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Episodes
Chelsea tank, Fabregas Rolls Royce, Ireland injuries
October 06, 2014 13:46 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBEoin and Ken discuss various managers' views on the proper response for injured or semi-injured footballers: do you grit your teeth and play through the pain, or burst into tears and let everyone down?John Brewin was at Stamford Bridge to see Chelsea rolling over the top of Arsenal.And Manuel Veth talks to us about the cost of Russia 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Leinster Munster Ireland issues, Jim McGuinness force for good, Wenger mindfulness
October 06, 2014 11:36 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBEoin Ken and Murph implore Leinster and Munster to start fighting again, dismiss Carlow football, have a cunning plan for Joe Schmidt and explain how to out sprint Jim McGuinness.Denis Hickie and Gerry Thornley worry for Leinster, Munster and also Ireland after a sub standard derby on saturday night.Oisin McConville explains why Donegal's All Ireland win in 2012 was the greatest coaching achievement in the history of the GAA and why there's good news for, Meath, Galway and Longford. Hosted ...
Liverpool gloom, Wenger's muse, football vampires
October 02, 2014 13:07 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBEoin and Ken discuss whether the best way to stop conceding goals at set pieces is to practise not conceding goals from set pieces, and wonder whether Arsene Wenger has finally found his Caleb Folan.Richie Sadlier joins us to talk about Liverpool's abject showing in Basel.And Tim Vickery on the huge impact FIFA's ban on third-party ownership will have on Brazilian football's chaotic economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Leinster V Munster, Kilkenny pearls, end of sports journalism
October 02, 2014 11:47 - 1 hour - 55 MBEoin and Ken ponder the future for sports journalism, the challenges of replacing greatness (Suarez and BOD specifically), the walk of shame and how criticism is the grit that turns Kilkenny oysters into pearls.David Wallace and Shane Horgan preview Leinster V Munster and discuss the Leinster/Ireland 13 jersey subplot.We ask Jackie Tyrell about channeling personal criticism, defending in packs and NFL nicknames. All this plus US Murph on Yankees legend Derek Jeter and whether his clean cut co...
Second Captains Football 29/09 - Chelsea ease, chunky Suarez, red Rooney
September 29, 2014 14:53 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBEoin and Ken discuss the sweetest taste in sport, which is the taste you get in your mouth as you watch your critics eating their words. Miguel Delaney analyses Chelsea's effortless rise to the top of the Premier LeagueAnd Kieran Canning fills us on on whether Luis Suarez has turned to comfort eating as the long biting ban rolls on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 29/09 - Lefty revolt, master McGinley, Cody's decima, UFC sell
September 29, 2014 13:33 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBEoin, Ken and Murph discuss Lefty's Fletcher Christian moment, the timing of Brian Cody's gripes, UFC's big sell, Cork's outrageous comeback and Monty's final word on being cool.Paul Kimmage was in Scotland to witness Mickelson throw Watson under the bus, while Malachy Clerkin assesses the magnitude of McGinley's achievements this week.Maurice O'Brien and Benny Dunne join us to discuss Kilkenny's dominance, Tipp's drop off and whether Clare 2013 was just a bump in the road for old style hurli...
Second Captains Football 25/09 - Everton V Liverpool, excess positivity, tactics truck, coach Eoin
September 25, 2014 13:32 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBEoin and Ken discuss how to remain positive in a negative world and the weight of footballing expectation. And for the first time, Eoin opens up on his own experience in football management, including a furious dressing room clash with maverick winger Noel King.Jonathan Wilson joins us to talk about the growth of tactics-focused journalism.And Tony Barrett talks to us ahead of this weekend's Merseyside Derby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 25/09 - Ryder Cup hatred, hurling final replay, NFL's Irishman
September 25, 2014 11:28 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBCan there be such a thing as TOO much sport in one weekend? We say of course not, and that's why we're looking ahead to the All-Ireland hurling final replay, the Ryder Cup, and talking to our first ever current NFL-playing guest. Michael Kavanagh and Maurice O'Brien don their baseball caps and do their best Brian Cody impersonation to pick their likely All-Ireland final selections, while US Murph tells us why Rickie Fowler has the cajones to win the Ryder Cup back for his beloved Yanks. Pat...
Second Captains 22/09 - Kerry splendour, old men in jeans, PL insanity, golfing Irish
September 22, 2014 14:14 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBWe tried to like the All-Ireland football final for as long as we could, but there was no escaping it in the end - it was a pretty poor game. Tell a Kerry person who cares though, because they're champions for a 37th time. Our double-hard analysis dream team of Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles tell us where it was won and lost.We also look back on a crazy week of Premier League football, and there's a new documentary that helps explain why the Irish are so good at golf (its the gulf stream...
