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MAN: There are sports
where everybody has participated
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at some stage in their life.
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Most people
have thrown a dart at a dartboard.
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We all know
that throwing one 60 is impossible.
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Throwing two is unlikely.
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And no one on earth can throw three.
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(CHEERING)
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MAN: Love the competitive element
of one v. one.
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Straight shootout, 501 down,
very logical, not a lot of rules.
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MAN: You don't have to be
a super athlete to play darts.
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But you've got to have your wits about
you, and you've got to have stamina.
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And you've got to have nerves of steel.
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COMMENTATOR: Double 16 for the match!
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- (CHEERING)
- And it is world title number 16!
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Up on that stage,
you've got nobody, you're on your dot.
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It's just you and the board
and your opponent,
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and you are shown in all your glory,
and it's a lovely thing to see.
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People say they go on stage
and play the board.
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They're not playing the board,
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they're playing the boy
in front of them.
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It's not the board that's hitting
140s and 180s against you.
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It's the boy
that you're playing against.
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Are you better than him?
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MAN: Trying to play your own game
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whilst having the pressure cranked up
by someone else.
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MAN: You can't avoid the mental battle,
because that is what sport does,
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and I love that challenge when I play.
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People holding their nerve
under pressure.
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It's just one on one, you know.
Is that man king of his field?
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COMMENTATOR: What a performance
from Michael van Gerwen!
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I don't love darts all the time. It's
only when I play well that I like darts.
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Anyone who understands sports,
who understands excitement...
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It's almost relentless.
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MAN: You can see the breaking down.
of a player on stage.
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or the making of a player.
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ls darts beautiful? Darts beautiful?
Beautiful and darts?
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Darts can be a beautiful game.
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There's nothing more beautiful
than watching two monsters
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play a beautiful game.
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MAN: Look in his eyes.
Give him a deep look, as well.
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(CAMERA CLICKS)
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(CAMERA CLICKS)
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GARY ANDERSON: Twenty years,
I've been trying to win this trophy.
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Or ten years I've been in the BDO,
trying to win the World Championship.
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Couldn't do it, so came across here.
So, 20 years.
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And I finally get my hands
on the World Championship trophy.
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That's everything.
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REFEREE: Gary, you require 25.
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COMMENTATOR: Double 12!
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- (CHEERING)
- REFEREE: Game, set and match!
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Gary Anderson!
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(CHEERING)
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MAN:
You're on there, Gaz, you're on there.
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Spa“ my name wrong.
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You've only put one R on it.
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GARY: The year! won it,
I'd had a great year.
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I was confident with my game.
I was happy with my game.
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I didn't care who I played, you know.
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I wanted to play Michael van Gerwen
in the semis.
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I wanted to play Phil in the final.
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And I got my dream,
and I nicked it at the end.
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This year, I don't know.
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Practice is not that well compared
to last year. Totally different.
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I'm playing OK, you know,
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but the last couple of tournaments
I've played in, not too good.
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MICHAEL VAN GERWEN: I would like
to win a minimum of five titles.
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World titles. I already won one.
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And I already won every major tournament
there is on the calendar.
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(CROWD SHOUTS)
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REFEREE: Game, set and match!
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The 2014
Ladbrokes World Darts Champion!
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Mighty Michael van Gerwen!
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MICHAEL: If you look to my tournament
averages, they are sky high.
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So I'm doing really well,
but I'm still hungry for more titles,
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and at the moment,
I'm not even in the middle of my career.
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I'm under a lot of pressure
to win this title back,
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but I don't really mind.
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I'm under pressure already.
For two and a half years.
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Never confident,
never a confident player.
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You know,
I'll turn up not knowing what to expect.
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Everyone says, "Which Gary's turning up?
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The one that's got his head on
or the one that's wondering a bit?"
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I'm a talent, isn't it?
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GARY: I'd never say I was the best
player in the world. I'm not like that.
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The next two weeks,
I'm gonna be hitting the dartboard hard.
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You're the five-to-four favorite.
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- Can I uh...
- Swap?
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(ALL LAUGH)
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Tomorrow morning, I go on holiday
for eight days, so just to make sure
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I'm prepared and fresh
for the World Championships.
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No darts at all, just relaxing a little
bit. Little bit of diving and fishing.
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We are absolute raw talent, isn't it?
Not only with darts, also for this.
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And they love everything we say,
isn't it?
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- We are good, isn't it?
- Yeah, yeah.
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(MEN LAUGH AND CHAT)
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Here, mate I'll put it down here.
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- (LAUGHS)
- Anyway.
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- That was a good game, wasn't it?
- (BOTH LAUGH)
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- I loved fishing and uh...
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BOBBY: More or less.
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One of my mates said, "I've got
a couple of tickets to go sea fishing."
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I'd never been sea fishing.
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Went out on the boat, up and down,
right? Up and down.
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- (LAUGHS)
- Spewing over the side.
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It was terrible and my mate
Malcolm Ellis, he said,
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"Let's go to the pub, have a game
of darts" I said, "I don't play darts."
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He's got a set of darts.
Just, you know, pass the time away.
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So I started playing with him. I scored
well. He said, "How do you do that?"
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I said,
"I don't know, I just throw 'em."
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He said,
"You've got to, like, take it up."
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I thought it was a fanny game,
to be honest with you.
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(ALL LAUGH)
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Anyway, I joined... He said,
"You've gotta join the Super League."
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You didn't join a normal league,
you went to the Super League?
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I won it, thought, "This is handy,"
and I never really looked back.
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Just... I had a gift.
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- KEITH: You had a lucky start, really.
- A lucky...
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Well, they was crap, the players,
that's what you're trying to say.
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(ALL LAUGH)
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BOBBY: Eric, how did you get into darts?
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Well, you know George, my dad,
he started me off.
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He tried me at pool,
he tried me at snooker.
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He bought me a dartboard when I was 11.
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And I didn't realize
he was a good player.
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And by the time I was about 12,
I was murdering him at 1001.
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And then at 14, my dad says to me one
Sunday afternoon, "Right, you're ready."
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I said, "Ready for what?"
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And he took me down the pub. The pubs
used to be packed then, didn't they?
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- Yeah, they did.
- Half 11, quarter to 12.
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Everybody would get in,
and I beat them all.
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So I played from, like, ten to 12,
till quarter past two,
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cos if you weren't home
by half past two,
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- your dinner was in the dog, wasn't it?
- Yeah.
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Where did the grip come from then?
I mean, that was the most unusual grip.
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I held my dart like that. So obviously,
that finger didn't come into it.
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The point was on that last...
It just stuck out.
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It looked good and all, didn't it?
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Load of bollocks, really, isn't it?
It looked good, didn't it?
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How old were you?
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I started very, very early,
at the age of five.
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My late father was a good dart player,
and we had a dartboard
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on the back of the larder door.
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Big circle of holes
around where the dartboard had gone.
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- (LAUGHS)
- ERIC: Five's too bloody early!
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Yeah, but
I gave it up for sex and football.
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Sex and football?
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(ALL LAUGH)
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MICHAEL: To play exhibitions,
it's good to get your form going.
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Cos it's like a nice practice.
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But the other side also,
to entertain on the stage, for myself,
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is always the biggest thing.
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GARY: Doing exhibitions, it's great.
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Especially when you come back
to your area where you played darts.
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This is what every dart player does.
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We all do it.
We're on the road constantly.
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You know, we've learnt the trade
in pubs and clubs,
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so it's nice to come back and mingle.
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People like us that come here,
we like to come there.
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What? Do you not think
I'm doing anything, like?
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- Bugger off then.
- He's filming.
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GARY: Get.
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MICHAEL: I think darts is the only
sport where you can get so close
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to a professional, to a big player.
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You can meet us, and you can have
a signature and a picture with us.
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GARY: We 're not superstars.
We're dart players.
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I'm on coffee, and he's sticking
that under my nose, eh?
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MAN: Gary Anderson.
He took up darts very late in life.
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And he took up darts because
he couldn't afford the 50 pence
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to play pool,
and he could play darts for free.
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GARY: The first nine darts,
I think it was 140, 180, 140.
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I found hitting 180s very easy.
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Lucky that I found the darts, actually.
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Gary has got such a natural throw
that it just looks so easy.
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Michael was always a good player
when he was a kid.
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You're filming a stupid kid here.
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The BDO events he was winning, like,
different opens,
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as a 16-, 17-year-old kid.
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Then he said,
"Well, I'm gonna go to the PDC."
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So he went over and, I don't know,
must have been five years,
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he didn't do anything at all.
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- Fuck.
- No swearing on the telly.
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And then he woke up.
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He's not good, he's mustard, that boy.
He is mustard.
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CROWD SINGS: # Oh, Michael van Gerwen #.
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# Oh, Gary, Gary it.
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# Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary Anderson #.
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I need to concentrate and make sure
I entertain all the people in there.
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They want to have a good night out,
the 180s and things like that.
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If you play well,
the more that you give us a chance.
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If you give 'em a chance
and you don't hit 180s,
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they moan at you cos you don't hit 180s.
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It's all banter.
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MICHAEL: Everyone? relaxed,
and that's the thing I like.
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For everyone,
tonight is a night to enjoy yourself.
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But still I try to win.
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- One hundred and eighty!
- (CHEERING)
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MAN: Alexandra Palace sits there
like the Buckingham Palace
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of local council buildings.
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Alexandra Palace
was built a few hundred years ago
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to stage various exhibitions.
It was the home of the BBC.
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'N REPORTER:
Built after the exhibition of 1862,
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as a center of entertainment
for the people of north London,
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the Alexandra Palace was endowed
in the opulent Victorian manner,
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with a Moorish house,
an Egyptian villa,
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a Swiss chalet and a Japanese village.
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BARRY HEARN: Its nickname
was always the people? palace.
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It has this wonderful site.
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It has a building
that resonates to big crowds.
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It has a mystique.
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And of course to a player, to appear at
the palace in the World Championships
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is something they never forget.
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GARY: I'm the only daft bugger
that's come in early to have a look.
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It's, uh... I wanted to see, cos the
stage used to be across there last year.
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So, I don't like change.
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So, I thought I'd come along
and have a wee keek at what's going on.
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The first time that you actually walk
up there... l remember my first time.
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Didn't know where to stand,
where to look, what to do.
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You know, it's an absolute massive stage
at Ally Pally.
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You know, when we see our double chins,
that's cos of these lights.
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Just bounce it off us.
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Yeah.
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What a difference with these on.
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I can't play with them.
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- MAN: What, much worse?
- GARY: No, better.
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We'll get that sorted next year.
Get that sorted next year.
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I've got a kinda thing with my eyes.
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You know, anything near my eyes
and it's, no.
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I think if you play all your life
without glasses,
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it's very, very hard, cos I touch my eye
with my dart when I throw.
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So with glasses, I'm hitting my glasses
before I should be in the right place.
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This is not looking too good, is it?
Done. Arrivederci.
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We'll hit the road.
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It does not feel like the Worlds.
Not yet, anyway, you know, so...
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I think tomorrow, when we get ready to
walk on, it'll... It'll come back, but...
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Yeah, it's gonna be good.
Gonna be some good darts this year.
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It's gonna be tough, eh?
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(CHEERING)
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REFEREE: And now, ladies and gentlemen,
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time to welcome
the reigning and defending
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champion of the world!
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Ally Pally, simple. It's
the biggest tournament in the world.
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This is what we all play for, you know.
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This is what every dart player
works for.
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- MAN 1: He looks edgy.
- MAN 2: He's a bag of nerves, mate.
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GARY: The walk out,
that's the worst bit in darts, for me.
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I'll be standing at the back
of the curtains.
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The amount of times
that I've actually had to run away
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and vomit in a bucket, you know,
cos I get that nervous...
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The blood's pumping,
the nerves are going.
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But it seems to be, once you get on that
stage, that's when you settle down.
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You know, when they say, "Game on."
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REFEREE: Game on!
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- (CHEERING)
- REFEREE: One hundred and eighty!
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MAN: From
a neuroscientific point of view,
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throwing a dart
is a very interesting thing,
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because motor control
is a very complex process,
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involving, essentially, the whole brain.
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When you approach a dartboard,
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the retinae
receive the input information,
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which means light, and they
translate it into action potential.
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So, the information from the retinae
is then sent, via connections,
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from the retinae to the occipital brain
areas, which are the back of your head.
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And this information
is also sent to the temporal areas
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and to the parietal areas,
which are further up.
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And this processing allows you
to extract the information
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of: what is it,
actually, you're looking at?
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It's the dartboard, it's the dart
in your hand and all your environment.
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It tells you
what you can do with these things
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and where they are in space.
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It's, of course, crucial information
for throwing a dart.
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The motor areas, the basal ganglia,
the cerebellum, the parietal areas...
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They have to produce the motor command
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to throw the dart on to the field
that you decided to hit.
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REFEREE: One hundred and eighty!
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We have a fine control
of all our hand muscles.
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That's of course also something
that's crucial in darts.
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Cos you hold the dart in your hand
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and release certain fingers
in a certain sequence.
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And all this means controlling several
hundred muscles at the same time,
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without thinking about it.
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And it happens
in just a few hundred milliseconds.
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When you're a beginner,
you probably use all these muscles,
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so what has been shown in professionals
is that they use fewer muscles,
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but in a more efficient way.
286
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They modulate their activity
much more dynamically.
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And this is the crucial point.
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You try to reduce the complexity
of the whole system.
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COMMENTATOR: Gary needs double four.
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- For the match! No problem that time!
- Gary Anderson!
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Pretty convincing three-nil victory
for Gary Anderson.
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Magnificent performance, one that
you'd expect from a world champion.
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(ALL TALK AND LAUGH)
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This is the press conference.
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(GARY SIGHS)
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All it was about was getting past
that first round tonight, you know.
297
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Just play at least half decent.
298
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Pressure's on, you know. If I'd
been beat, that would have killed me.
299
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MAN: That was a performance
that showed very few signs of nerves.
300
00:21:23,741 --> 00:21:28,121
I'm not gonna swear, but 20 minutes
before you could check my boxer shorts.
301
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You know, I've not got much time.
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00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:32,709
You've got either a microphone up my arse
or a camera in my face so, you know,
303
00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:35,006
I'm not getting much time
at the practice board, am I?
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(LAUGHS)
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CROWD SINGS: # Oh, Michael van Gerwen.
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# Oh, Michael van Gerwen #.
307
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# Oh, Michael van Gerwen #.
308
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MAN: I love Michael, because
I'm the worst darts player in the world.
309
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I always lose, and he always wins,
cos he's my opposite.
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He's my, uh... How do you name that?
311
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M'! Angstgegner.
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MAN: Hope Michael
wins the World Championship!
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He's the best in the world!
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(CHEERING)
315
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BARRY HEARN:
Michael van Gerwen, he has passion.
316
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So all the gestures,
the arm waving, the snarling,
317
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that is the real Michael van Gerwen.
318
00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:33,481
BOBBY GEORGE: He's the only player
that reminds me of me.
