Episode 2658: Letter from a Sports Journalist in Istanbul

Ken Early, journalist in the field, reports from Istanbul ahead of tomorrow’s Champions League final between rival football clubs Manchester City of England, and Internazionale of Italy. We talk about giant mosques that Ken couldn’t remember being there last time he visited, the giant Erling Braut Haaland, and the chances of a giant-killing.

Murph finally bows to public pressure and tells us about the interaction with golfer Shane Lowry that still depresses him to this day, and there’s Frances Murphy’s TV guide to the sporting weekend… her enjoyment of which will be horribly curtailed, due to the launch of Uncle Jim Carney’s first book in Tuam this weekend.

Murph tells us why Galway football legends Sean Purcell and Frank Stockwell are such compelling central characters for a book, and why Jim was the only man to set down their history – all at Second Captains wish our favourite ever broadcaster every good wish.

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