Second Captains Football 22/09 - United implode, Big Sam outsmarts Rodgers, sincere Frank
September 22, 2014 13:21 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBEoin and Ken talk about Frank Lampard's exemplary professionalism, Frank Lampard's deep sincerity, Frank Lampard's property empire, and Frank Lampard's kind, soulful eyes. Dion Fanning joins us to talk through Big Sam's tactical triumph at Upton Park and the trouble with Steve G.And Stuart James was there to see what Gary Lineker described as the greatest performance in the history of Leicester City FC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains Football 18/09 - Casual Man City, blunt Arsenal, Abramovic, football's moral code
September 18, 2014 15:02 - 1 hour - 58 MBEoin and Ken talk about Dortmund's destruction of Arsenal, and whether football fans have a duty to take into account the moral acceptability or otherwise of a club's owners.Gabriele Marcotti gives his view on the Abramovich question.And Jonathan Wilson on the same question as it applies to Manchester City, Bayern and Argentina 1978. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 18/09 - All Ireland Preview, little beats large, masterful managers
September 18, 2014 13:29 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBEoin, Ken and Murph give their thoughts on childhood holidays in Kerry, biased local commentators, footballer love, Carlow, and dolmens."It's going to be the pinnacle in the evolution of Gaelic Football", says Anthony Moyles in our All-Ireland football final preview, and who are we to argue. Oisin McConville, Eoin and Murph all have their say ahead of Kerry and Donegal on Sunday afternoon.US Murph gives his prediction for Kerry V Donegal, tells us how not to chat up Donegal women and also exp...
Second Captains Football 15/09 - Van Gaal's new strut, Rio's chips, Anglo German CL wars
September 15, 2014 13:52 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBEoin and Ken talk about various forms of chips, Jack Wilshere's game of two halves and Alan Pardew's brilliant litany of excuses.John Brewin joins us to talk about how Louis van Gaal is starting to strut - and Rio Ferdinand is settling some scoresAnd we check in with Raphael Honigstein ahead of this week's big Anglo-German Champions League matches Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 15/09 - Man Utd are back, Scottish sporting independence, Dan Martin, Tony Kelly
September 15, 2014 13:04 - 51 minutes - 47 MBEoin, Ken and Murph discuss cycling accidents, public booze shame, the power of the vox pop, Man United's football village and how Scottish independence could impact MONKEANO.Alex Massie explains how the sporting debate over independent Scotland's future has followed along political and financial lines - threats, fear mongering, lies, celebrity campaigns and complete uncertainty.Dan Martin crashed out on the first stage of the Giro D'Italia in Belfast. We ask him how he managed to finish 7th ...
Second Captains Football 11/09 - Neville criticises Man Utd, football up north, Rodgers V Roy
September 11, 2014 13:25 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBFrom coal mining to world transfer records to Welbeck's potential, today's football show runs the whole gamut.Michael Walker joins us to talk about his new book "Up There" about football in the north-east of England.And the Angel of the North, Jonathan Wilson, talks through some recent policy changes at Manchester United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 11/09 - Ray Rice, indestructible NFL, concussion in GAA, trouble in paradise
September 11, 2014 11:36 - 1 hour - 58 MBUS Murph talks to us about Ray Rice, the NFL player who's been banned indefinitely by the NFL after a shocking video of him punching his fiancee was made public this weekend. We ask Brian if this is one episode the NFL won't survive.Former Roscommon star Karol Mannion is in studio to tell us about his history of concussion and where perceptions currently lie in Ireland. And we ask what's going on in Clare, as Podge Collins decides to play football a couple of days before they go for an under-...
Second Captains Football 08/09 - McGeady magico, Delaney cleanses, MON V media, Wayne's wane
September 08, 2014 14:55 - 1 hour - 57 MBoin, Ken and Murph discuss McGeady's magic, edgy O'Neill, the voice screaming in the wilderness that is the new John The Baptist movie, and consider Ireland's mixed performance in Georgia.Dion Fanning and Miguel Delaney join us to talk through last night's performance and how confident we can be about our chances of progression.Plus we have fearsome Scots, Sepp's movie, the Delaney question and Wayne's wane Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 08/09 - hurling greatness, replay strategy, John the Baptist, Frampton
September 08, 2014 12:36 - 55 minutes - 51 MBA fourth Tipp-Kilkenny All-Ireland hurling final in 6 years... but no-one's complaining after yesterday's extraordinary draw in Croker. Malachy Clerkin and Maurice O'Brien are in studio to discuss the drama, the accuracy, Hawkeye, penalty loophole, Cody's game face and replay strategy.Eoin Ken and Murph discuss what was a sensational weekend for FAI CEO John Delaney who saw Aidan McGeady rescue Ireland and got to star in a movie about his own life, John The Baptist, in which he explains how h...