319
00:22:33,602 --> 00:22:37,152
You could be playing your best darts,
he still makes you look silly.
320
00:22:50,244 --> 00:22:53,623
MICHAEL: I've never been nervous
before I went on stage.
321
00:22:54,456 --> 00:22:57,710
We have a lot of confidence,
we don't get nervous.
322
00:22:57,835 --> 00:23:00,008
People,
why should they be scared of me?
323
00:23:00,129 --> 00:23:04,635
The darts I played in the last few
months, I think they're the best darts
324
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that's ever been played on television.
325
00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:08,604
You want to be the best in what you do.
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COMMENTATOR:
Twenty-one straight victories.
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Twenty ton-plus averages.
328
00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:25,326
And it hasn't taken him long
to hit his first maximum.
329
00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:28,999
We are in the middle of witnessing
330
00:23:29,116 --> 00:23:32,791
Michael van Ger-wen 'S
demolition job of Rene Eidams.
331
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:37,671
Michael van Gerwen takes the first set.
332
00:23:37,791 --> 00:23:40,670
Michael van Gerwen knows
that he's going to win this match.
333
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REFEREE: Two-zero. Second set.
334
00:23:43,797 --> 00:23:46,346
Michael van Gerwen wins the second set.
335
00:23:46,467 --> 00:23:50,517
Now a chance.
Not had a shot, a double, yet.
336
00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:51,972
Bullseye!
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00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:57,562
Oh!
That's the way to win a leg, my man!
338
00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:02,575
Michael looks absolutely shocked.
He looks bewildered!
339
00:24:02,691 --> 00:24:06,571
"How dare you take a leg off me?
Do you know who I am?"
340
00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,205
Go on, pal, well done.
341
00:24:09,323 --> 00:24:10,791
Oh ho ho!
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00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:13,920
If you're gonna win a set,
do it in style.
343
00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:16,330
(CHEERING)
344
00:24:17,206 --> 00:24:21,427
Michael van Gerwen here has got work
to do. A lot of work to do.
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00:24:23,337 --> 00:24:25,135
Double eight now.
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00:24:25,255 --> 00:24:29,476
He loves these.
He loves these flashy finishes.
347
00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:33,348
This to force a deciding set
against Michael van Gerwen.
348
00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:38,686
Amazing! We're going to a deciding set!
349
00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:45,026
- That's, we think...
- It's unfolding. It is unfolding.
350
00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:46,743
It's amazing!
351
00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:53,208
Changing. Double four now.
352
00:24:54,827 --> 00:24:57,501
That is absolutely incredible.
353
00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:04,425
The world number one Michael van Gerwen
is in all sorts of bother.
354
00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:08,014
REFEREE: Michael, you require 90.
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00:25:08,132 --> 00:25:13,935
COMMENTATOR: Can he finally,
finally get the job done?
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00:25:15,764 --> 00:25:19,064
- REFEREE: Game, set and match.
- That is a win for Michael van Gerwen.
357
00:25:23,772 --> 00:25:25,149
(CHEERING)
358
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:35,914
I had two lapses in very important
moments, and I gave him confidence.
359
00:25:36,035 --> 00:25:38,663
I never should do that,
and that's a mistake,
360
00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:41,210
but I'm really glad
I could make the mistake.
361
00:25:45,085 --> 00:25:48,430
(SPEAKS DUTCH)
362
00:25:48,589 --> 00:25:52,219
I never should be in that position,
I should have won that game three-nil.
363
00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:57,690
But it's my problem, and I need to make
sure it won't happen in the next game.
364
00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:59,649
MAN: Has it been a reality check,
Michael,
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00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:01,769
because you came in
on such a great year?
366
00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:04,647
You need to take a lesson
out of this, and I will do.
367
00:26:04,772 --> 00:26:08,777
You need to be mentally very strong,
and I think I am.
368
00:26:09,443 --> 00:26:13,414
Angry is not the right word, but
a little bit disappointed with myself.
369
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,451
I can do a lot better than this,
but what can you do?
370
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:21,877
It's just something you need to handle
and take a good lesson out of this.
371
00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:25,422
And make sure I'm playing well
in the next game. I wasn't angry.
372
00:26:25,542 --> 00:26:29,137
No worries. They only wanna hear
I'm angry, isn't it?
373
00:26:34,718 --> 00:26:37,016
REFEREE:
For the very first time in history,
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he is the 16-time
champion of the world!
375
00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:52,821
Phil "The Power" Taylor!
376
00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:54,697
(CHEERING)
377
00:26:58,534 --> 00:27:01,959
The biggest player of all time, for me,
is Phil Taylor. No question about that.
378
00:27:02,079 --> 00:27:05,879
The greatest dart player the world's
ever seen, even better than Bristow.
379
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:11,013
He won the World Championship 16 times.
He's won nearly 100 majors.
380
00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:13,132
No one's gonna catch his titles,
not even me.
381
00:27:14,716 --> 00:27:17,845
MAN: He's got all the skills.
He's well balanced.
382
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:21,065
He's got a beautiful throw.
He's a very, very good character.
383
00:27:21,181 --> 00:27:25,152
His temperament is excellent,
and he has the ability to up his game.
384
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:28,148
When he's rattled,
he normally responds.
385
00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:32,910
I think
this guy has mastered this game.
386
00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:36,451
BARRY HEARN: Phil Taylor
is a perfectly amicable man.
387
00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:39,621
But really,
he will kill you rather than lose.
388
00:27:40,576 --> 00:27:44,422
Everything was... It was
trying to put him off his normal game.
389
00:27:46,874 --> 00:27:49,297
Look at him, he's crying.
390
00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:53,139
Am I competitive in everything?
Yeah, everything I do, yeah. Yeah.
391
00:27:53,255 --> 00:27:54,723
COMMENTATOR: For destiny!
392
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,308
(CHEERING)
393
00:27:56,925 --> 00:27:59,144
Manley wouldn't shake his hand!
394
00:27:59,261 --> 00:28:01,355
PHIL: No idea what the other players
thought about me.
395
00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:03,473
I couldn't care less,
to be quite honest with you.
396
00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:07,069
Phil Taylor was a bully to everyone else,
cos he was that much bloody better!
397
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:09,109
COMMENTATOR: He's after it again.
398
00:28:09,229 --> 00:28:11,357
He was just brilliant.
399
00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:14,234
But there's never been anyone that's
dedicated themselves like he has.
400
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,531
(CHEERING)
401
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:18,038
REFEREE: One hundred and eighty!
402
00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:22,585
Competition just requires
an intense personal desire
403
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:25,420
to understand
that if I'm gonna do something,
404
00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:28,666
I'm gonna do it to my absolute max.
405
00:28:30,751 --> 00:28:34,096
COMMENTATOR: Brilliant!
It's the dream dozen
406
00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:39,265
for the greatest-ever player
in the history of this sport!
407
00:28:40,344 --> 00:28:44,269
There was 15 years when no one
could even get close to him.
408
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:48,610
Phil kept winning and kept winning,
and the interest grew and grew.
409
00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:55,197
COMMENTATOR: Unbelievable! Fifteen
to Taylor! Magnificent! Magnificent!
410
00:28:55,317 --> 00:28:58,867
There'll never be anyone as good as him.
We don't want anyone as good as him.
411
00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:03,034
Phil Taylor.
has broken more hearts than Casanova.
412
00:29:03,158 --> 00:29:07,959
GARY: I've got two titles that I've won
that I keep to my heart the closest.
413
00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:11,375
And it's my two trophies
that I've beat Phil Taylor in the final.
414
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:14,970
Why does he keep grinding on?
Why does he keep playing?
415
00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:19,842
COMMENTATOR: Sixty.
416
00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:21,719
PHIL: The biggest thing
is the fear of losing.
417
00:29:21,885 --> 00:29:25,230
I think that's what makes me love it,
is the fear of getting beaten.
418
00:29:28,850 --> 00:29:31,820
- (CHEERING)
- I've been doing it for 30 years now.
419
00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:35,567
So it gets difficult as you get older,
because you've done everything.
420
00:29:35,691 --> 00:29:37,489
You know,
there's nothing to prove anymore.
421
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,613
People keep reminding you of this.
"Phil, you've got nothing to prove."
422
00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:42,990
But you have, because you want
to prove it to yourself.
423
00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:46,372
COMMENTATOR: It's all over!
424
00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:53,126
He ends the dream of
a 17th world title for "The Power."
425
00:29:59,339 --> 00:30:04,812
What do you need to know about me?
I'm a kaaskop. That's a cheese head.
426
00:30:04,928 --> 00:30:08,558
It's difficult to speak about myself.
I don't mind talking about someone else.
427
00:30:08,682 --> 00:30:10,684
That's easier than...
428
00:30:10,851 --> 00:30:15,527
Say, because if you say anything good,
or too good or too bad,
429
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:18,696
they say "arrogant man,"
and that's why I don't like it.
430
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:25,825
Look there, look there, look there,
who's there on the wall?
431
00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:27,917
That's me! (LAUGHS)
432
00:30:37,961 --> 00:30:42,262
Darts, for me, means a lot. I got
a lot of confidence out of darts.
433
00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:46,933
How I started playing... It's
a while back, about 14 years ago.
434
00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:51,025
I started playing. I wasn't good at
football, so I started to play darts.
435
00:30:51,141 --> 00:30:54,361
Someone asked me if I'd come and play
on Saturday afternoon. I did.
436
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:58,524
When you're a kid
and not good at anything,
437
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:00,237
and then you find out
you're good in darts,
438
00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:03,954
you get more confident,
and that's how it is.
439
00:31:07,282 --> 00:31:10,126
And when you win
your first trophy as a kid,
440
00:31:10,243 --> 00:31:13,338
yeah, it's lovely.
There's no better motivation for a kid.
441
00:31:16,666 --> 00:31:19,340
If I hadn't picked up darts,
I probably would have been a tiler,
442
00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:22,715
just worked,
like five or six days a week.
443
00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:26,093
Just as loads of other people.
You know what I mean?
444
00:31:26,218 --> 00:31:29,392
But I found my talent,
and I'm really glad of that.
445
00:31:31,056 --> 00:31:34,435
I don't like working! (LAUGHS)
I don't want to work.
446
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,812
I worked for a couple of years,
447
00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:40,198
and I don't like waking up early
in the morning.
448
00:31:40,357 --> 00:31:45,158
Yeah, soon as I won the Grand Prix,
uh, three and a half years ago,
449
00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:47,030
I stopped.
450
00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:54,455
One hundred and eighty. Oh, bad.
451
00:31:56,832 --> 00:31:59,426
I like to practice here.
It's nice and relaxed, quiet.
452
00:32:01,461 --> 00:32:02,678
Rubbish.
453
00:32:04,047 --> 00:32:05,264
Rubbish.
454
00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:11,972
I don't really like to practice,
because I only like to play
455
00:32:12,097 --> 00:32:15,146
the big tournaments, because that's
where my passion is and things like that.
456
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:18,521
But you have to if you want to keep
your number one spot in the world.
457
00:32:18,645 --> 00:32:20,693
So I have three more.
458
00:32:21,648 --> 00:32:23,696
One hundred and eighty this time.
459
00:32:24,818 --> 00:32:27,571
No, 140 again. Yeah.
460
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:35,954
I've got a lot of big passion
for darts.
461
00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:42,132
When I play, I like to play
as many good games as possible.
462
00:32:42,252 --> 00:32:44,300
And the people love what I do
on the stage,
463
00:32:44,421 --> 00:32:46,344
with the fist pumping
and things like that.
464
00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:50,971
But it's just myself, it's not
that I do that to entertain them.
465
00:32:51,094 --> 00:32:52,641
It's just my own game.
466
00:32:53,597 --> 00:32:56,521
This is how I throw.
I just make sure my leg is straight.
467
00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:59,895
It's just one natural throw.
I always play the same.
468
00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:03,736
It's...
I don't, uh, hold in or anything.
469
00:33:03,857 --> 00:33:05,655
It's just... (WHISTLES)
470
00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:09,788
High-end combination, and I throw.
471
00:33:09,905 --> 00:33:14,456
I don't aim. I throw my darts
on instinct. I'm not an aimer.
472
00:33:15,535 --> 00:33:16,787
Somehow, they go in.
473
00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:30,889
People love to see natural talents
who give a little bit of aggression
474
00:33:31,051 --> 00:33:34,146
or natural, fantastic players.
475
00:33:35,305 --> 00:33:38,900
Who in the crowd likes to see
someone really boring? No one.
476
00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:44,611
I think, if you throw
a little bit harder and direct,
477
00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:49,328
it's the less time
the dart is in the air,
478
00:33:49,444 --> 00:33:53,699
the less time it has
to go the wrong way.
479
00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:55,955
My opinion.
480
00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:11,391
You probably say
I look forward too much,
481
00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:13,552
that I'm gonna win probably next week,
but
482
00:34:13,677 --> 00:34:19,184
that's the pressure everyone puts on me,
and I need to look game by game,
483
00:34:19,307 --> 00:34:21,480
don't make mistakes, step by step.
484
00:34:21,601 --> 00:34:23,353
Cos otherwise, you make mistakes,
485
00:34:23,478 --> 00:34:26,948
and you can't afford it in a strong
World Championship like this.
486
00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:34,785
MAN: For Michael, it's
very, very difficult to play Raymond,
487
00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:38,456
because Raymond was the first dart hero
in the Netherlands.
488
00:34:38,618 --> 00:34:40,586
And Michael always looked up to him.
489
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:43,624
Looking like,
there's big Barney, you know?
490
00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:46,877
Now it's big Michael,
and Raymond doesn't like that,
491
00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:51,514
because, well, sort of the Dutch power
has been taken over by Michael.
492
00:34:51,631 --> 00:34:55,352
And still Michael, in his heart,
finds it difficult to play Raymond.
493
00:34:55,468 --> 00:34:57,436
Because it's still Barney, you know?
494
00:34:57,554 --> 00:35:00,353
MICHAEL: I know who
Raymond van Bameveld was in the past,
495
00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:04,440
but I never looked up to someone.
496
00:35:04,561 --> 00:35:06,689
If you look up to someone,
497
00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:11,406
that means you're not gonna be
a world star, in my opinion.
498
00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:16,323
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD: He got
three darts, and I got three darts.
499
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:17,825
And he has to show it to me.
500
00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:23,831
And if he doesn't,
I will be there to, um, to finish him.
501
00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:25,832
MAN: Michael van Gerwen,
who's coming this time,
502
00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:28,551
won 18 tournaments this year.
503
00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:30,921
Red-hot favorite.
Barney's coming to the tournament.
504
00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:32,719
Not playing the best darts of his life.
505
00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:36,351
I saw in his first round that he was
struggling a bit against the German guy.
506
00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:38,095
Maybe this is the time to beat him.
507
00:35:38,261 --> 00:35:43,358
RAYMOND: He knows that if there is one
guy who can beat him, it would be me.
508
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,978
He's a very strong player.
