The Second Captains Podcast
Episodes
Ep 3119: The RG And Jordie Show, Munster Win WrestleMania, Peter O'Panhony, Fenton On Retirement, What Made Murph - 09/12/24
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leinster were in a knife fight in Bristol, then took out their rocket launchers, RG and Jordie. Is it fair that a team already this good gets to sign ...
Ep 3118: Jim Gets It, Ange's Agony - 09/12/24
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester United's exciting defeat to Nottingham Forest was followed the next morning by the news that star sporting director Dan Ashworth had walked...
Liverpool Leave Two Behind, Comedy Slot, Legend Tickler, Injuries And Mental Health
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a tough week on the Second Captains World Service if you're an Ireland football fan with the women losing out to Wales and Kelleher lettin...
Ep 3113: Gaelic Football 2.0 Greenlighted, Sligo Rising, Pat Kenny On Box Room Boinking - 02/12/24
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 48 enhancements that added up to the biggest change in the 140-year history of Gaelic football sailed through a Special Congress on Saturday,...
Ep 3112: Two Vast And Trunkless Legs of Stone - 02/12/24
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've seen teams and managers in crisis before, but not this team and not this manager. So nobody can tear their eyes away from the spectacle of Pep G...
Ep 3109: Stakeknife With Mark Horgan
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the "Where Is George Gibney?" podcast was released three years ago, people couldn't help asking Mark Horgan what was next. What's next is ...
Ep 3107: The Nikita Hand Conor McGregor Assault Case With Sinéad O'Carroll - 25/11/24
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last Friday, after eight days of evidence and three days listening to closing speeches, a jury of eight women and four men found Nikita Hand had ...
Ep 3106: Salah’s Arrows, Spurs Surge, City's Drive for Five, Ruben's Via Dolorosa
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
City are sinking, Spurs are surging, Salah is scoring and unsigned, Man Utd have their saviour and Liverpool are now 8 points clear at the top, but fi...
Astronaut Dreams, The Fight, Fenton Breaks The Internet, Association Propaganda
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Fenton broke the (GAA) internet this week by announcing his retirement. We spoke to Fenton’s former Dublin teammate Paul Flynn, who think...
Ep 3101: Ireland Win And Learn, Farrell Philosophy, Phase Out, French Theatre - 18/11/24
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland were ahead 22-9 at half time, at home, with three tries banked and the fans fully behind them - but instead of a comfortable win, they su...
Ep 3100: First Half Good. Second Half Not So Good - 18/11/24
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richie Sadlier joins us to talk about Ireland's... memorable trip to Wembley. We talk about the first half and how we all felt at half-time....
Ep 3099: Ev's Head, CK1, The Lucky General, Now For England - 15/11/24
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Sick Of Winning Yet? Sure, Finland could have scored several goals and were desperately unfortunate to lose by a goal to nil - but as the...
Coote's Lines, A New Investigative Series, Wiffen Meets Early, Taylor-Serrano II
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A brand new trailer for a brand new BBC Sounds series from the production team who brought you Where Is George Gibney?, Ken chatting to Daniel Wiffen,...
Ep 3095: City Combust, Amsterdam Violence, Why Scout If You've Got Wyscout, Drog Day Afternoon - 11/11/24
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Branno was among the 38000 at the Aviva to see Drogheda win the FAI Cup final against Derry City - but the 2024 season isn't quite over yet. ...
Ep 3094: Ireland Drop The Ball, Lowe Energy, Aussies Ignite, Investigative Series News - 11/11/24
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland made 21 handling errors and conceded 13 penalties in an error-strewn 10-point loss to NZ on Friday night. But was it all James Lowe's fault fo...
Episode 3089: Winds Of Change, James McCarthyism, NZ Prune Roses
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The mighty (?) All Blacks are in town this week, fresh from a narrow, opportunistic win over England. They weren't outstanding.... besides the three i...
Ep 3088: Duff's Guts, Shels Triumph, Liverpool's Weekend, The Bournemouth Supremacity - 04/11/24
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
They've only gone and done it... we talk about Shelbourne's title win and how Damien Duff has succeeded where some illustrious predecessors failed.The...
