Clarke Carlisle

Clarke Carlisle

Clarke Carlisle was a contestant in Series 62.

He attracted media attention by being the first Premier League footballer and the third professional footballer to appear as a contestant on Countdown, after Series 59 finalist Neil MacKenzie and Series 61 contestant Adrian Coote.

Two years after appearing as a contestant, Carlisle returned to be Sean Lock's teammate in the special episode, 8 Out of 10 Cats Mashup: The Rematch.

In 2002, he won Britain's Brainiest Footballer, a show hosted by Carol Vorderman, and in 2012, he appeared on a celebrity edition of Only Connect in the same team as Rosie Boycott and Richard Osman.

In December 2014 Carlisle was seriously injured after being involved in a collision with a lorry and was reported to be "fighting for his life". It was later determined that he was drink-driving and it was a suicide attempt. In May 2015, he was banned from driving for three years; his wife, who was involved in the same accident, had divorced him just a few months earlier.

On 15 September 2017, he was reported to be missing in Manchester but was later found safe on the evening of the same day in Liverpool.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4986	24/02/2010	P	Adam Guest	55 – 89	Clarke Carlisle	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jenni Falconer	Susie Dent	115
4987	25/02/2010	P	Clarke Carlisle	101 – 78	Alexander Johnston	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jenni Falconer	Susie Dent	120
4988	26/02/2010	P	Clarke Carlisle	86 – 89	Raheel Mirza	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jenni Falconer	Susie Dent	151
Cats2	24/08/2012	S	Sean Lock, Rachel Riley & Clarke Carlisle	50 – 41	Jon Richardson & Joe Wilkinson	Jimmy Carr	Rachel Riley			Joe Wilkinson	David O'Doherty	Susie Dent	83

External Links

• Clarke Carlisle's Wikipedia page
• Guardian blog of Clarke's first game
• RTÉ Sport blog of Clarke's first game
• RTÉ Sport blog of Clarke's second game
• RTÉ Sport blog of Clarke's third game