He's got loads of experience.
509
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:48,693
But he also needs to do that tonight.
Can he do that tonight?
510
00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:51,532
Under pressure,
because he knows I'm the favorite.
511
00:35:51,691 --> 00:35:53,238
Can he handle that I'm the favorite?
512
00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:01,955
(CHEERING)
513
00:36:03,578 --> 00:36:08,584
COMMENTATOR 1: MVG piles in the first
maximum to put the pressure on Barney.
514
00:36:09,626 --> 00:36:12,345
COMMENTATOR 2:
An absolute darting machine.
515
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,723
COMMENTATOR 1: Michael van Gerwen
has taken the first set.
516
00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:18,851
Pressure on that stage is, you know,
it's immense.
517
00:36:18,968 --> 00:36:23,565
It's different from any other.
It really is, you know.
518
00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:25,150
COMMENTATOR 1: Barney on fire!
519
00:36:26,059 --> 00:36:28,562
I don't like the pressure,
no one likes the pressure.
520
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:30,815
But it gets to you.
521
00:36:30,939 --> 00:36:32,486
COMMENTATOR 1: Bullseye!
522
00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:33,858
Oh!
523
00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:36,486
GARY: Feels like your arm
doesn't belong to you.
524
00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:39,831
You've got about ten kilos of sand
on the end of it.
525
00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:46,296
COMMENTATOR 1: What a dart from Barney!
Roar from Barney!
526
00:36:46,413 --> 00:36:48,791
One set apiece.
527
00:36:48,957 --> 00:36:50,504
Double 16!
528
00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:57,008
And Raymond van Bameveld,
Van the Man, he's in front!
529
00:36:57,132 --> 00:37:00,261
He's two-one up,
to the delight of this packed house.
530
00:37:00,427 --> 00:37:04,398
The only person that makes you nervous
and you miss is yourself.
531
00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:08,272
COMMENTATOR 1: Two sets apiece.
532
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,441
Doesn't matter
if you're talented for this game.
533
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:12,656
You know,
I know a lot of talented players,
534
00:37:12,772 --> 00:37:14,774
but they never ever
could handle the pressure.
535
00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:17,118
COMMENTATOR 2: This would be incredible.
536
00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:20,030
COMMENTATOR 1:
Oh! It's absolutely wonderful.
537
00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:21,782
It's magnificent.
538
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:25,627
Barney three, MVG two!
539
00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:28,623
Three-two to Barney!
I could be right here!
540
00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:30,920
Michael says
he's not feeling the pressure,
541
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,633
but Barney's no mug whatsoever.
542
00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:35,545
The difference between
the top players, it's just the pressure.
543
00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:37,593
That's all it is.
Loads of people last year.
544
00:37:37,714 --> 00:37:39,808
Michael van Gerwen
probably won five or six tournaments,
545
00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:41,471
when he shouldn't have done.
546
00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:44,392
When he handled the pressure,
where people had shots to beat him,
547
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:46,852
and didn't take him out.
548
00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:50,853
REFEREE: Game and the sixth set,
Michael van Gerwen!
549
00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:54,523
You're meant to be nervous,
you're meant to be on edge.
550
00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:56,316
You're meant to have a bloke
on your shoulder
551
00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:57,988
telling you you're not good enough.
552
00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:00,453
And that's just
how your brain is wired.
553
00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:02,538
So, being able to understand
that that's normal
554
00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:04,407
and then what can I do to combat that?
555
00:38:05,158 --> 00:38:06,501
COMMENTATOR 1: Double nine!
556
00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:08,211
(CHEERING)
557
00:38:08,369 --> 00:38:11,339
Look at the roar from RVB!
558
00:38:11,539 --> 00:38:13,837
ALASTAIR COOK: The best thing
is not to think of anything at all.
559
00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:16,802
That's the best piece of advice.
Don't think of a thing.
560
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,140
Because the more you think, the more
you can think about it going wrong.
561
00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:23,268
What's up there,
that's the biggest muscle in your body.
562
00:38:23,384 --> 00:38:27,014
It's what's in your mind, it's how
you can control being under pressure.
563
00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:33,233
COMMENTATOR 2:
Double top for Michael van Gerwen.
564
00:38:34,562 --> 00:38:39,113
Now his fate is in the hands
of Raymond van Bameveld.
565
00:38:39,234 --> 00:38:43,034
If you need three darts
to win the match or to win a title,
566
00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:46,658
suddenly it'll become different.
567
00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:48,372
Because then, the pressure is immense.
568
00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:51,704
COMMENTATOR 2: Looking at the 60.
569
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:54,800
It's almost a feeling like two arms
from a big man behind you,
570
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,759
and they won't let you go.
571
00:39:06,135 --> 00:39:07,512
COMMENTATOR 1: Double 18.
572
00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:09,181
Michael van Gerwen,
573
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:13,318
the odds-on favorite
for the World Championship, is out!
574
00:39:14,602 --> 00:39:18,778
One of the best matches
you're ever, ever likely to witness.
575
00:39:18,898 --> 00:39:20,696
There's the man.
576
00:39:21,901 --> 00:39:23,824
RAYMOND:
To be the world number one like Michael,
577
00:39:23,945 --> 00:39:28,371
it's so much pressure on your shoulders,
every single tournament you play,
578
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:30,376
because everyone expected you to win.
579
00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:35,090
I want to win this one, and I want to
throw all the other ones in the bin
580
00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:39,256
for this one, and I didn't win this one,
so this sucks so much.
581
00:39:39,419 --> 00:39:41,046
WOMAN: What next for you?
582
00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:42,717
Uh... Not much.
583
00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:46,218
That's up there with one of
the best games I've ever witnessed.
584
00:39:48,094 --> 00:39:51,689
I showed the world that Raymond
van Bameveld is still not finished.
585
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,946
He went to Curacao in South America for
eight or ten days to have a good rest
586
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:02,863
and a nice holiday, but the rest
among us are practicing hard.
587
00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:04,736
And if you're number 16 in the world,
588
00:40:04,861 --> 00:40:08,115
you practice harder
than the world number one.
589
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,958
Because the world number one
is winning almost every competition.
590
00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:14,170
Of course there's drama,
MVG was out of the tournament!
591
00:40:14,287 --> 00:40:17,416
Drama for myself.
On the flight back home next day.
592
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:21,678
You walk on the street at home,
and everyone in the town tells you,
593
00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:23,671
"Ah, unlucky, mate. Unlucky."
594
00:40:24,547 --> 00:40:26,675
And often number six or 89,
you think,
595
00:40:29,636 --> 00:40:31,354
"Next time I'm not allowed to do that."
596
00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:51,241
GARY: I've got Lexi,
who's the mum of these two.
597
00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:54,620
The next oldest one's Sky.
She's five, six.
598
00:40:54,744 --> 00:40:58,544
Five.
And we've got the youngest one, Bo.
599
00:40:58,665 --> 00:41:03,842
This is my favorite.
This is my baby girl, you know, so.
600
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:07,762
Lexi's like Rachel's,
and I think Bo's my oldest son...
601
00:41:07,882 --> 00:41:09,930
He's the one
that's taught her everything.
602
00:41:10,051 --> 00:41:11,177
Every bad trick in the book.
603
00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:16,274
So not been well trained too much,
have you? No.
604
00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:20,441
I used to play darts.
I used to play county.
605
00:41:20,561 --> 00:41:23,986
And used to go to competitions,
and that's how I met Gary.
606
00:41:24,107 --> 00:41:26,530
So, yeah.
607
00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:32,249
We've always lived in pubs, so my mum
and step dad played, and my dad played.
608
00:41:32,365 --> 00:41:35,710
So it's kind of just, uh,
been brought up with it, really.
609
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:38,171
- GARY: In the blood.
- Yeah, yeah.
610
00:41:38,287 --> 00:41:41,336
I took a leg off the world champion
of darts.
611
00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:45,587
I did! Yeah, once! Was it a 13 darter?
612
00:41:45,712 --> 00:41:47,965
She used to be
a very good dart player, you know?
613
00:41:48,089 --> 00:41:51,184
- So... Yeah.
- No, she was very good.
614
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:52,969
Very good dart player.
615
00:41:54,053 --> 00:41:57,102
It was a very long time ago.
I wouldn't be able to do it now.
616
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:04,906
GARY: Darts, to me, is a hobby
that's turned out to be my job.
617
00:42:05,023 --> 00:42:08,402
It's been a great job.
You know, it's a hard job.
618
00:42:09,569 --> 00:42:12,243
I mean, the pressure's on,
the crowd's against you.
619
00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:16,163
Can you hit the doubles under pressure?
So, you do test yourself.
620
00:42:16,284 --> 00:42:19,254
You know, and you test yourself
against other players.
621
00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:22,753
- MAN: Hello, mate, how are you?
- Not too bad.
622
00:42:22,874 --> 00:42:25,844
More pain. Can't go without it.
623
00:42:28,588 --> 00:42:30,841
Darts is like anybody's job.
624
00:42:31,007 --> 00:42:34,181
There'll be days that you wake up
in the morning, don't want to do it.
625
00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:37,101
You know, can't be arsed.
Just want to have a day off.
626
00:42:37,263 --> 00:42:39,231
(NEEDLE BUZZES)
627
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,776
A few years back, I had a bad time.
I lost my brother, I lost my dad.
628
00:42:44,896 --> 00:42:48,116
Space of a few months in between.
Didn't want to play darts.
629
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:54,076
My brother was younger.
Stewart. What would he be now?
630
00:42:54,614 --> 00:42:56,742
He'd be 39, coming up 40.
631
00:42:56,866 --> 00:43:01,542
So, three or four years ago.
He'd have been in his early 30s.
632
00:43:03,081 --> 00:43:06,802
Dad had cancer of the esophagus, so...
633
00:43:06,918 --> 00:43:09,762
You know, watching a man, over a year,
just waste away to nothing
634
00:43:09,879 --> 00:43:12,098
wasn't very nice, so...
635
00:43:14,217 --> 00:43:18,017
So that was it.
I just didn't want to play darts.
636
00:43:18,137 --> 00:43:21,482
You know, I'm standing on the stage
doing something,
637
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:24,318
didn't want to be there,
didn't want to be playing darts.
638
00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:26,984
You know,
so I was just going through the motions.
639
00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,904
And you've got everyone in your earhole:
"Oh, you're missing doubles."
640
00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:32,118
"He'll not win this,
cos he can't hit doubles."
641
00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:34,278
I was always a heavy scorer.
642
00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:37,536
But I was making a mess of the darts
at double, you know.
643
00:43:37,740 --> 00:43:39,492
I was missing three darts at double.
644
00:43:39,659 --> 00:43:41,206
And people were picking up on it.
645
00:43:41,327 --> 00:43:44,126
Sky was picking up on it.
The commentators were picking up.
646
00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:45,881
I was turning up every week,
and they says,
647
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,759
"You're scoring well.
but you cannot hit a double."
648
00:43:48,876 --> 00:43:51,720
I was getting this drummed into me,
week in and week out.
649
00:43:51,838 --> 00:43:53,806
So you end up starting
to listen to them.
650
00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:57,139
I started actually worrying,
when I was playing darts,
651
00:43:57,301 --> 00:43:59,303
why I was getting beat by people.
652
00:43:59,428 --> 00:44:02,272
Not that I'm better than anyone else,
but I know how I can play.
653
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:03,812
Howl should be playing.
654
00:44:06,978 --> 00:44:10,152
Having Tai, it felt like the weight
had been lifted off my shoulders,
655
00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:13,739
just with having the two bad years
with my dad and my brother.
656
00:44:13,860 --> 00:44:17,160
The wee one came along,
kind of takes your mind off it.
657
00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:21,042
So it was back to, right,
I've got a wee one to look after now.
658
00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:24,914
I think
that's where everything just relaxed.
659
00:44:25,037 --> 00:44:28,792
I went back to playing darts,
and I was enjoying it.
660
00:44:29,584 --> 00:44:31,962
I've always said if I win, I win,
if I lose, I lose,
661
00:44:32,086 --> 00:44:34,430
and that's how it used to be years ago.
662
00:44:34,547 --> 00:44:38,552
So, my doubles were going in,
that to the critics,
663
00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:40,599
and I don't care anymore.
664
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:50,401
So to the final itself. Fifteen hundred
people packing the auditorium
665
00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:53,149
in anticipation
of the best darts of the week.
666
00:44:53,274 --> 00:44:54,947
And as we join
Sid Waddell's commentary,
667
00:44:55,067 --> 00:44:59,072
we're in the sixth set,
and George leads by three sets to two.
668
00:44:59,197 --> 00:45:01,165
(CHEERING AND CHANTING)
669
00:45:02,617 --> 00:45:04,290
REFEREE:
Game on, ladies and gentlemen!
670
00:45:04,410 --> 00:45:07,004
SID WADDELL: Well, I'd advise you
to sit on the edge of your seats,
671
00:45:07,121 --> 00:45:10,170
cos I'm sitting on the edge of mine
as the gladiators come out.
672
00:45:12,585 --> 00:45:15,464
And don't blink, don't even blink,
673
00:45:15,588 --> 00:45:20,344
because I think these two will go off
again new like guided missiles.
674
00:45:20,468 --> 00:45:22,562
REFEREE: Game on,
ladies and gentlemen, please.
675
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:25,189
Bobby George to throw first.
676
00:45:29,685 --> 00:45:32,780
- SID: Heb got the 60.
- He's behind I was with Eric.
677
00:45:32,897 --> 00:45:37,619
I think Eric had one 20 left,
and I had 81 left, so I went triple 15.
678
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:42,119
And I hit a 15.
So I thought, "I'll go with treble 16."
679
00:45:44,909 --> 00:45:47,458
I hit a treble 16 instead of 16 bull.
680
00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:50,127
Two nines. Eric got up.
681
00:45:50,248 --> 00:45:52,626
- (CHEERING)
- sun: Well, well.
682
00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:55,173
I don't remember this much tension.
683
00:45:56,712 --> 00:46:01,013
For the championship Shanghai on 20s.
684
00:46:01,133 --> 00:46:04,387
He's got the 60. Twenty. Double top!
685
00:46:04,512 --> 00:46:06,606
I know you don't like tops.
Used to play in pairs.
686
00:46:06,806 --> 00:46:09,229
So I thought, "He ain't getting tops,
he don't like tops."
687
00:46:11,477 --> 00:46:13,150
- (CROWD GROANS)
- REFEREE: Eighty!
688
00:46:13,271 --> 00:46:15,365
S“): A whisker out!
689
00:46:23,281 --> 00:46:27,161
Eighteen means double nine
for the set to level it up.
690
00:46:27,285 --> 00:46:29,287
Four-four.
691
00:46:29,412 --> 00:46:33,292
- So I get a double nine, a big nine.
- ERIC: I didn't expect a shot.
692
00:46:33,416 --> 00:46:34,884
In my head, standing behind you,
693
00:46:35,042 --> 00:46:37,716
I'm thinking, "That's all right,
it's gonna be five sets all.
