🎯 All BDO World Champions 1978-2020

[@nonamenorman9410]

Funny how the first and last BDO worlds were won by a Welshman taking out 50 to win by going 10 and D20 after having a dart at the bull bounce out for the title.

[@Josh_J91]

Back when the standard was absolutely laughable

[@paulm813]

Why laughable... darts had bigger wires back then.dart boards nowadays segments easy 2 mm bigger and darts are lot thinner hence bigger averages.

[@Josh_J91]

@@paulm813 come on these fuckers got wiped away easy in the 90s when good players came through

[@elliothughes9030]

About the only thing you won🤣🤣

[@user-po1pi3vz1r]

How good was john lowe..FUCKING BRILLIANT. IM NOT RELATED BUT HE WAS THE BEST 140 HITTER BAR NONE..AND WORLD CHAMP IN 3 DECADE'S

[@jimmyodriscoll9273]

What good memories. R.I.P to a legend. E.BRISTOW🕯😢

[@zekeedwards9708]

Met Martin Adams in redruth during an exhibition, took the time out to pose for a picture and asked about my family, chatted for about 10 minutes, really nice bloke!

[@martinisaac5106]

I bumped into him at the Lakeside bar, had a bit of a chat, he signed my hat and drew a little wolf on it. Then randomly saw him at a bus stop on the Isle of Man around 2008 where I was on a short holiday and he was playing in the darts tournament, again had a chat. Nice guy and I have been a Wolfie fan ever since.

[@parksyist]

That Phil nixon final was awesome I remember it well 6-0 to 7-6. RIP Phil

[@jamesshaw4272]

also not forgetting they actually drew each other in the first round the following year and adams won 3-0

[@wasimriaz2993]

Phill "The Power" Nixon. The greatest darts player in history

[@terencemeikle534]

Great reaction from Taylor against Gregory. In hitting the winning double he looked absolutely gutted for Mike. 😢

[@croadymeister]

How did Gregory not win

[@terencemeikle534]

@croadymeister Big case of 'clincher's disease'. An absolute heartbreaker. At least Mike won a good share of other tournaments.

[@jamesshaw4272]

Probably as well they were both knackered, I'd say at that point it was the longest match either had been involved in up until that point

[@tay2229]

General comments on each final --- 1978 - Somewhat underwhelming game. The best moment of that tournament was Rees' 10-darter in his match against Evans. Still, it is the first so it's quite clearly notable. 1979 - One of the worst finals. Rees just wasn't up to emulating his success of the year before. Did he not have a bad arm as well? 1980 - The final that really put the event into its stride. The chanting battles in the crowd (Bobby George!, Bristow! etc) is one of the great moments. 1981 - Lowe ought to have won. He was 2-0 up in sets and apparently could have made it 3-0. He also should have taken it to a deciding set. 1982 - Jocky wins for the first time, but a less memorable final than his second one. 1983 - Probably the most famous darts match ever. The 138 checkout after Bristow had declined to go for the bull is the stuff of legends. But Deller should have won 6-3. Maybe it wouldn't be as well remembered if he had done. 1984 - Forgettable final with one of the more forgettable top players of the 1980s. Whitcombe did at least manage to win a set here. 1985 - Probably peak Bristow. I think this was the one where he hit 15 180s, which was a record for a long time. 1986 - Like 1984, but a whitewash. The first at Frimley Green. 1987 - Not only the end of Bristow's dominance, but arguably also the start of the decline of darts as a televised spectacle. The recovery wouldn't take place until the 2000s. Great performance by Lowe. The signs of dartitis in Bristow can be seen. 1988 - Bob Anderson's win, always a better player than single world title suggests. A good close match too. 1989 - Possibly the second best final of the 1980s, after 1983. The Bristow comeback was something to behold. A deserved eventual win by Jocky, another player who ought to have won more. 1990 - The arrival of Taylor, who would remain an obscure figure to the general public for years despite dominating the game. Bristow was clearly past his peak by this point. 1991 - A sad game to watch due to Bristow's lacklustre display, but Priestley was a class act. 1992 - The best pre-split final. Solid play throughout, aside from Gregory's six missed darts for the watch, which gave it a dramatic element. Had Taylor lost this then the ensuing history of the game may have been different - it probably gave him that extra bit of confidence and he saw right in front of him how important it is to maintain bottle. 1993 - Good tournament with a crap final. Could have done with Bobby George (who ran Lowe close in the semi-finals) being in it. Warriner's only world final. He did actually pull it back from 5-1 to 5-3, perhaps giving the slight impression of Bristow in 1989. Might do more later.

