Tag: Premier League Darts
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Mike is a poor champion – don’t be like Mike
Do you remember some years ago there was a style of advert being used, to pitch a variety of different product or service or cause, which was basically pencil drawn stick figures with short, sharp messaging. Now read on… An example would be something like ‘Bill disinfected the shopping trolley when leaving it back for…
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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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Palace eye catchers left out
It was very much a case of as you were when the field for the forthcoming Premier League in darts was confirmed on Monday evening. Master of all he surveys, Luke Littler will attempt to defend one of the 11 PDC Tour titles he won last season, while those trying to relieve him of at…
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Littler joins the big League
In the least surprising development since it was known the Pope was a Catholic, Luke Littler’s meteoric rise in the darting world continued apace this evening when it was announced the soon-to-be 17 year old was added to the field for the forthcoming Premier League. The Warrington lad has taken the sporting world be storm…
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Cool Hand crucial for Humphries but they both have world in their hands
Something had to give. Two lads of the same name. Both stars of their sport in their own way. Either of them would have been fitting and deserving winners of the Sid Wadell Trophy. One had had the sporting world in spin since the action got underway at the Alexandra Palace on December 15th. The…
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Green Machine or wounded lion he’s still the most dangerous
There are certain things in life about which yours truly would be very sporadic. Reading absolutely sitting atop any such ensemble. But there are other occupants. Some of which may well be familiar to regular callers in this space. Watching tennis during Wimbledon, Cricket if The Ashes are on at Christmas, snooker at Crucible time.…
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Ferret shows the fluctuating fortunes of rapidly changing picture
How in the name of who or whatever runs the world is it April already? It only seems like last week one was brimming with giddy optimism for Colm O’Rourke’s stewardship of the Meath team, the upturn in Manchester United’s fortunes under Erik ten Hag and the, as it was then, forthcoming Cheltenham Festival. Now…
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Green Machine going up through the gears
In sports where combatants compete on an individual basis, it logically follows that opponents will cross paths with each other fairly regularly. For example, Tennis and Snooker and Darts. The latter being the focus of attention hereafter. Between the ordinary ‘Floor’ tournaments and the bigger televised events, even Stephen Hawking would get hard to keep…
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He’ll make sure we keep talking about him
The prospect of Eamon Dunphy, John Giles and even, Lord help us, the most boring man alive, Liam Brady, in conversation is always worth a listen. Though it will never be quite the same without Bill in the chair. Now read on… Recently, the latest edition of Dunphy’s excellent podcast, The Stand was happened upon…
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Move over Spielberg, this Hollywood star writes his own script
The above heading could quite easily be in reference to Rory McIlroy. The world’s most talent-endowed golfer literally is from Hollywood. The Co Down incarnation that is, not the one with the famous paving slabs. It would be quite the document too, given all the highs and lows the soon-to-be 34 year old has gone…