694
00:46:37,878 --> 00:46:39,926
We'll go to the last set."
695
00:46:40,047 --> 00:46:41,799
REFEREE: Best of order, please.
696
00:46:41,924 --> 00:46:45,770
- I'm not thinking about winning it.
- No, I was just thinking,
697
00:46:45,886 --> 00:46:49,311
"All I've got to do is this, and then
I've got the darts the last set."
698
00:46:49,432 --> 00:46:52,026
I actually had the darts last set.
699
00:46:52,143 --> 00:46:54,020
REFEREE: Game on, ladies and gentlemen.
700
00:46:55,271 --> 00:46:59,026
BOBBY: I went up, and I hit a big nine.
I thought, "Oh. "
701
00:46:59,734 --> 00:47:02,658
And in the end I said,
"I'll hit the big 20."
702
00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:06,700
SID: Awkward one. One.
Nah. He doesn't score.
703
00:47:06,866 --> 00:47:08,288
That says it all.
704
00:47:08,409 --> 00:47:10,207
I thought, "You prat!"
705
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,590
SID:
So here we have championship points.
706
00:47:14,707 --> 00:47:17,802
All of a sudden, I'm thinking,
"Oh sugar, I've got a chance now."
707
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:21,214
It was like someone pushing me from
behind. You've got another shot here.
708
00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:24,343
And I think, "Don't blow this now."
709
00:47:25,051 --> 00:47:29,227
SID: The Crafty Cockney, Eric Bristow,
ranked at number one in the world...
710
00:47:29,347 --> 00:47:31,099
REFEREE: Let's have order, please,
ladies and gentlemen.
711
00:47:31,265 --> 00:47:34,644
SID: ...needs a single double
to become the world champion.
712
00:47:36,479 --> 00:47:37,947
Wants double ten!
713
00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:42,443
- Eric Bristow!
- (CHEERING)
714
00:47:42,568 --> 00:47:46,323
He says to me, "After I beat you,
I've got a poem for you."
715
00:47:46,447 --> 00:47:47,869
I said, "Is that right?"
716
00:47:48,032 --> 00:47:51,332
So after I beat him, I shook his hand
and said, "What's the fucking poem?"
717
00:47:51,452 --> 00:47:53,921
- He went, "Uh... Uh..."
- No poem.
718
00:47:54,038 --> 00:47:55,631
- Yeah, yeah.
- Then he kissed me.
719
00:47:55,748 --> 00:47:59,753
What did you kiss me for?
You ruined the whole show.
720
00:48:02,380 --> 00:48:03,802
I'm not really worried about Bobby,
721
00:48:03,964 --> 00:48:06,387
because I beat him in the semi-final
of the World Masters.
722
00:48:06,509 --> 00:48:08,853
(CROWD JEERS)
723
00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:12,098
Is that the supporters? (LAUGHS)
724
00:48:12,223 --> 00:48:16,023
He's um... He's going to be
the number two of the future.
725
00:48:16,185 --> 00:48:17,732
(LAUGHTER)
726
00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:20,648
You can't put a good man down.
Eric, congratulations.
727
00:48:20,773 --> 00:48:24,869
The 1980 final changed people at home
watching darts, didn't it?
728
00:48:24,985 --> 00:48:27,363
- ERIC: The crowd got involved.
- SID: Eric Bristow,
729
00:48:27,488 --> 00:48:33,120
from Stoke Newington,
becomes the 1980
730
00:48:33,244 --> 00:48:37,249
Embassy Professional
Champion of the World!
731
00:48:37,373 --> 00:48:40,502
1980, Bristow, Bobby George.
732
00:48:40,626 --> 00:48:46,724
Probably the final that cemented darts
in the public imagination, I think.
733
00:48:46,841 --> 00:48:50,061
Because it was on at teatime
after the football.
734
00:48:50,177 --> 00:48:53,522
Fixture list had been wiped out
because of the weather.
735
00:48:53,681 --> 00:48:57,606
And here you have, instead,
live darts.
736
00:48:58,394 --> 00:49:02,069
Eric Bristow, Bobby George, two
phenomenal characters. And my dad, Sid.
737
00:49:02,189 --> 00:49:05,864
SID: its like having a ringside seat
at the Coliseum.
738
00:49:06,026 --> 00:49:12,079
Sid could have worked with The Goons
or Black Adder, Monty Python...
739
00:49:12,199 --> 00:49:17,080
He had that kind of agile,
that kind of terrific mind.
740
00:49:17,204 --> 00:49:21,459
SID: If we had a few footballers in
England like Deller, we 'd be alright.
741
00:49:21,625 --> 00:49:25,550
My dad grew up in a working-class
pit village in the north-east.
742
00:49:25,671 --> 00:49:30,347
He was a bookish,
erudite, swotty character.
743
00:49:30,468 --> 00:49:35,099
A man of words, a man of thought,
and he always admired the wide boys.
744
00:49:35,222 --> 00:49:38,601
People in his local pub.
My dad was a creature of the pub.
745
00:49:38,726 --> 00:49:43,027
People in the pub who could walk
the walk, be swaggering about,
746
00:49:43,147 --> 00:49:46,242
talking about how they could beat
anybody and slay you on the darts board
747
00:49:46,358 --> 00:49:47,484
and then they could do it.
748
00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:51,872
My dad genuinely believed
these people were working-class heroes.
749
00:49:52,072 --> 00:49:55,497
That they were ordinary men who were
capable of doing extraordinary things.
750
00:49:55,618 --> 00:49:59,248
And he wanted everything he wrote
and everything he said down the mike
751
00:49:59,413 --> 00:50:01,507
to bolster that and to represent that.
752
00:50:01,665 --> 00:50:03,667
SID SHRIEKS: Double 12!
753
00:50:03,792 --> 00:50:10,676
Did anyone see it? Cos I'm gobsmacked!
I am gobsmacked!
754
00:50:12,218 --> 00:50:16,724
Sid Waddell's love of darts
was pure, undiluted infatuation.
755
00:50:16,847 --> 00:50:19,396
I think my dad
was probably the first person
756
00:50:19,517 --> 00:50:22,020
to take darts seriously as a sport.
757
00:50:22,144 --> 00:50:24,397
He definitely saw it
as a sport from the start.
758
00:50:24,522 --> 00:50:28,743
He produced The Indoor League
for Yorkshire Television in 1972.
759
00:50:28,859 --> 00:50:31,282
Sid didn't do any commentary
in those days.
760
00:50:31,403 --> 00:50:34,782
Sid was the producer, Sid was whispering
in my ears all kinds of...
761
00:50:34,907 --> 00:50:38,411
Sid was saying things.
The shove ha' penny, we said,
762
00:50:38,536 --> 00:50:42,382
"He's the Boris Spassky
of the sliding small change."
763
00:50:42,498 --> 00:50:43,966
And wonderful expressions like that.
764
00:50:44,166 --> 00:50:49,718
And Sid came to me and said,
"Do you think I could be a commentator?"
765
00:50:49,838 --> 00:50:53,559
So I said, "Yeah, why not?
You're full of old guff."
766
00:50:53,676 --> 00:50:56,850
Probably my dad's first famous line
767
00:50:56,971 --> 00:51:00,942
came when John Lowe
won the World Championships in 1979.
768
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:02,852
And he'd said as he won:
769
00:51:03,018 --> 00:51:05,862
S“): And there'll be a reception
in Clay Cross,
770
00:51:05,980 --> 00:51:08,904
as if the Ayatollah Khomeini
had walked into town.
771
00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:11,319
DAN WADDELL: And he prepared that line.
772
00:51:11,443 --> 00:51:13,741
He'd been pacing around
in the hotel room beforehand,
773
00:51:13,862 --> 00:51:16,741
and he'd said it,
and my stepmother said to him,
774
00:51:16,865 --> 00:51:19,288
"There's no way on earth
you're gonna say that, are you, Sid?"
775
00:51:19,410 --> 00:51:22,084
And that was the sort of tipping point
for him.
776
00:51:22,204 --> 00:51:25,708
He'd realized that you could get away
with those kind of lines and allusions.
777
00:51:25,874 --> 00:51:29,845
Sid Waddell, bless his heart, gave me
my nickname, The Limestone Cowboy.
778
00:51:29,962 --> 00:51:32,590
In '84, when I walked out
for the first time,
779
00:51:32,715 --> 00:51:34,763
out of the dressing room
with a cowboy shirt on, he said,
780
00:51:34,883 --> 00:51:39,184
"Good God Look at that.
The Limestone Cowboy."
781
00:51:39,305 --> 00:51:40,852
I said, "How did you work that one?"
782
00:51:40,973 --> 00:51:43,943
He said, 'Well, I know you like
John Wayne movies," which I did,
783
00:51:44,059 --> 00:51:48,189
"and you live on the limestone hills of
northern Wiltshire. Limestone Cowboy."
784
00:51:48,314 --> 00:51:50,567
I thought, "Thank you very much."
And it stuck.
785
00:51:50,691 --> 00:51:53,319
He also called me Clint Plywood.
786
00:51:53,444 --> 00:51:54,912
(LAUGHS)
787
00:51:55,070 --> 00:51:57,619
- I would have called you Clit Plywood.
- (LAUGHS)
788
00:51:57,781 --> 00:52:01,786
And he probably called me
one or two other things, as well.
789
00:52:01,910 --> 00:52:05,289
I liked Sid.
I mean, he was good for the game.
790
00:52:05,414 --> 00:52:07,416
People either loved him or hated him.
791
00:52:07,583 --> 00:52:10,211
Like the same as me, with darts,
you know what I mean?
792
00:52:10,336 --> 00:52:12,213
He used to come out
with some funny sayings,
793
00:52:12,338 --> 00:52:13,965
like, "A comeback like Lazarus,"
and all that.
794
00:52:14,089 --> 00:52:18,936
Sid was an expert
at this kind of wonderful detail.
795
00:52:19,094 --> 00:52:23,520
Sid could tell you if George Formby
was playing a ukulele or a banjo.
796
00:52:23,641 --> 00:52:25,518
He was a highly intelligent person.
797
00:52:25,643 --> 00:52:31,150
And that brought in different people
at good times for us.
798
00:52:31,273 --> 00:52:34,652
Ninety percent of the people watching
back home are not dart fanatics.
799
00:52:34,777 --> 00:52:39,533
And he was the guy
that got that percentage,
800
00:52:39,657 --> 00:52:42,001
a lot of that percentage,
interested in darts.
801
00:52:42,117 --> 00:52:46,839
A good commentator's job
is to make a boring game good.
802
00:52:46,955 --> 00:52:50,459
Cos when you've got two boring players
playing and they're not doing a lot,
803
00:52:50,584 --> 00:52:53,554
- he should keep it going.
- Yeah.
804
00:52:53,671 --> 00:52:56,766
That's why he did most of his big jobs
when you were playing.
805
00:52:56,882 --> 00:52:59,180
(ALL LAUGH)
806
00:52:59,301 --> 00:53:01,019
When I was playing you!
807
00:53:02,012 --> 00:53:06,062
Commentators now are two a penny,
and they're all paint by numbers,
808
00:53:06,225 --> 00:53:09,695
and they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
and they all look just the same.
809
00:53:09,812 --> 00:53:11,564
There are no Sid Waddells.
810
00:53:11,689 --> 00:53:15,444
DAN WADDELL: At my dad's funeral,
Barry said in his speech,
811
00:53:15,567 --> 00:53:18,320
he said he would name the trophy
after my dad.
812
00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:21,536
I got a call from PDC
to go see the trophy.
813
00:53:21,699 --> 00:53:23,918
Uh... It was being unveiled.
814
00:53:24,034 --> 00:53:26,162
And I went down and it was just...
815
00:53:26,286 --> 00:53:29,256
To see it there,
with my dad's name on it,
816
00:53:29,373 --> 00:53:31,375
I was surprised,
actually, how moved I was,
817
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:34,504
because that'll always be there,
the Sid Waddell trophy.
818
00:53:34,628 --> 00:53:36,926
Nobody's gonna nick it, it's too heavy!
819
00:53:37,047 --> 00:53:40,972
But it's there forever,
and it means he, you know,
820
00:53:41,093 --> 00:53:44,017
his name
will always be associated with darts.
821
00:53:59,987 --> 00:54:03,036
- How are you feeling ahead of this one?
- Really good. Um...
822
00:54:03,157 --> 00:54:05,706
Want to get on with it, want to play.
You know, I'm ready.
823
00:54:05,826 --> 00:54:09,171
JAMES: Probably started playing
in pubs and clubs at about ten or 11.
824
00:54:09,329 --> 00:54:13,175
Used to watch my nan playing down
the pub and my dad playing down the pub.
825
00:54:13,333 --> 00:54:15,836
And I thought,
"That looks quite fun I'll have a go."
826
00:54:17,755 --> 00:54:21,134
What do you make of Gary Anderson,
the challenge that you're facing?
827
00:54:21,300 --> 00:54:24,019
He's now the tournament favorite.
Do you think that's rightly so?
828
00:54:24,178 --> 00:54:26,727
I'm sure he should be
a tournament favorite at the moment.
829
00:54:26,847 --> 00:54:30,067
It was something I understood. I didn't
understand many things as a kid.
830
00:54:30,184 --> 00:54:33,063
You know, and it was one of
the few things that I found quite easy,
831
00:54:33,187 --> 00:54:36,566
and I've got my few issues and problems.
832
00:54:44,782 --> 00:54:48,082
I got diagnosed with bipolar and ADHD,
833
00:54:48,744 --> 00:54:52,669
and then, because I take
some medication,
834
00:54:52,790 --> 00:54:57,796
some of it's banned on the British
doping thing for drugs testing.
835
00:54:57,961 --> 00:55:00,009
I had to go
and see another psychiatrist.
836
00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:03,600
And I come out of there, and he said I'm
probably on the autism spectrum as well.
837
00:55:03,717 --> 00:55:08,814
So every time I go to different places,
I get a new, like, achievement plan.
838
00:55:08,931 --> 00:55:11,525
I get listed for something else.
So, I'm not quite sure what I've got.
839
00:55:11,642 --> 00:55:13,360
I just know I'm a little bit different.
840
00:55:13,477 --> 00:55:15,400
COMMENTATOR:
Wade has got such a consistent game,
841
00:55:15,521 --> 00:55:18,900
and certainly over the last year James
has thrown more 180s than he ever has.
842
00:55:19,024 --> 00:55:23,200
If he's got that in sync,
then he is going to be tough to beat.
843
00:55:23,362 --> 00:55:24,739
Wade's dangerous.
844
00:55:25,739 --> 00:55:27,366
REFEREE: Game on!
845
00:55:27,491 --> 00:55:30,119
COMMENTATOR: He's done little wrong
so far in this tournament.
846
00:55:31,161 --> 00:55:33,710
Looked a champ, played like a champ.
847
00:55:34,373 --> 00:55:36,250
Can he hold on to that title?
