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Ep 2098: Mona's Mind And Bo...

07.26.2021

The first weekend of the Olympics has had it's usual mix of brilliant Irish displays, disappointment, ecstasy, beautifully upbeat post-race interviews and heartbreaking (and unnecessary) apologies to a nation. Mona McSharry became only the second Irish swimmer to make an ...

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07.26.2021 Ep 2098: Mona's Mind And Body, Emmet Brennan Charms The Nation, Lions Comeback - 26/07/21 The first weekend of the Olympics has had it's usual mix of brilliant Irish displays, disappointment, ecstasy, beautifully upbeat post-race interviews and heartbreaking (and unnecessary) apologies to a nation. Mona McSharry became only the second Irish swimmer to make an ...
07.19.2021 Ep 2093: Limerick Blow Tipp Away, Clinical Kilkenny, Wexford Bow Out, Davy's Problems - 19/7/21 We saw 'the greatest half of hurling ever played by any team', with a goal that 'no other player in the history of the game could have scored' yesterday, so it's safe to say that Limerick's second half performance got ...
07.15.2021 World Service Taster: Messi The Winner, Messi The Master Negotiator Ahoy Monday only listeners! Today's World Service show was all about Messi, Neymar and Argentina - available now IF you’re willing to part with just 5 euro a month. Go to secondcaptains.com/join. We also had Paul Flynn, a new addition ...
07.12.2021 Ep 2089: McGregor's Latest Highly Profitable Crushing Defeat, Hurling's Hottest Rivalry - 12/07/21 Conor McGregor was fighting again at the weekend, breaking his ankle in gruesome circumstances against Dustin Poirier, and accepting defeat in his usual classy style - we ask how much longer he can keep this jamboree going. Clare and Wexford ...
07.12.2021 Ep 2088: Notti Magiche - 12/07/21 Italy are the European champions after beating England on penalties at Wembley. Jonathan Wilson, Jack Pitt Brooke and Miguel Delaney join us to talk about what was an astonishing occasion at Wembley and to try to figure out where it ...
07.08.2021 Football's Coming Home Or To Rome It's been an amazing week at the Euros, which means it's been a pretty darn good week on the World Service, too. We're a couple of days away from the ever-so-slightly seismic event of England playing in their first major ...
07.05.2021 Ep 2083: GAA Summer Takes Off - Clare Fume, Tipp March On, Dublin Hurlers Beat Galway - 05/07/21 The GAA summer really caught fire this weekend, with four brilliant hurling games - the most dramatic moment of all though was a refereeing decision which cost Clare dearly. Meanwhile, Murph returned to the sidelines of Gaeldom yesterday in Roscommon, ...
07.05.2021 Ep 2082: Ruthlessly Efficient England Take Aim At Danish Dream - 05/07/21 England have hammered Ukraine and now storm remorselessly towards the title. Next up they face Denmark - who have a story of their own to tell. Meanwhile, Belgium's golden generation didn't have quite enough gold to go around. But now ...
07.02.2021 The Greatest International Football Tournament Ever? The comebacks, the late goals, the attacking football, the blunders, the hubris, the pathos, the fans - we are watching maybe the greatest football tournament of all time. To listen to our daily shows become a member for 5 euro ...
06.28.2021 Ep 2077: Poc Fada, Club Cluxton, Cap'n Murray, Shithouse Sticks - 28/06/21 The All-Ireland championships began this weekend, but there weren't exactly a surfeit of headlines... although 98 shots at goal in one hurling game is certainly newsworthy. We suggest a few rule changes to simplify the game. Stephen Cluxton played for ...
06.28.2021 Ep 2076: Danish Hug, Young Chiesa, Pepe's Elbow, Shaw's Schlap - 28/06/21 Half the teams that started the finals of Euro 2020/1 have been knocked out, and now the big teams are starting to fall. We talk about where it went wrong for Holland, and why the real victim in their downfall ...
