and its a much bigger crowd at the big stage in ally pally.

Rees was my Granddad, Legend

I think "Mr Consistency" was one of the first players to reach the 301 Charity target on bullseye.

@padmavathipadmavathi1914 Meet your Grandad down in Stoke many years ago a true gentleman,and silky smooth throw loved watching him,and no one can ever take away the achievement of being the 1st World champ.

@@johngreenhorn8853 great dars player. Do you know why did he die relatively young?

@@gavalaff8322 hey dad😂 been watching great grandad today xxx

Easily pleased thats why Nowadays its Been there Seen that Had that BORED now!! Modern times are so ungrateful, selfish and greedy

I’ve never seen anything like this for a darts match. Fully agree with you Nathan. Bonkers 👍👍👍.

You're welcome Kelly. Bill is a legend in the game of darts. Thanks for the comment.

Bill Lennard is a legend always loved watching him on tv Kelly such a marvelous player

+Kevin Clark I met Tommy o Regan in chicago around 1989 a pure gentleman and great dart player . He fell in to bad health and returned to Ireland and i never heard of him again until i read your post . ( good darts ,good darts )

Glad you enjoyed it mate.

Rees was my Granddad , proud of him . Once a Legend always Legend

A lovely man.r I p.🙏🙏

@markalexander7652 I see what you’re trying to say, but “coming out” *really* isn’t the phrase to use, as that refers to something altogether different. The boom, the halcyon days, the explosion, when darts took off, something along those lines. The tournament pre-dates the World Championships (which started in 1978) by many years, starting in 1927. 280,000 players signed up to contest the 1938 contests. There were regional NOTW tournaments (as opposed to one national tournament, which only started after World War 2). ITV were the first to televise it, starting in 1972 until 1988 (except 1986 when it wasn’t held due to technician’s strike action). So as people only had 3 TV channels (until 1981 when Channel 4 was launched), then as a mixture of beer & sport was obviously going to appeal to millions (depending on what the BBC were showing at the same time). Sorry, I digressed there. The 90’s were the split in darts & the very gentle attempts to transmit a little more. It was the 70’s when darts had a massive growth in popularity. Ironically, another British passion (comedy) featured a ‘Not the 9 ‘o Clock News’ sketch where Smith & Jones starred in a parody darts match, mocking the heavy drinking, the chain smoking, and how generally overweight & unhealthy these so-called sportsmen were. The sketch was so popular that it struck a cord with people who were realising how unhealthy it was as a pastime, so viewers shrank, advertisers shrank, and the game essentially died off by the late 80’s (except the ‘Embassy’ World Championship). The players lobbied the BDO to clean up the image of the game, ban smoking & drinking alcohol on stage. Whilst that did happen, it was the Embassy tobacco/cigarette company sponsoring the only televised tournament. Players wanted to commit to darts & be able to make a living out of it, as their day jobs restricted the amount of practice they did & where they could travel to for tournaments. That’s when in the early 90’s, people like Eric Bristow, John Lowe et al suggested to the BDO that they hire a PR person, to help them get fans, sponsors & broadcasters to fall back in love with the game & create jobs for people. Olly Croft (the ignoramus) thought it was all nonsense & that the BDO “didn’t owe anybody a living.” That wasn’t the point, the fans, TV broadcasters, and advertisers/sponsors money would put the money in, not the BDO. But the stubborn fool dug his heels in, told them that if they left the BDO & formed their own organisation that they would be fought in court. Years of pathetic behaviour began, virtually bankrupting both sides, until the Tomlin Order was decided & agreed on in 1997. If the football Premier League suddenly had hardly any TV coverage, sponsorship dried up, players had other jobs & were only part time etc, if football was dying on its arse, you can guarantee that someone with the expertise in PR & media relations would immediately try to get a product that was playable, watchable, and which sponsors & broadcasters would be interested in. Olly Croft & his wife were responsible for the split in darts, which still exists today, even though they are both dead. If everything in darts was all under the same umbrella organisation, there would be no dispute about whose world championship was worth more/was harder/better to win. Kids could see the ladder from league to county, all the way up to the pinnacle (PDC). But instead, the WDF is now just a stepping stone/training pond where as soon as they start getting big, they can leap out & into the much bigger PDC pool.

Steve Copping gay

So basically you're telling us that they're all dead Thanks for that

Didn't know they used to throw from 8'. For some reason I thought it was 7'6". I remember Reece/s game went downhill when they changed it to 7'9 3/4 as he never did manage to switch to the new distance effectively. Thanks for sharing your memories

@@Wally-H 7f 9 & 1/4'

@@markperryman1797 yes thanks for the correction, sorry. My basic point holds true though

@@Wally-H I understand your point, just thought I would let you know....

Oche, not hockey

Well Coldplay's audiences all use wheelchairs.

@@Djarra more like beds !

They stopped playing there because the Ally Pally burnt down! There were BDO tournaments there as well years ago. Where they play now is a newer building.

@@stevebrown3559 I appreciate your words thank you.

..how about ffyfes bananas ..?

Aye , no lager louts in them days just mild and bitter .

How u know he wants to buy it, ? He won it twice

You're correct. The oche was at 8 feet instead of today's normal 7'9 1/4

I think its more like 2.75 inches - NOTW tournament I believe was 8 feet, whereas those as we see on TV I believe is 7 feet 9.25 inches

Sorry, I do not. I found this match on a Japanese site years ago.

@WorldwideDarts did youtube remove it im sure ive seen it on your channel before ? Cheers mate

@@harrymonk6 Yeah, I ran into some trouble a long time ago and had to remove 2 million views worth of videos.

@WorldwideDarts damn :( hopefully u can repost it one day 👍

@@WorldwideDarts how come u had to delete all of that?

Ya think? Quite a few I'd say LOL

A few thousand maybe...

I was there, we bought beer in packs of 24 cans to save going back...what a day that was...

This is the international tournament, not world tournament!

@@FanBoyStudio369 its the same thing lol the news of the world was also considered the world championship of darts back then

Dieser Kommentar zeigt, dass du kaum Ahnung von Darts hast. Sorry aber das ist wirklich so!

Du kannst den beiden Spielern im Video nicht mal das Bier halten.