van Barneveld vs Fordham Darts World Championship 2004 Semi Final

Darts BDO World Championship 2004
Semi Final - van Barneveld v Fordham

[@SemperFi1961]

Epic darter, RIP Andy.

[@smayplacebo2435]

Dear Andy, I am gutted to hear the news of your passing. I was so looking forward seeing you play again in the World Senior Darts Championship! You and Barney were the reason I started watching darts from a young age. You were a great player and a special, gentle and kind person! Rest in peace mate 💜😢 There's only one Andy Fordham 💜

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

Ricky (rapid) Evens is fun to watch too.

[@kurt7842]

​@JosephNordenbrockartistraction did you really find it nessecary to comment this?

[@floriankulik7965]

Incredible 8th set. 11 and 12 Darts from van Barneveld. Then 12, 14 and 15 Darts from the viking. Big Darts.

[@mitchellfagan7701]

Thank you for uploading this This has gotta be one of Andy's best performances on stage

[@TheIkaraCult]

I was glued to this as a kid, Barney the top top player with the massive Dutch support, and Andy the most likeable player around. The passion of the fans is what makes it

[@ChrisTravelss]

Firstly - RIP Andy. Such a nice bloke. Was lucky enough to meet him a few times at exhibitions. Absolute gent. Never heard anybody say a bad word against him. Secondly - I had no idea or memory of John Part commentating this early on. Lastly - I'm sure Andys mum got more airtime than Andy or Barney in this match. True MVP

[@jiji1946]

MVM ?

[@J1nrai]

RIP VIKING! LEGENDARY DARTER

[@bigbadwolfgaming2k287]

RIP ANDY the Viking ❤️

[@didgerydoo]

Andy, you world-class player AND person... You will be missed... Walhalla for you, mate... I remember you, humble as you were, telling Barney (after you beat him in this match) that he would always be a true Champion in your eyes. Godspeed man, and my condolences to Jenny and family.

[@jamesshaw4272]

he hated barney as well

[@cmcg3738]

@@jamesshaw4272why?

[@jamesshaw4272]

@@cmcg3738 I can't remember the details as I read it a long time ago, its in fordhams autobiography but he gave nearly a full chapter to it

[@simonlevett4776]

Saw him once getting on the Dartford train at London Bridge. Really nice guy. Another sad loss.

[@dominicharkin1637]

R.I.P Andy Fordham a.k.a The Viking (1962-2021)

[@likilikiki]

Everyone loved Andy. A true testament to his character. R.I.P. big man.

[@twelvemonkeys8786]

Rip to a great darts player..

[@LPRD]

Those first 3 darts were the first darts he'd thrown all day. He had been drinking all day in the lakeside bar

[@BMW7series251]

Loved Andy, RIP Mate.

[@davidstacey685]

Andy drank 25 beers before his match and still won the championship legend

[@krisorgan]

I bet he weren’t even tipsy. Great matches which I remember very well.

[@seachtaine]

A Starter

[@tonysoprano9370]

Just found that I love Andy’s darts and have switched to them

[@samheeley]

RIP Andy. On another note, a BDO crowd making some noise! wow

[@christrickett3291]

Edit: a BDO crowd, wow!

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

LAKESIDE the spiritual home of proper DARTS .. . . .. LONG LIVE .

[@stumbling]

Sad that he could never get healthy. RIP Andy.

[@robertsharp5863]

When darts viewers respectfully watched the players instead of getting drunk and whistling when players threw their darts

[@County-ej8vj]

It's gone full circle. It was always raucous and boisterous

[@mattb5895]

The good old days

[@TheJuicyjunk]

15 beers before getting on stage to play bloody hell

[@nathanbooth9436]

The game what got me into darts what a player big Andy Fordham was

[@chrispinder8864]

Rip ❤️

[@ericwassen72]

R.i.p andy❤

[@jamesheath7601]

2:56 game on

[@Itami377]

rip Andy

[@seachtaine]

God Bless The Viking

[@cmcg3738]

Why did they all decide to drop the van from Barney’s name? Very strange.

[@thomaspenman4101]

Rip andy❤

[@alleijn]

Andy ouwe rukkere

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

PROPER DARTS MATE ...PROPER DARTS .. . . ..

[@4XLXA]

Been playing for a month now, i don't know why but suddenly I've become obsessed with darts, I've hit a few 180s but most of all yesterday i got my first 15 dart checkout, not a 9 but for me i don't know if I'm getting really good or what but i just want to play darts up there on the stage and i have no idea why this is just taking over my life.

[@scottdehaan5864]

Me too mate! Hope to see you up there!

[@bestpeter78]

Why Andy rip?

[@christrickett3291]

He went to the big bullseye in the sky about a week ago.

[@floriankulik7965]

@@christrickett3291 well spoken

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

Who are the commentators speaking ?

[@ChcgBlls]

John Part is one

[@keironstoneman6938]

Tony green is the other

[@bestpeter78]

Robin Hood guys

[@ronnie1202]

When the bdo still had decent darts players

[@BoJangles3105]

The blame for all this lies with the dart authorities, be they the NDAGB, BDO, WDF, PDA or what ever you want to call them. Proclaiming a certain thing which just happens to be an impossibility.

[@TheMarathonomahos]

Proof dart players are good at what they do but they are no athletes

[@tonysoprano9370]

I don’t get why you are comparing the two?

[@danielkirkby3601]

I watch 10 seconds of athletes every 4 years 1000s of hours of darts RIP Andy

[@christrickett3291]

So what? Athletes are not darts players.

[@TheWelwyn21]

Behave, look at the physique on Andy Fordham. He's a natural athlete