Dinny Corcoran - Countdown

[Real ale Madrid]

Beaten 97-50

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/bohs-striker-dinny-corcoran-collects-player-of-the-month-award-and-appears-on-countdown-in-one-afternoon-37900731.html

Surely a first for the League!

[sbgawa]

A GLITW moment for sure.
The other guy was a hoop :)

[placid casual]

Who cares what score he got.... Did he give Rachel a dart!!??

[marinobohs]

Beaten 97-50

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/bohs-striker-dinny-corcoran-collects-player-of-the-month-award-and-appears-on-countdown-in-one-afternoon-37900731.html

Surely a first for the League!

classic :D pity it didn't go to penos

[MattB11]

Who could of predicted Dinny's first defeat of the season would come at the hands of Maggie Barlow from Lutterworth

[seand]

I'm going out a limb here to suggest he may be the first contestant to win a player of the month award in the top division of a professional football league on the same day as his appearance on the show

[pineapple stu]

I'm just surprised that, given how popular the show is (was?) among students, that more former UCD players haven't taken part. I must write a strongly worded letter.

(A UCD fan did compete a few years back - former poster here actually - but he also lost his first game)

[seand]

I know a couple of Pats fans who were on (one made a series semi-final) and a Dundalk fan. No other ex-LOI players, that I'm aware of!

[pineapple stu]

You probably already know this, but Corcoran (and the Pat's/Dundalk/UCD fans) are all immortalised on the Countdown wiki page. Here's Corcoran (http://wiki.apterous.org/Daniel_Corcoran), for example. It's 9 years now since the last active footballer I heard of on Countdown, then-Premiership player Clarke Carlisle (http://wiki.apterous.org/Clarke_Carlisle), who won three games.

(In fact, that wiki page notes two other footballers to have played - one for Notts County and one for Norwich/Northern Ireland)

[nigel-harps1954]

Matt Le Tissier was on it too. He went on a long run of wins too if I remember right.

[Eminence Grise]

Can we add his score to the league's co-efficient?

[marinobohs]

Dinny - I’ll have a consonant please Rachel
“S”
- another consonant
“C”
- a vowel
“U”
- and a consonant
“M”

I have a 14 - shamrockrovers 😁

[SkStu]

Who cares what score he got.... Did he give Rachel a dart!!??

One big one and 4 from anywhere else.

[Nesta99]

Meeting the lovely Rachel Riley would have been a bonus. Did he say 'professional footballer' when asked what he does?

[Charlie Darwin]

Dinny - I’ll have a consonant please Rachel
“S”
- another consonant
“C”
- a vowel
“U”
- and a consonant
“M”

I have a 14 - shamrockrovers 
That's two words.

Wait a minute...

[oriel]

And the easiest question he was asked he didnt get right 'Why do the Irish clubs play in the summer ? Dinny 'I dont know really, maybe its the weather'

[Mr A]

And the easiest question he was asked he didnt get right 'Why do the Irish clubs play in the summer ? Dinny 'I dont know really, maybe its the weather'

Dinny reflecting the level of analysis and deep thought that has gone into many major decisions in the league in fairness.

[Nesta99]

He's not wrong though, those cold and wet Monday nights 'round Dublin just kills the attendances!

[eitoof]

A GLITW moment for sure.
The other guy was a hoop :)
Don't think so. Doesn't he always win against Rovers?😉

[sbgawa]

Give you a bula bus for that one :)