Eoin McDevitt, Ken Early and the rest of the Second Captains team make their on-air comeback next Tuesday 14th May, with The Irish Times.![]()
Second Captains Assemble
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Second Captains - May 14th
Featuring Shane Horgan, Joe Schmidt, Sid Lowe, Gerry Thornley, Giovanni Trapattoni and Richie Sadlier paying heartfelt tribute to his dead dog. The lads also go about two and a half hours over their allotted time as they preview the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals, and talk about Mancini, Ferguson and gardening. It's Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - May 21st
It's an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza of a show today... only with no singing. Or dancing. Just loads of great sports interviews - we have coverage of the weekend's GAA action, the return of US Murph, a preview of the Champions League final, and an exclusive interview with Brian O'Driscoll. Ken will reveal his all-time top 7 Andrew Ridgeley from Wham! moments too if time allows. It's an extremely long albeit extremely enjoyable Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - May 28th
Ireland and England play in Wembley on Wednesday night, looking for a first win in England since 1949. We talk to the last surviving member from the team that first gave those boys one hell of a beating on their own patch, Davy Walsh.
We'll also talk to Eamon Dunphy about being an Irishman in England at the start of the Troubles, and Brian Kerr will look ahead to this week's game along with Emmett Malone and Jonathan Wilson. Eamonn O'Hara's tan, free-taking, and Pierce Brosnan - all in this week's longest-ever Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - June 4th
We tried... we tried so hard this week to get the show under a hour and a half. But we failed. And we're sorry. All we can offer by way of consolation is Richie Sadlier on Ireland against the Faroes, the very best GAA pundits in the land, Matt Williams on the Lions,and the return of the El Chuckle Brothers, Spanish based journalists Sid Lowe and Graham Hunter, on the return of Mourinho. We also welcome into studio one of the greatest hurlers of all-time, and the purveyor of one of worlds manliest handshakes, Nicky English. It's all in this week's Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - June 11th
It's Journalism with a capital J from Second Captains this week as we talk to Brian Cookson, the man who is going to take on Pat McQuaid to become head of the world governing body for cycling, the UCI. Paul Kimmage gives his reaction.
It was an emotional day for hurling folk on Sunday, and it was all too much for some - although that could've been the sunstroke - Diarmuid O'Sullivan and Malachy Clerkin give us their views. We have Richie Sadlier on his one-time teammate Robbie Keane, and the charismatic new star of Irish sport, European middleweight amateur champion Jason Quigley also joins us. All this (and the usual from Pierce Brosnan and the young beefcakes of Ireland) in this weeks Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - June 18th
Ever wondered why the Lions cuddly toy mascot gets so much facetime during a Lions Tour? This, and other rather more weighty Lions-related issues will be discussed with Alan Quinlan, Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan. US Murph returns with his thoughts on Phil Mickelson and chokin' at the Open, while Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles assess whether Mayo are finally ready to win Sam. There's also Joe Kinnear's unrivalled CV and a look at the connection between public transport, the Confederations Cup and riots on the streets of Brazil. All this (and the usual from Pierce Brosnan and Exhalation Laughs with Eoin McDevitt) in this weeks Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - June 25th
All the meats of the sporting stew included in this week’s show with Richie Sadlier and Michael Owen on retired players becoming pundits, Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan on embarrassing pre-match huddles and Nicky English on the trials of being a celebrity hurling manager. All this plus wimpy tennis players, tough as nails boxer Matthew Macklin, Pierce Brosnan emigrant shout outs (#PBESO) and the footballer who hates football. All in this weeks incredible edition of Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - July 2nd
The GAA this summer has been rocked by a series of upsets and landslide victories - we talk to an inter-county Londoner, Rossie and Meathman about whats been a roller coaster championship. We also discuss the real taboo subject in Irish sport - the changing face of half-time GAA cuisine.
Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan discuss Lions player power and James Horwill’s tears, Murph's garden is back, Brazil goes ape, and we look at the amazing life of a Tour de France winning war hero who used his bike as a force for good. All in this week's incredible Second Captains @ The Irish Times.
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Second Captains - O'Driscoll non-selection special
Featuring Eddie O'Sullivan, former England international Jeff Probyn and Irish Times rugby correspondent Gerry Thornley along with the latest reaction from Warren Gatland. By popular demand it's a once off show we'll call (against our will) the 'Bodcast'. Make sure you also download the latest full edition of Second Captains @ The Irish Times below (July 2nd).