06.24.2021 Taster - European Championship's Sweet 16 The group stages have been brilliant and going into the last 16 the tournament is wide open. Ken can't make his mind up on Germany, Rio Ferdinand doubles down on his England predictions, and the Danes are riding a wave ...
06.21.2021 Ep 2071: Rahm Wins Snakes & Ladders US Open, Ireland Men's 7s Qualify For The Olympics - 21/06/2021 It takes something pretty special to wrestle some attention away from the Euros these days, but the US Open last night was a hilarious snakes & ladders of the world's best players charging to the top of the leaderboard before ...
06.21.2021 Ep 2070: Super Saturday, Scots Surprise, Germany Germinate - 21/06/21 Murph returns as we talk about an epic weekend of European Championship football. Remember how Germany weren't that good? Well that was last week. Today we talk to Raphael Honigstein about how Germany might in fact be quite good. Plus ...
06.18.2021 England V Scotland, Gareth Fail, Rio's Hostage to Fortune Today's taster includes Rio Ferdinand's bullish prediction for England V Scotland, Gazza 96 and a controversial Gareth Bale pun-a-thon. Sign up at secondcaptains.com/join for a fiver a month - no ads, no contracts, no minimum stay and its member led ...
06.16.2021 Schick Strikes, Stephen A Soccers, Scots Steal, Mbappé Goes Supersonique Football tournament pods are undoubtedly the funnest pods on the World Service and our daily Euro 2020 shows are officially full steam ahead. While Stephen A Smith - ESPN's new voice of soccer - thought Patrik Schick's second goal against ...
06.14.2021 Ep 2065: Nineteen for Novak, Stephen A's Soccer Beat, Kerry Heir - 14/06/21 Kerry made sweet sweet love with Gaelic football on Saturday night and Oisin McConville was in Killarney to witness it all. What did the locals make of it, is coach Keane talking up his boys and are Kerry now official ...
06.14.2021 Ep 2064: Concern For Christian Eriksen Dominates The Euros, Three Points For Three Lions - 14/6/21 Richard Sadlier and Jonathan Wilson join us to talk about the Euro 2020 opening weekend, which was overshadowed by the collapse of Christian Eriksen at the Denmark-Finland game. We also discuss England's opening win against Croatia, the reasons why broadcasters ...
06.11.2021 The Euros Are Here At Long Last We've been waiting and waiting, and for a whole 25% longer than we usually are, but Euro 2020 is now but a couple of hours away. There's going to be wall-to-wall coverage every day on the World Service for the ...
06.07.2021 Ep 2059: Booing England, Copa Omnishambles, Mediocre Magyars - 07/06/21 Ireland are on a winning streak and its the poor miserable mediocre Magyars next on the chopping block. Ken shows Murph Hungary's recent record..... England fans once again booed their own players for taking a knee before the Romania game. ...
05.31.2021 Ep 2054: Naomi Osaka Rages Against The Roland Garros Machine - 31/05/21 Naomi Osaka won her first round match at the French Open yesterday, but it was a statement she released in the days leading up to her appearance at the tournament that has grabbed the lion's share of media attention this ...
05.31.2021 Ep 2053: Blue Is The Colour - 31/05/21 With a concrete defence and clockwork attack, Chelsea are champions of Europe for a second time. For Man City, the wait goes on. Miguel Delaney and Jonathan Wilson join us to analyse the final. What's the secret of Chelsea's mid-season ...
05.24.2021 Ep 2048: Mickelson Takes Another Major At The Fine Age of 50, A Betrayal Of Madridismo - 24/05/21 Ep 2048: Mickelson Takes Another Major At The Fine Age of 50, A Betrayal Of Madridismo - 24/05/21 by Second Captains
05.24.2021 Ep 2047: Pep Cries, Gini Flies, Leicester's Top Four Encore - 24/05/21 Brendan Rodgers' Leicester City spent 92% of the last two seasons in the top 4, yet twice missed out on Champions League football. Is Rodgers officially a nearly man or can he talk his way out of this one? Ken ...
05.20.2021 Kane Wants Out, Liam Hayes On One Of The Great Editions Of The Player's Chair, US Murph The Hypeman Variety, they say, is the spice of life and there's been plenty of it on the World Service this week: from Ken on whether Harry Kane will get the Spurs exit he's wrangling for, to US Murph on the LeBron ...
