Best Conor Delaney Podcasts (2025)

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Jimmy Dunne On The Miracle Of Budapest, A Szoboszlai Never Forgets, Hasan Piker On The American Berserk 25:53

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We've seen it all this week on Second Captains, from ultrarunning with 100 mile world record holder Caitriona Jennings to 'American ultraviolence' with Hasan Piker on Ken's Politics Podcast, taking in our Sports Book of the Year Show and a brilliant follow-up chat with Ireland and QPR's Jimmy Dunne along the way. For six independent ad-free shows a…

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Ep 3417: Caitriona Jennings On Her 100 Mile World Record, Saint Charlie, Rugby Loses Its Marbles - 01/12/25 48:45

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Caitriona Jennings is the proud World Record holder over the terrifying distance of 100 miles and she spoke to us in studio about how and why she was able to run this distance, what it feels like mid race, and her harrowing London Olympics marathon experience. We discuss Charlie Smyth’s extraordinary journey from the Down senior Gaelic football tea…

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Ep 3416: Watching Pots Boil, Premier League Mad Men, Caicedo Erupts, The Como-verse - 01/12/25 1:13:24

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Just as a watched pot never boils, an obsessively tracked Irish striker in Europe does not deliver goals under the desperate hungry eyes of the nation. Is it time for us to back off Troy and Ev and give them some space to do their thing? Maybe, but not today! James Horncastle joins us to talk about Roma v Napoli. How happy is Gian Piero Gasperini l…

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Liverpool Lack Anger, The Dutch Perspective On Slot, Tantalising World Cup 24:56

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Welcome to our world service e taster show! To access all our shows go to secondcaptains.com/join To get some insight into the man presiding over Liverpool’s worst run of defeats in more than 70 years, we welcome Mikos Gouka, journalist with Algemeene Dagblad and author of the recently released Arne Slot: The New Era. There’s no contracts, no hidde…

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Ep 3411: Lest We Forget Evan, Trophies In November, Spreadsheet Early, Glasgow Kiss- 24/11/25 1:33:07

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GOOOOOLAZZOOOO... OK Evan Ferguson's first goal for Roma was not quite in that category but we can say now that the Eternal City has officially entered Fergie Time. Meanwhile Troy Parrott scored another nice goal: is this an unprecedented attacking selection headache for Ireland? What's the deal with playing two strikers anyway? How many teams are …

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Ep 3410: Back In Your Boks, Scrumpocalypse, Ryan's Original Sin, Stop Start Rugby - 24/11/25 57:30

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South Africa beat Ireland 24-13 but in reality it was a demolition by Rassie's men. Did the whole game hang on James Ryan's deserved red card, or could Ireland have done more to adapt to the situation against the world's best team? We chat to our man in South Africa, Craig Ray about the rash of reds and yellows, if refs get influenced by external n…

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The Post-Hungary Glow, Next Up Czechia, Branno Comes For Ken's Throne, The Ashes Is Underway 25:14

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It's been a beautiful, podcast-packed week on the World Service since Troy Parrott stole the nation's heart on Sunday afternoon in Budapest. Seven shows later, we're bringing you a taste of what member-led broadcasting looks like in a golden few days for Irish football. Monday’s shows are free to all. To listen to our programming throughout the res…

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Ep 3404: Ireland Hammer Australia, Mack Is A Catch, Which 10 For SA, The Red Boks - 17/11/25 51:56

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The Irish lineout was near perfect, their kicking game was on point, a few key players are back in form, they have a new fullback option in Mack Hansen, both 10's played well, they beat Australia by a record margin and the fans in Lansdowne Road went home happy for the second time in four days... the good times just keep rolling in Irish sport. We …

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Ep 3403: Parrott Meets The Moment, Good Times Return For Irish Football - 16/11/25 52:16

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Skill, heroics, late late glory... things like this don't happen to us, until now. Ken, Eoin and Murph record today's show in a state of joyous disbelief, and Branno joins us from Budapest to reflect on the goals, the emotion, the madness. Plus there's the playoff picture, Troy's week and the brilliant post match interviews. Hosted on Acast. See ac…

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Ireland 2-0 Portugal, Tantalising Football, Isak And Zlatan 21:36

