy and his long-time coach (and friend of the show) Andy Lee, with former (and future) world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker working out in the background. www.secondcaptains.com

David Sneyd and Conor O’Neill join us to look ahead to the game. David explains how, based on vibes, energy and some incredible-though-still-embargoed Paddy McCarthy quotes, he feels this is promising to be one of the great nights. secondcaptains.com/2025/09/04/e...

We preview the NFL season with US Murph and discuss a new documentary on Netflix called America’s Team – The Gambler and His Cowboys, about oil man Jerry Jones’ building of the Cowboys dynasty, a dynasty that was built by taking down his beloved 49ers! www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/03/e...

Mal Clerkin joins us to talk about the process-driven persona Gavin presented as Dubs manager, and if that’s gonna cut it in politics. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/02/e...

If you were to cut USA Captain Keegan Bradley, he would bleed US Ryder Cup Brookline uniform grey, white and wine. So his decision to omit in-form American golfer, Keegan Bradley, from the team, makes no real sense. Gavin Cooney joins us in studio today www.secondcaptains.com/2025/09/01/e...

On today's football show we talk about why Liverpool deserved to win at Anfield, and whether Ken is still billing Arsenal as the title favourites. secondcaptains.com/2025/09/01/e...

Last week a letter was delivered to the GAA, calling on the Association to cut ties with Allianz Insurance. Today we talk to 2 of the signatories of that letter, Dublin’s Davy Byrne, one of the most decorated footballers of all time, and Nodlaig Ni Bhrollaigh, barrister and former Derry footballer.

Last week a letter was delivered to the GAA, signed by around 800 players, calling on the GAA to cut ties with Allianz Insurance, one of their longest-running sponsors. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/29/e...

We relive the memories of last night, reflect on the deathless images it created and sift through the wreckage of the Ineos-Amorim project. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/28/e...

Fixing Irish Football. We chat to League of Ireland Academy Development Manager, Will Clarke in studio. secondcaptains.com/2025/08/27/e...

The Isak Derby. Out Now! secondcaptains.com/2025/08/26/e...

We chat to Sara Orchard of the BBC and Tania Rosser, star of 3 World Cups for Ireland, about where the rapid growth has come from, the opening weekend of pool matches, Ireland’s win over Japan and if the Red Roses will take the baton from the Lionesses. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/25/e...

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 that talk aboard the Trenitalia hype train. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/25/e...

Our interview with Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

☎️ KENCALL DEBUT www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/22/e...

We chat to David Goldblatt about his new book - Injury Time: Football In A State Of Emergency www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/21/e...

I can’t believe you all missed @kenearly.bsky.social suggesting ‘Looking for love’ as a much better title than ‘Game, Set, Matchmaker’.

Conor Niland, who played at Wimbledon and the US Open, and poet and essayist Julie Morrissy, join us in studio to look at the new Mixed Doubles format, which has seen the good looking famous tennis players push the doubles players out of the picture. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/20/e...

We talk to US Murph about Niall Sheils Donegan, Lawrence’s young lad, who won a series of thrilling match-play victories at the US Amateurs, played just half an hour from his home. The boy fell short at the semi-finals, but might just have taught a small town how to love again.

Our Monday Football Pod is OUT NOW and Free to All! www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/18/e...

Move over weird summer, hello Premier League! Your 2025/26 season preview show has landed. secondcaptains.com/2025/08/14/e...

Ken was in Tolka last night along with Stephen Cluxton, Heimir Hallgrímsson, Bertie Ahern and thousands of screaming but ultimately devastated Shels fans. secondcaptains.com/2025/08/13/e...

We catch up with US Murph in San Francisco to talk about the team that's selling out huge stadiums all across America - the Savannah Bananas. Who? What? Where? Why? How? secondcaptains.com/2025/08/12/e...

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 with GQ. Monday Football Pod - Out Now. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/11/e...

We talk about the killing by Israeli forces of former Palestine international player Suleiman Al-Obeid, and how sport should respond to the atrocities taking place in Gaza. secondcaptains.com/2025/08/08/e...

The Besiktas players wore t-shirts emblazoned with “Stop Crimes Against Humanity” and “Enough Is Enough” before kick-off. secondcaptains.com/2025/08/08/e...

St Pat’s lost 4-1 to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Besiktas in Tallaght last night and Gavin Cooney was there to see it. He talks to us about where it all went wrong for Stephen Kenny’s side. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/08/e...

Gabriele D’Annunzio, Your Boys Took A Hell Of A Beating Thursday Football Pod - Out Now! www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/07/e...

Dublin were convincing winners of the All-Ireland women's football final and Orlagh Nolan was the undisputed Player of the Match, orchestrating the game from her position in the half-forward line on her first start of the season. She's in studio today. www.secondcaptains.com/2025/08/06/e...

Just stepped off the number 1 bus and who do I see before me but the one and only @murphyciaran.bsky.social sitting in the window of the @secondcaptains.bsky.social studio. The family almost had to hold me back from re-enacting the Sickos meme

Can't believe Ken brought up this great Mad Men scene on @secondcaptains.bsky.social today but never made the connection to Ruben Amorim later in the show youtu.be/bP5Cd8i6Cb4?...

"It was one of the great highlights of my life as a writer" Professor of Creative Writing at UL & best-selling novelist, Joseph O'Connor, recalls his time spent chronicling the adventures of Irish football fans at USA 94 for the Sunday Tribune www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @secondcaptains.bsky.social

Dan Levy does not want to Regulate. Unlike Warren G and Nate Dogg of course. Todays Football Pod is - OUT! secondcaptains.com/2025/08/05/e...

So good I attempted to explain the story to my Australian wife with little interest in football, China or communism but still…

This was sensational, even by @secondcaptains.bsky.social standards this was great. Amazing set of events.

In September 1976 a 25 man squad of UCD freshers football players (and a few second year bangers) went on tour to the People’s Republic of China – they were the first west-European sports team to play in Communist China. secondcaptains.com/2025/08/01/e...