Many athletes have been all the time destined to succeed on this planet of sport – however there are those that go away followers questioning whether or not they may have thrived in different fields.
And one explicit brainbox with critical Premier League pedigree raised simply that query after a record-breaking look on The Chase. David James made an look on a Soccer Aid movie star particular episode of the ITV present in 2022 and have become the primary of his sort to amass an £11,000 cash-builder.
The ex-Manchester City and Liverpool star wasn’t completed there, nevertheless, and returned to the panel to interrupt one other file in 2023 when he elevated his complete variety of right cash-builder solutions to 21, at the least three greater than another movie star
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“You scored the highest ever in a celebrity cash-builder, ever,” commented a flabergasted Bradley Walsh throughout James’ Chase debut final 12 months. And he was alone in his incredulous response.
“Eleven! That’s two more than I got and they made me a Chaser,” exclaimed Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis. Irish neuroscientist and entomologist Ennis famously appeared on the present as a contestant in 2017, when he earned £9,000 within the cash-builder earlier than producers employed him to modify groups.
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James’ file haul of 21 right cash-builder solutions if three greater than nearest rival Shaun Williamson, who performed Barry on Eastenders and has additionally made two appearances on the present. However, the 53-cap former England stopper additionally holds an undesirable piece of Chase historical past.
That’s after his 2023 efficiency ended with the most important prize fund inbuilt any movie star version of the present. He helped amass a jackpot of £213,000 with web celeb Joe Sugg, journalist Lucrezia Millarini and singer Myles Stephenson earlier than it went down as the most important prize pot ever misplaced.
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It’s removed from the one time James has put his wits to the check on nationwide tv. As nicely as showing on The Chase, the 53-year-old has additionally been seen on Celebrity Catchphrase, Countdown and Pointless Celebrities, the place he landed a prize of £1,250 for a a homeless folks’s charity.
It’s protected to say the previous Strictly Come Dancing contestant could be one to have round on pub quiz night time. Not that such a prize can compete along with his League Cup (Liverpool, 1995) and FA Cup (Portsmouth, 2008) winner’s medals.