[@dartsgoat8318]

Thank you, so interesting!

[@swimgood3873]

Did you not finish this because you switched to PDC and the BDO flew downhill? Nice read nevertheless!

[@paulm813]

The difference between the first and second world title is rees won it at 7ft6.the following yr the distance changed.rees wasnt as goog from 7ft9 1/4. The news of the world was played at an 8ft oche

[@cosmic25sheep]

Some great memories. Shame that Gregory missed all those match darts. And O Shea really deserved at least one world title.

[@allthekingshorses7178]

A shame Ted Hanley is now a thoroughly disgusting man

[@robovac3557]

Yeah. I'd forgotten about Tony.

[@emjackson2289]

"The Silverback" - for his Era arguably best player that never won a World Title.

[@christopherbentley7289]

John Lowe - bester Sportler aus meiner Grafschaft von Derbyshire - danke sehr für's Hochladen, DG!

[@billymac23454]

"One Phil Taylor, there's only one Phil Taylor" simply the best, his record will never be beaten, or equalled

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

Phil Taylor WAS the PDC . . . .

[@terencemeikle534]

As the late, great Sid Waddell used to say: "Taylor is the greatest dart player there ever will be." In that respect, he resembles the legendary Australian cricketer, Don Bradman, whose Test batting average will almost certainly never be equalled. Phil Taylor made watching the game sheer heaven.👌

[@chrisoconnor8392]

Never say never....littler on the scene now. Phil records will be smashed if like keeps his head.

[@hopebgood]

I'm not a huge darts expert but I still remember Ted Hankey's 170 to win the title and we always loved this event in our house.

[@danielellson7682]

Don't talk about that rapist 🤮🤮🤮

[@V8King770]

The sex offender should be erased from darts history.

[@emjackson2289]

Hankey Vs Baxter was one of the most one-sided sporting events I've ever watched. Exact opposite to Martin Adams' match when he was 6-0 up

[@DreHill1]

Small mistake at 89: It was Wilson's 2nd title

[@nathan19811]

r.i.p , Fordham, Nixon, Bristow, Wilson and Rees, love watching these old matches, reminds me of my youth

[@zekeedwards7904]

And Mike Gregory 😢

[@anthonymatute6057]

@@zekeedwards7904And Tony Green 😢

[@anthonymatute6057]

And the BDO

[@jasonmullaley3234]

PDC darts once it got going was a different level

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

yes but also died when Phil Taylor retired .....

[@jasonmullaley3234]

@@krishnan-resurrection714 It's got better the players of today are better than Taylors era

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

keep dreaming ....🤣.....

[@jasonmullaley3234]

@Krishnan -Resurrection You know nothing about darts look at the averages and 9 darters compared to Taylors era keep taking the meds 🤣🤣🤣

[@flaviusconstantius9702]

@@jasonmullaley3234 Taylor still has the highest ever tournament average, highest average in a world final, and more TV nine darters than anyone else. MVG has hit the buffers on three world titles.

[@onlyweatherlol93]

There's one... there's two with the bullseye for the title.... YES WHAT A SHOT!! That's the greatest BDO moment ever of all time I have to say! A 170 out shot! Haven't seen many like that! 6-0 as well Unreal

[@NicolaiAwesome]

Eh, aren’t you forgetting Deller’s 138 against Bristow?

[@jamesshaw4272]

yeah at least dellers was in a totally competitive match@@NicolaiAwesome

[@markalexander7652]

I had no idea raveshing rick rude left the wwf to come and win the bdo title. Don't know why he changed his name to Steve Beaton but its definitely Rick rude from the wrestling 😂

[@NathanMcCabe88]

And he looks like he was living in 70s!! 🤣

[@briansergeant]

Well we don’t call him the Bronze Adonis for nothing!

