In-depth profiles, career retrospectives, and match analysis covering every major figure from the Lakeside era — from the Crafty Cockney to the Golden Girl.
Two BDO world titles, a 125/1 upset that shook Lakeside, and then he was gone. Phil Taylor's years in the BDO were brief, brilliant, and still difficult to assess without mixed feelings.
Ten BDO Women's World Championship titles. Seven of them consecutive. Trina Gulliver from Southam, Warwickshire, built a record at Lakeside that no player in the history of either the men's or women's game has come close to matching as a proportion of titles available.
Five BDO world titles, a decade of dominance, a crippling condition nobody quite understood, and a controversy that overshadowed everything. Eric Bristow remains the most complicated figure the sport has produced.
From Eric Bristow's five world titles to Trina Gulliver's ten, the BDO era produced players who defined the sport. These are the legends who built Lakeside’s reputation.