Day 9 Darts: World Championships

# You shine a light. # But I can't hear a word you say.

# I'm criticised. # But all your bullets ricochet.

# You should me down. # But I get up.

# I'm bullet-proof, nothing to lose. # Fire away, fire away.

# Ricochet, take your aim. # Fire away, fire away.

# Shoot me down, but I won't fall. # Shoot me down, but I won't fall.

# I am titanium. Prepared for battle backstage and

ready to party in a packed Lakeside Country Club, fancy dress and

opt-out jests, beating hearts and world-class darts. One part

pantomime, one part soap opera, hopefully one part thriller. Today a

new game will be born as we crown either Stephen Bunting or Alan

Norris as BDO World Darts Champion. Every year, I am a winner, because I

get to spend happy days and happy nights with the gentleman dazzler,

Bobby George, and as usual on the final day... Excuse me one second, I

have had two glasses of wine! No need to be crude, we are friends!

This is Stephen Bunting's title to lose, that is what everyone is

telling us. Why not a Cinderella story for Alan Norris? Well, not

always the guy who was supposed to win wins, it is like a fairy tale.

There is Christian Kist, who beat Taylor. John P Wilson. Jockey

Wilson, first time. Taylor even Eric. So you know, the old fairy

tale job. We will see what happens, both finalists have had very

difficult journeys to get to this final, but both know what it would

mean to lift the famous old trophy. It is the Bullet! I have been

watching this tournament since I was a little boy, and I have dreams of

being in this final, and I want to go all the way and win it. The

ambition is not fulfilled by walking out on the final stage, the ambition

is to lift the trophy at the end of the day, get some brass and keep it

clean for the rest of the year. Looking at the names on the

trophies, you have got legends and there, Taylor, Barneveld, Scott

Waites last year, or some achievements. If you get your name

on that trophy, it is remembered for ever. He has been a bit inconsistent

with his finishing under pressure, so I will play the same game I

produced for Wilson. If he hits 180, I have got to keep him under

pressure. He is one of them, he never gives in, so I have got to be

on my best game to beat him. This would be extraordinary! My path

suggest I can turn the match around, I can come back. I really do believe

I can beat him, why not? I have come here to win it, let's get it done,

you know? That is the attitude to have. I do not feel like I have

played my best onstage, there is a lot more to come from Stephen

Bunting, but hopefully I can produce the best in the final and become the

world champion that I have been looking for. Many years. Bunting had

an easier run... He got the job done in his earlier

rounds with consummate ease. Norris started by beating the reigning

champion, Scott Waites, he had an easier made against Glenn Durrant,

then he did for the second seed, James Wilson, in a classic. James

had a 99 plus average, it didn't matter. He beat young Dekker in one

of the most up and down performances I have ever seen here. If this is

the first game you were tuning in for, you would be wondering, after

what I said, why Bunting is such a red-hot favourite when Alan Norris

has been upsetting the apple cart all week. He beat the world

champion, he has beaten everyone in front of him. But Bunting is a

different sort of player. He is a class player. He has won eight

titles over the last 12 months, he is Masters champion, the number one

seed, he has had a calm head this week, but he is like a whip out of

the blocks. If he gets ahead, he is not catching him. Pete Rose very

quickly, he is not Speedy Gonzalez. -- he throws. He likes to bully his

opponent, nothing wrong with that. If he gets in front, Norris has got

a problem. But if Alan keeps is game, as he has done, he has got

more ton-40s, better checking out averages, but he has played twice as

many legs, that is the difference. All week we have been showing

pictures of Alan Norris practising on his own, and Stephen Bunting went

into that same small room and practised right beside him all day.

So mind games already going on, he interrupted his solitude. Probably

there were too many other players in the other room on finals day, and

they are not allowed in there, you see. I do not think they are playing

on the same board, they keep a board apart, so you do not show the other

guide how good you are playing! They will be looking at everything going

into that board! Alan Norris kept his emotions in check, just

simmering, and it made him angry enough but it never overflowed in

the semifinals, maybe a bit too emotional, 110 average, 80 average.

