Darts World Extra

Winning the title three times and two more finals doesn't seem like much of a bounce out does it? But, for The Power? It could be described as such...

The Circus Tavern was iconic and it was fantastic to play there, the crowd was brilliant and it had a very low ceiling amplifying the noise.

The World Championship is life-changing, everyone in our business knows that a good run at Alexandra Palace can change your ranking and your career. It can open up so many doors for you...

1994’s winner, Dennis “The Menace” Priestley, trousered the princely sum of £16,000. Leighton Rees’s £3000 reward, for the first-ever darts World Championship (1978), looks almost sad by comparison...

Our regular features are given a Palace theme with Bullseye's and Bounceouts looking especially good. Our non-UK contributors join the festivities with Going Dutch and Darting USA are there to ensure we don't do too much naval gazing!

Shocks and seeds being KO’s by qualifiers are a feature of the early days so we have also highlighted the games featuring Whitlock, Lewis, Menzies (and Portela), and Alan Soutar.

This year the PDC’s Alexandra Palace jamboree will be the full-throated tungsten celebration that we were used to before, the impacted tournaments of 2021 & 22, and the fans are sure to be louder and more enthusiastic than ever. 

You need to practice under pressure regularly to prepare for matches and tournaments where you constantly need to play your best under pressure

Next, you will find a section, inspired by a magazine with an even longer publication span than ours, dedicated to 50 Years in the Darts World. Some of the best-known and most talented people in darts have contributed their thoughts on the last half-century and even a few on the next one.