former southampton star matt le tissier will swap soccer saturday for countdown to become the fourth professional footballer to appear on the channel 4 show le tissier, 46, announced on twitter he has passed his contestant audition and will be filming this autumn the eight cap england international has previously appeared as the 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 matt le tissier previously appeared on countdown as a 'dictionary corner' guest in 2009  ryan giggs (left) appeared on the show in 2013 to present rachel riley with a signed manchester united shirt  clarke carlisle became the first premier league player to appear on the channel 4 game show in 2010  'hope you've brushed up on the numbers,' le tissier joked to the oxford graduate as he announced his upcoming appearance he faces stiff competition for bragging rights from his 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 soccer saturday presenter jeff stelling was a host of the show before nick hewer took the reins, as was former bbc and itv anchor des lynam jun 30, 2008: neil mackenzie (notts county)   won   score of 71  jul 1, 2008: neil mackenzie   won   104  jul 2, 2008: neil mackenzie   won   72  jul 3, 2008: neil mackenzie   won   104  jul 4, 2008: neil mackenzie   won   63  jul 7, 2008: neil mackenzie   lost   66  dec 8, 2008: neil mackenzie   lost   57  dec 1, 2009: adrian coote (norwich city)   lost   62  feb 24, 2010: clarke carlisle (burnley)   won   89  feb 25, 2010: clarke carlisle (burnley)   won   101  feb 26, 2010: clarke carlisle (burnley)   lost   86  le tissier (right) also appeared on a celebrity edition of the itv hit quiz show the chase in october 2013  le tissier will appear on the show with riley (right), host nick hewer (centre) and susie dent 
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matt le tissier will appear on countdown after passing his audition . the former southampton star will film for the channel 4 show this autumn . le tissier previously appeared on c4 show as a 'dictionary corner' guest 