848
00:55:36,416 --> 00:55:39,511
Or will the three-times semi-finalist,
James Wade,
849
00:55:39,628 --> 00:55:42,973
playing in his seventh quarter-final,
850
00:55:44,258 --> 00:55:45,851
have the last say?
851
00:55:46,009 --> 00:55:49,855
One thing's for sure,
it's going to be quality.
852
00:55:50,931 --> 00:55:52,683
JAMES: I see all imperfections.
853
00:55:52,850 --> 00:55:55,478
I am a very obsessive character,
person.
854
00:55:55,602 --> 00:55:59,197
Darts is definitely not helpful
for someone with an obsessive nature.
855
00:55:59,314 --> 00:56:03,865
It's probably one of the worst things
in the world anyone could be involved in
856
00:56:03,986 --> 00:56:06,455
if they've got any kind
of mental issues.
857
00:56:06,572 --> 00:56:08,290
If I see a stage that isn't right,
858
00:56:08,490 --> 00:56:10,663
or a board
that's slightly out of position,
859
00:56:10,784 --> 00:56:14,755
or my arm just doesn't feel right,
or my darts, I don't think are right.
860
00:56:14,872 --> 00:56:16,590
That's all it takes,
is something like that.
861
00:56:16,707 --> 00:56:18,755
COMMENTATOR:
This is important for James Wade.
862
00:56:18,876 --> 00:56:20,344
Sixty.
863
00:56:20,460 --> 00:56:22,713
COMMENTATOR:
He's got to play better than this.
864
00:56:23,964 --> 00:56:26,638
Doesn't bode well
for James Wade right now.
865
00:56:27,843 --> 00:56:29,891
(CHEERING)
866
00:56:30,012 --> 00:56:33,061
Gary Anderson, it's his second 180.
867
00:56:33,181 --> 00:56:35,730
As well as playing the other player,
I'm playing my own issues.
868
00:56:37,269 --> 00:56:38,486
COMMENTATOR: Go on, Gary!
869
00:56:38,604 --> 00:56:40,698
Five perfect darts.
870
00:56:40,856 --> 00:56:43,780
- Makes it six! Here we go again!
- (CHEERING)
871
00:56:43,901 --> 00:56:45,778
It's on!
872
00:56:45,903 --> 00:56:48,247
And now if Gary takes this out,
873
00:56:48,363 --> 00:56:50,661
he'll have the darts
for another three-nil set.
874
00:56:53,327 --> 00:56:55,750
Three-zip, Anderson.
875
00:56:55,871 --> 00:56:58,590
ls there any way back
for James Wade from this?
876
00:56:58,707 --> 00:57:01,551
If you're not playing quite as well
as you should be,
877
00:57:01,710 --> 00:57:03,007
you're obsessed with that.
878
00:57:03,128 --> 00:57:04,220
COMMENTATOR: Tops he needs!
879
00:57:05,464 --> 00:57:07,216
It's just not happening for him, is it?
880
00:57:10,218 --> 00:57:12,641
I take things to heart very easily.
881
00:57:12,763 --> 00:57:15,642
I get very upset very easily.
I get very angry very easily.
882
00:57:19,144 --> 00:57:20,771
COMMENTATOR: Double ten this time.
883
00:57:20,896 --> 00:57:25,367
And Gary Anderson continues
the defense of his World Championship!
884
00:57:27,110 --> 00:57:32,708
Rubbish. There's no other word for that
game, you know. Absolutely rubbish.
885
00:57:32,824 --> 00:57:36,954
Um.
Almost an embarrassment to be up there.
886
00:57:37,162 --> 00:57:41,633
After the disappointment
of the World Championships, um...
887
00:57:41,750 --> 00:57:44,299
I'm still, to this day,
punishing myself.
888
00:57:44,503 --> 00:57:50,761
Um... Just to make sure
I remember what I did wrong. Um...
889
00:57:50,884 --> 00:57:56,106
Cos I lost to myself that day, and
that hurt. That hurt. I lost to myself.
890
00:57:56,223 --> 00:57:59,318
It was always going to be hard against
James cos you know what he's like.
891
00:57:59,434 --> 00:58:01,232
There were times I was giving him
short checkouts,
892
00:58:01,353 --> 00:58:03,526
and he wasn't taking them out
where he usually does.
893
00:58:03,647 --> 00:58:05,991
COMMENTATOR:
Gary Anderson will meet Jelle Klaasen
894
00:58:06,149 --> 00:58:10,325
in a mouthwatering
semi-final showdown!
895
00:58:10,529 --> 00:58:13,282
I played alright
for an old, fat, blind bloke!
896
00:58:13,407 --> 00:58:15,080
(BOTH LAUGH)
897
00:58:17,577 --> 00:58:19,705
Now, imagine winning a world title,
898
00:58:19,871 --> 00:58:22,966
only to be told that you and the rest
of the big names in your sport
899
00:58:23,083 --> 00:58:24,551
have been banned.
900
00:58:24,668 --> 00:58:26,170
Well, it's happened in darts.
901
00:58:26,294 --> 00:58:30,390
Sixteen of the world's top players have
just been told that they're now barred
902
00:58:30,549 --> 00:58:32,017
from all official tournaments.
903
00:58:33,010 --> 00:58:38,232
I think the split
that occurred in darts had to happen.
904
00:58:38,348 --> 00:58:42,649
Basically, we were in the middle
of a world recession,
905
00:58:42,811 --> 00:58:47,157
and we went from
having 13 televised events in one year
906
00:58:47,274 --> 00:58:50,198
to two in one year.
907
00:58:50,318 --> 00:58:52,195
And we weren't marketing the game
properly,
908
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:54,243
weren't selling ourselves properly.
909
00:58:54,364 --> 00:58:59,666
And if we hadn't taken the steps
we took to form the WDC and the PDC,
910
00:58:59,786 --> 00:59:02,255
I honestly don't believe we'd be
watching darts on television today.
911
00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:05,046
- Dead, it'd be dead.
- I think it would be.
912
00:59:05,167 --> 00:59:08,011
ROD: We don't think the blame
is all at the BDO.
913
00:59:08,128 --> 00:59:10,381
We're just saying
that the problem is darts on TV.
914
00:59:10,547 --> 00:59:13,801
This is the real problem.
There's no kidding ourselves.
915
00:59:13,925 --> 00:59:15,643
Without any TV, any sport's finished.
916
00:59:15,761 --> 00:59:18,514
The reason why Alan Yentob
binned the darts
917
00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:23,231
was, he didn't think it
was high enough profile
918
00:59:23,351 --> 00:59:26,230
or what the BBC wanted to do.
919
00:59:27,022 --> 00:59:29,946
Absolutely it was a class thing
that they took it off.
920
00:59:30,067 --> 00:59:33,947
They didn't want to be involved
with it. They thought it was crude.
921
00:59:34,071 --> 00:59:38,668
My dad always identified
with unions and with organized labor.
922
00:59:38,784 --> 00:59:41,207
And the workers rather than bosses.
923
00:59:41,328 --> 00:59:46,084
And in this case, the BDO were the
bosses, the players were the workers.
924
00:59:46,958 --> 00:59:48,631
He had a lot of respect
for Olly Croft
925
00:59:48,752 --> 00:59:50,049
and for what he'd done for darts,
926
00:59:50,170 --> 00:59:55,427
but he felt the need for control
was too great.
927
00:59:55,592 --> 00:59:58,766
One man shouldn't be allowed
to have that much control,
928
00:59:58,929 --> 01:00:01,057
and he should listen to these players.
929
01:00:01,181 --> 01:00:04,560
We had a meeting in London,
and it went from there.
930
01:00:04,684 --> 01:00:06,982
We started off as the Darts Council.
931
01:00:07,104 --> 01:00:10,108
We invited Olly Croft to join us,
932
01:00:10,232 --> 01:00:14,328
cos we were just going to be
an advisory body to start with.
933
01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:16,196
He listened to us,
934
01:00:16,321 --> 01:00:21,999
and I got a two-line letter the next day
telling us where to go.
935
01:00:22,119 --> 01:00:25,623
They were the governing body, and
the players would do as they're told.
936
01:00:25,747 --> 01:00:29,877
He then called a major meeting
in London
937
01:00:30,001 --> 01:00:32,470
with all of the BDO delegates there.
938
01:00:32,587 --> 01:00:36,137
We went along, and we were banned,
same day.
939
01:00:36,258 --> 01:00:40,980
And that's why in the end,
the players and the backers at the time,
940
01:00:41,096 --> 01:00:43,394
which were the manufacturers, managers
and a few other people,
941
01:00:43,515 --> 01:00:44,983
said, "Right, we've had enough."
942
01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:47,353
ERIC: If he'd never done that,
the BDO might have won.
943
01:00:47,477 --> 01:00:51,527
Once he stopped every Super League
player or normal dart player,
944
01:00:51,690 --> 01:00:53,943
playing us in exhibitions,
945
01:00:54,067 --> 01:00:57,412
threatening them that he'd ban 'em
from Super League and county,
946
01:00:57,529 --> 01:00:59,247
that left the door open for us
at the court.
947
01:00:59,406 --> 01:01:04,162
We all went to the BBC and it was
a Mr Martin, I believe, at the time,
948
01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:07,331
who was in charge of the BBC.
949
01:01:07,455 --> 01:01:10,504
And he said,
"A plague on all your houses
950
01:01:10,667 --> 01:01:14,171
if you don't come to some agreement,
and we'll pull it all,"
951
01:01:14,296 --> 01:01:19,848
and then seven days later they told us
that they were going ahead without us.
952
01:01:19,968 --> 01:01:22,767
And that our players
wouldn't be invited.
953
01:01:22,888 --> 01:01:25,186
DAN WADDELL: People who were,
you know, two years before,
954
01:01:25,307 --> 01:01:28,561
drinking and singing together
are now at each other's throats.
955
01:01:28,727 --> 01:01:33,483
There was a real simmering discontent
that became malevolent
956
01:01:33,607 --> 01:01:36,201
and then spread to the surface
and infected the whole sport.
957
01:01:38,612 --> 01:01:42,082
ERIC: I'm not being funny, Olly and
Lorna were like my second mum and dad.
958
01:01:42,199 --> 01:01:46,375
I had to go against them. But, I mean,
it was for the good of darts.
959
01:01:46,494 --> 01:01:48,963
Darts was more important to me
than anybody else.
960
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:51,378
Out of the 14 original,
I was the last one to sign on,
961
01:01:51,541 --> 01:01:55,011
only cos I got threatened
by the BDO directors
962
01:01:55,128 --> 01:01:58,098
that if I didn't,
if I signed for the WDC as it was then,
963
01:01:58,215 --> 01:02:00,092
I'd never throw another dart
in the world.
964
01:02:00,217 --> 01:02:03,016
In them days, they didn't threaten me,
so I just signed there and then.
965
01:02:04,179 --> 01:02:08,104
I went to every single meeting
as the players' representative.
966
01:02:08,225 --> 01:02:10,227
Through the court case, everything.
967
01:02:10,352 --> 01:02:13,947
The BDO solicitors said, "Do you
realize, if you lose this court case,
968
01:02:14,064 --> 01:02:17,193
we're gonna come for every penny
of damages to you.
969
01:02:17,317 --> 01:02:22,448
And then you have got to get all
the money that we're gonna sue you for
970
01:02:22,572 --> 01:02:24,074
off of everybody else.
971
01:02:24,199 --> 01:02:27,248
Do you think them dart players
are gonna back you up then?"
972
01:02:27,369 --> 01:02:29,121
He threatened me across the table.
973
01:02:29,246 --> 01:02:32,625
So I threatened to punch his face in,
and I walked out the door.
974
01:02:32,791 --> 01:02:36,045
I said, "I'll see you in court."
It was pretty harrowing.
975
01:02:36,169 --> 01:02:38,092
We had tea and toast every morning,
didn't we?
976
01:02:38,213 --> 01:02:40,215
Yeah. Yeah.
977
01:02:40,340 --> 01:02:44,095
And they were upstairs, we were
downstairs in our barrister's chambers,
978
01:02:44,219 --> 01:02:45,641
and they'd admitted guilt.
979
01:02:45,845 --> 01:02:49,270
And they came down.
They said they want a hands-off case.
980
01:02:49,391 --> 01:02:53,271
Which meant that whatever it cost us,
we weren't gonna get a penny back.
981
01:02:53,395 --> 01:02:55,489
And I said,
"We actually haven't won this
982
01:02:55,605 --> 01:02:57,357
unless we walk away with some money."
983
01:02:57,482 --> 01:03:00,736
And all the barrister and that said,
"No, you do this, you do that."
984
01:03:00,860 --> 01:03:02,157
I said to Eric,
985
01:03:02,279 --> 01:03:05,579
"I don't know about you, mate, but we
need to walk away with some money."
986
01:03:05,699 --> 01:03:07,997
And we made them go upstairs
and get some money, didn't we?
987
01:03:08,118 --> 01:03:09,165
Yeah.
988
01:03:11,413 --> 01:03:14,963
ROD: Sticking together, which,
when you look at them 12 people,
989
01:03:15,083 --> 01:03:18,257
how we stuck together,
I'll never know.
990
01:03:24,759 --> 01:03:27,182
COMMENTATOR: What do you reckon?
Best World Championship ever?
991
01:03:27,304 --> 01:03:28,851
We seem to say it every year.
992
01:03:28,972 --> 01:03:31,066
ERIC: Yeah, by far,
there's been that many close games.
993
01:03:31,182 --> 01:03:32,855
The only thing missing
is a nine darter,
994
01:03:33,018 --> 01:03:34,645
and we've had four shots at that.
995
01:03:35,145 --> 01:03:38,445
COMMENTATOR 1: This is one of those
tournaments that... That old phrase,
996
01:03:38,565 --> 01:03:40,317
"Any outcome is possible."
997
01:03:42,193 --> 01:03:44,116
Incredible.
998
01:03:44,237 --> 01:03:46,456
REFEREE: One hundred and eighty!
999
01:03:51,328 --> 01:03:53,046
(CHEERING)
1000
01:03:53,163 --> 01:03:55,666
REFEREE: One hundred and eighty!
1001
01:03:55,790 --> 01:03:59,545
COMMENTATOR '2: His first visit in this
leg was 180, followed by another one.
1002
01:04:00,670 --> 01:04:01,887
Treble 19.
1003
01:04:02,005 --> 01:04:04,224
We're getting another. Double 12.
1004
01:04:04,341 --> 01:04:06,093
Yes, Gary Anderson!
1005
01:04:06,217 --> 01:04:10,267
A nine-dart leg
in the World Championship!
1006
01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:17,150
COMMENTATOR 1: It's not easy to do.
His rhythm never changed.
1007
01:04:17,270 --> 01:04:20,740
The first 180, the second,
then the 60, 57, 24.
1008
01:04:21,358 --> 01:04:24,032
It is looking just so good.
1009
01:04:24,152 --> 01:04:28,032
When you play like that,
you know, you don't hear the crowds.
