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So a question I am posing out of interest.
Way back from Bristow, Lowe et al through the power to MVG and now littler and Luke H.
during their very best form who is the best or who would win if they played each other.
I’m going MVG or bristow.
 
Definitely Phil Taylor, averages don't lie, I think he still holds the record for winning the world's with the highest average which was 110, plus he played on the old boards with thicker wire so it was harder to hit trebles and doubles. He definitely wouldnt have been as dominant today because theres so many players that are capable, the competition has never been better.

The golden age, if you watch now, the standard really wasnt that great, Bristow won with an average of 89, you would struggle to get past the first round with that today
 
rikz said:
Definitely Phil Taylor, averages don't lie, I think he still holds the record for winning the world's with the highest average which was 110, plus he played on the old boards with thicker wire so it was harder to hit trebles and doubles. He definitely wouldnt have been as dominant today because theres so many players that are capable, the competition has never been better.

The golden age, if you watch now, the standard really wasnt that great, Bristow won with an average of 89, you would struggle to get past the first round with that today
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But back in the day you had the handicap of having drunk six pints
 
It was a different sport back in the 80s and 90s where personalities were what the spectators remembered as much as the ability of the players. I fondly recall "six feet two and eyes of blue" Tanned Adonis Steve Beaton, Wayne "Hawaii 501" Mardell, "The Silverback" (can't remember his name but he was from the North East and is dead now sadly), Martin Wolfie Adams, and before the legal issues Ted The Count Hankey. The commentary around their names had me engrossed for hours over a bag of salted peanuts and a bitter shandy. Great times.

Objectively speaking Phil Taylor's record speaks for itself. Him and Littler going head to head in their respective primes would be some spectacle.
 
I'm on Searle at 60/1...€3e/w...life changing...
But I think littler is a bit rattled, maybe arrogance.....
 
RubinsCube said:
It was a different sport back in the 80s and 90s where personalities were what the spectators remembered as much as the ability of the players. I fondly recall "six feet two and eyes of blue" Tanned Adonis Steve Beaton, Wayne "Hawaii 501" Mardell, "The Silverback" (can't remember his name but he was from the North East and is dead now sadly), Martin Wolfie Adams, and before the legal issues Ted The Count Hankey. The commentary around their names had me engrossed for hours over a bag of salted peanuts and a bitter shandy. Great times.

Objectively speaking Phil Taylor's record speaks for itself. Him and Littler going head to head in their respective primes would be some spectacle.
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Got to love a game in which Jocky Wilson could be a world champion.
 
It's Jocky at the oche. Commentators raced to be first to blurt out the phrase at every game he played.
The physique of a true athlete, with just a tad of perspiration, like a waterfall over his porcine features, darts clasped in his trotters.
 
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Trapsix said:
I'm on Searle at 60/1...€3e/w...life changing...
But I think littler is a bit rattled, maybe arrogance.....
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Mention of "rattled" reminds me of a classic Sid Waddell quote:

"This game of darts is twisting like a rattlesnake with a hernia!"

Good, but not in the same league as:

"It's like ballroom dancing, one two three, one two three, slow, slow, quick, quick, throw"
 
RubinsCube said:
Mention of "rattled" reminds me of a classic Sid Waddell quote:

"This game of darts is twisting like a rattlesnake with a hernia!"

Good, but not in the same league as:

"It's like ballroom dancing, one two three, one two three, slow, slow, quick, quick, throw"
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"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer … Bristow's only 27."
 
Teddy Eagle said:
"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer … Bristow's only 27."
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Brilliant I remember choking on some dry roasted peanuts in laughter when that happened. Good times.

"He looks about as happy as a penguin in a microwave."
 
He used to run a pub in Woolwich, ‘the queens ‘
Willo said:
He was certainly of formidable girth.
I believe he was a supporter of Millwall.
RIP
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in the 1980's I used to live a 10 minute walk from the old Darts World Championship venue of Lakeside. A venue purchased by Bob Potter, which unfortunately burned to the ground a few years after purchase, but was soon rebuilt thanks to a weighty insurance policy against buildings catching fire. 🙂
You could book large tables for sessions, and I remember the prices being very reasonable.
Then darts went all mainstream, and Bob Potter found himself out of his depth.
 
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