John Lowe is one of Britain’s greatest ever darts champions. Unruffled on the oche, even in the face of the greatest challenges, "Old Stoneface," as John is known, became an indomitable force in the darts world. With every major darts accolade under his belt, his name has gone down in the history of the game. It was fate that kick-started John’s career in the sport when, o
John Lowe is one of Britain’s greatest ever darts champions. Unruffled on the oche, even in the face of the greatest challenges, "Old Stoneface," as John is known, became an indomitable force in the darts world. With every major darts accolade under his belt, his name has gone down in the history of the game. It was fate that kick-started John’s career in the sport when, one evening, he was asked to take someone’s place during a match. Had it not been for this, John would have followed his father down the mine and led quite a different life. In this fascinating book, John speaks candidly of his two marriages and the glamour and the strain brought about by jetting around the world to play in tournaments, as well as tales from all the major matches and what he really thinks about his big-name opponents.
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Paperback
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312 pages
Published
August 1st 2009
by John Blake
(first published October 1st 2005)
Ah, darts. A proper game played by proper blokes drinking proper beer. And none of those proper blokes was more nondescript than John Lowe, nicknamed Old Stoneface because he never knowingly had a facial expression.
Which means the book isn't that interesting either. To be fair, the early years are dealt with very well, as we learn about his Derbyshire, working class background. But once he hits the big time it becomes a list of famous people he met in fancy pants hotels around the world. It's ac
Ah, darts. A proper game played by proper blokes drinking proper beer. And none of those proper blokes was more nondescript than John Lowe, nicknamed Old Stoneface because he never knowingly had a facial expression.
Which means the book isn't that interesting either. To be fair, the early years are dealt with very well, as we learn about his Derbyshire, working class background. But once he hits the big time it becomes a list of famous people he met in fancy pants hotels around the world. It's actually more interesting when the tells tales about his contemporaries, and the section dealing with the legal disputes that came close to killing darts off is interesting as well.
If you were a fan of the legendary days of darts there is enough to keep you going at a budget price, but don't come here looking for great writing.
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