Second Captains 04/09 - Hurling final preview, when money doesn't talk, Mayo recovery
September 04, 2014 15:48 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBAll Ireland hurling preview, eternal sunshine of the baseball mind, Mayo a hurtin'The All-Ireland hurling final pits Tipp against Kilkenny for the fourth time in six years! We talk to Benny Dunne about the highs and lows of All-Ireland final day, from a sending-off in 2009 to the elation of victory in 2010, while David Breen joins us to talk about how he and his Limerick team-mates beat Tipperary and lost narrowly to Kilkenny in this championship year.US Murph tells us money doesn't talk in b...
Second Captains Football 04/09 - Niall Quinn, Richie Sadlier, Roy Keane, Seamus Coleman
September 04, 2014 14:52 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBEoin, Ken and Ciaran hear the latest from Roy Keane and Seamus Coleman in Malahide. There is also some archive from Roy Hodgson's Lenny Bruce period and excessive beard talk.Richie Sadlier and Eoin talk through some identity issues.And Niall Quinn talks to Ken about where things stand in the Ireland camp as we prepare to play our first competitive game in almost a year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains Football 01/09 - Falcao, Man U galacticos, Given return, Grealish Noble, Pool class
September 01, 2014 15:49 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBEoin, Ken and Murph hear the latest from Martin O'Neill and Shay Given in Malahide where the Irish team has gathered in advance of this week's games against Oman and Georgia. Also - Manchester United's surprise signing of Radamel Falcao, Seamus Coleman's war with Diego Costa, and Brendan Rodgers' attempt to heal the wounds of the world with love.John Brewin analyses the implications of Falcao's arrival and United's galactic policy.And Emmet Malone gives his view on the return of Shay Given an...
Second Captains 01/09 - Kerry and Donegal sparkle, Eamon McGee, McGenius, Munster Leinster leaks
September 01, 2014 13:06 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBIt was a great week to be a gaelic football fan... and not such a great week if you were a pundit predicting a Mayo-Dublin final. Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles are back to explain themselves, and rather more importantly explain just how we're left with Kerry and Donegal after the greatest weekend in football's history.Eamon McGee is on hand to tell us just how Jim McGuinness has done it again, and how it's always good to have a brother to handle all those All-Ireland final ticket reques...
Second Captains 29/08 - David Baddiel 250th Show Special on Mourinho, music, money, FF
August 28, 2014 23:23 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBNovelist, stand-up comedian and long-standing football fan David Baddiel joins us for the last of our shows celebrating our 250th podcast with the Irish Times this week.The creator of Fantasy Football League talks to us about supporting Chelsea when they were terrible, making one of the most impactful tv shows of the last 20 years, and why money hasn't tarnished sport in the same way it's tarnished the music industry. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 28/08 - Donegal V Dubs, Mayo journey, US non response, Sadlier soundboard
August 28, 2014 15:22 - 55 minutes - 51 MBAs part of our week long '250th show' celebrations we're looking back at some memorable moments, giving away SC survival bags, launching our new website and today we even dragged our Richie Sadlier soundboard into studio.Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles reckon Donegal will employ the most defensive, most aggressive most severe defensive system in the history of football. Other topics include James Horan's room to improve, the Lee Keegan and Limerick venue distractions and McGeeney's manage...