05.17.2021 Ep 2042: David Clifford Masterclass, John Kiely Declares The Game Officially Gone - 17/05/21 Gaelic football arrived back into our lives this weekend, and with it came the return of the phenom that is David Clifford. Although his beloved Galway were the team unfortunate enough to find themselves on the end of Clifford's incredible ...
05.17.2021 Ep 2041: Alisson Scores, Fergie Remembers, Brendan Does The Business - 17/05/21 Ep 2041: Alisson Scores, Fergie Remembers, Brendan Does The Business - 17/05/21 by Second Captains
05.13.2021 Never-Ending Housing Crisis, White Water Ahoy, Marcus O'Sullivan On The Race That Changed His Life It's been a massive week on the World Service so far, and that's before we've even gotten around to this Friday's post-Liverpool-United Football Show. We spoke to Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan about the merits or otherwise of ...
05.10.2021 Ep 2036: McIlroy's Mentality, Canelo's Crowd, Saunders' Stool - 10/05/21 Rory McIlroy ended an 18 month dry spell to land the Wells Fargo Championship last night, but not without all the usual Rory tropes - a nervy finish, confusing golf rules, help from his caddy, and of course some brilliant ...
05.10.2021 Ep 2035: Sergio's Sorrow, Blame Game at Juve - 10/05/21 Manchester City still can't quite seal the deal, and now a listener is on claiming that Kevin de Bruyne is actually overrated. We don't usually read out all the stuff that comes in from scum around the country but... We ...
05.03.2021 BONUS EPISODE 2022: Oisin McConville & Andrew Trimble On A Shared Future In Northern Ireland **NOTE: This was initially a Second Captains World Service members-only show broadcast first on 22nd of April 2021. If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a member at secondcaptains.com. Your support allows us to continue to do work ...
05.03.2021 Ep 2030: The Revolution of Old Trafford - 03/05/21 "We don't want to see fans storming stadiums Gary? Do we?" It depends... Mark Critchley was there at the Lowry Hotel and Old Trafford, and Jonathan Wilson also joins us to talk about what happened on an unprecedented day, and ...
04.30.2021 Katie's Career, Leinster's Challenge, Ken's Life Choices On this week's dip in the World Service paddle pool we look back at Katie's London Olympics and Ken's life choices and look ahead to the tough challenge awaiting Leinster in the Champions Cup semi final. Join for a fiver ...
04.26.2021 Ep 2025: Munster Finally Give Leinster A Beating, Ireland's Women Hit Target - 26/04/21 It was a while coming, but when it came Munster's win over Leinster was emphatic. The caveat of a weakened Leinster team might be applied retrospectively, but the alternative was barely worth contemplating from Munster's point of view, and their ...
04.26.2021 Ep 2024: Crime & Punishment: What Do The Big 6 Deserters Deserve Other Than Our Contempt? - 26/04/21 After the crime was uncovered last week, there must be punishment. But what form will this punishment take? Will the prodigal sons be welcomed back into the fold, or is swift, harsh judgement coming their way? Rory Smith of the ...
04.21.2021 The Rise And Fall Of The Super League, The Future Of Northern Ireland Member-led journalism is a hell of a thing. Three days, three bumper football podcasts, one former Super League. We've been joined on the World Service over the last couple of days by Miguel Delaney, Sid Lowe, Gabriele Marcotti and Jonathan ...
04.19.2021 Ep 2019: Damaging Defeat For Irish Women's Rugby, Prince Philip & A European Super-League - 19/04/21 We've already got a full football podcast out in the world, but bloody hell what a morning of news. As opinions continue to pour in from players, pundits, managers (and Ian Holloway), we delve into our bulging mailbag for more ...
04.19.2021 Ep 2018: The Dirty Dozen - 19/04/21 You know it's a big day of football news when Jose Mourinho getting sacked is a mere speck on the windshield of the day's stories. Today's pod is giving some initial reaction to the Super League plans announced by 12 ...
