Updated at 15.02
BOHEMIANS STRIKER DINNY Corcoran has made a surprise appearance on the long-running Channel 4 quiz show, Countdown, hours after winning the SSE Airtricity League/Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland Player of the Month for February, having helped his side to an impressive start this season.
Addressed as ‘Daniel,’ the player could not repeat his on-pitch heroics in the TV studio, losing out to his opponent by a score of 97-50.
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Presenter Nick Hewer asked Corcoran about his footballing experience, quizzing him on why Irish football has adopted summer football, with the perplexed Bohs star unsure of the answer.
While his Countdown skills could do with plenty of improvement, the same could not be said of the Dubliner’s on-field performances. Corcoran netted three times during the opening weeks of the campaign, including the winner in the Dublin derby victory over Shamrock Rovers, as Bohs secured three wins and two draws from their first five Premier Division outings.
The 30-year-old, who has been a consistently prolific goalscorer for Keith Long’s side over the last two seasons, claimed the monthly prize ahead of team-mate James Talbot, who finished runner-up, and Ciaron Harkin of Derry City in third.
“It’s great to win the award,” Corcoran said. “Personal achievements are always good, but more importantly we’ve had a great start to the season as a team and hopefully we can push on and get more points on the board now.
“I’m feeling good and I had the perfect start to the season personally with the three goals. We also kept three clean sheets in those games, which is nice.”
Bohs, who sit second and just two points off early pacesetters Rovers after five rounds of action, travel to Turner’s Cross to face Cork City on Friday night.
“We lost three or four big players last season, but I think Keith must be used to it at this stage as it has been happening regularly over the last few years due to other teams having more money,” Corcoran added.
“We’ve improved the squad well with a number of young lads coming home from England who are eager to prove themselves in this league. So far, so good.”
Originally published at 13.32
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Top man. Deserved it for scoring v the shams alone
Good on him. Fair play at least he has the Tom trollix to compete.
@sean slipper: my exact thoughts. Good on him
Great footballer but not too much between the ears
@Gerald Broflovski: sure his family will appreciate the comment. Brave man in my books.
@Gerald Broflovski: your obviously a Rovers thing.
@Gerald Broflovski: he got 50. And I’d be amazed of there wasn’t some sort of test before contestants get on air
@Gerald Broflovski: ELOHESRA it’s only 8 letters but as a Trump supporter I’m sure you’ll get it.
@David Clements: There’s no test. I’ve applied and am waiting on my appearance date. Anyone can go on. I think the humiliation of potentially doing badly deters people enough. I mean, fair play to him going on! People at home know him as a footballer and he’s showing there’s more to him. A score of 50 is decent. Also doesn’t mean he did badly, just that his competitor fared better.
@Sarah: You go Girl!
@Sarah: always assumed there was. Thanks for clarifying. Best of luck on it..
@Sarah: He said on RTE today he did a test over the phone.
@Gerald Broflovski: When you get there and score higher than 50 you’ll have the higher ground. Until then, you sound slightly jealous and unworthy.
@Sarah: There is a test.
A yellow pack version of Jason Byrne
Up the bohs
On the maths round,computer generated 4-4-2