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We've recorded a lot of podcasts.... but the one we just posted today about all the great moments, all the heroes, all the Ronaldo comedy and all the joy of beating Portugal 2-0 is maybe our favourite ever. Our best of show includes a taste of that joy, plus some Ken education and a great chat about Swedish football, Zlatan and Isak. On Sunday we w…

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Ep 3398: Ireland's Quick Fix, Farrell's Few Words, Boks Are The Best - 10/11/25 52:03

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Ireland eventually got the win over Japan on Saturday but all the same doubts remain about a team that has had very few good performances since the summer of 2024. Andy Farrell was honest with the media afterwards, stating “we need to get over ourselves and get on with the big boy stuff". We chat to Shane Horgan and Gerry Thornley about Farrell's f…

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Episode 3397: Shamrock Rovers Eat World, FAI EGM Draws US Attention, Man City The Peoples' Underdogs, Icicle Kick 1:20:35

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It was a surprise to wake up on Saturday morning and find that US Senator Lindsey Graham had been putting the boot into the FAI. https://x.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1986961533193032133?s=20 Graham was referring to the resolution that was due to be voted on at Saturday's FAI EGM, asking the FAI to forward a motion to the UEFA Executive Committee re…

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Infantino's Award, Why Bellingham, DJ' Carey's Motive - 06/11/25 32:50

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It was a heck of a spread put out for our world service members this week with Infantino announcing the creation of a new FIFA peace prize and appearing on stage at the same event as Donald Trump in Miami last night, Champions League action featuring Yamal and Dan Burn, Liverpool outplaying Madrid, Trent getting booed, the DJ Carey sentencing, Irel…

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Ep 3392: Ireland Fade To Black, Clown Show In Chicago, Almighty Dollar, Sacha So FineBerg - 03/11/25 59:44

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For an hour on Saturday Ireland looked comfortable, if not quite in control, against NZ, and then came a sliding doors moment as Jamie Osborne dropped a pass from Crowley, and within four plays the All Blacks were ahead and, as it turned out, home and hosed. Ireland have now lost to NZ three times in a row, and since the 2023 RWC have had very few …

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Ep 3391: Frank Tanks, Techno Fascism, Rice/Caicedo GOAT Battle, XG O'Neill, Sado-Brannochism - 03/11/25 1:12:38

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Players despise fans, we know that, but should they nevertheless feel compelled to salute them at the end of every game or can we all do without this level of insincerity? Bohemians sealed fourth place in the League of Ireland and will qualify for Europe if Shamrock Rovers complete the double next weekend, but this did not improve the mood of manag…

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Scaling Smarter: How Great Advisors Leverage Support to Grow 33:16

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In Episode 14 of Thinking Independently, Nick LoPresti and Conor Delaney explore what it means to scale smarter in today’s advisory world. They talk about how great advisors grow faster by focusing on their strengths, letting go of what holds them back, and surrounding themselves with the right people, systems, and technology. Conor explains how th…

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The Week That Was; Conor Murray's Chicago Memories, Shooting Hoops With The Mob, Leopold Bloom's League Of Ireland 27:27

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This week winter announced its arrival with rain that was general all over Ireland, nonetheless we've been having a fun week here at Second Captains Towers and now we want to share some of that with you. Before Ireland take on New Zealand in Chicago we hear from Conor Murray who was a guest of ours at the Gaiety a few weeks back. Can Ireland repeat…

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Ep 3386: Madrid Back On Top, Slot’s Doom Spiral - 27/10/25 1:14:52

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Is Keith Andrews the new Mikel Arteta? Hard to say for sure, as it suddenly seems as though everybody wants to be the new version of the Arsenal coach, whose bulletproof juggernaut continues to bulldoze all comers. But it was another good weekend for Andrews, whose team personify the spirit of 2025. We also talk about the wildly different interpret…

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Believe The Hype, Orla's Year, Parker And Lee, Ruthless Giants 27:10

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Orla Comerford has just come off a sensational year, one which started in Paris in September 2024 when she took a Paralympic bronze medal in the 100m and finished 3 weeks ago with double World Championship golds in the 100 and 200m. She joined us in studio this week to chat through the madness of the last 13 months. It’s almost World Series time, a…