1010
01:04:28,156 --> 01:04:30,784
You know, all you see is the dart
board. The trebles, the doubles.
1011
01:04:30,950 --> 01:04:32,122
Everything's fun.
1012
01:04:32,243 --> 01:04:34,462
For me, the zone
or whatever you wanna call it
1013
01:04:34,579 --> 01:04:36,377
is just when everything is working well.
1014
01:04:36,498 --> 01:04:39,251
It just happens.
It feels like it's a walk in the park.
1015
01:04:39,376 --> 01:04:41,128
The little guy on your shoulder
is really quiet,
1016
01:04:41,252 --> 01:04:43,254
and you are in total control
of what you're trying to do.
1017
01:04:43,380 --> 01:04:46,759
COMMENTATOR '2: He's by far a better
player than he's ever been. Two-nil up!
1018
01:04:46,925 --> 01:04:50,179
It's a very strange feeling,
and you throw your first nine darts
1019
01:04:50,303 --> 01:04:53,398
or your first 12 darts,
and you think, "I could win this."
1020
01:04:53,515 --> 01:04:56,485
JAMES: Everything feels right. Your mind
feels right. Your body feels right.
1021
01:04:56,601 --> 01:04:59,525
You don't hear any of the crowd,
you just get on there.
1022
01:04:59,646 --> 01:05:02,274
You know things are going in
before you even throw them.
1023
01:05:02,399 --> 01:05:06,074
You can walk up to a 140 finish, a 144
finish, and you know you're gonna do it.
1024
01:05:07,153 --> 01:05:09,076
COMMENTATOR 2: It's three-nil!
1025
01:05:09,781 --> 01:05:13,581
I think the zone comes with enjoyment.
If you're not enjoying what you do,
1026
01:05:13,701 --> 01:05:16,250
then it's very easy to get distracted,
1027
01:05:16,371 --> 01:05:19,966
and you kind of think, well,
start thinking about other stuff.
1028
01:05:20,125 --> 01:05:22,719
But once you start to perform,
and you get into the rhythm of it,
1029
01:05:22,836 --> 01:05:24,429
you pick up momentum.
1030
01:05:25,296 --> 01:05:27,799
It comes on your best games,
when you're doing your nine darters,
1031
01:05:27,966 --> 01:05:30,310
and when you're doing it, your mind
is not thinking
1032
01:05:30,427 --> 01:05:32,145
about anything,
bar what's in front of you.
1033
01:05:32,262 --> 01:05:35,391
And it's when you're playing well,
you just shut off.
1034
01:05:35,515 --> 01:05:39,440
It's like as if you're in a little wind
tunnel, nothing else exists.
1035
01:05:39,602 --> 01:05:41,855
It's ever so weird.
It comes now and again.
1036
01:05:42,063 --> 01:05:44,157
JAMES: It's, like, surreal.
1037
01:05:44,274 --> 01:05:47,323
It's probably
like standing back a little bit, maybe.
1038
01:05:47,444 --> 01:05:48,787
It's just weird.
1039
01:05:48,945 --> 01:05:51,949
The unnecessary brain areas,
like prefrontal areas,
1040
01:05:52,073 --> 01:05:54,417
for cognition and so on,
essentially they shut down,
1041
01:05:54,534 --> 01:05:56,878
which means your motor areas
can independently,
1042
01:05:57,036 --> 01:05:59,334
without any interference, do their job.
1043
01:05:59,456 --> 01:06:01,424
And this is when you are in the flow.
1044
01:06:01,541 --> 01:06:04,135
You don't hear anything else,
you don't see anything else.
1045
01:06:04,252 --> 01:06:07,005
You're just completely focused
on that one particular task.
1046
01:06:07,130 --> 01:06:09,474
PHIL: During that little bubble,
what we call little bubble time,
1047
01:06:09,632 --> 01:06:13,102
it's the best feeling in the world,
because you don't feel anything.
1048
01:06:13,261 --> 01:06:15,184
It's kind of like
a snowball rolling down.
1049
01:06:15,346 --> 01:06:18,099
It gets bigger and stronger,
and towards the end it's like, wow!
1050
01:06:18,224 --> 01:06:19,350
Get out the way of this!
1051
01:06:19,476 --> 01:06:23,231
COMMENTATOR 2: We've witnessed one
of the greatest semi-final exhibitions
1052
01:06:23,354 --> 01:06:24,697
of darts ever!
1053
01:06:24,814 --> 01:06:26,782
COMMENTATOR 1:
Six-nil victory, a demolition job.
1054
01:06:36,993 --> 01:06:40,873
BARRY HEARN: I walked
into the Circus Tavern in about 1997.
1055
01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:44,464
Small venue. Low roof. Low ceiling.
1056
01:06:44,584 --> 01:06:48,088
Probably more chewing gum than carpet
on the floor.
1057
01:06:48,213 --> 01:06:51,934
And I watched six or seven hundred
people enjoying the darts.
1058
01:06:52,091 --> 01:06:56,938
Having a pint, having a bet,
having a pizza. Smiles on their faces.
1059
01:06:57,138 --> 01:06:59,391
- REFEREE: One hundred and forty!
- (CHEERING)
1060
01:06:59,516 --> 01:07:04,397
This was the day I saw the light, and
I remember turning round to Dick Alex,
1061
01:07:04,521 --> 01:07:06,615
who was then
the tournament director, and said,
1062
01:07:06,731 --> 01:07:09,655
"I can just smell the money."
1063
01:07:09,776 --> 01:07:12,950
That's right.
And he's very good at that.
1064
01:07:13,112 --> 01:07:14,659
(ALL LAUGH)
1065
01:07:14,822 --> 01:07:18,247
And all of a sudden, this annoying man
called Barry Hearn come along.
1066
01:07:18,368 --> 01:07:22,498
And he said, "This is gonna happen."
And you think, "Another bullshitter."
1067
01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:27,385
And he delivers everything
he says he's gonna deliver, every time.
1068
01:07:27,502 --> 01:07:30,802
And if it's not as good as he said,
it's better.
1069
01:07:30,922 --> 01:07:34,142
BARRY: When you start exploiting
a sport properly,
1070
01:07:34,259 --> 01:07:36,933
your first concern is for the players.
1071
01:07:37,554 --> 01:07:39,431
One is they must have the opportunity
1072
01:07:39,556 --> 01:07:42,025
and two, they must have enough money
in their pocket
1073
01:07:42,183 --> 01:07:46,563
to justify giving us what we want,
which is world-class sport.
1074
01:07:46,688 --> 01:07:50,693
So it can't be a part-time job.
It's gotta be a full-time job.
1075
01:07:52,652 --> 01:07:56,828
When I promote sports,
I really do it in a very selfish way.
1076
01:07:56,948 --> 01:08:01,875
I actually promote events that
I personally would like to be at.
1077
01:08:02,579 --> 01:08:04,297
(CHEERING)
1078
01:08:04,414 --> 01:08:05,916
The atmosphere.
1079
01:08:06,958 --> 01:08:10,462
Everyone's on the same level.
Everyone's drinking.
1080
01:08:10,587 --> 01:08:12,715
Everyone is supporting different people,
1081
01:08:12,839 --> 01:08:14,682
but everyone's
got different ways of playing.
1082
01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:17,177
Don't know what I'm talking about,
but I love the darts.
1083
01:08:18,928 --> 01:08:22,603
This is one of the few sports
that is not visible to the naked eye.
1084
01:08:22,765 --> 01:08:26,110
So you're actually going to the darts
and spending most of your time
1085
01:08:26,227 --> 01:08:30,073
either chatting with your friends
or watching the big screen.
1086
01:08:31,190 --> 01:08:34,490
And yet, you can still create moments
of drama.
1087
01:08:37,196 --> 01:08:38,823
COMMENTATOR: Lewis for the set!
1088
01:08:40,158 --> 01:08:41,455
Two tops!
1089
01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:46,376
It's Lewis two, and Barneveld nil.
1090
01:08:47,415 --> 01:08:49,634
Lewis here,
throwing for a three-set lead.
1091
01:08:50,376 --> 01:08:53,175
REFEREE: Game's on, third set.
1092
01:08:54,631 --> 01:08:56,633
COMMENTATOR: This could really hurt.
1093
01:08:56,799 --> 01:09:02,477
Adrian Lewis is four sets to nil up
against Raymond van Barneveld.
1094
01:09:04,599 --> 01:09:08,229
And he's throwing here
to make it five sets to nil.
1095
01:09:10,355 --> 01:09:11,777
For the set!
1096
01:09:12,857 --> 01:09:15,576
(CHEERING)
1097
01:09:18,613 --> 01:09:21,787
To get another set on the board!
1098
01:09:21,949 --> 01:09:24,668
A 134 from Raymond van Bameveld!
1099
01:09:24,786 --> 01:09:27,665
This would be the greatest comeback.
1100
01:09:28,915 --> 01:09:30,041
Incredible.
1101
01:09:31,042 --> 01:09:33,170
He's got another setback.
1102
01:09:37,048 --> 01:09:42,100
JOHN PART: Treble 13. Four, so 17s.
Bull. It's a bull to win this.
1103
01:09:45,390 --> 01:09:47,063
COMMENTATOR: Sixteen for the bull.
1104
01:09:47,767 --> 01:09:49,565
That leaves double nine!
1105
01:09:49,686 --> 01:09:54,408
To take his place
in the World Championship final!
1106
01:09:54,857 --> 01:09:58,782
What a fighter he is, what a fighter.
Jesus Christ.
1107
01:09:58,903 --> 01:10:01,031
One-nil up, two-nil up,
three-nil, four-nil, five-nil.
1108
01:10:01,197 --> 01:10:04,701
I thought, "He ain't gonna come back
from this now. This is game over now."
1109
01:10:04,826 --> 01:10:06,203
No other player in the world
1110
01:10:06,327 --> 01:10:10,332
would even sniff at that chance,
except for Raymond.
1111
01:10:10,456 --> 01:10:14,586
Always talk to players
all the time about media.
1112
01:10:14,711 --> 01:10:18,466
I don't like RTL. Boo! Boo! (LAUGHS)
1113
01:10:18,589 --> 01:10:20,717
About presence, about persona.
1114
01:10:20,883 --> 01:10:22,430
You need everyone different.
1115
01:10:22,552 --> 01:10:26,022
You need someone to have a bit more
personality, who can talk good.
1116
01:10:26,139 --> 01:10:30,235
Dress up, play good.
You did all the mouthy bit with it.
1117
01:10:32,311 --> 01:10:34,530
Now, of course you need to be good,
1118
01:10:34,647 --> 01:10:37,366
cos if you're not good,
we won't be seeing you on television,
1119
01:10:37,483 --> 01:10:39,611
so your character
really doesn't matter.
1120
01:10:39,736 --> 01:10:43,411
But if you are good enough to be
on television, that's your moment.
1121
01:10:45,283 --> 01:10:47,752
DAN WADDELL:
It's boy scout jamboree with beer.
1122
01:10:47,869 --> 01:10:53,046
It used to be 40-year-old blokes
to 60-year-olds in cardigans,
1123
01:10:53,166 --> 01:10:54,839
with a comb over.
1124
01:10:54,959 --> 01:10:57,963
Twenty John Player Special,
they were your darts crowd.
1125
01:10:58,087 --> 01:11:02,968
Now, it's blokes with their wives,
girlfriends, mums, dads,
1126
01:11:03,134 --> 01:11:05,102
thousands of them singing.
1127
01:11:05,303 --> 01:11:07,146
Now, darts is an event.
1128
01:11:09,432 --> 01:11:14,154
I just think we need to take darts back
for the middle classes, to be honest.
1129
01:11:14,312 --> 01:11:16,189
We need some tweed!
1130
01:11:18,649 --> 01:11:21,243
A lot of today's society
is about the bad things
1131
01:11:21,360 --> 01:11:22,987
that are happening in the world.
1132
01:11:23,112 --> 01:11:26,332
And I think this is all about
celebrating the good times we can have.
1133
01:11:26,449 --> 01:11:31,751
Darts is the perfect place to actually
promote that and produce that.
1134
01:11:31,871 --> 01:11:34,920
It brings people together.
There's no malice.
1135
01:11:35,041 --> 01:11:39,797
There's no rivalry. There's a sense
of tribalism, but as one.
1136
01:11:39,921 --> 01:11:42,800
The great darts world peace argument.
Yeah!
1137
01:11:44,884 --> 01:11:47,683
In many ways,
in modern professional darts,
1138
01:11:47,804 --> 01:11:51,900
the crowd are almost as much of the show
as the players themselves.
1139
01:11:52,016 --> 01:11:56,146
We're in a reality television society,
so they want to be on the TV.
1140
01:11:56,354 --> 01:12:00,154
So, when they perform and they dress up,
it gives them a chance
1141
01:12:00,316 --> 01:12:03,195
to actually perform
and be on the television.
1142
01:12:03,361 --> 01:12:05,079
To get that ten seconds of fame.
1143
01:12:05,196 --> 01:12:09,622
It's this wonderful mixture
of excellence on the oche,
1144
01:12:09,742 --> 01:12:12,712
atmosphere from the crowd,
participation of the crowd,
1145
01:12:12,829 --> 01:12:14,797
recognition by the player.
1146
01:12:14,914 --> 01:12:18,544
It's all wrapped into one,
as a complete package.
1147
01:12:18,668 --> 01:12:23,720
Been one of the most spectacular,
unlikely success stories
1148
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:25,842
of the past 50 years.
1149
01:12:33,516 --> 01:12:35,939
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC:
"Ride of the Valkyries."
1150
01:13:03,838 --> 01:13:05,511
I can see you hiding in the comer.
1151
01:13:07,300 --> 01:13:09,177
I might be blind,
but I'm not that blind.
1152
01:13:21,522 --> 01:13:24,742
Come on, then, lads, what's keeping you?
1153
01:13:24,901 --> 01:13:28,155
Don't you trip on that top stair
and break your wrists.
1154
01:13:28,279 --> 01:13:29,906
(ALL LAUGH)
1155
01:13:30,031 --> 01:13:32,875
They're a bit slippery. I told them
to put the grease on this side.
1156
01:13:32,992 --> 01:13:35,996
You came up the other side, didn't you?
(LAUGHS)
1157
01:13:38,164 --> 01:13:40,087
- How are you, Gary, lad?
- Not bad.
1158
01:13:42,126 --> 01:13:43,878
I've been here since 12 o'clock.
I'm bored.
1159
01:13:44,003 --> 01:13:47,098
(LAUGHS) That means
you needed the practice, pal.
1160
01:13:47,214 --> 01:13:48,340
Not me, sir.
1161
01:13:54,347 --> 01:13:56,520
I should know where I'm going by now,
but I still get lost.
1162
01:13:56,641 --> 01:13:58,939
Gary, we all know you as a cool player.
1163
01:13:59,060 --> 01:14:02,234
But how nerve-racking is it
to play the finals tonight?
