By Josh Powell | Sports writer and member of the Barney Army since 2006 Michael Van Gerwen showed all the makings of a champion on Sunday night as he threw an unbelievable 17 perfect arrows and came within touching distance of making history and achieving back-to-back 9-darters. It was accuracy not seen since Annie Oakley […]
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Dave Clark exclusive: Van Gerwen and Taylor to win through in style
After correctly predicting both of Saturday’s quarter-final results the face of darts on Sky Sports Dave Clark has given the Paddy Power Blog his hottest tips ahead of Sunday’s semi-final action in the World Championships at the Alexandra Palace. Tonight he has gone for Michale van Gerwen to beat fellow young chap James Wade and the old master Phil […]
Dave Clark exclusive: Adrian Lewis will lose to Mighty Mike and fail to retain his title
The face of darts on Sky Sports Dave Clark has given the Paddy Power Blog his hottest tips ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final action in the World Championships at the Alexandra Palace. The arrows tipster has gone through the card tonight and picked out a red-hot double including Michael Van Gerwen who Dave thinks will knock out the two-time world […]
Dave Clark exclusive: Barney has ‘six-time world champ’ written all over him
The face of darts on Sky Sports Dave Clark has given the Paddy Power Blog his hottest tips ahead of tonight’s quarter-final action in the World Championships at the Alexandra Palace. The arrows tipster has gone through the card tonight and picked out a red-hot double including Raymond Van Barneveld, who Dave thinks could go all the way. Dave […]
Betting News on Alex McLeish, the Lexus Chase and the Darts
Football Good news for Everton and West Ham fans as both Darron Gibson and Carlton Cole have had their red cards rescinded after they were both sent off in separate incidents in their clash last weekend. Gibson is available to face Chelsea at Goodison Park on Sunday if passed fit while Cole should be part […]
Betting news on Manchester United, the Darts and Paddy Power Day at Leopardstown
Football A second-half Gareth Bale hat-trick helped Spurs inflict a 4-0 defeat on Aston Villa last night before Stoke found their shooting boots when beating Liverpool 3-1 at the Britannia Stadium. Manchester City’s unbeaten record this season came to a shuddering halt with a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland and the Premier League champions now trail […]
Betting news on Liverpool, Manchester United and the King George
Football Manchester City left it late to beat Reading. It was like a clichéd commentators Christmases all come at once as they got to trot out the ‘they like to leave it out’ and ‘it’s a good habit for champions to have’, but it won’t have made too many City fans happy. Against the bang […]
Betting news on Chelsea, Darts and Christmas racing
Football For a moment last night the ‘Airport Derby’ dream was almost reality, Leeds were beating Chelsea 1-0 and a trip to Bradford could have been on the cards. Unfortunately that dream was smashed when Chelsea thumped five goals past Ashdown and ran out convincing winners. Even Fernando Torres scored. Chelsea will now face Swansea […]
Darts exclusive: Dennis Priestley has one more big game in him
The face of darts on Sky Sports Dave Clark has given the Paddy Power Blog his hottest tips ahead of Wednesday’s round one games in the PDC World Darts Championship. The arrows tipster got two out of four results right yesterday and fancies the legend Dennis Priestley to pull out a performance at the Ally Pally tonight. Justin […]
Betting news on Chelsea, Leeds, Darts and Racing
Football Rafa Benitez can expect a hostile reception – and that’s just from the Chelsea fans – when his side travel to Elland Road to face Leeds tonight in the last quarter-final of the Capital One Cup. Leeds manager Neil Warnock still harbours a grudge against the Spaniard from his time at Liverpool when Rafa […]
Darts exclusive: Mervyn King will beat Dean Winstanley in a thriller
The face of darts on Sky Sports Dave Clark has given the Paddy Power Blog his hottest tips ahead of Tuesday’s round one games in the PDC World Darts Championship. The arrows tipster has gone through the card tonight and fancies Mervyn King to edge a Dean Winstanley in the best match of round one. Steve Beaton v […]
Betting news on Arsenal, the Darts and Big Bucks
Football Arsene Wenger might just be able to look forward to his Christmas dinner as Arsenal’s 5-2 win over Reading last night eased the pressure on the beleaguered Gunners’ boss. Lukas Podolski opened the scoring before a Santi Cazorla hat-trick and Theo Walcott lifted the North London side to fifth in the table before they […]
Darts exclusive: Wade into James at 6/5 to win 3-0
The face of darts on Sky Sports Dave Clark has given the Paddy Power Blog his hottest tips ahead of Monday’s round one games in the PDC World Darts Championship. The arrows tipster has gone through the card tonight live on Sky Sports 2, 7pm and fancies Wright, Bowles, White and Wade to do the business tonight. […]
Betting news on Arsenal, Barcelona and Raymond Van Barneveld
Football It’s a crunch game for two managers tonight in the run up to Christmas. Both Arsene Wenger and Brian McDermott are under plenty of pressure and tonight could be the final nail in the coffin for the loser. Reading have lost five games on the spin and sit bottom of the Premier League table, while Arsenal […]
Darts exclusive: Barney and Hamilton should sail through round one
The face of darts on Sky Sports Dave Clark has given the Paddy Power Blog his hottest tips ahead of Sunday’s round one games in the PDC World Darts Championship. The arrows tipster has gone through the card tonight and fancies Barney and Hamilton to both show their class. Brendan Dolan v Mark Jones Mark Jones really hasn’t […]
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