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Ep 3381: Munster Monster Leinster, Jack Of Heart, NZ Clouds Gather - 20/10/25 57:57

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Munster had 35% possession, 31% territory, had to make 270 tackles to Leinster's 117, had the inferior scrum, went down to an early try, and we're playing against a team full of Lions and Ireland internationals.... and won it easing up, with a 4-try bonus point. We chat to Shane Horgan and Barry Murphy about Munster's brilliant all-round display, b…

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Ep 3380: The Old Premier League World Is Dying, And The New World Struggles To Be Born - 20/10/25 1:27:25

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Ken is on holiday!! Come back, please keep reading, there is a but coming.. Ken is on holiday BUT given the enormity of the football weekend we have all just lived through he is taking a break from his mini-retirement to dial in from the beautiful citadel of Milan(o) and bring you today's football pod. Enthused by the fresh alpine air of which he n…

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Dunphy At The Gaiety, Martin O'Neill On XG, Kuper's World Cup Fever 39:37

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What an Incredible week we’ve had in Second Captains, and thanks again to our guests and those who came to the Gaiety both nights. Eamon Dunphy got the biggest Second Captains standing ovation of all time, and we have a taster for you on today's best of show. We also had Martin O'Neill at the Gaiety and he was keen to debate the merits of data and …

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Ep 3375: Andy Farrell On His Life And Career - 13/10/25 47:38

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It’s live show day in the Second Captains offices, but we still found time to send our best and brightest (and oldest), Simon Hick off to talk to Andy Farrell, on the release of his autobiography “The Only Way I Know” this week. Simon chats to Andy about what shaped Farrell as a person and a coach, how he has dealt with coaching with and against hi…

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From Financial Advisor to Business Owner – Keys to Developing the CEO Mindset 27:09

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In Episode 13 of Thinking Independently, Nick LoPresti and Conor Delaney discuss what it really takes to shift from financial advisor to business owner. They explore the importance of adopting a CEO mindset, building intentional frameworks, and leading with strategy rather than reacting to cash flow. The conversation highlights key inflection point…

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Ep 3374: One Battle After Another - 11/10/25 42:16

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Ireland have fallen to their second defeat of the 2026 World Cup Qualifying campaign and now sit bottom of Group F on one point. Ken dials in from Lisbon as we talk through a night in which we came so close to a positive result. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Heimir's Armenian Hangover, England's Golden Losers, Ben Healy's Big Break, KenCall Live - 09/10/25 38:34

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Finn Azaz was asked about Heimir’s comment last week that the Irish players underestimated the challenge of Armenia. “I think it goes further than that. “In terms of the build up, the wins against Bulgaria, the improved performances and results leading up to that game. . . maybe there was a lack of understanding of the challenge that we were coming…

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Ep 3369: KENCALL Live, The Race For 10, Boks Clever - 06/10/25 47:49

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Ep 3368: Don't Push Erling, Ange Fights Bigger Kid, Liverpool's Known Knowns 1:03:47

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Brentford’s Sepp van den Berg showed one way not to defend against Erling Haaland this weekend: start the game by pushing him around in a mildly irritating manner. Don’t make him angry, you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. Chelsea picked apart Liverpool by exploiting their known weaknesses, as detailed by Marc Cucurella after the match. When does…

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The Prem Becomes Set-Piece Rollerball, Arsenal x The RAF, Ryder Cup Sociology, NFL Lessons For The GAA - 02/10/25 42:47

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The weekend's sport draws to a close, Monday arrives and you get a double shot of Second Captains. The world feels brighter, airier, you walk with an extra bounce in your step. Then comes Tuesday and there's a sudden void in your life. How can you make it six whole days without another dispatch of independent, member-led broadcasting? Well, we've g…

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Ep 3363: Ryder Cup Retained, Shane Saves The Day, US Fans Go Below The Belt - 29/09/25 1:03:54

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It was a wild Ryder Cup weekend at Bethpage Black, for good and for bad. Despite heckling from American fans that managed all at once to be annoying, unoriginal and verging on the obscene, Europe wiped the floor with the US over the first two days of the tournament. And then came Sunday... Malachy Clerkin of the Irish Times is in studio and Joe Cal…

