article_snippet: Matt Le Tissier Matt Le Tissier will swap Soccer Saturday for Countdown to become the fourth professional footballer to appear on C4 show.
article_snippet: Matt Le Tissier, 46, announced on Twitter Matt Le Tissier has passed Matt Le Tissier contestant audition and will be filming this autumn.
article_snippet: The eight-cap England international has previously appeared as C4 show's 'Dictionary Corner' guest in 2009, memorably solving a numbers round puzzle which had foxed both contestants - including an eventual series semi-finalist - and resident maths expert Rachel Riley.
article_snippet: Matt Le Tissier previously appeared on Countdown as a 'Dictionary Corner' guest in 2009 .
article_snippet: Hope you've brushed up on the numbers,' Matt Le Tissier joked to the Oxford graduate as Matt Le Tissier announced Matt Le Tissier upcoming appearance.
article_snippet: Matt Le Tissier faces stiff competition for bragging rights from Matt Le Tissier fellow ex-pros who hold seven victories between them - former Norwich man Adrian Coote failed to secure the Countdown teapot but Clarke Carlisle won two games and Neil MacKenzie won five en route to a series quarter-final berth.
article_snippet: Le Tissier (right) also appeared on a celebrity edition of the ITV hit quiz
article_snippet: Le Tissier (right will appear on the show with Riley (right), host Nick Hewer (centre) and Susie Dent .
highlights_snippet: Matt Le Tissier will appear on Countdown after passing Matt Le Tissier audition .
  
highlights_snippet: Matt Le Tissier previously appeared on C4 show as a 'Dictionary Corner' guest .