{"podcast":{"title":"Second Captains","slug":"second-captains-1085233","podcast_index_feed_id":1085233,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/secondcaptainsitcom","website_url":"http://www.secondcaptains.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/1692622079140-1daf777acaabe47b28ae975f9a4e11fa.jpeg","author":"Second Captains (editor@secondcaptains.com)","episode_count":1961,"summary":"Listen to the award winning Second Captains every Monday presented by Eoin McDevitt, Ken Early and Ciaran Murphy Join The Second Captains World Service and get access to our daily shows and much more. Become a Second Captains member at secondcaptains.com/join. - iTunes Podcast of the Year - iTunes Essentials Top 10 Podcasts of All-Time - The Guardian's 50 Podcasts You Need To Hear - Ireland's Most-Downloaded Podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T22:18:14.583626+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-captains-1085233"},"episode":{"title":"What Makes Football Great?","slug":"what-makes-football-great","published_at":"2026-04-30T21:40:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-captains-1085233/what-makes-football-great","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-captains-1085233","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-second-captains-podcast-1/episodes/what-makes-football-great","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/e/69f3cc5c9dcd58edd99bd51a/media.mp3","summary":"Welcome to our World Service taster show. This week was all about PSG Bayern and what makes for a great game of football. We interviewed Harvey Vale about his decision to join Ireland, his Chelsea years and rejecting a move to the Saudi leagues. We also covered the Arsenal Atletico Madrid peno farce, the fallout from Munster's appointment of Roger Randle (a move that has since been cancelled), LBJ's presidential manners, Leinster's return to the thunderdome, and coming up we have Flynn and McConville on football, and the Champions League second legs. Click the player at the top of the page to play this taster show. To listen to our programming throughout the rest of the week,  join the Second Captains World Service . It's 5 euro a mont, there’s no contracts, no hidden fees and shows can be listened to on all good podcast apps, on Spotify or through our website. It’s independent, commercial-free and member-led with feature interviews, breaking news, Ken’s Football Show, The Politics Podcast, and lots of added extras. You’ll also be supporting the development of our longer-form work, such as our international series’ ‘Where Is George Gibney?’ and Stakeknife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Welcome to our World Service taster show. This week was all about PSG Bayern and what makes for a great game of football. We interviewed Harvey Vale about…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1576,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/second-captains-1085233/episodes/what-makes-football-great/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-captains-1085233/what-makes-football-great.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}