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138 - Game, Shot and the Match (Hardcover)
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138 - Game, Shot and the Match (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R486
Discovery Miles 4 860
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In 1983, an unknown 23-year-old from Suffolk called Keith Deller
took the darts world by storm, defying the odds and sporting
conventions to become a most unlikely world champion. Deller was
the diametric opposite of the beer-swigging, chain-smoking,
paunch-bellied darts player fans were used to. He was slim,
well-spoken, athletic and didn't smoke or drink. And he looked like
a boy next to his flabby, middle-aged opponents. A TV audience of
10 million watched transfixed as this angelic newcomer beat world
number-one Eric Bristow in the final. Almost overnight, Keith had
breathed new life into a game whose traditions had been hewn in the
nation's smoky pubs and clubs. Deller was a new breed of darts
player whose appeal transcended this gritty working-class sport,
piquing the interest of intellectuals such as Martin Amis and
Stephen Fry. In 138, Keith takes the reader on an intimate journey
as we relive his rapid rise from complete obscurity to lifting the
game's greatest prize as one of the youngest world champions in
history.
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