1164
01:14:02,355 --> 01:14:05,029
Not at all.
I'm not gonna put myself under pressure.
1165
01:14:05,149 --> 01:14:07,823
I think I've done really well
getting to the final,
1166
01:14:07,944 --> 01:14:10,072
after lifting the title last year,
1167
01:14:10,196 --> 01:14:14,042
so to me it's a pat on my back.
So now, just enjoy it.
1168
01:14:14,158 --> 01:14:18,538
You know, I'm quite happy with what I do
with my life, you know I'm happy.
1169
01:14:18,663 --> 01:14:22,088
I more or less play darts now
for the kids. I've got my three boys.
1170
01:14:22,249 --> 01:14:26,425
And what I can put away for them
for the future, that's what I play for.
1171
01:14:26,587 --> 01:14:28,089
So an extra 150 would be nice.
1172
01:14:28,214 --> 01:14:30,683
How do I tell
when Aidy's under pressure?
1173
01:14:30,800 --> 01:14:31,972
I'll be in the lead.
1174
01:14:32,969 --> 01:14:34,516
(LAUGHS)
1175
01:14:39,976 --> 01:14:41,353
(LAUGHS)
1176
01:14:43,604 --> 01:14:45,777
It's good publicity, though,
isn't it, you know?
1177
01:14:45,898 --> 01:14:47,946
(BOTH LAUGH)
1178
01:14:52,071 --> 01:14:53,948
ADRIAN: Oh, you've gotta look at this.
1179
01:14:54,865 --> 01:14:56,412
What is this?
1180
01:14:59,328 --> 01:15:01,296
Who set that up?
1181
01:15:02,415 --> 01:15:06,386
- This is horrible.
- Don't put it on! (LAUGHS)
1182
01:15:08,129 --> 01:15:10,131
(GARY LAUGHS)
1183
01:15:15,678 --> 01:15:18,978
Got it round the wrong way anyway,
cos I'd have to be the giver.
1184
01:15:19,098 --> 01:15:20,771
(BOTH LAUGH)
1185
01:15:45,291 --> 01:15:49,341
BARRY HEARN: Adrian, in another life,
would be working as, I don't know,
1186
01:15:49,462 --> 01:15:53,057
a garage mechanic
or forklift truck driver.
1187
01:15:53,215 --> 01:15:55,593
Nuclear scientist, perhaps not.
1188
01:15:55,718 --> 01:16:00,940
Such a lovable character.
Such a nice guy.
1189
01:16:01,057 --> 01:16:04,937
He had a talent, and he's taken
advantage of that natural talent.
1190
01:16:05,061 --> 01:16:10,363
There's nothing about Adrian Lewis on
the oche or off the oche that is false.
1191
01:16:10,483 --> 01:16:15,705
He's a beautifully ordinary young man
with extraordinary ability.
1192
01:16:16,947 --> 01:16:18,745
(CHEERING)
1193
01:16:47,978 --> 01:16:50,697
BARRY HEARN: People buy tickets
to watch competitive sport.
1194
01:16:50,815 --> 01:16:53,739
Not two mates having a day out.
1195
01:16:53,859 --> 01:16:55,281
Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis
1196
01:16:55,402 --> 01:16:58,201
is a great example
of a couple of blokes that are friends.
1197
01:16:58,322 --> 01:17:02,953
But there's a line, and once they
come, they're professional sportsmen.
1198
01:17:03,077 --> 01:17:06,331
Once they cross that line
to a competitive arena,
1199
01:17:06,455 --> 01:17:07,957
they will kill each other.
1200
01:17:08,666 --> 01:17:10,760
And quite rightly, too.
1201
01:17:10,876 --> 01:17:12,924
COMMENTATOR:
Between now and the last dart,
1202
01:17:13,045 --> 01:17:15,423
there is gonna be some serious drama.
1203
01:17:15,548 --> 01:17:18,267
I just want to see
an absolutely cracking final.
1204
01:17:25,057 --> 01:17:29,779
COMMENTATOR: It was 17 days ago when
72 players arrived at Alexandra Palace,
1205
01:17:29,937 --> 01:17:31,689
chasing their darting dream.
1206
01:17:31,814 --> 01:17:34,158
- Now just two remain.
- REFEREE: One hundred and forty!
1207
01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:36,694
JOHN PART: It's pretty rare
that we have two players
1208
01:17:36,819 --> 01:17:39,447
be so dominant right through the draw
and then meet each other.
1209
01:17:40,573 --> 01:17:42,371
COMMMENTOR:
Adrian Lewis has won the first leg
1210
01:17:42,533 --> 01:17:45,002
of every single match he's played
in this tournament.
1211
01:17:46,078 --> 01:17:47,330
And that streak continues.
1212
01:17:49,790 --> 01:17:51,667
JOHN PART: Try and level early on.
1213
01:17:52,585 --> 01:17:55,179
Unconvincing would be a kind word.
1214
01:17:55,296 --> 01:17:58,470
(ECHO) Kind word. Kind word.
1215
01:17:58,591 --> 01:18:01,595
COMMENTATOR:
And Adrian Lewis has coasted through
1216
01:18:01,719 --> 01:18:05,019
the first set unexpectedly easily
1217
01:18:05,139 --> 01:18:07,187
against the world champion.
1218
01:18:07,349 --> 01:18:10,853
This only the second time
Gary Anderson has trailed in sets.
1219
01:18:10,978 --> 01:18:12,195
Double 12.
1220
01:18:13,063 --> 01:18:15,942
His favorite double, the one that won
him the World Championship.
1221
01:18:16,066 --> 01:18:21,038
But Adrian Lewis is right behind you,
Gary.
1222
01:18:21,155 --> 01:18:24,159
Anderson, though, is looking at tops
to finish off the leg.
1223
01:18:26,202 --> 01:18:28,751
He finishes it off in some style!
1224
01:18:28,871 --> 01:18:30,669
REFEREE: Gary Anderson!
1225
01:18:37,087 --> 01:18:40,216
COMMENTATOR:
Treble 19 would leave double top.
1226
01:18:42,468 --> 01:18:45,597
He was further away with his second
dart than he was with his first.
1227
01:18:45,763 --> 01:18:49,233
JOHN PART: Gary Anderson
made a complete mess of the 76.
1228
01:18:50,226 --> 01:18:52,228
COMMENTATOR:
One or two slips from Lewis.
1229
01:18:52,353 --> 01:18:54,230
Top-notch tungsten from Anderson.
1230
01:18:55,105 --> 01:18:59,360
- Now Lewis looking to fight back.
- REFEREE: One hundred and eighty!
1231
01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:03,448
Oh, now, that's made life awkward.
1232
01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:08,123
Fifteen left, seven, double four
or three, double six. Three it is.
1233
01:19:08,244 --> 01:19:10,417
I'm probably
the worst counter up there.
1234
01:19:10,537 --> 01:19:14,383
You know, it's weird, we've got
our set routines for checkouts.
1235
01:19:14,500 --> 01:19:17,925
And if you hit something
that you're not supposed to hit,
1236
01:19:18,045 --> 01:19:19,513
that's when it works that way.
1237
01:19:19,630 --> 01:19:20,677
COMMENTATOR: Double six.
1238
01:19:22,216 --> 01:19:23,968
He's miscounted here.
1239
01:19:24,093 --> 01:19:27,063
Look, you're a dart player,
you've got to be able to count.
1240
01:19:32,226 --> 01:19:35,070
Hi, welcome to our humble abode.
1241
01:19:35,187 --> 01:19:37,281
On the left there is Kirk Bevins.
1242
01:19:37,398 --> 01:19:41,073
Former Countdown champion
and champion of champions,
1243
01:19:41,193 --> 01:19:43,662
so he really is the Kirkulator,
we call him.
1244
01:19:43,821 --> 01:19:46,449
He knows all the numbers inside out
and everything up and down.
1245
01:19:46,615 --> 01:19:49,289
I'm the newest referee.
I've been doing it for three years.
1246
01:19:49,451 --> 01:19:51,294
I got into darts
when I was really young.
1247
01:19:51,412 --> 01:19:53,915
Me and my dad and my brothers
used to watch it on TV.
1248
01:19:54,039 --> 01:19:56,041
And I've always loved numbers.
1249
01:19:56,166 --> 01:19:59,921
(SING-SONG VOICE)
One hundred and eighty!
1250
01:20:00,087 --> 01:20:02,181
At its heart, the mathematics
1251
01:20:02,298 --> 01:20:05,643
that's involved in darts
is basically arithmetic.
1252
01:20:05,759 --> 01:20:09,104
You've got adding up, multiplying,
doubling, tripling.
1253
01:20:09,221 --> 01:20:13,943
But actually, there's a little bit more
to it than just arithmetic.
1254
01:20:14,059 --> 01:20:18,439
Because dart players are looking
for interesting combinations.
1255
01:20:18,564 --> 01:20:22,285
And good ways to actually get down
to that last double.
1256
01:20:22,401 --> 01:20:24,449
The numbers is pattern recognition.
1257
01:20:24,570 --> 01:20:28,200
So you get a lot of people
that'll go 20, 19, treble 18.
1258
01:20:28,324 --> 01:20:30,952
You know that's 93.
You don't have to add that up.
1259
01:20:31,076 --> 01:20:34,751
And then the key is remembering
that set of three darts.
1260
01:20:34,913 --> 01:20:38,133
If they go in a different order,
so they went 20, treble 18, 19,
1261
01:20:38,250 --> 01:20:40,127
it's still 93,
just thrown in a different order,
1262
01:20:40,252 --> 01:20:41,720
so you need to recognize that.
1263
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:45,675
I think that we, as humans,
are programmed to look for patterns.
1264
01:20:45,841 --> 01:20:47,468
That's how we survived in the jungle.
1265
01:20:47,593 --> 01:20:52,690
Somehow the chaos of the jungle... If we
can spot something with a pattern in it,
1266
01:20:52,848 --> 01:20:57,775
maybe it's got some symmetry
or maybe the ability to count,
1267
01:20:57,936 --> 01:21:01,941
and see that, you know, our tribe
has got fewer members than that tribe,
1268
01:21:02,066 --> 01:21:04,444
so we need to fly rather than fight.
1269
01:21:04,568 --> 01:21:09,495
So ,I think our brain is programmed
to get a kind of rush of adrenaline
1270
01:21:09,615 --> 01:21:11,663
when we see a kind of pattern.
1271
01:21:11,784 --> 01:21:15,163
It gets a bit harder if they're going at
treble 14, say, and hit a treble nine.
1272
01:21:15,287 --> 01:21:18,211
You've actually got to add up 27
to whatever was hit.
1273
01:21:18,374 --> 01:21:20,342
Sometimes the player will say,
"What's left?"
1274
01:21:20,459 --> 01:21:22,211
So you've got to quickly tell them
what's left.
1275
01:21:22,336 --> 01:21:25,055
And then they'll go bang, treble 18,
and you've got to add that back up.
1276
01:21:25,172 --> 01:21:27,595
So, there's a lot going on
for a referee.
1277
01:21:27,758 --> 01:21:30,181
People aren't born
with mathematical brains.
1278
01:21:30,302 --> 01:21:32,680
You need to train
to become a mathematician.
1279
01:21:32,805 --> 01:21:35,649
Just as you need to train
to be a good dart player.
1280
01:21:35,766 --> 01:21:38,189
And I think that's underestimated.
1281
01:21:38,310 --> 01:21:41,940
A lot of people just say, "I'm bad
at maths, and I can never get better."
1282
01:21:42,064 --> 01:21:46,410
No, it's a muscle,
and if you exercise it, it gets better.
1283
01:21:46,568 --> 01:21:48,946
It makes it easier
if you get to learn the player.
1284
01:21:49,071 --> 01:21:52,291
Because, for instance, Jelle Klaasen,
if he's on 78,
1285
01:21:52,408 --> 01:21:54,285
he'll go bull for double 14.
1286
01:21:54,410 --> 01:21:59,416
So, if he's got one dart left in his
hand, I'm already adding on 25 or 50.
1287
01:21:59,540 --> 01:22:02,293
Assuming he's going to go for bull
and miss and hit a 25.
1288
01:22:02,418 --> 01:22:05,092
If I wasn't prepared for that,
and I was looking at, say, treble 18,
1289
01:22:05,254 --> 01:22:08,428
which is the usual route for 78,
and he goes bang, 25,
1290
01:22:08,549 --> 01:22:11,723
I can't add that up to 96 or whatever
he's hit with the other two darts.
1291
01:22:11,844 --> 01:22:16,395
So you try and buy some time by
predicting where they're going to go.
1292
01:22:16,515 --> 01:22:20,691
Anybody who spends enough time in
this world playing around with numbers
1293
01:22:20,853 --> 01:22:23,447
can actually achieve great things.
1294
01:22:23,564 --> 01:22:25,566
And I think very often for dart players,
1295
01:22:25,691 --> 01:22:29,821
it's perhaps the lack
of nurturing that talent
1296
01:22:29,987 --> 01:22:32,456
which means
that we haven't got these dart players
1297
01:22:32,614 --> 01:22:36,710
coming and doing doctorates
with us in Oxford in maths.
1298
01:22:36,827 --> 01:22:40,047
But I believe that they are
at the beginning of the journey
1299
01:22:40,164 --> 01:22:44,840
that could end with them proving
some stunning mathematical results.
1300
01:22:45,002 --> 01:22:48,597
If I was gonna finish 128, I'd throw
a treble 18, treble 18, double ten.
1301
01:22:48,714 --> 01:22:50,887
With a single 18, I'd go treble 20,
bull.
1302
01:22:51,091 --> 01:22:53,344
Uh... 124, I would go for treble 18,
tops, tops,
1303
01:22:53,469 --> 01:22:56,769
but if I miss the treble 18
and I hit a single 18,
1304
01:22:56,889 --> 01:22:59,733
I would go for 20, treble 20, to leave
double 18, because that's my favorite.
1305
01:22:59,850 --> 01:23:03,070
Double 16, 25, treble 19, bull.
1306
01:23:03,187 --> 01:23:04,439
132.
1307
01:23:04,563 --> 01:23:08,193
So the weird thing is, if you set me
a challenge, like how to get 97
1308
01:23:08,317 --> 01:23:10,445
with three darts, ending on a double,
1309
01:23:10,569 --> 01:23:14,039
you know, you might say, "Oh my God,
he's a professor of maths.
1310
01:23:14,156 --> 01:23:15,783
He should be able to do that
like this."
1311
01:23:15,908 --> 01:23:17,626
But actually I spend so much time
1312
01:23:17,743 --> 01:23:20,121
just doing kind of abstract
pattern-searching,
1313
01:23:20,287 --> 01:23:21,914
and it's all X and Ys.
1314
01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:25,175
Sort of, you know,
I don't do arithmetic anymore.
1315
01:23:25,292 --> 01:23:28,512
So for me, you know,
I'd have to sit down with pen and paper
1316
01:23:28,712 --> 01:23:30,885
and just try
the different combinations out.