Stupid Sexy Amorim, Duffer's Everest, Lawrence Donegan On The Campaign Trail
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's edition of our World Service tasting platter; we look forward to the grand finale of the League of Ireland which sees Damien Duff's She...
Ep 3083: Interrupted By Erik's Exit, Mbappé Agonistes, Arsenal v Liverpool - 28/10/24
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just as we were about to wrap up today's bank holiday football pod recording, the news came through that Manchester United had finally fired...
King Of The Mountains, You've Been Mikel'ed!, Mentor Sexton
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been another hectic week on the Second Captains podcast, we’ve had the Champions League, the addition of Johnny Sexton to the Ireland ru...
Ep 3078: Gaelic Football But Better? Murphy And Flynn On The Weekend's Trial Games - 21/10/24
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Gaelic football patient checked itself in at the weekend, gladly submitting to extensive, experimental surgery in full view of the watching public...
Ep 3077: All Change At Liverpool, Refs Keep Us Guessing - 21/10/24
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Webb provided some good grist to the conspiracy mills over the weekend by getting himself filmed texting and earpiecing before Saliba...
Tuchel Tears A Nation Apart, Joe Canning In Studio, Little Englanders And Merchants Of Woke - 17/10/24
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The appointment of Thomas Tuchel as England manager has divided both the proud nation of England and the ignoble profession of football journalism int...
Ep 3072: Sexton's Obsession, Deep Reds, RWC QFs, The ROG Relationship, Confrontation And Reconciliation - 14/10/24
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Sexton has won European Cups, Grand Slams, has the all time Irish and Six Nations points records and is a former world player of the year. It t...
Ep 3071: Ireland Lose In Athens, Ken's Grand Tour, Carsley Dithers - 14/10/24
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
thens for breakfast, Barcelona for brunch, Fairview for lunch. Ken is back from his Grand Tour of Continental Europe, traveling through the night to b...
Living In Lebanon, Hezbollah And Lebanese Society, Gaza Death Toll
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we released a podcast on our world service - Sally Hayden, Irish Times Correspondent and author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned, spoke to...
Ep 3066: Whose Title Is It Anyway? Kens Dojo Daydream, The Dentist Chair - 07/10/24
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ken has returned from the Land Of The Rising Sun, and he has stories to tell - of Shinto shrines (went to "one of" the most famous ones in Tokyo), Bud...
Ep 3065: Japan Stan Eats Humble Kai - 07/10/24
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ken is back from Japan and we take the opportunity to revisit some of the highlights he missed over the last two weeks. We talk about the varying...
Luxury Villa, Baseball's GOAT, Cabbage Content, In Duffer's Head
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Second Captains World Service we were joined by Lars Sivertsen and Glenn Evans from The Athletic and the 1874 Podcast to chat about l...
Ep 3060: Ireland Stun NZ, World Class Wafer, Zebre Trample Munster, McKenna Emulates Kennelly - 30/09/24
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Less than a year ago the Irish women's rugby team had finished bottom of the Six Nations table, were playing the likes of Kazakhstan in the third tier...
Ep 3059: A New Low For Ten Hag, Spurs Dominate, Quatre For Cole Palmer - 30/09/24
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Manchester United content-creating machine trundles remorselessly on: another day, another humiliating home defeat. Jack Pitt-Brooke and Dion Fann...
Dara Ó Briain Live From London, The City-Arsenal Discourse, LOI Legend Dermot Keely In Studio
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been another bumper week on the World Service and we want to serve you up a tempting slice of the action. There was our chat with Dara Ó Br...
Ep 3054: Ireland Back On Top, Outhalf Subplots, Interpro Goes Loco, Rory McIlroy's Psycho Drama - 23/09/24
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The sport of rugby barely survived the Ken Early Rugby Special on Second Captains last week, but after a weekend deluge of tries, drama and ...
