This is even more lively than the pdc crowds....awesome stuff.

@chico11mbit

Жыл бұрын

and its a much bigger crowd at the big stage in ally pally.

I remember Bill great guy, Regarding Leighton rees I played Leighton 2 weeks after he won embassy professional, shortly after news world We played one leg 1001,exhibition match Leighton hit 7×140 back to back

This has to be the best atmosphere ever in any sport!!!!!! 😂 love it

Bill was my Grandad, brilliant to see him, thanks for taking the time to put this on

@padmavathipadmavathi1914

Жыл бұрын

Rees was my Granddad, Legend

@112sje

Жыл бұрын

I think "Mr Consistency" was one of the first players to reach the 301 Charity target on bullseye.

@johngreenhorn8853

4 ай бұрын

@padmavathipadmavathi1914 Meet your Grandad down in Stoke many years ago a true gentleman,and silky smooth throw loved watching him,and no one can ever take away the achievement of being the 1st World champ.

Electric atmosphere! Truly a vintage piece of film. What fun the crowd was having!

"60 !"...crowd.. "Yeeeeeesssss"... love it

@hellssurprise9338

3 ай бұрын

Easily pleased thats why Nowadays its Been there Seen that Had that BORED now!! Modern times are so ungrateful, selfish and greedy

l played both these legends at today's throwing length they never missed that news of the world throw was so long

Marvellous, lovely to see. I played it once, got through the local area.

I was at Ally Pally to watch this.The atmosphere was 'electric'.After the game,Alan Evans the great welsh dart player offered his hand to Leighton-i grabbed his hand and shook it until his teeth rattled! Good old days.I used to play Tommy O' Regan for 3 pounds a game in those days-didn't win many!

@johngrealy5566

8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Clark I met Tommy o Regan in chicago around 1989 a pure gentleman and great dart player . He fell in to bad health and returned to Ireland and i never heard of him again until i read your post . ( good darts ,good darts )

Thank you very much for sharing this. Bill was my grandad so its lovely to see videos like this being shared x x

@WorldwideDarts

10 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Kelly. Bill is a legend in the game of darts. Thanks for the comment.

@jameshope398

7 жыл бұрын

Bill Lennard is a legend always loved watching him on tv Kelly such a marvelous player

That crowd is immense

@neilhobson3624

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen anything like this for a darts match. Fully agree with you Nathan. Bonkers 👍👍👍.

1976-The Year of the British Heatwave

Small crowd for this one, just everyone in the country

i never thought darts is this popular for such a long time. it is a great game that´s for sure.

This is insane 😂. It's like the whole of the uk is there 😂 😂 😂 What an atmosphere honestly I had no idea it was that good back then and I thought the 90's were the coming out decade for darts. I was way wrong 😂

I can remember watching these events on World of Sport 😁

And he won 20 Benson & Hedges and 4 cans of Bitter.

+Jadi Peperzak-please don't disrespect these players.The 'throw' in the NOW competition was from 8'-at a time when 99% of 'throws' in super league and normal darts leagues were from 7' 6''.Leighton found it very hard to adjust to the extra couple of inches.I played Leighton several times,he was a true gent-played Bill in the Jersey Open--'Mister Consistency'. Jadi,everyone is a world champ in their own front room!

Billy Lennard was my grandad..super proud x

@padmavathipadmavathi1914

Жыл бұрын

Rees was my Granddad , proud of him . Once a Legend always Legend

@andymatthews7617

Жыл бұрын

A lovely man.r I p.🙏🙏

Thanks for posting this. Brilliant.

Massive thank you for posting this! Bill Lennard had a great year in 1976. Fabulous memories.

@WorldwideDarts

10 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it mate.

Bill lenard was My dads captain for lancashire and they Won the first Inter county title in 1972/3 season, Great old footage,

really enjoyed this, good to see sportsmanship and the first world champ leighton rees

An eight feet throw an elm board and the best of three format

This is brilliant.

Amazing footage.

RIP to both of these players-and the commentator as well

@yukongaming5055

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Copping gay

@JohnSmith-su3ze

6 жыл бұрын

So basically you're telling us that they're all dead Thanks for that

What an atmosphere wow

went there for Bristow v Flatt maybe 81 incredible that next door the FA vase final was on so the footy fans even came in cos this started at 1 pm ,insane crowds

GREAT VIDEO!!!!!

Wow! More punters than a Coldplay gig!

@Djarra

6 жыл бұрын

Well Coldplay's audiences all use wheelchairs.

@mikewest1542

3 жыл бұрын

@@Djarra more like beds !

doubles and trebles are clearly smaller on this board (than modern ones) adding to that a 8Ft throw and a very short format makes this a very tense final

Takes me back.

I went to Ally Pally in 70-71 seeing Filkins and in 71-72 seeing Netherton both win the trophy. The atmosphere was fantastic. A group of us bought a couple of cases of beer and watched from the side. The toilets were overflowing and the outside toilet troughs just flowed down the back of the place, disgusting really but with all those drinkers what else could they do? Differences... they threw from 8 ft... it was only best of three 501.{no time to get warmed up}. The throw line was called a Hockey. and winning a leg was called a game shot or a finish not a checkout. I still insist on calling it a finish. I believe it was the late Sid Waddell who started the "checkout" call. Whatever your views it was a great afternoon out.