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Second Captains - July 9th
It’s a special heat-wave edition of Second Captains this week – Dan Martin talks friends and foes on the Tour de France after he became the first Irishman in nearly 20 years to win a stage, while we discuss how the Lions series will change Brian O’Driscoll with former Lion Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan.
Former Meath captain Anthony Moyles talks confidently about this weekend’s Leinster football final, while Nicky English charts how Dublin went from being a hurling wasteland to the home of the Leinster champions. There’s also #PBESO, extreme Scottishness, Andy Murray, and the cyclist who’s afraid of speed – so kick back, relax and get yourself a whippie, it’s the Second Captains @ The Irish Times
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Second Captains - July 16th
In this week's edition of Second Captains we ask what Rory McIlroy can learn from his new life coach Nick Faldo, Anthony Moyles and Oisin McConville explain why Dublin's win wasn't all good news for Jim Gavin, while we pour love on the pure of spirit - the hurling men of limerick.
All this plus Jerry Kiernan tells us if there's any point watching 100metre sprints anymore, Howard Clark's retirement plan, violence as a force for good, #PBESO and a very special announcement - our first Second Captains live show, for tickets email live@secondcaptains.com...
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Second Captains - July 23rd
Chris Froome has won the Tour de France, but the questions about what we saw on the Alps aren't going away. David Walsh believes that Froome is clean. We'll hear Paul Kimmage's verdict on the new champion.
Meanwhile, BT and Sky are trading insults ahead of the new Premier League season - Gabriele Marcotti and Jonathan Wilson explain why the stakes are so high, and how English football will be affected by the new billion-pound-a-year TV deal.
All this plus hurling's shot at greatness, Dick Clerkin, the Clones Cyclone and the Farney Army, anti-doping vigilantes, Brendan Rodgers' smile, and don't forget to listen in for a special edition of the show this friday at www.irishtimes.com/secondcaptains
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Second Captains - July 26th
Second Captains went live and dangerous this week to celebrate the launch of our four shows a week schedule with The Irish Times, which starts next Tuesday 30th July.
It was a stellar cast at the Grand Social club in Dublin with Eamon Dunphy and Richie Sadlier speaking from the heart about the pitfalls and joys of football punditry, while Oisin McConville, Jason Sherlock and Anthony Moyles talked penalty taking, arm linking, and Croke Park heroics, and there was even a very special edition of the fastest growing slot in Irish radio, Pierce Brosnan's Emigrant Shout Outs #PBESO.
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Second Captains - July 30th
In the first of our four shows this week, we talk to Ireland’s first UFC superstar, Conor McGregor, about wealth, fame and the joys of proving your parents wrong.
Brian Cody is gone for this summer, and the man to take him down was Jimmy Barry Murphy - w![]()
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Second Captains Football - July 30th
Football is back. This Tuesday's show features Tony Barrett on the chronic uncertainty at Liverpool FC, Richard Sadlier on the tricks a new manager can use to win over a wary dressing room and Philippe Auclair on the arrival of oligarch money into French![]()
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Second Captains - August 1st
The All Ireland Football Championship goes from a steady jog to a full gallop this weekend - Oisin McConville and David Brady talk about Jim McGuinness, referee manipulation, Mayo's flight of discovery and how one man can dominate a 15 man game.
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Second Captains Football - August 1st
On today's Second Captains Football... Sid Lowe on hubris at Madrid and intrigue at Barcelona, Jan Åge Fjørtoft on how Guardiola is plans to improve on perfection at FC Bayern, and Cornell University professor Chris Anderson explains why Everything You Kn![]()
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Second Captains - August 6th
Now that the Sean Cavanagh tackle has become an incident of national importance, we talk to Oisin McConville and Anthony Moyles about the consequences for the underage players, as well as Tyrone hatin', Mayo lovin', and why James Horan might be a genius.![]()
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Second Captains Football - August 6th
Eoin and Ken talk Pep and panzer chocolate. Are the signs already looking ominous for Guardiola at Bayern? And how much of West Germany's sporting success was owed to the work of Nazi-era chemists?
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