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Ep 3362: Inside Camp Andrews, Emotionless Man, Enzo Gets Dreaded Confidence Vote, Town Square Isak Reaction 1:04:00

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An explosive reaction to Liverpool's first defeat of the season maybe suggests discontent with performances was simmering through the recent series of late wins. Have we seen enough to state boldly that a certain Liverpool-player-of-the-decade and a certain almost-record-signing might not both fit into an effective Premier League team? Maybe not ye…

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Ep 3357: Kate O'Connor's Incredible Silver, Cian McPhillips Goes Forth, Ryder Cup Preview - 22/09/25 1:04:15

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Kate O'Connor's heptathlon silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo was one of the truly great Irish sporting achievements. To post 5 personal bests in her 7 events, some of them with a knee injury, speaks to a truly elite mental toughness. Derval O'Rourke watched it all, was left by turns speechless and emotional over the course …

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Ep 3356: Arsenal Draw, Maresca's Plank, Pep's Paradigm - 22/09/25 1:02:39

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What must it be like to go to sea on what is expected to be a normal fishing expedition, only for the captain to go mad and start forcing random crew members to walk the plank? The Chelsea players got to find out on Saturday evening as Enzo Maresca’s flurry of first half substitutions sent an already-entertaining game into the realm of farce. We ta…

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Last Minute Liverpool, Amongst Geordies, NFL In Croker, Rome Derby, Big. In Japan 20:01

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The Champions League has been a lot of fun this week with Gurbanov, the madness in Turin, and Liverpool winning late, yet again. We chatted to Neil Atkinson of The Anfield Wrap. Ken tells us about where he was when Newcastle played the mighty Barcelona in 1997. We also chatted to the sports editor of The Nation, Dave Zirin, about the NFL coming to …

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Redefining Growth: How Advisors Can Build Value That Lasts 28:39

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In this episode of Thinking Independently, Good Life CEO Conor Delaney joins Chief of Staff Nick LoPresti to dig deep into what growth really means for individuals, advisors, and organizations. From Conor’s training for the grueling “7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents” challenge to the importance of self-discipline, accountability, and a values-…

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Ep 3351: RIP Ricky, Donovan Beaten In Belfast, Ireland Lose To France In RWC QF - 15/09/25 56:35

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Two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton, who was one of the best-known and most loved fighters of his generation, has died at the age of 46. Gavan Casey of the42 is in studio today along with Mike Costello, who was working at all the big Hatton fights in Vegas. We also analyse Paddy Donovan's rematch against Lewis Crocker in Belfast; despite two kno…

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Ep 3350: Big Erling, Big Nick Energy, Ruben Sticks, Serene Arsenal, Liverpool Figuring It Out - 15/09/25 1:27:18

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Nick Woltemade’s had his critics - some of the biggest Bundesliga beasts of all time popping up to give him a surprise pre-debut kicking in the media - so his winner for Newcastle against Wolves is a nice place to start today. We debate whether Evan Ferguson can learn anything from the advice of Robert Lewandowski, and compare the progress of the t…

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Taking Up Hurling At 42 - Searching For Perfect Failure Or Having A Midlife Crisis? 47:36

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What if, at 42 years of age, having spent your entire life playing Gaelic football, you were to take up one of the fastest sports in the world, one that most experts say you need to take up before the age of 7 or 8 if you’re to master the basics, and then write a book about it? Welcome to the live show launch of Murph's second book, the brilliant O…

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Ep 3345: McIlroy's Magic 2025, Irish Open Roars, Trump At The Tennis - 08/09/25 38:56

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When McIlroy drained a monster eagle putt on the 18th green at the K Club to get into a playoff, the fans at The Irish Open let out a roar worthy of any major; yesterday's dramatic, emotional win in front of his home fans caps off what is arguably the best season of his career. We chat to Joe Callaghan about Rory's roller coaster season, what incre…

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Ep 3344: Ireland Are Still Alive, Ken In Armenia, Damien Delaney On Irish Defenders - 08/09/25 1:06:26

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Ireland 2-2 Hungary - a scoreline that looked highly unlikely after 20 minutes, then looked reasonably likely after 55 minutes, before being greeted with untrammelled delight after 94 minutes. We’re still alive and still fighting for our World Cup place after the first game of this shortened qualification campaign, which actually marks a bit of pro…

