Declan Cockburn is a recurring character featured in the Apple TV+ show, Ted Lasso, and a Forward player for AFC Richmond. He is seen with other team members and even participates in group activities such as karaoke and dancing in clubs. He usually hang out with other players such as Robbie Roberts, Kyle McCracken, Babatunde, Gareth Canterbury, Tommy Winchester, and Moe Bumbercatch.
There is a possibility that Declan is one of the oldest players in the club after Roy Kent retired.
Declan seemed to enjoy watching Jamie Tartt bullying Nathan Shelley especially in the locker room. He was seen laughing whenever Jamie tormented Nate, picked a fight with Roy Kent, or mocked Ted Lasso. His attitude changed after Jamie left the club, but he still laughing whenever someone insults other player. Before the match against Everton F.C. in Liverpool, Nate roasts Colin Hughes in front of other players by calling him a dickhead and criticize him for having a poor defense, and Declan who is sitting next to Colin just laughs.
During the Trick Plays meeting, he suggested "Upside Down Taxi" as one of the elaborate set pieces.
After their devastating loss against Manchester City during the FA Cup semi-final, James Tartt burst into their locker room and starts insulting Jamie Tartt and the rest of the team players, ended up with the old man getting punched by his son. The players are stunned and not able to do anything about it, however at the same time some of the players such as him, Moe Bumbercatch, and Paul Reynolds want to help Jamie but get restrained by Jack Dawkins and Kukoč so the situation won't escalate.
When Zava joins Richmond, just like every team players, they are very smitten and in awe to see the superstar player in the locker room, and when the new player brings so many goals, he and the rest of the players are following his lifestyle by doing some meditations.
Richmond visits Amsterdam for an Exhibition Match (Friendlies Match) against AFC Ajax, and everyone is very upset that their club suffer a loss against a club from Netherland. Ted tells everyone to have fun in Amsterdam for the whole night to lift their spirits. Their captain Isaac McAdoo tells everyone to meet up in the lobby of their hotel so they can decide where to go and what to do.
At the lobby of their hotel, the team can't decide where are they going to do and spend the whole night arguing, discussing, and voting where to go and what to do, when they finally decides to play pillow fights at the lobby of their hotel. In the morning, the team's spirit are lifted and they go home to England with a better mood.
Declan argues that people shouldn't take naked pictures
Declan and his fellow teammates help Sam to clean up and renovate his restaurant, Ola's, which was vandalized when Sam criticized the British government for refusing the Nigerian and other African immigrants entering the U.K. He and the other teammates spending some quality times together in the restaurant, eating together like a family alongside with Sam's father, Ola Obisanya.
When there are many nude photos of celebrities are leaked on the internet, the team discusses whether they should delete their photos from their phones. Declan argues that if they don't want their private pictures hacked and spread all over the internet, maybe they shouldn't take naked pictures in the first place, especially when they are famous.
Jamie disagrees and argues the fault is not within the people but with the hackers who stole their private pictures and shared them online. It's not until Sam Obisanya informs that their friend Keeley Jones's pictures are among the leaked ones and now are spread all over the internet that Declan decides to delete his own pictures and not arguing anymore.
From Arlo White's cheat sheet:[]
- A goal would be a surprise
- Keen guitarist
- Counts Stormzy as one of his best friends
FIFA 23[]
In the video game FIFA 23, his first name is Dejon, a nod to actor Dejon Mullins who plays the character.
Trivia[]
- According to actor and creator Jason Sudeikis during the 60Minutes interview, Declan Cockburn was named after his ex-partner's family name, actress Olivia Wilde whose real name is Olivia Jane Cockburn.
- Surname is pronounced "Coh-burn".
- Jamie calls him "Cowburn".