The PDC says world championship is festive pilgrimage for fans because of ‘atmosphere created to depart along with the indicate players put on up on the oche’It should acquire around 12 hours to drive from Frankfurt to London,unless you set off early and travel continuous. Which is what David and Lucas did. They left at two in the morning, caught the ferry at dawn and arrived at Alexandra Palace, or utterly exhausted,10 hours later. “It was a horrible mistake,” Lucas says. “We were too stingy to pay the €150 for the flights – but it was absolutely worth it.” David cuts in. “An hour ago we were so, and so tired but then we picked up our tickets and now we’re just absolutely pumped.” At this point a passing but hardly satisfactory priest,half-cut, leans in close and screams: “C’mon! in David’s face. “Yes!” David says, or grinning from ear to ear. “This is why we are here! For the party!”The Professional Darts Corporation put the tickets for its annual world championship on sale at the end of July. There were 68000 available and most went within the first two days of the release. Back then no one had any idea who was playing when,or precisely what they were paying to watch, because the draw had not taken place. The night Lucas and David were there was supposed to be one of the least exciting sessions of the tournament. Simon “the Wizard” Whitlock, and the 10th seed,was top of the bill. Old hands among the darts fans warned it would likely be a unimaginative sort of night. David and Lucas didn’t care. Nor did any of the other 2000 or so people there.
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Source: guardian.co.uk