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The Guehi Lesson, Irish Vibes Are Smilin', The Jim Gavin Question, Them Cowboys 36:47

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We had a record breaking transfer window with subplots a plenty, World Cup fever has gripped the nation in advance of our qualifiers against Hungary and Armenia, and our star striker is settling in nicely to life in bella Italia. On top of the football, the Ryder Cup is coming soon, the US open is on, and ireland are into a QF at the women's Rugby …

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Ep 3339: Ryder Or Die, Bradley Drops Bradley, Political Will Wilts - 01/09/25 29:02

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The European team was selected today, and even though Ryder Cup legend Shane Lowry missed out on automatic qualification, he was nevertheless Luke Donald’s obvious first pick. If you were to cut USA Captain Keegan Bradley, he would bleed US Ryder Cup Brookline uniform grey, white and wine; so his decision to omit in-form American golfer, Keegan Bra…

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Ep 3338: Lame Arsenal, The Anfield Juggernaut, Newcastle Sources, Lack Of Pep, Chelsea Lemonade - 01/09/25 1:20:44

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On your Monday football show, we talk about why Liverpool deserved to win at Anfield yesterday, and whether Ken is still billing Arsenal as the title favourites. With the Isak saga finally at an end, we survey the credits and debits. Miguel Delaney and Barney Ronay join us to talk about the weekend's football. With three points against Arsenal and …

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Man United Make History, Liverpool Down Toon - 28/08/25 44:50

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We had more midweek football excitement than we had any reason to expect this week, given we're still in August. Welcome to our "best of" show which features reaction to two unbelievably entertaining matches, the Isak derby on Monday night and Man United's loss to lowly Grimsby in the League Cup last night. We also had the league of Ireland academy…

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Ep 3333: Rugby World Cup 2025 Hits Different, Ireland Win In Style, Red Roses Bloom, Becky Lynch In Dublin - 25/08/25 33:57

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The women's Rugby World Cup has come a long way in a short space of time. The opening game of the 2025 World Cup between England and USA had a higher attendance than the whole of the 2010 World Cup put together. At the 2017 event in Ireland the pool games were played in the UCD Bowl. This year there will be 82,000 at the final in Twickenham, and th…

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Ep 3332: The King Of Rome - 25/08/25 1:14:53

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From Napoleon II to Evan I. A new star blazes in the sky of Rome. Did Evan Ferguson score? No - but that, initial reviews maintain, is a mere detail. Are we getting carried away after one game? There will be none of that talk aboard the Trenitalia hype train. From there we look forward to tonight’s hate-fest at St James’ Park, and apportion blame f…

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Jack Of Clubs, Wholesomeness-O-Meter, Football in a State of Emergency, The Golf Community 32:30

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This week we went from zero to 100 on the wholesome-o-meter, from the local kid that taught his town to love again, to the bitter Newcastle - Isak war of words…. it’s been a roller coaster up in here. Question is, are you brave enough to jump on for the ride? It’s a great time to join with The Premier League season up and running, Arsenal plucking …

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Ep 3327: Oasis Backlash, The Miracle Of Ellis Park, Now Who's Being Condescending? 18/08/25 39:50

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''The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function''. Did you know F Scott Fitzgerald was actually referring to Ken Early? After breaking the minds of many of our members with Friday's Oasis podcast, Ken and Branno today react to the backlash. Is it …

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Ep 3326: Viktor Gyökeres, Welcome To The Premier League - 18/08/25 1:16:00

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Not for the first time this weekend, Ken wonders if he is going insane, as English football shows once again that it can never forgive a goalkeeper for getting fouled at a set-piece. We discuss Keith Andrews' harsh introduction to life as a head coach, the varied fortunes of a raft of new super-striker signings, and the Friday night match that led …

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Premier League Preview, Kencall, Oasis Take Over, All Wright On The Night 36:49

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Hold onto your britches folks, cos things went a little wild on the world service this week what with the Premier League hype machine in full flow, daily Isak transfer tittle tattle, Shels getting their hearts broken and most importantly, the official launch of Kencall. And after a weird summer of club world cup dystopia and Ken getting high on X i…