[@Bossman525]

@@briansergeant He was a good dart player. Just a shame he never done too good before the split. After the split he was the “new” number1 for three years but crashed out in the opening rounds in 94 and 95.

[@Glasschin2.0]

@@Bossman525some spray tan that

[@Bossman525]

@@Glasschin2.0 Yeah seems like a humble man. His wife could always be seeing being quite rowdy when he used to play at the lakeside. His missus and Ronnies ex wife were definitely the most animated in that mid 90s lakeside era.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

I think there's no finish more famous than Deller's 138. It's etched in darts history.

[@CraigNiel]

Definitely considering Bristow had an outshot at the bull but decided to set it up thinking Deller wouldn't hit the 138, absolutely brilliant!

[@1000mantinis]

wow the risk...

[@leeroy4980]

Etched not edged 😂

[@samcovington4328]

RIP BDO

[@dickiesmith3283]

Great Video! Some of darts most significant moments in this video. Both past and present, The BDO World Championship may have been overshadowed by the PDC World Championship but let's not forget had it not have been for the BDO, the PDC may not have existed. My best moments of this video 1983, 2000 and without a shadow of a doubt, 2007!

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

sod PDC mate . . . .its finished already . . . . .. !!

[@flaviusconstantius9702]

In a sense you are correct because if the BDO hadn't tried to ban all the top players for the crime of wanting to make a living from darts then there would have been no need for the PDC.

[@IHFM2024]

​@krishnan-resurrection714 😂😂😂😂

[@zaistewykurwiste2]

Ale te początki z Lovem Bristowem i reszta to masakrycznie klimatyczne 5:52 gasimy, po zawodach;)

[@calldyuk1751]

If only Gregory could hit his doubles, the future of darts could of taken a completely different route.

[@parksyist]

Bottler

[@johnmc3862]

@@parksyistGrifter.

[@shanemcpherson1015]

@@parksyistyou do it😂

[@rotheryberlin7772]

I like Steve Beaton and I hope we can see him after his last season 2024 once again in the Ally Pally at the PDC World Darts Championships.

[@caragray7010]

Brilliant see those old face, low was some player,as calm as you like, but Bristow was brilliant in the 80s and Jockie willson what a character, great days at the lakeside.

[@dziewiatalotka5409]

Nice video Goat. Video with 2016 is with polish Eurosport. Commented Grzegorz Pajda and Jarosław Kowalczyk.

[@zaistewykurwiste2]

Wszędzie się wpierdalasz losiu I tak nikt cie nie oglada

[@dziewiatalotka5409]

@@zaistewykurwiste2 Za łosiu szanuje XD. Trzymaj się i pozdrów kolegów.

[@FuryBeatbox]

My request!!!!🔥 Thank you for this!!!

[@barty2381]

As a youngster I found Bristow to be quite arrogant on the dart board but I guess he earned the right. Awesome dart player and probably the best that ever did it!

[@paulfitzgerald7961]

Brings me back to me child hood 👍

[@jamescoupland131]

Such a shame Bristow lost his edge what a player

[@Daz5Daz]

The yips ruined him. Look at when he won his first title to him throwing at 7:16 when he's already developed a massive stutter when throwing the dart. Eventually he couldn't let it fly at all some days.

[@martinredr]

A wonderful reminder of the old days.

[@keithbcook]

a curt handshake was at the beginning. 1995 was the start of the hugs - nowadays the hugs last longer than some matches!

[@niclas2601]

Agreed. Dart players are too nice these days.

[@emjackson2289]

Phil Taylor's tash deserves a video all of its own.

[@TOONBARMY9]

Took it til 15 finals to get one without Eric or John involved! Think Eric would have had at least 8 titles without dartitus!

[@emjackson2289]

And to think John Lowe was still at it in the 90s and winning World Championships.

[@charlesscottkelly]

Deller what a finish.

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS STEVE BEATON (1996) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS BOB ANDERSON (1988) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS INSPIRATION KLASSEN 🇳🇱

[@stingray4real]

Phil Taylor was Eric Bristow's protégé. Bristow took Taylor under his wing to train him in darts.

[@alanleemaxwell831]

Tony David's was my favourite, when you consider all the health issues he had to overcome in order to win it, it took some doing!!!