04.15.2021 Roddy Collins On The Game That Changed His Life, Haaland Pop, Rachael Takes The Grand National This week we had another special show in our 2000th episode celebration series as we chatted to a dear old friend of the podcast, Roddy Collins about the game that changed his life, his double-winning season with Bohs, safe-cracking, and ...
04.12.2021 Ep 2013: Leinster Overturn Exeter, Ireland Storm Cardiff, Rachael Blackmore Makes History - 12/04/21 It was a crazy couple of hours on Saturday evening, as Rachael Blackmore won the Grand National, Ireland hammered Wales in the 6 Nations, and Leinster came back from 14-0 down to beat the reigning European champions in their home ...
04.12.2021 Ep 2012: The Game's Gone, But The Moyesiah Abides - 12/04/21 It was the weekend when Richard Keys and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer agreed: the Game's gone. We know that - but why? Also today, Ken unveils a controversial new theory: how will Eoin respond? Today is a heavily Ulster-inflected pod, with ...
04.08.2021 Champions League Lemmings, Doddles Meets Paul Kimmage, US Murph Achieves Zen The Champions League being overrun by lemmings, David O'Doherty meeting Paul Kimmage, and US Murph achieving true sporting zen. It's your World Service sampler menu in a week absolutely packed with sport from the Champions League to the Champions Cup ...
04.05.2021 Ep 2007: CR7 runs riot, Pep v Mino, Silva Winner - 05/04/21 Thomas Tuchel has had it all his own way since taking over at Chelsea, but then he had not faced Callum Robinson - until Saturday afternoon. We also discuss the question of whether Erling Haaland can take control of Manchester ...
04.01.2021 Ken vs Chris Sutton, 2000th Show Celebrations With Greg Louganis, Champions Cup A La Linford Our month-long 2000th episode celebrations kicked off on the World Service last week with the big day itself and continued this week with the first of our big interviews, with Olympic diving legend and HIV/AIDS activist Greg Louganis. Ken had ...
03.29.2021 Ep 2002: Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg - 29/03/21 Is this rock bottom - or just the new normal? Damien Delaney and Richie Sadlier join us to talk over the game in the most ambitious crossover event in Irish sports broadcasting history of the last three days.
03.29.2021 Ep 2001: Leinster Win Fourth, Scotland Come Forth, Munster Misery, LaVar Ball Energy - 29/3/21 For this Monday's mini-pod, we focus on yet another Dublin-based team in blue barely showing any emotion while coolly winning yet another title in their home ground against plucky but over-matched country cousins. Why did Munster look a beaten docket ...
03.25.2021 From Ireland Goal Drought To Goal Fest, Eoin McProphet, Gary O'Toole Joins Us On The Book Club It's fair to say nobody really saw last night's 3-2 scoreline in Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Serbia coming... nobody but Eoin, that is. Ken reflected on the pain and pleasure that came with both ending the goal drought while ...
03.22.2021 Ep 1996: The Trial Of Harry Kane (Cont’d) - 22/03/21 Harry Kane continues to captivate. His trial continues on today's football pod after he pulled off what may just have been an entirely unique piece of play last night. And after the opening weekend of the League of Ireland season, ...
03.18.2021 No To Rabonas, Alpha Andy Farrell, Oisin McConville On The Need For GAA's Return In The North Your World Service taster menu is hereby served. After his initial show of disgust on Monday at Erik Lamela's goal in the North London derby, Ken continued to push his anti-rabona agenda during the week. On St Patrick's Day, Oisin ...
03.15.2021 Ep 1990: Ireland Win Ugly, France Leave Beautiful Corpse - 15/03/21 France and England put together arguably the most high quality 40 minutes of rugby in 6 Nations history and while England came out on top, the question is how do we make rugby look like that more often? We talk ...