Second Captains Football 28/08 - Di Maria and Cesc's revenge, Keano V Dunga, Alonso move
August 28, 2014 12:51 - 58 minutes - 54 MBEoin, Ken and Murph discuss the possible return of Shay Given to the Irish squad, and the rise and rise of Captain Wayne Rooney. Sid Lowe explains why managerial ambitions could explain why Xabi Alonso is joining Bayern Munich.And Tim Vickery is more excited about what Angel Di Maria will bring to Manchester United, than what Dunga will bring to Brazil in his second stint as manager. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 26/08 - Bill O'Herlihy on ROI and football, Giles Brady Dunphy, RTE, PR, dead air
August 26, 2014 12:20 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBAs part of our week long '250th show' celebrations we're looking back at some memorable moments, giving away SC survival bags, and catching up with some special guests. Today we welcome Bill O'Herlihy into studio.We talk to Bill about Ireland's relationship with football, Italia 90, the Giles, Dunphy, Brady gang, the irrelevance of sport, RTE, the art of television, PR Versus journalism and how to fill 10 minutes of dead air. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains Football 25/08 - Angel Di Maria, LVG's 3-5-2 issues, MOTD50, brainwash
August 25, 2014 16:22 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBEoin, Ken and Ciaran discuss Angel Di Maria, the MOTD50 documentary and managerial brainwashing techniques.We ask Jonathan Wilson whether English football is culturally resistant to 3-5-2.And Ed Malyon joins us to explain Crystal Palace's next step. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 25/08 - 250th Show Special, Kerry Mayo replay, Sexton, Serena mystery
August 25, 2014 15:13 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBTo celebrate our 250th show with The Irish Times we're broadcasting 6 shows this week, including two specials which will include Second Captains memories, special guests, Second Captains survival kits and other sports related fun.Today we talk joyous football, Mayo's recovery, Kerry's tenacity, Limerick vs Croker, GAA planning skills, taking a stand and replay repercussions with Shane Curran, Aindriu Mac Lochlainn and Murph.And with the start of the US Open, we look at Serena Williams – last ...
Second Captains Football 21/08 - Balotelli to Liverpool, Shane Long tip, Scholes, Malky Mackay,
August 21, 2014 14:15 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBEoin, Ken and Murph discuss Balotelli's move to Liverpool, the Malky Mackay scandal, the new Ireland squad and Paul Scholes' prescription for what ails Manchester United.Richie Sadlier joins us in studio to talk about the mystery of strikers' confidence. Murph provides insight into his own predatory mindset.And Gabriele Marcotti is convinced Liverpool are in a no-lose situation with the signing of Mario Balotelli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 21/08 - Mayo V Kerry, Balotelli, pre teen heroes, coach Brian
August 21, 2014 12:09 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBAre Mayo past their peak or coming to the boil at just the right time? Oisin McConville believes his tip for the All-Ireland this year are timing their run beautifully – Karol Mannion joins Eoin and Murph in studio. We talk to US Murph about the Little League World Series, a baseball tournament for kids that’s watched by millions, is shown live on ESPN, and makes heroes and villains out of pre-teens. Plus we talk about Mario Balotelli, we reveal US Murph’s calamitous coaching career, and E...
Second Captains Football 18/08 - United defeat, angry Redknapp, shy Rooney, Big Sad Sam
August 18, 2014 14:34 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBEoin, Ken and Ciaran discuss the new, angry Jamie Redknapp, and the new, relentlessly self-critical Wayne Rooney. John Brewin dissects Manchester United's opening-day defeat and fact that Van Gaal is 33/1 to be next sacked manager in PL.And Jacob Steinberg analyses Big Sad Sam Allardyce's troubled relationship with his bosses at West Ham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 18/08 - Cork collapse, centre of mediocrity, Mark English, David Gillick
August 18, 2014 12:43 - 1 hour - 57 MBTipperary stormed into the All-Ireland semi-final, but the question on everyone’s lips now is – have they done enough to impress Eoin McDevitt? The man who could put out a patent on the “back Kilkenny regardless of form or circumstance” mindset talks to Malachy Clerkin and Maurice O’Brien. The European athletics championships were a successful few days for a new-look Irish team – we’re joined by our 800m medallist Mark English, and David Gilllick is in studio to talk to us about English, ...
Second Captains Football 14/08 - Chelsea favourites, Top 4 prediction, LVG V Woodward
August 14, 2014 14:03 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBEoin and Ken talk about the start of the Premier League season, potential top 4 and whether Louis van Gaal is feeling the same love for his club officials that Jose Mourinho professes to feel for the Chelsea hierarchy.Miguel Delaney joins us to explain why Chelsea are so many people's favourites for the title.And Rob Smyth talks to us about Danish Dynamite, the book he recently co-authored with Lars Eriksen and Mike Gibbons about the brilliant Danish team of the 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See ...
Second Captains 14/08 - End of generation, Tipp V Cork, Rory's tv charm
August 14, 2014 12:09 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBEoin is feeling sore after England's women's rugby team trampled on his dreams and Ken thinks Tiger's mum may have sent him some mixed messages.In the wake of a heavy semi final defeat to England we discuss success, failure, the end of a generation and future prospects for women's rugby in Ireland with team captain Fiona Coghlan.US Murph talks to us about the post Tiger era in America, Rory's tv charm and the Nascar disaster involving Tony Stewart and the young driver Kevin Ward. And Benny Du...