Ep 3053: Fear And Rancour In Manchester, Mourinho's Legacy, The Bull McCabe - 23/09/24
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We had been told that Manchester City/Arsenal games are guaranteed snooze-fests, but it turns out we had been misinformed. John Stones got the final g...
Arteta's Red Hand, The Schillaci Scapegoat, Katie McCabe Live In London
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's World Service roundup; Ken offers fresh perspective on Mikel Arteta's professional pickpocketer scheme, Eoin reopens a 34-year-old deba...
Ep 3048: Down Goes Rory, Ok To Choke, The Kingspan Question, C'est Troy Bien
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rory McIlroy was 4 shots clear at the top of the leaderboard early in yesterday's final round of the Irish Open, was playing at his home-from-home cou...
Ep 3047: Ur-Arsenal, Ange Second Season Silver, Saturdays With Heimir, ThunderBastards Are Back
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If Ange Postecoglou's set-up yesterday harked back to the days of Ossie Ardiles, Mikel Arteta's Arsenal paid tribute to the spirit of an even ear...
Ep 3042: Eddie Dunbar Reigns In Spain, Polo Time Machine, Defeat For GAA Democracy - 09/09/24
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We welcomed Eddie Dunbar into studio last summer to talk about the impact that a series of devastating crashes had on his career and his health. ...
Ep 3041: English Inflict A New Pain, Sadlier And Delaney On The Wreckage, Not The Gaffer - 09/09/24
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You want it to be one way. You want it to be one way. You want it to be one way. But it's the other way. Rice '11, Grealish '26 - a script writte...
Ken Meets Psycho, Ire V Eng, Springboks' Lair, Ellen Keane's Magic
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's World Service tasting platter we drum up some excitement ahead of Saturday's Nations League showdown with England, Ken goes toe-to-toe ...
Ep 3035: Casemiro Retirement Game, Tactics Slot, Salah's Come And Get Me - 02/09/24
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s always a quote; “United's high-profile catastrophic start to the season has rightly brought every player under the microscope, but the pur...
Kentertainment, Rhasidat On Health And Speed, Time Machine Malfunction, Downing The Dubs
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to your free weekly taster of the Second Captains World Service. This week we had non stop entertainment from Ken - from Alexander The Great t...
Ep 3030: O'Donovan's World, Jakob's World Record, Mondo's Monde, Bahrain Bans, Rhasidat's Endurance - 26/08/24
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul O'Donovan won yet another rowing world title this weekend, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered one of the longest-standing track world records - b...
Ep 3029: Eoin's Take-Away's, Pup Hürzeler, Everton's Sealed Train, Norwegian Quandary, Kenbworth - 26/08/24
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lars Sivertsen and Rich Jolly join us to talk through the weekend's football. What is happening at Everton, where we see Dyche, but not Dycheball? Wha...
Chelsea's Cash Elevator, Maresca's Man Management, MDMA On Immigration And Misinformation, Facing Novak - 23/08/24
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to your weekly taster of the Second Captains World Service. This week we have Ken on the Chelsea cash elevator, Maresca's man management and f...
Ep 3024: The Bohs Of Tralee, Australians Are Good At Sport; Bad At Culture Wars, Ken Breaking Bad, Stadium Winning Streaks - 19/08/24
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Branno went to Kerry this weekend to see the kingdom get taught a football lesson, but instead got an education in floats, parades, Roses and mass. Br...
Ep 3023: Half Slot, Half Klopp, Chelsea Offences Against Football Act, Kieran McKenna Era, Guardiola-lit
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Brewin and Dion Fanning join us to talk about the opening weekend of the Premier League season. John was at Portman Road to see the debuts o...
Premier League Predictions, Man Utd's Nostalgia Money, Becker's Olympics, Steph's Status
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to your weekly taster of the Second Captains World Service. This week we have a Premier League preview show, Man Utd's nostalgia money, anatom...
Ep 3018: The Great Olympics, From Doubters To Believers, Sports Tapas, New Generation With New Expectations - 12/08/24
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ken came into this Olympics a doubter and left it a believer. Was this the greatest ever Games? We chat to Cathal Dennehy and Gavin Cooney about ...
