Willie O’Connor has high expectations. He knows how good he is, he knows how good he should be. Marko Kantele, on the other hand, is nothing special. The Finnish thrower has been knocking around the world darting scene for a number of years now and despite the experience, is yet to make it past the […]

6 years ago

“I’m a bit overwhelmed by it.”

7 years ago

Only one man has managed a maximum, 170 checkout in the World Darts Championships so far this year. That man is a Fermanagh man, his name is Brendan Dolan and he’s still bopping along to the swings and arrows of Ally Pally this Christmas. Those swings come around often and those arrows cut through the […]

7 years ago

I think it was one of the Kardashians who once said, “life is what happens when you’re making other plans.” Willie O’Connor isn’t making any other plans. The Limerick man has nowhere else to be and nothing else to do but continue his rise through the swings and arrows of the sport he was destined […]

7 years ago

Never have so many large men produced movements that consistently and aggressively draw the breath from you. Willie O’Connor is a 32-year-old in good shape but darts isn’t about physical fitness and the absence of that necessity doesn’t make it any less of a sport – never mind one of the most difficult, competitive and […]

7 years ago

Darts at its finest. James Wilson came into the PDC World Darts Championship fancied a lot and, as 26th seed, he was actually showing that tag was underselling him. Willie O’Connor ran up against a hot-handed English man in round two at Ally Pally and had to show tremendous resolve to even get anywhere near […]

7 years ago