[@esling77]

I O U. A pint. This brought back so many good memories ty

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD (1999) 🇳🇱

[@Josh_J91]

Absolute state of john lowes hair 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielabatabogdanov8586]

and we still have Burnnet, Beaton and RVB playing

[@dtutssel]

That Phil Taylor bloke looked decent , but he won it a few times and then disappeared. Wonder what happened to him?

[@garytaylor2236]

Phil Taylor went to the PDC, and won 16 world championships

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS STEPHEN BUNTING (2014) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@danielholmes-nj5nq]

Leighton Rees had one of the best throwing actions I've ever seen.

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS JOHN PART (1994) 🇨🇦

[@danielabatabogdanov8586]

after the breakup in 1993 the PDC world championship was on such a higher level. Taylor averaged often between the high 90s and high 100s while most winners in the BDO even up to 2020 averaged low 90s

[@flaviusconstantius9702]

Taylor still holds the record average in a BDO final, and he never even played in it after 1993!

[@Janssen836]

BDO boards had smaller doubles and trebles.

[@AffectedArea]

Taylor is one player.

[@niclas2601]

Sorry, but that's not true. The BDO world championships still had the higher tournament averages until the mid 2000's.

[@anthonymatute6057]

⁠@@niclas2601Nah, the BDO Lakeside became a amateur pub tournament ever since 1994. You saying the BDO had higher averages is utter bullshit.

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS TED HANKEY (2009) 🇬🇧

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS MARTIN ADAMS (2007) 🇬🇧

[@flaviusconstantius9702]

1980 - it's not shown here but George really blew that final leg by going for T16 instead of T10 and leaving himself D9 instead of D18. Then hitting the big 20 instead of 1.

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS VAN BARNEVELD OUR SECOND TITLE 🇳🇱

[@cass6790]

You forget how many finals John Lowe was involved in.

[@waynerafferty1048]

Grew up watching the BDO championship every year, me and my brother would get in to the darts and loved the watching, BDO had great players and there personalities, gutted for bobby george in 94 .i was a big martin adams fan and when he won his titles , fantastic memories . For me PDC has not got the same magic as the BDO world championships at the lakeside.

[@conorgeraghty4178]

PDC is brilliant to watch BDO is dead is replaced by WDF

[@kennyverbeke7588]

So ?

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

BDO -= TRUE DARTS . . .PDC ....was finished when Phil left . . ..only 4 players are any good ....the rest are pitiful . .. . ..Hearns ruined darts like he did snooker ...all the TRUE British know this . . . . . . .

[@AffectedArea]

" For me PDC has not got the same magic as the BDO world championships at the lakeside.". Strong agree.

[@spyrytaraxalass]

The opening graphic states "All BDO Lakeside World Champions 1978-2020". I hate to nitpick, but you do realise that the first 8 editions from 1978 to 1985, plus the last edition in 2020, weren't held at Lakeside don't you?

[@CricketEngland]

Sound is well out of skink in 2007

[@sabretooth5404]

Out of skink? What does that mean?

[@welchy1975]

This lot become 2nd division darts after the PDC split, more a comp to see who could wear the most cheap gold 😅. Even the board in the 2020 final was bought from a market in Turkey

[@AffectedArea]

Do you work for SKY?

[@niclas2601]

Wrong. BDO WC still had the higher tournament averages until 2006

[@niallmaclennan]

Real Coca Cola Championship vibe to the BDO from the early to mid 90's. Barney was their last big name. Dying a death since his exit.

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS LES WALLACE (1997) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS WALLACE HOGMANAY GUARD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@shanemcpherson1015]

Steve Beeton, the most handsome of ALL darts players.

[@boywonder6659]

Martin Adam’s is a dead ringer for Eric Clapton. In fact they are the same person, you’ve never seen them in the same room together.

[@XaviRonaldo0]

How many finals did John Lowe lose?

[@southerner4566]

Great to see all the winners from all the years ,I watched nearly every final , The music was very annoying though

[@elleanorbaker-powers5865]

Agree the music was inappropriate and awful. Happy memories though - I was at Jolees in Stoke on Trent on more than one of those occasions.

[@peakyparttimers9362]

What happened to all of phil Taylor s 16 wins?

