Tag: PDC
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De Decker loses the plot following PL snub
Belgium’s Mike De Decker has launched a sensational and scathing attack on the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) following his omission from the field for the forthcoming Premier League, claiming Nathan Aspinall was “Only picked because of his walk-on song”… In a jaw dropping interview with Belgian news website Het Neiwusblad, De Decker fumed “My first…
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Cruelty of top level sport leaves lessons if you want to absorb them
Towards the end of Sean Boylan’s (first) glory-laden spell as Meath manager, his then charges played a Leinster SFC encounter in Croke Park on a scoring summers Saturday evening. Back when championship football was played when it should be in high summer. In said encounter they took on opponents who, although doughty, the Royal County…
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Green Machine drives on as Smith stumbles again
Sport can be fickle. Especially something like darts where competitors meet with the regularity some people go to the loo. Now read on… Stuart Pyke joked with Michael Van Gerwen on Wednesday night that if his current ‘slump’ in form continued he might need a wildcard to get into next season’s Premier League. Not likely!…
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Of jabs and arrows
At some point in the week leading up to the 1991 All Ireland SFC Final, it must have emerged that Colm O’Rourke was seriously doubtful. It’s highly umlikely anybody knew just how ill the legendary forward was. Now read on… On the Sunday evening after Down inflicted the pain that for some of us might…