Yep, fair point.They weren’t his career averages, they were his highest ever averages. When John Lowe won the World Championship in 1979 he averaged 84!
The first two of Bristow’s BDO World Championship wins saw him record final averages of 88.10 and 86.10 in 1980 and 1981 respectively, the treble of wins between 1984 and 1986 were about 95.
Those numbers do suggest that most of the old school darters would have struggled to even qualify let alone win…..
Standard is much higher now but there have been huge improvements in the quality of boards and darts, old school boards were full of staples and had more bounce outs.They weren’t his career averages, they were his highest ever averages. When John Lowe won the World Championship in 1979 he averaged 84!
The first two of Bristow’s BDO World Championship wins saw him record final averages of 88.10 and 86.10 in 1980 and 1981 respectively, the treble of wins between 1984 and 1986 were about 95.
Those numbers do suggest that most of the old school darters would have struggled to even qualify let alone win…..
Well said.Good luck to Littler, the loss may do more for character building and hopefully a professional mindset. Dont care about his football team and that does not effect how i think of him.
He has brought fresh blood back to the game which needs loads of new faces. Well done Humpries on a great final.
Fuck him, rag twat.I’m not too sure about that. That miss changed the match. Littler would have gone 5-2 up and was on a roll and would have knocked the stuffing right out of Humphries. As it was he missed and that gave Humphries his chance, which he took and he’s not World number 1 for nothing.
Lots of unnecessary comments on here about Littler. He played the tournament in a good spirit, even in the final he applauded his opponent on a good throw. As Humphries said, he will be back because he is such a good player.
Littler just hit a 9 darter in his game against Aspinall!