The Second Captains Podcast

Eoin, Ken and Ciaran discuss John Terry's emotional farewell speech, Carlo Ancelotti's fresh insight into "managing up" at Chelsea, and Olivier Giroud's brutal hazing of a young Irishman trying to make his way in the game.Oliver Kay was at Old Trafford on a bizarre day that started with uncertainty and tension and ended in farce. And John Brewin witnessed the passionate love of the Geordie masses for Rafael Benitez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalya Coyle won Mixed Relay Gold at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Florida on Sunday and joined us in studio to talk about Olympic qualifying stress, fencing tears and staying cool under pressure.We talk to David Epstein, author of "The Sports Gene", about Caster Semenya's return to the public consciousness and the sports world's attempts to make the male/female issue a binary one.Plus there's mes que un county, Murph's forked tongue and General George Patton's Olympic pedigree. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin, Ken and Ciaran discuss Martin O'Neill's 35-man squad, an awkward phone call between Carlo Ancelotti and Mario Götze, and the final apotheosis of Allardyce.Dion Fanning reflects on what the post-Euros future might be for Ireland's management duo. And Jacob Steinberg joins us to talk about a transformative season for West Ham United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clare are League champions for the first time since 1978, thanks to the last-minute heroics of 2013 Hurler of the Year Tony Kelly. Malachy Clerkin and Eoin Kelly think this could be a good result for both teams ahead of this year's championship.Connacht are following the Glasgow blueprint, but how long can both teams sustain their Moneyball-esque balancing act? The BBC's Tom English joins us. Plus there's Eoin McDevitt's poetry, GAA pundits giving it both barrels, and the importance of banging your own drum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin, Ken and Ciaran discuss the Leicester title party, Vardy's nose rubbing, Kompany's misery, the difficulties of being on Pep Guardiola's medical staff, and Jurgen Klopp's Basel-invite u-turn.Jonathan Wilson thinks Sunderland are on the up after the win over Chelsea that promises Premier League redemption. And John Brewin joins us to analyse the Mancunian scramble for fourth place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The reverberations of Leicester City's Premier League win have reached the Bay Area - we talk to US Murph about the greatest shocks in US sport, Ted Cruz's downfall, movie moments, and the corn fields of Iowa.We have the Return of the Mack, Ken's boxing nickname, and the Barack Obama comedy show. And Andy Lee comes into studio to help us look ahead to Saul Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin, Ken and Ciaran talk about nerd nonsense Versus mindless gut instinct, two Champions League semi-finals of contrasting quality, Sturrdige The Martian, and the golden afterglow of Leicester's title win.Raphael Honigstein joins us to discuss whether Pep has failed at Bayern. And Sid Lowe looks forward to another all-Spanish Champions League knife fight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ken caught up with Kevin Keegan to discuss Leicester's triumph, drugs in football, and the time Kevin mocked a young Eoin McDevitt.We also discuss likeable football men, 50 mile runs, Fergie's self praise and Richard Keys' sixth sense. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We rate Leicester's PL win alongside the all-time shocks in sport, Ken explains his Black Swan theory and we talk to the real life Jason Bourne....of BBC Radio Leicester.Davy Fitz wasn't his usual phlegmatic self in the league final, even with Donal Og alongside him. Eoin Kelly and Malachy Clerkin analyse the Clare Waterford trilogy.Plus there's Nesbitt watch, and Gerry Thornley on an angry Johnny Sexton, and how bad PR can create good rugby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin and Ken reflect on Leicester's title win. Amazing as it now seems, all of this was foretold. Richard III, pizza, dilly-ding dilly-dong. Jonathan Wilson and Gabriele Marcotti try to explain the inexplicable. Plus there's eye gouges, our friendly phone chats with Ranieri, Bayern V Mad Dogs and Ardiles hurtin'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.