[@jamesheath7601]

That was PDC this is BDO

[@josemanuel2118]

What is diferent between BDO and world champions? I see Phil Taylor has only one BDO, but 16 World champion. And Van Barneveld has a lot BDO. So when you play at World champion you cant play BDO same year? And when play Bdo you cant World champion? Or just Phil taylor was never in the finals of BDO but he played the tournaments?

[@neil3372]

Golden memories

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS ADAMS IT ALL 🇬🇧

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS THE PRIDE OF BARNEVELD 🇳🇱

[@Chris_34]

Awesome memories👍

[@dartsgoat8318]

Thank you!

[@hopebgood]

Yeah.

[@harrymonk6]

Do the News of the world champions

[@anthonymatute6057]

I don’t think that will happen…

[@caragray7010]

Hankey was great in his hay day, the dracula gimmick, 170 finish.

[@stevekeeves9363]

Loved this brilliant

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS SCOTT MITCHELL (2015) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS DENNIS PRIESTLEY (1991) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@iamls360sterriker9]

never knew Lionel Ritchie was a darts player, let alone once a world champ

[@matthewrighelato7779]

I thought it was a young Van Gerwen, it's was Christian Kist! 😀

[@croadymeister]

Was that MVG supporting?

[@CricketEngland]

Such a schoolboy error with the editing in 2018

[@ColinPfc]

Hankey dropping to his knees.....bet he did that a lot in prison 😂

[@vitorcassius]

where are the thin persons in that sport??

[@alfiegarbo0974]

Duzzas bdo days were amazing

[@londontoursandevents3714]

Mike Gregory in darts, Mike Hallett in snooker.

[@MichaelLuke-w6p]

Dellers checkout is still bloody amazing😮😮

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS MY FIRST BARNEVELD 🇳🇱

[@CricketEngland]

Seeing Mike Gregory their he could be a double for Steve Pemberton

[@sio747]

How did Dean Winstanley get to a final

[@anthonymatute6057]

by playing pub players & amateurs who were too scared to play against the PDC pros

[@keithkeane2381]

wow Bristow refused a bull finish and layed up dbl 16 because he didnt think Deller could take out a 138. fast forward to Ted Hankey to win on a 170 outshot. how the game changed in only 10 years.

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS HANKEY BULLSEYE 🇬🇧

[@johnhamilton6198]

What was it Jocky Wilson said ?.

[@SimonHoward-fb6tr]

"I'm in heaaven".

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS WALLACE HOGMANAY DAY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@craiglomas8159]

After the PDC was formed it became a pub tournament for darts players who were scared to play the best players in the world

[@davidcaldwell6627]

That music is a pain in the arse

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS LOWE IS NATION 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS MITCHELL "SUCCESS HAS BEEN GONE" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[@am7062skywalker]

How can you be a World Champion when there is another organisation with players better than some of these champions, And the other organisation is claiming they have a World Champion, You only can have one World Champion at each sport. Both organisations should've had a tournament for the undisputed World Champion of Darts.

[@sabretooth5404]

Who says you can only have one world champion in each sport?

[@niclas2601]

The BDO was still super competitive until Barney left. The title at Lakeside held incredible prestige.

[@anthonymatute6057]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@niclas2601The BDO was not even close to competitive after the PDC was formed in 1994. Barney was won his 4 Lakeside titles playing pub players instead of professionals!!!

[@HPLovecraftsCat87]

Steve Beaton is a god.

[@Glasschin2.0]

Didn’t realise how good John Lowe is

[@robnelson840]

Rees won the first one at "the heart of the midlands caberet club which is now Rock City" in Nottingham

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

Van Barneveld in 1995 doesn't look much different than van Barneveld in 2007 and only slightly different than now. As if he'd found the fountain of youth.

[@crashg4556]

His throw is as smooth as ever. It's his confidence and attitude that fell to pieces

[@johnsmith7759]

He’s looks younger now tbh

[@erniemccracken2429]

He was only in his early 30s when he won his first BDO titles. He looks more like mid 40s.

[@Dim4323]

Rip Andy the Viking Fordham

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCSPORTS PHIL TAYLOR (1990) 🇬🇧

[@chrisb4331]

Lowey went for the bull 1st shot with 50 left 😮