Sid Waddell
Sid Waddell
Sid Waddellwas an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed 'The Voice of Darts' due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yorkshire, BBC, and Sky Sports television broadcasters. Due to his joke telling skills he was also nicknamed The Thief of Bad Gags, firstly by Dave Lanning. He was nominated for two prestigious awards for his work, and published several books...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth10 August 1940
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It's a form of mental and verbal gymnastics, and one of the things that appeals to me most about commenting on darts is that no one knows exactly what I'm going to come out with next - and neither do I.
analyse bloody darts michael
The thing about darts is that you've got to shout. It's not like cricket where you can talk to Michael Atherton and ask him to analyse the bloody nuances. Darts does not have nuances. You've got to hurl yourself at it.
player body darts
Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.
lazarus comeback darts
That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus.
heart stones darts
Under that heart of stone beat muscles of pure flint.
underdog keith darts
Keith Deller's not just an underdog, he's an underpuppy!
consistency orbit darts
Phil Taylor's got the consistency of a planet ... and he's in a darts orbit!
hair elegance darts
Steve Beaton - The adonis of darts, what poise, what elegance - a true roman gladiator with plenty of hair wax.
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Steve Beaton, he's not Adonis, he's THE donis.
trying kangaroos darts
It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline.
apples peas darts
William Tell could take an apple off your head, [Phil] Taylor could take out a processed pea.
cheeky jackson james joyce parallel unusual wilson
I'm a postmodern commentator, and so, in a cheeky parallel to James Joyce or James Kelman, I get to places, verbally, that are a little unusual - when I talk about Jocky Wilson and end up sounding like a Jackson Pollock of the commentary box.
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I want the little lassies who are thinking of going to a nightclub in Cardiff to stop to see what that guy's screaming for, or Grandma to put her knitting down to see why that guy's chatting about Alexander the Great. I'm after pulling in, whether it's in Manila, Beijing or whatever, the biggest possible audience.
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At various points, I've had a massive chip on me shoulder. I had fights about me accent with loads of those fellers you get from third-class public schools. They used to think I was speaking German.