# Ken Early

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'''Kenneth Early''' (born 4 February 1979) is an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [journalist](/source/journalist) and [broadcaster](/source/News_presenter). As of 2013, he was a director of [Second Captains](/source/Second_Captains) and a host of both Second Captains @ The Irish Times and the television show Second Captains Live on [RTÉ 2](/source/RT%C3%89_Two).<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Dwyer|first=Davin|title=Second Captains find a new pitch|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/media/second-captains-find-a-new-pitch-1.1518580|publisher=Irish Times|accessdate=7 September 2013}}</ref>  He is also a columnist with [The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times). He is a [Shamrock Rovers](/source/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C.) fan who started supporting them in the 1980s. As a teenager, Early had trials with [Olympique de Marseille](/source/Olympique_de_Marseille).

He was chief [football](/source/Association_football) correspondent{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} for [Newstalk](/source/Newstalk) and was a key member of the station's ''Off The Ball'' football show.<ref>[https://spailpin.blogspot.com/2009/01/domestic-miracle-of-newstalks-off-ball.html Profile of ''Off the Ball''], Newstalk.</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/the-jokers-in-the-pack-know-that--sports-really-just-daft-1648298.html The Jokers in the Pack Know Sport really is Just Daft], [Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)</ref>

Early was present on the show from its inception until its cessation in March 2013 following a dispute with radio management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/off-the-ball-team-leaves-newstalk-pitch-after-row-with-management-1.1317316|title='Off the Ball' team leaves Newstalk pitch after row with management}}</ref>

The eldest of four children, Early was raised in [Templeogue](/source/Templeogue) (by Greenhills Park) and graduated from [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin) in 2000. During his time at the university, he served as the editor of ''[TCD Miscellany](/source/TCD_Miscellany)'', and was also a member of the [University Philosophical Society](/source/University_Philosophical_Society). One of his earliest exposures to sport was as a member of the Templeogue Swimming Club.<ref>[http://www.teamtsc.net/Newsletter.htm Team TSC Newsletter]  {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070622042555/http://www.teamtsc.net/Newsletter.htm |date=22 June 2007 }}</ref>

In addition to co-presenting ''Off The Ball'' for Newstalk, he has also fronted the Arts show ''Culture Shock'' on the same radio station. He has also presented the early Saturday morning political programme ''Saturday Edition''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/second-captains Second Captains online radio show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903034726/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/second-captains |date=3 September 2018 }}

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