Ep 3017: Big Jim's Big Fish, Ridicule Machine For Losers, Data Ball - 12/08/24
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we grieve for the Paris Olympics, now already receding into history, but who could fail to be re-energised by the prospect of the PSR League sta...
Kellie Backs It Up, Rhasidat's Rivals, Ken's Olympics
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to your weekly taster of the Second Captains World Service. This week we celebrated Kellie Harrington's back-to-back Olympic gold medals, look...
Ep 3012: Rhys' Golden Charm, Kellie's Masterclass, Wiffen's Bronze, Relaxed Rhasidat, 100m Margins - 05/08/24
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Total medals for Ireland at the Olympic Games between 1960 and 1992 - 6. Total medals for Ireland during Week 1 of the Paris Olympic Games - 7. &...
Rhys McClenaghan Rewind - 04/08/24
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He's an Olympic champ now, but back in 2022 we had Rhys McCleneghan in studio, fresh from a world championship win, but still navigating his way aroun...
Wiffen Walks The Walk, Olympic Fever, Biles Greatness, Lonely At the Top
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's wall-to-wall Olympics on the World Service this week. Mona McSharry managed Ireland's first medal of the 2024 games, Daniel Wiffen backed up his ...
Ep 3007: Wiffen Makes Waves, Kellie No Doubt, Celine Dion Is Class - 29/07/24
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Back in March Ken and Eoin sat down with Daniel Wiffen. He promised a summer of gold. This morning he set the fastest time in the swimming heats, 7:41...
Ep 3006: Sam Goes North, Dejected Murphys, Banquet Of Sorrow - 29/07/24
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week we saddled up and rode north to Crossmaglen. Ciarán Murphy was confident riding into the old Armagh market town, he was a little less confi...
Oisín's Trusty Boot, Ken Hurley, Trouble At Troon
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our World Service tasting platter. This week we travelled to Crossmaglen to chat to Oisín McConville and weigh up the mood ahead of this w...
Ep 3001: God, Religion, Lohan, TK And An Epic All Ireland Final Win For Clare - 22/07/24
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Kelly climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand yesterday to raise his county’s fifth-ever Liam McCarthy Cup and in a haze of hurling and religious ...
Ep 3000: Live From Eamon's House - 22/07/24
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our 3000th episode we trekked up to the Temple of Dunphy. Eamon was one of the earliest guests on the pod and has made numerous - always memorable...
The England Job, Rory's Blocks, Frawley's Future
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our weekly best of the world service show. We discuss Southgate's departure, disharmony in the Bellingham/England camp, the contenders to t...
Ep 2995: Armagh Elation Once Again, Galway Guided By Johno, Alcaraz's World - 15/07/2024
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kieran McGeeney joined the Armagh senior panel for pre-season training in 1989. Thirty-Five years ago. On Saturday in Croke Park he led his county to ...
Ep 2994: Spain Show Europe How To Play (Again), England's Years Of Hurt: 58 - 14/07/2024
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How should we play this game? We turn and ask Spain and once more they show and tell. Tonight they won their fourth European Championship, playing in ...
Yamal Makes His Mark, England's Destiny, Cork Get Cooking, The Dentist's Chair
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've had a mad busy week on the World Service between an All Ireland Hurling Championship for the ages, Lamine Yamal marking his spot on the world st...
Ep 2988: Ireland Get Boks’ed, Pickford's Magic Bottle, Le Pen Le Loser - 07/07/2024
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday in Pretoria was supposed to be many things, a battle between two teams who don’t like each other very much, the teams ranked 1 and 2 in the...
Ep 2987: The Lion And The Unicorn, Big Man Summer, Surrogate Host Out, Bossman Semis - 06/07/2024
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There'll always be an England, and under Gareth Southgate it’ll always reach the latter stages of major football tournaments. This was his fourth st...
The Ronaldo Show, England Getting Away With It, How To Stop Limerick; A Corkonian Explains
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a great week here at Second Captains as we chased Ken around Germany as he followed the Euros Circus from Frankfurt to Berlin. Murph also de...
