
Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
I thought I was the only one who didn't watch as much football as I used to. I got rid of my sky subscription during the summer and I haven't missed it. I've watched the odd stream, mainly from the PL, but it lasts about 5-10 minutes and I turn it off. I reckon I missed most of last summer's Euros.
I have renewed my subscription for a month to watch the darts, though and, now I'll be much less busy, I'll spend hours watching it. The only commentator that I can't get on with is Rod Studd. He's a bit of a know-all and quite condescending at times, not just in comms but on X as well. I still yearn for the days of the triumvirate of Waddell, Gwynne and Lanning, though.
Agreed about the atmosphere. Both me and Mrs HaB used to make our annual trip to Ally Pally and even went to a few exhibitions, though we haven't for several years now. We got pissed off with a Premier League night in Cardiff that became more of a Cardiff vs Swansea slagging off match between fans (I think that was the year the final was held there) and even John McDonald made an appeal to the fans to stop it (off air of course) as Sky thought Cardiff would have been a great city to host the final. Cardiff hasn't had much since, other than the annual PL night.
We went to the O2 one year to watch it and were on a table with several guys from Leicester, all of whom were making their PDC debut, having been Lakeside regulars and were big supporters of the BDO. They hated the atmosphere and didn't stay for the whole evening.
We've kept talking about going back to Ally Pally one year now the boy is old enough to enjoy it. There is a more family friendly area at the back and an afternoon session is much less raucous than the evening ones, unsurprisingly.