Arguably the greatest darts match Lakeside has seen, Phil Taylor V Mike Gregory at the World Champs

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Arguably the greatest darts match Lakeside has ever seen, Phil Taylor takes on Mike Gregory at the BDO World Championship.

[@ShowRyuKen]

Further to my previous comment, I found these quotes from Mike Gregory about losing in this final on Patrick Chaplin's website: "What annoys me is the six doubles I had to win the Embassy. Two at double eight, two at double twenty and two at double ten." "If you look at a dartboard you will see how those three doubles form a triangle. They were my Bermuda Triangle. My darts got lost on their way to the doubles. I tried to flush those misses out of my system right away. The same night we drove back to my local, the Winterfield Inn at Paulton near Bristol, and had a good session with the landlord Dave Fowler and his wife Rose. And I remember leaving sixty on purpose in an exhibition and checking out on double ten, double ten and double ten.” “I was a bit disappointed. I rushed it. A costly mistake. A little later at the Unipart European Masters against Peter Manley I had the same shot, double top, and I took my time. Had a drink of water and hit the shot first dart.”

[@gregoryodle5947]

Epic match all around. Gregory suffered a bit under pressure and scored better from behind. Taylor’s concentration under pressure is the stuff of legends.

[@Erictheking07]

Listen to the order there.. all enjoying and supporting no booing ..what a game this was Gregory was unfortunate not to get over the line..

[@jonahehlers1673]

my favorite match, mike was a great player and is probably after james wade the best never who never won the worlds

[@johnmc3862]

Jimmy White lol.

[@gohumberto]

Gregory had 6 chances to win - Two at double eight, two at double twenty and two at double ten. In a pub game I'd fancy MY chances at those but, like most elite sports, it comes down to the ability to handle pressure. Taylor was better under pressure than anyone will ever be. I bet Gregory went straight to a practice Dartboard and hit 20 consecutive doubles.

[@tommytornado501]

RIP Tony great commentator.

[@colinevans7134]

Tony green your a legend and don't make them like you any more

[@ShowRyuKen]

Does anyone know if Mike Gregory ever gave an interview about this match and what toll it took on his mental strength? Or how it affected his game long-term? I ask because I can only assume coming so close and blowing it in this spectacular way must have been a haunting experience for him. (I mean no disrespect by that remark by the way: he was clearly good enough to win but couldn't finish.) It's a shame Mike ended up deserting the WDC and as a result losing all his professional connections with the big stars and organisers of what would be the future of darts in the PDC, as he's someone almost entirely overlooked in the game's history as a result. This is an amazing match, but if you know the result and as a result find yourself analysing Mike's facial expressions and the changes in his throw, it's positively heartbreaking in some ways.

[@thelstanedwardsson4374]

Mike Gregory was so unlucky not to have won this - he deserved it - but Mike admitted he lost his nerve at those six vital opportunities of Match Darts.

[@stevewimmer9758]

1992 thanks for making me look that up

[@thelstanedwardsson4374]

RIP Mike

[@MsBombastik]

Even from this you can see how ahead of his time Phil Taylor is. Playing level resembles the level of today, missed darts are only slightly missed, counting is advanced. And yes his opponent was getting lucky to hit Triples, but the looseness of the darts clearly shows the truth.

[@RichardMeister]

At 29:54 I swear that second dart of Mike's is in the 5 and the ref called the score of 100 instead of 85.

[@Koumpa123]

Nope it's a 20,you saw the staple moved and the point is inside the wire!

[@deanmarshall830]

20 mate I zoomed in

[@dagg310]

if u pause it, it's clearly in the 20 ... lol

[@andyhumphrey9351]

25 yrs later. 16 world titles 16 matchplays 11 premier lges. 10 grand prix. About 8 grand slams 😂😂😂

[@zwergvision]

Also my first Place in Ranking .

[@WilliamFisher-jn4ul]

Best ever😊

[@kevinbrookes4870]

Gregory the Jimmy White of darts. Bottle went and threw it away.

[@darrinellis2399]

At this level it's all down to fine margins. The rub of the green can also come into play. If Mike's Third dart hadn't hit the wire, who knows if he would have had a dart for the title?.

[@anthonym3351]

He had 6

[@zekeedwards7904]

Rip Mike Gregory

[@donspeer7095]

First comment? Amazing match.

[@fearfactorymark]

That’s your opinion

[@bullyinspace]

Was alright

[@frozyre7854]

Wow, people cheered at a 23 call? Maybe some awe or some surprise and jeer. But in today's darts, a 23 call would make the audience think the player suck and jeer at it mercilessly. Seems like the class of the audience has indeed devolved overtime.

[@chakko007]

Totally. Back in the days, it used to be Darts, now it's carnival. Also shows how society has devolved, in general.

[@johnmc3862]

@@chakko007Get the ‘ol society comment in! 😂😂😂

[@freedomisslavery6840]

He's right though@@johnmc3862

[@truthinesssss]

👍

[@stevefoley1021]

Mike Gregory was the best player,

[@johnmc3862]

Up to, but not including, the final.

[@mondop5270]

Taylors body arms etc all move but his head stays still... his opponent at the start moves like a twitchy twitch doll

[@kevinwheeler6838]

I mean, I know mike still played well enough to make it to the final and push Phil to the brink… but I really wouldn’t want to have make a match dart under extreme pressure with that janky throw

[@paulterry1335]

Orsum stuff

[@rdgrdg1632]

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