I reckon that my preparations for a 12 day stint at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship has been spot on. It started 8 weeks ago when Eric Bristow and I recorded Bellies and Bullseyes for ESPN Classic, looking back at the great Embassy finals. It was inspiring to see the likes of Eric, Bobby George, Jocky Wilson and Phil Taylor do their thing. Читать далее...
Год назад два американских парня обнаружились в Дублине на Мировом Гран При и болтали со мной с типичным энтузиазмом Янки о самой бредовой схеме действий, которую я лично когда-либо слышал: съёмка Голливудского фильма о жизни и временах легендарного Литона Риса (Leighton Rees)! Читать далее...
As I write this, I have a Dickensian vision of Phil Taylor sitting in his Stoke mansion and sipping black tea – with an oatcake in his hand and a black cloud over his head.
His arch-rival Raymond Van Barneveld will take over from Taylor as World No.1 if he wins here in Ireland. It must grate with Phil that part of Barney’s flowing form has been the understacker dart that he copied from Taylor himself. Even so, Barney only averaged a best of 90 and was down to 87 in his demolition of Mervyn King. Читать далее...
I have been clocking up the miles big-time recently plugging my book BELLIES AND BULLSEYES - THE OUTRAGEOUS TRUE STORY OF DARTS. I have been swanning round in silver stretch limos everywhere from Portland Place, London, to Collingwood Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, where I went to grammar school. I have spieled, signed and sung the praises of the book till I’m purple in the face and black and blue in the tongue. But it has all been worth it… Читать далее...
Какая заметная неделя для нашего спорта! Голландские Разрушители Устоев приехали в Зимние Сады в усиленном составе и в полной боеготовности и…. были разгромлены… Читать далее...