Second Captains Football 11/08 - ROBBIE ROBBIE KEANO! Ramsey, Brady & Henk Ten Cate
August 11, 2014 14:58 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBEoin and Ken talk about Arsene Wenger's optimism, Aaron Ramsey's dynamism, and Liam Brady's pessimism about the future of Irish football. Jonathan Wilson tells us whether this really is going to be Arsenal's year. And Henk Ten Cate joins us to talk about what he's learned in a football life that's taken him to Ajax, Barcelona and Chelsea among many other clubs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 11/08 - McIlroy the fighter, Limerick heartbreak, Unstoppable Dubs
August 11, 2014 13:32 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBRory McIlroy showed that he could tough it out in the majors when he took the USPGA title again last night. We discuss the remarkable performance, where Rory goes from here & the slow play of Mickleson and Fowler with Dave Hannigan and Malachy Clerkin.Nicky English will dissect yesterday's dramatic match at Croke Park between Kilkenny and Limerick and Anthony Moyles and recently retired Meath footballer Seamus Kenny join us in studio to painfully discuss the seemingly unbeatable Dubs.We'll al...
Second Captains Football 07/08 - Liverpool Spending, Hearts at War, Bonsai Celtic
August 07, 2014 13:25 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBEoin, Ken and Ciaran discuss the new MOTD panel, the attractiveness of the Celtic job and the pre-season sourness of Pep Guardiola. Alex Massie joins us to talk about the Hearts team of 1914 who volunteered en masse to fight in the First World War.And with Liverpool having already spent about £88m on new players this summer, Tony Barrett assesses whether even more investment is needed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 07/08 - We can win WRWC, Lynne Cantwell, Limerick or Kilkenny & Emmet Bolton
August 07, 2014 09:45 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBThe Irish women's rugby team's defeat of New Zealand on Tuesday evening was a monument to hard work, belief, and skill - we speak to Ireland's most capped player and friend of the show Lynne Cantwell about where she thinks this team can go in the tournament. Do Limerick have it within them to beat Kilkenny this weekend - at least one member of the Second Captains is willing to stake whatever's left of his reputation (admittedly not a lot) on the men in green. And Kildare's Emmet Bolton join...
Second Captains Football 05/08 - Coach Rogers, Arsenal hopes, Man U victory, Ken returns
August 05, 2014 14:59 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBEoin, Ken and Ciaran discuss the perils of commentating off tube and the difference between upward and downward communications. Andrew Mangan of Arseblog joins us in studio to talk about the growth of football in the US and Arsenal's smooth, suave pre-season. And John Brewin analyses the state of Manchester United after they shook up the world by beating Liverpool 3-1 in The Game America Wanted To See. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second Captains 05/08 - two-trick ponies, drugs in golf and foam parties
August 05, 2014 12:30 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBKen Early makes his triumphant return to studio after a week of foam parties in Playa Des Ingles, and there's plenty to discuss. Aindriu Mac Lochlainn and Karol Mannion tell us why we need more pre-match WWE-style grandstanding by GAA managers, and we add further fuel to the vile anti-Colm Cooper propaganda currently sweeping the nation. Rory McIlroy is back at number 1 in the world rankings, and is on a molten hot streak ahead of start of the US PGA championship this Thursday. And with Du...
Second Captains Football 31/07 - Van Gaal is United all over, Kevin Sheedy on Everton
July 31, 2014 15:28 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBEveryone said they'd like to be the man AFTER the man chosen to replace Alex Ferguson at Manchester United - Louis van Gaal is the man in that enviable position now, and he appears not to have put a foot wrong. He's winning friendlies, glorying in the comparisons between him and Moyes... the only dark cloud on the horizon for him is that at some stage the Premier League season is going to have to start. And Irish football legend Kevin Sheedy joins us to talk about a stellar couple of days f...
Second Captains 31/07 - Football QF's, Croker factor, Godfather of Irish MMA, McGregor
July 31, 2014 12:55 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBThe action in the gaelic football and hurling championships is now focused solely on Croke Park, and with four games this weekend, Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles tell us about how the stadium itself elevates this to another level of competition altogether. Conor McGregor's win in the UFC in the o2 was one of the most talked-about sporting events of the year so far. We talk to his coach and the Godfather of MMA in Ireland, John Kavanagh, about how the hype helps McGregor, and what McGre...
