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Troy Watch, Which Country, Premier League Begins, Ken Returns
It’s been a daft week here on Second Captains with a stonking opener to Premier League season, Troy Parrott making his La Liga debut, the biggest, fas...
Ep 3639: All Aboard The Rory-Coaster, Golf Seeks Bastards, Pellegrini On Troy, Did LIV Win - 24/08/26
Troy Parrott could be in line to make his La Liga debut tomorrow night in the Mestalla and we have some hot off the press Manuel Pelligrini quotes abo...
Ep 3638: Man United Mauled, Liverpool Have Holes, Republic Of Brentford, Arsenal Cruise, Haaland's Haircut - 24/08/26
The opening weekend of the Premier League had a bit of everything - surprise results, late goals, Newcastle/Liverpool and big-spending Spurs.
We...
In Search Of Aura And Alphas, Troy's Dream Move To Betis, The Power Of Protest
Welcome to our weekly Second Captains world service taster! Troy's move to Betis has lit up our lives in the last few days as we dream of press trips...
Ep 3633: Kate’s Medal Rampage, Coscoran’s Late Charge, Irish Athletics’ Week Of Wonder - 17/08/26
A week that will live long in the memory concluded yesterday with Ireland coming away from the Birmingham track and the Parisian pool with an incredib...
Ep 3632: Arsenal End City, Rice Mines, Elliot Anderson Tax, The Bezos Era, Pats Dent Rovers - 17/08/26
The Community Shield has never lied to us yet, so what exactly should we make of Arsenal 3-0 Manchester City?
Gavin Cooney is with us to say g...
Jose Seeks Obedience, Croker Sells Out, Scathing Reviews- 13/08/26
Man United and Leeds selling out the home of the GAA, James McClean's Derry disaster, our lust for glory medal charge at the European swimming and ath...
Ep 3627: Statement Diplomacy, Troy Of The Canals, Old School Jose, Vini Existentialism, Jeffs' Reds - 10/08/26
The warring football confederations of the world have once again spent the weekend slinging statements at one another. But is Gianni Infantino’s posit...
Ep 3627: FIFA 2026, Troy Of The Canals, Jose's Truth, Vini's Decision - 10/08/26
The warring football confederations of the world have once again spent the weekend slinging statements at one another. But is Gianni Infantino’s posit...
Ep 3626: Cork Exact Revenge, The "Let It Flow" Era, Coleman In Killybegs, Low Hanging Fruit - 10/08/26
Camogie is in it’s “Let It Flow” era, and it made for a hell of a game between Cork and Galway, two sides that keep meeting in finals and two sides th...
Reading The FIFA Leaves In Rabat And Zurich
This week on the Pod the curious World of FIFA continued to unravel before our eyes. To help guide us through the labyrinth, experienced FIFA-ologist...
Reading The FIFA Leaves In Rabat And Zurich
This week on the Pod the curious World of FIFA continued to unravel before our eyes. To help guide us through the labyrinth, experienced FIFA-ologist...
Ep 3622: Galway Take It West, Aussies Repel Irish Invasion, Murph Allies With Japan, Ajax By The Tolka
Galway are All-Ireland women’s football champions for 2026, ending a 22-year wait for their second title, but the result was in doubt right until the...
Selling Football's Soul, Big Beasts Prowl, Mayo's Secret Sauce
You'd have thought Gianni Infantino’s rambling, incoherent, self congratulatory instagram post to all the losers and haters out there would have been...
Ep 3616: How Did Mayo Do It, Better Than The World Cup, Cubs Caps And Curses, Ken Called It - 27/07/26
Given their underdog status, the weight of history and the Clifford factor, how did Mayo pull this off?
We chat to Paul Flynn and Dara Ó Cinnéid...
Ep 3615: Mayo Are The All Ireland Champions - 27/07/26
75 years, the curse, the finals, all those heroes denied ... until yesterday, it finally happened, Mayo are the All Ireland Champions!
This morn...
Return Of The Earl, Global North v Argentina, Kevin Keegan Icon
This week on the Pod marked the return of Ken from the New World and with him he brings tales of Argentinian conspiracy theories. We also had Gavin Co...
Ep 3611: Limerick All-Ireland Champions Again - 20/07/26
Galway wanted it to be one way, but it was the other way. Limerick are All-Ireland champions for the sixth time in nine years, and they were seldom tr...
Ep 3610: Spain Are World Champions - 20/07/26
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, well maybe Messi wishes he had. Spain are Campeones del Mundo!
It was a strange final leaving quest...
The Hand of Tuchel
Welcome to our World Cup taster show which this week has us throw you - the listener- straight into the middle of Ken Early's report live from Atlanta...
