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Remembering Andy Fordham, 15 July 2021
On this day in 2021, the world of darts lost one of its most popular champions, Andy 'The Viking' Fordham, the 2004 Lakeside World Champion.
World Matchplay 2026: Tournament Preview
The world's top 32 players head to the Winter Gardens for the prestigious World Matchplay, with Luke Littler defending his title.
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Aspinall Puts Family First Ahead of World Matchplay
Nathan Aspinall has revealed he will miss further ProTour events due to personal issues, as preparations for the World Matchplay in Blackpool intensify.
Players & Legends
John Lowe: Three World Titles in Three Different Decades
Three world titles across three decades, the first televised nine-darter, and a career that outlasted every rival of the golden era.
Tournament History
Nine-Darters: The Perfect Leg Lakeside Saw Only Once
What the perfect leg demands, why John Lowe's was worth £102,000, and why Paul Lim's 1990 nine-darter remains the only one Lakeside ever saw.
Players & Legends
Glen Durrant: Three in a Row and a Point Proved Twice
Three straight Lakeside world titles, then a Premier League win on PDC debut — Glen Durrant answered the only question anyone kept asking him.
Players & Legends
Andy Fordham: One World Title and the Comeback Nobody Forgot
Four lost semi-finals, then the greatest comeback Lakeside had seen: Andy Fordham's 2004 world title and the hard years either side of it.
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Darts on British TV: How the BBC Made It Big — And Lost It
The BBC didn't just broadcast darts in the 1980s — it made the sport what it was. Then it walked away. Here's what that cost darts, and who picked up the pieces.
The Lakeside Atmosphere: Why 1,170 Seats Felt Like 10,000
The Lakeside Country Club held 1,170 people for darts. It sounded like a football ground. Here's why the smallest venue in world sport produced the loudest crowds.
Darts in British Culture: From Pub Game to World Championship
Darts didn't become a major British sport by accident. It grew out of the pubs and working men's clubs of northern England and the Midlands, hit peak television in the early 1980s, and then fractured into two competing visions of what the game should be. This is how that happened.