Second Captains 28/07 - Daly future, Tipp hype, goal frenzy, hosting sports events
July 28, 2014 13:11 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBOn the basis of yesterday's double-header in Thurles, hurling is in crisis. Can we stand idly by and watch the demise of our national sport, or was it maybe just a case of hurling finally having a disappointing day after 2 years of consistent soaring excellence? Malachy Clerkin and Maurice O'Brien separate the hurling from the hyperbole, discuss Daly's future with Dubs and why Tipp are over rated.Galway won an extraordinary game of football against Tipperary on Saturday evening - when the goa...
Second Captains Football 28/07 - Big Interview With Michael Parkinson
July 28, 2014 11:03 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBBefore he became the greatest interviewer of all time, Michael Parkinson wrote about football for his local newspaper in Barnsley. He went on to become a well respected sports columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times, and was named sports writer of the year in 1998.In his early days on the beat in Yorkshire he came across Arthur Hopcraft, who wrote one of the greatest sports books of all time, The Football Man, which Parkinson wrote the foreword on. The two were friends for life...
Second Captains Football 24/07 - Big Interview with Stephen McPhail
July 24, 2014 14:54 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBAt 17, Stephen McPhail was dubbed 'the new Liam Brady' by his then-club manager George Graham. He went on to play for Leeds United in the Premier League, UEFA Cup and in a Champions League semi final. He represented his country 10 times, became the seventh Irishman to captain an FA Cup final team, fought cancer and other health issues, and is now back playing for his boyhood team Shamrock Rovers. He joins us in studio to talk to about reacting to setbacks, longing for home, facing Totti at...
Second Captains 24/07 - Paul Kimmage Rough Rider, NFL barriers, Hurling QF's
July 24, 2014 12:45 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBA documentary following Paul Kimmage through two of the most turbulent years of his life, incorporating the Lance Armstrong downfall, professional frustrations, a UCI law-suit, Team Sky and last year's Tour de France are captured in a new documentary, airing on RTE next Monday night at 9.35pm. It's called "Rough Rider" and we speak to Kimmage, and his director Adrian McCarthy.US Murph talks to us about the latest developments as the first openly-gay NFL player Michael Sam starts training camp...
Second Captains Football 21/07 - St Pats' Celtic dream, John Delaney value for money, Brazil
July 21, 2014 15:15 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBThe entire nation of Brazil was thrown in gut-wrenching, heart-breaking retrospection after their 7-1 defeat to Germany in the World Cup semi-final. After a couple of weeks of navel-gazing, it looks like they're going to appoint Dunga, arch-pragmatist, as the successor to Big Phil Scolari. The much-heralded root and branch revolution has been postponed indefinitely it seems - we speak to James Young of ESPN in Brazil. It's a big week for League of Ireland teams in European competition - Em...
Second Captains 21/07 - Evolution of Rory, golfing Irish, Dub train, Donegal plan
July 21, 2014 12:58 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBRory McIlroy has won his third golf major by the age of 25 - good news if you're looking to draw comparison between him and Jack Nicklaus and Tiger, and also good news if you happened to back him at 400/1 to win a British Open before he turns 26. We speak to Niall Quinn, Lawrence Donegan and Philip Reid on the significance of his victory at Hoylake. And as the Dubs machine rumbles relentlessly on, are Donegal the only team left that could outwit their 'blanket offense'? Oisin McConville an...
Second Captains 17/07 - Liam Griffin, drugs and rugby, Lebron legacy, Tiger channel
July 17, 2014 14:58 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWexford have been the story of the hurling summer so far – having taken out the All-Ireland champions last weekend, they face Waterford this Saturday. The modern-day godfather of Wexford hurling Liam Griffin talks to us about their summer so far, the youth of today, talent spotting and his involvement with the current squad. WADA has reported that Rugby Union has a higher percentage of positive drugs tests than cycling or athletics in 2013 – how accurate are our perceptions of level of PED ...
Second Captains Football 17/07 - Sliding Doors, sanctioned violence, Super Deutschland
July 17, 2014 13:51 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBWe discuss Ken's hair in humid climates, the American tv conspiracy and why Van Persie's goal was overrated.Richie Sadlier joins us to talk about the arbitrary nature of footballing fate and the place of violence in the game.And Raphael Honigstein is on the line to talk about Super Deutschland and why 2014 is so much better than 1990. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.