Ep 2981: Galway End Dublin, Four Contenders, Risk Free Kerry, Armagh Can - 01/07/24
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dublin are out at the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland senior football championship for the first time since the “startled earwigs” of 2009,...
Ep 2980: Saved By The Bellingham, Nico's Spanish Symphony, German Groove, Ugly Italy - 30/06/24
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
England were truly awful for most of tonight’s game against Slovakia, until Jude Bellingham's sweet finish bailed out his country at the death....
Ken's %, Georgia Turn To Europe, England And The "Attention Economy", Pitch Invader Pain
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our best of Euros show. It’s been a great tournament so far with underdog wins, Willy's mighty Georgia, Turkish finesse, lunatic fans, En...
Ep 2976: Squid Games Championship, Tasty Quarters, Scenic Midlands, Marquee McManus
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Gaelic football season is the party that no-one was allowed to leave for large spells of this summer... but now the blade is being lowered wi...
Ep 2974: Group Stage Scots, Füllkrug Powah, Ronaldo's Invaders, Euro Perms - 24/06/24
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scotland have qualified for 12 international football tournaments, and they have failed to get out of their group at each and every one of those 12 to...
Euro Fun, Kylian Courage, Scottish Limbs, Hungarian Power Ballads, Happy Ken
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our best of Euros show. It's been a great tournament so far with wild games, mad fans, power ballads, low-energy England, Mbappe's politics...
Ep 2968: Rory's Forever Pain, GAA's Revolutionary Rules, Dubs Don't Hyde - 17/06/24
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oh Rory. Oh Rory, Rory, Rory. Lawrence Donegan and the lads wrestle with what we saw last night. Is it career-defining? How can it not be? Paul F...
Ep 2967: England Crawl To Victory, Bellingham Brilliance, Ken On Rails - 16/06/24
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
England expects. England awaits. England bores. England Wins. We chat to Ken and full time England watcher Miguel Delaney. While riding the...
Ken At The Euros, Sporting Purgatory, Humble Pie
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Ken heads off to the Euros in Germany, now is the time to become a world service member if you want to gain access to our all our coverage througho...
Ep 2962: Our Bumper Euro 2024 Preview Pod - 10/06/24
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Euro 2024 kicks off on Friday with Germany v Scotland in Munich - and here's our tournament preview pod.James Horncastle and Jonathan Wilson join us t...
Ep 2961: European Gold Rush For Ireland, More Medals To Come?, McDevitt v Kiernan Reprise - 10/06/24
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was an incredible weekend for Irish athletics. Last Friday, Sonia O'Sullivan was the only Irish person to have ever won gold at a European Champion...
Man City Want It All, Turbulent Tennis, Success And Succession At 10
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the World Service we had Ken on Man City's latest legal power grab, Caitlin on turbulent times in the tennis world, and Ian Madigan on Ir...
Ep 2956: Madrid’s 15th, Diego Torres On Carlo, Vini And Mbappe, Germany Tops the Sportswash League - 03/05/24
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Real Madrid did that Real Madrid thing to win a staggering 15th Champions League title at Wembley - but it takes more than that to impress Don Diego T...
Champions League Final Preview, Duff Man, Flower Power
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the World Service we had a top-class Champions League final preview with Sid Lowe and Rapha Honigstein, we discussed Carlo's chill, water...
Ep 2951: Drink A Drink To Erik The King - 27/05/24
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Erik ten Hag finally cottoned on to the winning formula for Man United managers - treat the press scum with the contempt they deserve and win the hear...
Ep 2950: Leinster Max Out On Misery, Death By Poach, Take Your Points, The Dupont Show - 27/05/2024
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yet again it was Champions Cup misery for Leinster, this time with Extra Time, for maximum pain and anguish. Despite trumping Toulouse on almost ...
The New Guard Of Management, Leinster's Everest, Bossman vs Duffer, Cork Hurling Hype Train
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our World Service Best Of show. This week, we feature a chat about the brave new world of top-level football management with Jonathan Wilso...
