Second Captains is a production company founded by Ken Early, Simon Hick, Mark Horgan, Eoin McDevitt and Ciarán Murphy and based in Dublin, Ireland.

In 2017, the company expanded its online shows and launched The Second Captains World Service, a podcast feed available only to members.

Regular guests include Shane Horgan, Malachy Clerkin, Miguel Delaney, Jonathan Wilson, Richie Sadlier, Oisín McConville, Jamie Wall, Caitlin Thompson, Paul Flynn, Sineád O'Carroll and Brian Murphy from San Francisco's KNBR radio station, who speaks on US sports.

In March 2018, Second Captains celebrated their fifth birthday with interviews with Ken Loach, Vincent Browne, Lynne Cox, Michael Chieka and Paul Kimmage.

In August 2013, three months after the podcasts began, Second Captains made a not-for-broadcast pilot for RTÉ television.

The first broadcast was scheduled on 10 September 2013, to coincide with a vital World Cup qualifying match in Vienna between Ireland and Austria, going on immediately after the live coverage of the game.

[5] The Good Wall was a feature on the television show where the top ten Irish sportspeople of all-time are chosen by Second Captains contributors.

Each week, the program's major guests could make one change to the existing wall and introduce a new sportsperson to the top ten.

[8] The name Second Captains comes from a press conference exchange Ken Early once had with then-Ireland football manager Steve Staunton.