@Wally-H

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't know they used to throw from 8'. For some reason I thought it was 7'6". I remember Reece/s game went downhill when they changed it to 7'9 3/4 as he never did manage to switch to the new distance effectively. Thanks for sharing your memories

@markperryman1797

5 жыл бұрын

@@Wally-H 7f 9 & 1/4'

@Wally-H

5 жыл бұрын

@@markperryman1797 yes thanks for the correction, sorry. My basic point holds true though

@markperryman1797

5 жыл бұрын

@@Wally-H I understand your point, just thought I would let you know....

@losthope9909

2 жыл бұрын

Oche, not hockey

Bring back the News of the World tournament ! (with a different sponsor obviously)

@krishnan-resurrection714

4 ай бұрын

..how about ffyfes bananas ..?

stand up if you love the darts!!!!

Legends !

REAL pressure ... 12,000 crowd ... the DB level must be off the scale ... makes todays crowd look and sound like kindergarten.

Should be classed as a world title

Iv'e seen many pitch invasions but never an oche invasion the crowd was magnificent don't know why they stopped playing there for so long.

@stevebrown3559

4 жыл бұрын

They stopped playing there because the Ally Pally burnt down! There were BDO tournaments there as well years ago. Where they play now is a newer building.

@jahno7154

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevebrown3559 I appreciate your words thank you.

Them the days! packed to the rafters (literally)😂, drinking, smoking, and no one cares!

The great dave lanning.r I p.🙏🙏

1976 one of the hottest summer in the UK. Leighton Rees first world champion 1978, Bill Lennard. If these men were playing now I believe they would be hitting more 180's, like John Lowe who later in his career got more 180's than what he did in the 70's.

Hello my name is Rhonda Pengelly ( maiden name Green). I'm trying to find a film footage of my dad Tim Green he was at the top of the dart game from 1970s he won the golden games in March of 1976 and he won against Eric Bristow. It was televised oon westward TV in the south west of England (plymouth). I would be very grateful if anyone has any information this as I have 8 grandchildren and it would be amazing if they could see their great granddad for there history. Thank you

Weird to watch darts without the split screen 😱

Leighton Rees looks just like Roger Mellie from Viz comic

Wow nice!

crowd is huge :)

Jeeeezzzz! Is that a real crowd or special effects? 😳😂😂

That dartboard looks like one you find in the attic after 20 years. Imagine today's players being asked to throw on that.

All the other tournaments u had to be quiet this is so much better

Leighton Rees looks like Jay out the Inbetweeners old man. Classic footage.

I wonder what these averages were compared with today.

..The Bitter was flowing in there .....

@jacksonirving4594

4 ай бұрын

Aye , no lager louts in them days just mild and bitter .

Most crowd probably pissed up

I believe they stand 4-5 inches further away in the NOTW tourney.

@WorldwideDarts

10 жыл бұрын

You're correct. The oche was at 8 feet instead of today's normal 7'9 1/4

@Dahliaman1

10 жыл бұрын

I think its more like 2.75 inches - NOTW tournament I believe was 8 feet, whereas those as we see on TV I believe is 7 feet 9.25 inches

I have my grandads news of the world medal he won in the late 1950s as bobby george wants to buy it but its definitely not for sale

@harrymonk6

5 жыл бұрын

How u know he wants to buy it, ? He won it twice

any beers in the crowd?

@WorldwideDarts

8 жыл бұрын

Ya think? Quite a few I'd say LOL

@EnforcerX71

7 жыл бұрын

A few thousand maybe...

@geoffblacka2008

7 жыл бұрын

I was there, we bought beer in packs of 24 cans to save going back...what a day that was...

👍👍👍

this is it

Shame they didn't show Bill getting presented with the famous trophy

before my time but both Leighton rees and billy lennard were great players

What’s the deal with the format, though? Best of 3 legs, for a final?

Das war wirklich in den 70er Jahren?, schaut nicht so aus. hm..

Poor Leighton a three time loser. But his day would come two years later when he became the first champion of the world.

The first world championships !

@FanBoyStudio369

5 жыл бұрын

This is the international tournament, not world tournament!

@harrymonk6

3 жыл бұрын

@@FanBoyStudio369 its the same thing lol the news of the world was also considered the world championship of darts back then

Alles zu schwach 70er dart...da kann ich sogar mithalten.:-)

@RJMcloy

5 жыл бұрын

Dieser Kommentar zeigt, dass du kaum Ahnung von Darts hast. Sorry aber das ist wirklich so!

@VaniFoxOfficial

5 жыл бұрын

Du kannst den beiden Spielern im Video nicht mal das Bier halten.

awful darts for a final

Excellent fantastic atmosphere, probably better than the ally pally? 🤔