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Ep 2098: Mona's Mind And Body, Emmet Brennan Charms The Nation, Lions Comeback - 26/07/21

Ep 2093: Limerick Blow Tipp Away, Clinical Kilkenny, Wexford Bow Out, Davy's Problems - 19/7/21

World Service Taster: Messi The Winner, Messi The Master Negotiator

Ep 2089: McGregor's Latest Highly Profitable Crushing Defeat, Hurling's Hottest Rivalry - 12/07/21

Ep 2088: Notti Magiche - 12/07/21

Football's Coming Home Or To Rome

Ep 2083: GAA Summer Takes Off - Clare Fume, Tipp March On, Dublin Hurlers Beat Galway - 05/07/21

Ep 2082: Ruthlessly Efficient England Take Aim At Danish Dream - 05/07/21

The Greatest International Football Tournament Ever?

Ep 2077: Poc Fada, Club Cluxton, Cap'n Murray, Shithouse Sticks - 28/06/21

Ep 2076: Danish Hug, Young Chiesa, Pepe's Elbow, Shaw's Schlap - 28/06/21

Taster - European Championship's Sweet 16

Ep 2071: Rahm Wins Snakes & Ladders US Open, Ireland Men's 7s Qualify For The Olympics - 21/06/2021

Ep 2070: Super Saturday, Scots Surprise, Germany Germinate - 21/06/21

England V Scotland, Gareth Fail, Rio's Hostage to Fortune

Schick Strikes, Stephen A Soccers, Scots Steal, Mbappé Goes Supersonique

Ep 2065: Nineteen for Novak, Stephen A's Soccer Beat, Kerry Heir - 14/06/21

Ep 2064: Concern For Christian Eriksen Dominates The Euros, Three Points For Three Lions - 14/6/21

The Euros Are Here At Long Last

Ep 2059: Booing England, Copa Omnishambles, Mediocre Magyars - 07/06/21

Ep 2054: Naomi Osaka Rages Against The Roland Garros Machine - 31/05/21

Ep 2053: Blue Is The Colour - 31/05/21

Ep 2048: Mickelson Takes Another Major At The Fine Age of 50, A Betrayal Of Madridismo - 24/05/21

Ep 2047: Pep Cries, Gini Flies, Leicester's Top Four Encore - 24/05/21

Kane Wants Out, Liam Hayes On One Of The Great Editions Of The Player's Chair, US Murph The Hypeman

Ep 2042: David Clifford Masterclass, John Kiely Declares The Game Officially Gone - 17/05/21

Ep 2041: Alisson Scores, Fergie Remembers, Brendan Does The Business - 17/05/21

Never-Ending Housing Crisis, White Water Ahoy, Marcus O'Sullivan On The Race That Changed His Life

Ep 2036: McIlroy's Mentality, Canelo's Crowd, Saunders' Stool - 10/05/21

Ep 2035: Sergio's Sorrow, Blame Game at Juve - 10/05/21

BONUS EPISODE 2022: Oisin McConville & Andrew Trimble On A Shared Future In Northern Ireland

Ep 2030: The Revolution of Old Trafford - 03/05/21

Katie's Career, Leinster's Challenge, Ken's Life Choices

Ep 2025: Munster Finally Give Leinster A Beating, Ireland's Women Hit Target - 26/04/21

Ep 2024: Crime & Punishment: What Do The Big 6 Deserters Deserve Other Than Our Contempt? - 26/04/21

The Rise And Fall Of The Super League, The Future Of Northern Ireland

Ep 2019: Damaging Defeat For Irish Women's Rugby, Prince Philip & A European Super-League - 19/04/21

Ep 2018: The Dirty Dozen - 19/04/21

Roddy Collins On The Game That Changed His Life, Haaland Pop, Rachael Takes The Grand National

Ep 2013: Leinster Overturn Exeter, Ireland Storm Cardiff, Rachael Blackmore Makes History - 12/04/21

Ep 2012: The Game's Gone, But The Moyesiah Abides - 12/04/21

Champions League Lemmings, Doddles Meets Paul Kimmage, US Murph Achieves Zen

Ep 2007: CR7 runs riot, Pep v Mino, Silva Winner - 05/04/21

Ken vs Chris Sutton, 2000th Show Celebrations With Greg Louganis, Champions Cup A La Linford

Ep 2002: Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg - 29/03/21

Ep 2001: Leinster Win Fourth, Scotland Come Forth, Munster Misery, LaVar Ball Energy - 29/3/21

From Ireland Goal Drought To Goal Fest, Eoin McProphet, Gary O'Toole Joins Us On The Book Club

Ep 1996: The Trial Of Harry Kane (Cont’d) - 22/03/21

No To Rabonas, Alpha Andy Farrell, Oisin McConville On The Need For GAA's Return In The North

Ep 1990: Ireland Win Ugly, France Leave Beautiful Corpse - 15/03/21

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