Ep 3604: Blue Wave Crashes, Thy Kingdom Come, Mayo4Sam '26, Louth Hit Wall, McConville The Wicklow Boy
Two sell-outs in Croke Park this weekend, a bewildering cocktail of storylines, and a Kerry/Mayo final to look forward to in 2 weeks time - Dara Ó Cin...
Ep 3602: England Stagger On, Cable of God, Haaland Loses Oars, Whatever! - 12/07/26
England will wake up on Sunday morning with a hangover and a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup.
The once maligned Jude Bellingham again...
Messi Abides, Conspiracy On The Nile, Non-Stop World Cup
Welcome to our World Cup taster show which this week finds us in Atlanta as Ken expertly reports live from the stadium moments after Argentina overcom...
Ep 3598: Cork's Second Half Stats, Clare Hearts Crushed, Hype And Hope, Ned Stark Wisdom - 06/07/26
The hurling season needed two big semi-finals, and this weekend was redemptive.
Galway provided the shock, Clare came within minutes of joining...
Ep 3597: England Beat Mexico, Haaland Bosses Brazil, Trump Calls FIFA - 06/07/26
England survived weather delays, altitude, the home fans, a red card, a penalty and their own history to overcome Mexico 3-2 at the Azteca and go thro...
American Shuffle, World Cup Ghosts, Ken An The Range, Pico V Messi
Welcome to our World Cup taster show which includes slow moving Americans, German ghosts and Ken on the range. Tonight we cover Spain Austria and Rona...
Ep 3591: Louth's Hot Summer, Slick Kerry Face Resurgent Dubs, Kobe's Only Shot - 29/06/26
The All-Ireland football quarter-finals did not disappoint, and we have two tasty semi-finals to look forward to - Kerry against Dublin, which a small...
Ep 3590: Old Man Ron, England Seize Canal, Taste The Bao - 28/06/26
England are into the knock-out stages of the World Cup where they will face DR Congo. It took them just over an hour to score the first of two goals a...
Brazilian Thoroughbreds, Insipid England, Miami Vice
Ken is having a ball at this World Cup having watched Messi's record breaking feats, Mo's moment in little Egypt, Haaland go berserker and of course t...
Ep 3584: Dublin Win The Battle, Kerry Crush Armagh, Mayo Madness, What's Happened Donegal - 22/06/26
Armagh and Donegal are out before the quarter-final stages of the All-Ireland senior football championship, just as everyone predicted.
We have...
Ep 3583: Non-Stop Pico, Egypt Goes Wild On Steinway, Yamal The Man, First We Take Manhattan
Kevin Brannigan has arrived in New York City, and his first job is to release battery hen Ken from his content cage.
We talk to Pablo Montano fr...
Messi Delivers, The England Plan, Ken Early's America
Ken is having a great time at this World Cup and has chosen wisely so far, catching Messi's hat trick, The Azteca on opening night and England putting...
Ep 3576: All-Ireland Championship Insanity, Delicious Draws, Kerry Host Armagh, Donegal Beaten, The Pixies > RHCP - 15/06/2026
The All-Ireland football championship knew it had to produce something to grab some eye-balls on this World Cup weekend, and boy did it deliver. Done...
Ep 3575: World Cup Whistle Stop, Brazil Must Change, Happy Curacao, Houston's Got Problems - 14/06/24
This weekend gave us our first glimpses of Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, Haiti, Switzerland, Qatar, Germany and Curacao, and we manage to call in on quit...
World Cup 2026 Takes Off, Banos Hermanos, Trump's One Way Street, Predicting The Winner
We’re less than an hour away from the big kick-off at World Cup 2026, Ken is at the Azteca and we are having a blast on the World Service this week. Y...
Ep 3570: Israel Game Set For Neutral Venue, Ireland's World Cup Dream - 08/06/26
Ireland are preparing for one of the biggest nights in the history of women’s football in this country… but yet again, off-field issues threaten to ov...
Ep 3569: Limerick Delight, Galway For The Double, Katie Balboa, Farrell Forever - 08/06/26
The Munster and Leinster hurling finals didn’t eliminate anyone from this year’s All-Ireland championships, but judging by the on-pitch celebrations,...
World Cup Week, KenCall, Neymar's Cankles, Why Norway?
We're just one week out from the World Cup and we're starting to feel it.
First stop for Ken is Mexico City early next week, but before he went...
Ep 3564: PSG Triumphant, Don Revie's Arsenal, Slot Departs, Cultural Repository Players
Arsenal went to Budapest surfing a tidal wave of hope and joy, and finished losing on penalties after one shot on target in more than two hours of pla...
World Cup Wonder, The McGuinness Melee, The Value Of Assists
Welcome to fight week on the Second Captains world service! There was a Donnybrook in Dalyer, the McGuinness melee in Kerry and Keano and Bruno fighti...