Ep 2945: Mister Sunday, Kentucky Cops, Lowry's 62, Usyk Unifies
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Having been dubbed “Mr Thursday” by certain ill-informed commentators last week, Xander Schauffele answered every criticism in securing his first ...
Ep 2944: This Means Bore?, Hedonic Treadmill, Rodri Troll, Ta'ra Jürgen, Irish Premier Numbers, Duff Chats Kenny Hugs
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester City are champions, as it was foretold by Eoin McDevitt some months ago following their 0-0 draw with Arsenal. No Premier League opponent g...
Postecoglou Sours On Spurs, Team Rhasidat, Kerr's Speech, GAAGO To War
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Second Captains World Service Ken sat down with Brian Kerr to reflect on Kerr's short stint back in the Republic of Ireland dugout. M...
Ep 2939: Super Value Hurling, Murph On Leeside, Taoiseach v Uachtarán, GAANooo
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cork/Limerick was an occasion for the ages, and Murph was there with today’s guest Jamie Wall to experience the home team’s 3-28 to 3-26 win in a ...
Ep 2938: Arsenal Alive, Trafford Falls, Spurs And The City - 13/05/24
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does it say something about the level of drama in this Premier League title run-in that the most-talked-about thing this weekend was the leaking roof ...
Stan The Gael, Managerial Merry-Go-Round, Quantifying Poyet
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our World Service Best Of show which this week features a look at what's likely next for Erik ten Hag and the managerial merry-go-round tha...
Episode 2933: The Leinster Express, The Pigeon, Salthill In the Sun, Adeleke Revs Up
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leinster are going to London and before Eoin gave up on his buffering Wi-Fi it looked as if they were cruising. Instead, they somehow found themselves...
The Bellingham Question, Irish Arrogance, Ken Sings Billy Joel
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our World Service Best Of show which this week features Ken's rousing rendition of You May Be Right by Billy Joel, a debate as to the real ...
Ep 2928: Football Provincials Take Shape, Dogged Donegal, Rory's Journey - 29/04/24
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the fireworks of their defeat of Derry in the Ulster quarter-final, it was always going to be something rather different and more difficult for ...
Ep 2927: Kai Havertz Is Good, Vibes-tecoglou, Set Piece Kings, To Bench Salah?, The Out-Of-Towners Debate - 29/04/24
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin presides again over the weekly humiliation ritual in which Ken is forced to grudgingly accept that Kai Havertz played well over the weekend while...
Arne Slot And The Cult Of Youth, Tolka Talk, Rugby Is Popular
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our world service best of show which this week features reaction to Liverpool's loss to Everton, an exploration into Klopp's likely success...
Ep 2922: Donegal Dump Out Derry, QB Keepers, Leinster Sell Out Croker - 23/04/24
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was a classic weekend of GAA action, but maybe the surprising result of all came in Celtic Park, as Donegal travelled to Derry and knocke...
Ep 2921: Forest Fire, Canham Communications, Man United Escape From Coventry - 22/04/24
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coventry City almost pulled off the greatest FA Cup comeback of all time, but thankfully VAR was there to save us all from that happening by spotting ...
Madrid Dump Man City Out Of Europe, Nerd Backlash, Fillet Of Hurling, McConville's Garden Path
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our world service best of show which this week features reaction to Man City's dramatic loss to Madrid, a backlash to the relationism backl...
Ep 2916: The Great Relationism v Positionism Debate, Never fight (up) Hill, Me Boys, Man City Do It Again
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's (maybe) set to be a big week for the Irish Football Family with a new Men's Senior manager imminent but GO TOBANN just as Ken goes to grab the mi...
Ep 2915: Leinster Slay The Nienaber Way, Selling Croker, Slick Byrne, 5 Try Ireland End 6N Losing Streak - 15/04/24
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leinster went for a 6/2 bench, a Will Connors horse for the La Rochelle course, and defended with manic speed and aggression to beat ROG's team for th...
Double Time Early, Cantona Ag Canadh, Rory's Everest
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on our World Service highlights show; Ken exalts the value of watching football in double speed, Branno reviews Eric Cantona's live musician...