Your earliest darting memory....

[Randall]

I don't think the BDO was shown in Australia at that time, even when Tony David won it.

That's a bit unfortunate. So how well known is David in Australia? He has five UK fanboy extremists I won't go near.

Absolutely unknown apart from darts fanatics. If you asked 100 people who is the only Australian World Champion, I reckon 5 would say Whitlock and the rest would say no idea.

All post split lakeshite winners are going to be forgotten.
Barney the exception, Fordham more because of how fat he is and possibly Adams.
Nobody cares about Walton, Wallace, beaton etc.

[The Thorn]

I don't think the BDO was shown in Australia at that time, even when Tony David won it.

That's a bit unfortunate. So how well known is David in Australia? He has five UK fanboy extremists I won't go near.

Absolutely unknown apart from darts fanatics. If you asked 100 people who is the only Australian World Champion, I reckon 5 would say Whitlock and the rest would say no idea.

All post split lakeshite winners are going to be forgotten.
Barney the exception, Fordham more because of how fat he is and possibly Adams.
Nobody cares about Walton, Wallace, beaton etc.

Add in Waites, he's cemented himself in darts history, even though much more with his GSoD title rather than the Lakeshites.

[Rogg]

I don't think the BDO was shown in Australia at that time, even when Tony David won it.

That's a bit unfortunate. So how well known is David in Australia? He has five UK fanboy extremists I won't go near.

Absolutely unknown apart from darts fanatics. If you asked 100 people who is the only Australian World Champion, I reckon 5 would say Whitlock and the rest would say no idea.

Excellent news. Funny to compare against the general kind of grand ideas that were being spouted in the UK around that time by all our favourite men of proper darts.

[Randall]

I don't think the BDO was shown in Australia at that time, even when Tony David won it.

That's a bit unfortunate. So how well known is David in Australia? He has five UK fanboy extremists I won't go near.

Absolutely unknown apart from darts fanatics. If you asked 100 people who is the only Australian World Champion, I reckon 5 would say Whitlock and the rest would say no idea.

All post split lakeshite winners are going to be forgotten.
Barney the exception, Fordham more because of how fat he is and possibly Adams.
Nobody cares about Walton, Wallace, beaton etc.

Add in Waites, he's cemented himself in darts history, even though much more with his GSoD title rather than the Lakeshites.

At the same level as barney? Not a chance.
I often forget him, he is just very forgettable.

[The Thorn]

I don't think the BDO was shown in Australia at that time, even when Tony David won it.

That's a bit unfortunate. So how well known is David in Australia? He has five UK fanboy extremists I won't go near.

Absolutely unknown apart from darts fanatics. If you asked 100 people who is the only Australian World Champion, I reckon 5 would say Whitlock and the rest would say no idea.

Excellent news. Funny to compare against the general kind of grand ideas that were being spouted in the UK around that time by all our favourite men of proper darts.

"Taylor is unknown outside big cities. Working people only know Wolfie"

[Randall]

To go back to the pointless episode apart from Bristow, Taylor, jocky and Lowe most scored incredibly low.
Adams got one, the other post split champs, zero.

[Rogg]

I don't think the BDO was shown in Australia at that time, even when Tony David won it.

That's a bit unfortunate. So how well known is David in Australia? He has five UK fanboy extremists I won't go near.

Absolutely unknown apart from darts fanatics. If you asked 100 people who is the only Australian World Champion, I reckon 5 would say Whitlock and the rest would say no idea.

Excellent news. Funny to compare against the general kind of grand ideas that were being spouted in the UK around that time by all our favourite men of proper darts.

"Taylor is unknown outside big cities. Working people only know Wolfie"

Well the PDC is aimed at "the upper classes" according to the farmer... that must have been the Duke of Norfolk swinging a 5-pint jug of piss into the family enclosure.

[Randall]

When did Mitchell spout that particular load of shit?
When harry was there?

[Rogg]

When did Mitchell spout that particular load of shit?
When harry was there?

Mitchell during the piss palace cult zenith in January. A major entry in the Lakeside Howlers compendium.

"I also feel the PDC pitch to the middle to upper class whereas we are the grassroots guys pitching to Joe Bloggs up the pub, because he relates to us."

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[Randall]

What an absolute moron.
As an aside are we having a masters howlers thread?

[Chizzyfan]

My earliest memory was when I was 10. My father had the darts on the box. It was the 1992 world final. I had just got a new pet lamb for Christmas. He was called George Alfie. At that point I couldn't care less about darts but as years progressed I became more interested. It was only BDo at the time, no way of watching PDC untill the early 00s. Then darts became much more important when a strange creature appeared on the Lakeside stage. His name was Chizzy. I only became properly interested in PDC darts when he moved over.

[Randall]

What a year to start, 92 for me remains the best final ever.

[limegas]

Are you a recent convert or a follower for years?

My earlier darting memory was the Lakeside 1991 final at my Nan & Grandads house. I remember my Grandad say "Priestley like Bristow have a set" "its not fair on Eric" etc

[KingMervtheFirst]

"Taylor is unknown outside big cities. Working people only know Wolfie"

Well the PDC is aimed at "the upper classes" according to the farmer... that must have been the Duke of Norfolk swinging a 5-pint jug of piss into the family enclosure.

The suggestion that rural areas in the South East are strongholds of the working-classes is an interesting one. The suggestion that the likes of Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool etc are strongholds of the 'upper classes' is also an interesting one.

[Wolflanternbumbag]

Hankey is quite well know, he's got the whole count thing going on which people remember

[KingMervtheFirst]

Hankey is quite well know, he's got the whole count thing going on which people remember

And that moment at the GSOD.

[Randall]

Hankey is quite well know, he's got the whole count thing going on which people remember

And that moment at the GSOD.

The undoubted highlight of his "career"

[Randall]

Been seven pdc world champions since the split.
How many bdo have there been, I've lost count.

[viced92]

I just barely started watching darts 3 years ago, with the 2015 Worlds.

Right before finishing college, my boss on campus installed a dart board in our billiard hall (my roommates and I all worked there) and I suddenly took a liking to it. This was December 2014. Oddly enough, the Worlds started one day before I finished up. I randomly came across a thread for the tournament on a sports forum and, on a whim, decided to try watching it. Instantly fell in love with it, and I've been dart obsessed since. I just wish it was easier to watch live in the US.

[Randall]

Welcome aboard mate.
Few American lads on here.