1317
01:23:31,048 --> 01:23:33,517
Right, 108,
many, many ways to go for this.
1318
01:23:33,634 --> 01:23:37,514
Some people go for the 60, some for
the 54. Sixty is not the way forward.
1319
01:23:37,638 --> 01:23:40,482
Cos if you hit a five, you can't finish.
If you hit a one, leaves you 107.
1320
01:23:40,599 --> 01:23:42,601
Which leaves you 57, bullseye.
1321
01:23:42,726 --> 01:23:44,148
If you hit 60, leaves you 48.
1322
01:23:44,311 --> 01:23:46,939
Go eight or the 16.
to leave tops or the 32.
1323
01:23:47,105 --> 01:23:49,403
The best way to go is the 54.
1324
01:23:49,525 --> 01:23:52,153
That way, you hit the 54.
Leaves 18, double 18.
1325
01:23:52,277 --> 01:23:54,621
Or you can go 54, 14 tops.
1326
01:23:54,780 --> 01:23:57,158
If you hit an 18, that leaves you 96.
1327
01:23:57,282 --> 01:23:59,535
You go 60, 36.
That's how you take out 108.
1328
01:24:04,248 --> 01:24:05,625
REFEREE: Gary, you require 86.
1329
01:24:09,086 --> 01:24:10,759
COMMENTATOR:
He's not going to go bull, is he?
1330
01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:12,802
He went for the double 18 there,
didn't he?
1331
01:24:12,923 --> 01:24:15,551
He's busted it!
That's a miscount again.
1332
01:24:15,717 --> 01:24:18,015
The miscounts are adding up here
for Gary Anderson.
1333
01:24:20,639 --> 01:24:23,313
What a bizarre leg of darts.
1334
01:24:24,518 --> 01:24:27,488
Another. Double 12!
1335
01:24:28,981 --> 01:24:31,075
Oh, no, no, no!
1336
01:24:31,316 --> 01:24:32,488
One.
1337
01:24:33,527 --> 01:24:34,870
Double 12.
1338
01:24:34,987 --> 01:24:37,740
Gary Anderson,
whilst the man is five-three up,
1339
01:24:37,864 --> 01:24:39,958
really has got to think about this.
1340
01:24:41,660 --> 01:24:42,661
Sixteen.
1341
01:24:44,288 --> 01:24:45,585
Tops.
1342
01:24:46,290 --> 01:24:47,587
Beautiful.
1343
01:24:49,209 --> 01:24:50,552
He misses.
1344
01:24:50,669 --> 01:24:52,922
A chance for a break now.
1345
01:24:53,672 --> 01:24:56,767
The max for a 14th time, Adrian Lewis.
1346
01:24:56,883 --> 01:25:01,605
Magnificent and that was stunning!
The drama of it all!
1347
01:25:03,098 --> 01:25:04,224
Five-four now.
1348
01:25:07,936 --> 01:25:09,279
Seventeen.
1349
01:25:09,813 --> 01:25:10,860
For tops.
1350
01:25:10,981 --> 01:25:13,279
With 108 finish.
1351
01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:16,370
He leads by six sets to four.
1352
01:25:16,486 --> 01:25:21,242
The world champion Gary Anderson
is now just one set away
1353
01:25:21,366 --> 01:25:22,913
from keeping the crown.
1354
01:25:24,620 --> 01:25:25,837
Sixteen.
1355
01:25:27,539 --> 01:25:28,916
Tops.
1356
01:25:29,041 --> 01:25:30,463
Beautiful.
1357
01:25:31,293 --> 01:25:34,297
Nice opportunity
for Adrian Lewis to just flow,
1358
01:25:35,505 --> 01:25:37,599
hit tops and win the set.
1359
01:25:37,716 --> 01:25:39,514
Six-five!
1360
01:25:39,635 --> 01:25:41,637
And this is the biggie.
1361
01:25:42,346 --> 01:25:44,269
This is a bruising battle.
1362
01:25:44,723 --> 01:25:47,067
That's number 31 in this match.
1363
01:25:47,768 --> 01:25:50,317
So Lewis, looking here
for an 11-dart leg
1364
01:25:50,479 --> 01:25:52,652
against the throw
to get the kettle boiling.
1365
01:25:54,066 --> 01:25:55,534
Double 16.
1366
01:25:55,651 --> 01:25:57,073
Why did he pick that?
1367
01:25:57,194 --> 01:26:01,415
That's why he picked it!
Adrian Lewis is on fire!
1368
01:26:01,531 --> 01:26:04,626
Lewis has gone berserk
in the last four legs.
1369
01:26:04,743 --> 01:26:07,121
If it had been six-six in sets,
1370
01:26:07,287 --> 01:26:09,631
I wouldn't have looked forward
to the last set.
1371
01:26:09,748 --> 01:26:14,174
COMMENTATOR: That leaves the big fish
again for Gary Anderson.
1372
01:26:14,294 --> 01:26:18,515
If he does reel it in this time, he'll
be a leg away from the world title.
1373
01:26:21,968 --> 01:26:22,969
sixty-.
1374
01:26:23,679 --> 01:26:24,851
sixty-.
1375
01:26:25,514 --> 01:26:26,766
Bullseye.
1376
01:26:29,518 --> 01:26:33,398
I am absolutely gobsmacked!
1377
01:26:33,522 --> 01:26:38,995
Gary Anderson
has taken out the biggest fish of all.
1378
01:26:39,111 --> 01:26:43,082
One-seventy came at a good time,
I think, people have told me,
1379
01:26:43,240 --> 01:26:45,584
but when you're in a game
you're thinking about other things.
1380
01:26:45,701 --> 01:26:48,375
Couldn't tell you what set it was.
What leg it was.
1381
01:26:48,495 --> 01:26:50,372
COMMENTATOR: One hundred and seventy.
1382
01:26:50,497 --> 01:26:57,096
He moves within one leg
of retaining the world crown.
1383
01:27:04,511 --> 01:27:10,393
That is the 34th maximum of the match.
The 170, backed up by the 180.
1384
01:27:10,517 --> 01:27:13,896
There has never been a darts match
with more 180s than that.
1385
01:27:14,020 --> 01:27:16,773
Gary Anderson will return
for his favorite double,
1386
01:27:16,982 --> 01:27:21,453
the one he won the World Championship
last year.
1387
01:27:28,744 --> 01:27:33,500
And Gary Anderson
is still the king at the palace!
1388
01:27:33,665 --> 01:27:34,757
(CHEERING)
1389
01:27:34,916 --> 01:27:37,419
The Flying Scotsman goes back to back
1390
01:27:37,544 --> 01:27:42,391
and retains his world title,
in the most dramatic fashion!
1391
01:27:42,507 --> 01:27:45,511
He's gone and done it again,
Gary Anderson.
1392
01:27:45,635 --> 01:27:50,562
In a record-breaking match.
You've never seen this many 180s.
1393
01:27:50,682 --> 01:27:53,276
The 170 finish did the trick.
1394
01:27:55,270 --> 01:28:00,117
And Gary Anderson
is still on top of the darting world.
1395
01:28:02,360 --> 01:28:06,786
REFEREE: Gary Anderson!
1396
01:28:08,909 --> 01:28:12,334
CROWD SINGS: # Oh, Gary, Gary #.
1397
01:28:12,454 --> 01:28:15,378
# Gary, Gary, Gary Anderson #.
1398
01:28:15,499 --> 01:28:19,003
# Oh, Gary, Gary #.
1399
01:28:19,127 --> 01:28:22,927
# Gary, Gary, Gary Anderson #.
1400
01:28:23,048 --> 01:28:25,642
# Oh, Gary, Gary #.
1401
01:28:58,834 --> 01:29:01,678
If there was anybody who could do it,
it was you, son.
1402
01:29:01,795 --> 01:29:02,842
Well done, mate.
1403
01:29:04,047 --> 01:29:07,176
You cannot slag me for the next
12 months. I've had it for four years!
1404
01:29:07,342 --> 01:29:11,097
Listen, open his place in the Palace.
Next year, he's retiring!
1405
01:29:11,221 --> 01:29:13,599
(BOTH LAUGH)
1406
01:29:16,434 --> 01:29:18,061
Well done.
1407
01:29:28,989 --> 01:29:31,083
(APPLAUSE)
1408
01:30:58,954 --> 01:31:03,676
BARRY HEARN: How do you make that
quantum leap into the professional game
1409
01:31:03,792 --> 01:31:07,547
to actually start getting experience
of darts
1410
01:31:07,671 --> 01:31:11,972
and to see if they have a natural
ability to progress to the next level?
1411
01:31:12,759 --> 01:31:16,138
I looked at golf.
I thought golfs system worked well.
1412
01:31:16,262 --> 01:31:21,484
Having a structure down the tiers
of sport, equal opportunity.
1413
01:31:21,601 --> 01:31:24,571
We call it Q score.
Qualification score.
1414
01:31:26,731 --> 01:31:28,449
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1415
01:31:29,150 --> 01:31:31,778
MAN: We introduced qualifying score
back in 2011.
1416
01:31:31,903 --> 01:31:34,031
It was a way that, as the sport
continued to grow,
1417
01:31:34,197 --> 01:31:38,998
we were able to produce the pro tour
of 128 full-time tour professionals.
1418
01:31:39,160 --> 01:31:41,208
We have four days of play.
1419
01:31:41,329 --> 01:31:43,707
So each day, we have an open draw
at the start of the day,
1420
01:31:43,832 --> 01:31:45,675
and that plays down to the last four.
1421
01:31:45,792 --> 01:31:50,047
Those four players on that day
win a tour card automatically.
1422
01:31:53,133 --> 01:31:55,852
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1423
01:31:59,305 --> 01:32:02,559
My name's Adam Hunt. I'm 22.
I'm from Chester-h Street.
1424
01:32:03,518 --> 01:32:05,020
And I play darts.
1425
01:32:07,230 --> 01:32:10,200
My name is Diogo Portela.
I'm 27 years old.
1426
01:32:10,316 --> 01:32:12,694
I'm originally from Rio, in Brazil.
1427
01:32:12,819 --> 01:32:15,823
My name's Lewis Cowes-Cracknell.
I'm 16 years old.
1428
01:32:17,866 --> 01:32:21,666
From Canada originally, I'm a permanent
firefighter from the city of Phoenix.
1429
01:32:21,786 --> 01:32:26,792
Nickname Menace to Society.
Day job, I'm a taxi driver.
1430
01:32:32,047 --> 01:32:35,972
Played rugby league many moons ago now,
for Widnes rugby league.
1431
01:32:36,092 --> 01:32:41,189
And I'm a glass manager where we make
glass and mirrors, et cetera.
1432
01:32:41,347 --> 01:32:43,850
Me and my brother,
my brother would stand on this wall,
1433
01:32:43,975 --> 01:32:45,727
and we would throw darts
around each other.
1434
01:32:45,852 --> 01:32:47,354
That's how I started playing darts.
1435
01:32:47,520 --> 01:32:50,399
My dad used to be a really good player
in Brazil.
1436
01:32:50,565 --> 01:32:54,570
And he founded the first
Brazilian Association of Darts.
1437
01:32:54,694 --> 01:32:58,449
It's run in my family, really.
My granddad played, my dad played.
1438
01:33:01,743 --> 01:33:04,292
I'm here to try and change my life,
to be honest.
1439
01:33:04,412 --> 01:33:08,838
Cos I know that if you qualify and get
the tour card now, you change your life.
1440
01:33:08,958 --> 01:33:11,928
That tour card
is your Willy Wonka golden ticket.
1441
01:33:12,045 --> 01:33:15,891
Once you've got a tour card,
it unlocks the door.
1442
01:33:16,007 --> 01:33:20,103
That's the aspirational level for young
players and players around the world.
1443
01:33:20,261 --> 01:33:23,481
To be given a chance to see:
Are you good enough?
1444
01:33:23,640 --> 01:33:25,893
Today you've got over 400 people here,
1445
01:33:26,017 --> 01:33:28,566
and there's only
a couple of places up for grabs.
1446
01:33:28,686 --> 01:33:30,734
And it is really a tough tournament.
1447
01:33:30,855 --> 01:33:32,983
DAVE ALLEN: It's getting
more competitive every year.
1448
01:33:33,108 --> 01:33:36,282
We're hearing of players hitting
over 100 average in their matches.
1449
01:33:44,077 --> 01:33:50,426
Just went out after the board final.
So, it's tough. It really is tough.
1450
01:33:56,381 --> 01:34:00,181
Just won my first tour card,
which is a great feeling.
1451
01:34:00,343 --> 01:34:02,971
My first attempt at Q skill,
and it feels brilliant.
1452
01:34:06,182 --> 01:34:08,981
- Yes!
- It's absolutely a massive relief,
1453
01:34:09,102 --> 01:34:13,528
cos I've played on tour last year,
and dropped out the top six before,
1454
01:34:13,690 --> 01:34:16,193
and now I've just got back in
through winning a tour card
1455
01:34:16,359 --> 01:34:18,953
today, on the first day
of the Q skill.
1456
01:34:24,534 --> 01:34:28,414
It means everything to get my tour card,
cos I've had it for two years.
1457
01:34:28,538 --> 01:34:31,417
And I lost it,
didn't put enough effort in,
1458
01:34:31,541 --> 01:34:34,966
and to get it back... I didn't
expect it, so yeah, over the moon.
1459
01:34:36,921 --> 01:34:39,094
MAN: I had a conversation
a couple of years back,
1460
01:34:39,215 --> 01:34:42,219
and I said back then it was my aim
to break into the top 50 in the world.
1461
01:34:42,385 --> 01:34:44,513
But I wasn't ready.
1462
01:34:44,637 --> 01:34:48,642
Now I'm a better player than what
I was back then, and I'm ready.
1463
01:34:52,312 --> 01:34:55,987
Once you get your tour card,
now the dream becomes a reality,
1464
01:34:56,107 --> 01:34:58,075
but the work just begins.
1465
01:34:58,193 --> 01:35:00,195
Now you have to dedicate your life.
1466
01:35:00,320 --> 01:35:03,790
This is six, seven hours a day,
constant practicing.
1467
01:35:03,907 --> 01:35:06,877
Repetition sport,
hand-eye coordination.
1468
01:35:06,993 --> 01:35:10,418
Hopefully living right,
keeping your brain fresh.
1469
01:35:10,538 --> 01:35:12,131
It's not who you know,
1470
01:35:12,248 --> 01:35:15,798
it's not how much money you've got,
it's not where you come from,
1471
01:35:15,919 --> 01:35:18,763
it's purely about sporting ability.
1472
01:35:18,880 --> 01:35:21,633
You don't have to buy
expensive equipment,
1473
01:35:21,841 --> 01:35:24,640
you just need time,
patience and dedication.
1474
01:35:24,802 --> 01:35:26,645
And then you will succeed.
1475
01:35:40,109 --> 01:35:42,237
(CHEERING)
1475
01:35:43,305 --> 01:35:49,910
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