Is the key for Alan Norris, especially in this first session, to

keep a calm head? Yeah, he cannot get inside him and get wound up.

Stephen will play at the same speed, there is no need for him to get

upset. If he plays his own game, checks his darts, does not just

throw them, that is what annoys me. 140, the other guys on top, he

misses the first treble 20. If he does that, he can give him a

chance. Peter Stringfellow is on the phone, he wants his outfit backed!

One man who works for the BBC and presses the flesh always tend and

makes us look like cynics, the one and only Rob Walker is on the

Lakeside dance floor right now with some men are no doubt wish it was

them up on the big stage today. Thanks, Colin, it has been a

privilege to be here for the last nine days, it is one of my favourite

events of the year. If you could touch the atmosphere, it would be

pure gold. We have Darryl Fitton and Wesley Harms here, four semifinal

appearances at Lakeside between them, you have known Stephen Bunting

for a long time, is he ready to complete this moment of destiny?

Yeah, I have known him since he was 15 years of age, and all he has ever

wanted to do is become Lakeside champion, and what better chance

against Alan Norris? Anything could happen today. He hasn't necessarily

always been pushed here. We know he got the tonne plus average against

Dave Prins, has he got more to come here? I think so, he has come from

behind, he has been very passionate about his game. I think Stephen will

win, I think Stephen will win, but he has not played well this week,

not like he can do. Wesley, you know quite a lot about Alan Norris, you

used to play for the same club when he was based in Holland. What have

you made of his somatic run to this final? I think he played awesome

when he needed to. So yeah, he just does enough work, and he wins his

games. So yeah, I think he has got a big chance here. He wears his heart

on his sleeve, and it was some comeback against young Dekker, who

was nailing some brilliant checkouts. I think Jan did a

brilliant job of there. First of all, I thought it was going to be

over for him, and then he did that 158 out, and you saw the game

turning around. Alan Norris kept fighting and won the game. They are

both going to need to produce their very best, enjoy it this afternoon.

We cannot wait, Colin, for this massive final to begin, it is going

to be a cracker. Well, who am I to stand in your way?

Both men have dreamt of this moment from the minute they threw their

first darts and probably scored 26. It is also a first-time Lakeside

finals day for our new master of ceremonies, who has lived up to his

tall task. Let's get the players onto the stage for the 2014 final

with Little Richard Ashdown! Ladies and gentlemen, it is throw

time! Welcome to the 2014 Lakeside World Championship final! Nick Rolls

is your referee for this best of 13 set finale here at the home of world

starts, the Lakeside! -- world darts.

We now introduce the current holder of eight world ranking titles, he is

the twice reigning world Masters champion and BDO world ranked number

one, it is the Bullet, Stephen Bunting!

MUSIC: "Bullet In The Gun" by Planet Perfecto.

We now introduce a former French open, Luxembourg open and Welsh

Masters champion, please welcome Alan Norris!

MUSIC: "Calling (Lose My Mind)" by Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso.

It is our 21st all English final. We will be putting the 23rd different

name on that trophy. Let's go to the commentary team.

Here we go, England against England. The world 31 against the

world number one, but two players with very similar Lakeside records.

Alan Norris has been here five times before and his previous best was a

thrashing in the quarterfinals. Stephen Bunting has been here six

times before and his previous best was a thrashing in the

quarterfinals. They are good friends off the key. They have spent the

afternoon in practice together. I was told they were having a laugh.

Through the week, both have hit the darting heights. One of them is

about to scale the highest peak. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the

2014 Lakeside world final. It is Stephen to throw first. Game on!

Will Norris nail it? Will we hang out the Bunting? We are seven sets a

way from the prize. Not a very good start from either player. They are

in the final. They cannot go any further. It is going to be very

interesting. There is the first treble love the final. -- of the

final. Closely followed by the second. Both players have scored

well in the tournament, and crucially, both have finished well.

They have both thrown 146 darts at a double over the past nine days. Alan

Norris, especially, has been impressive going for doubles. He

missed them yesterday. Those are their averages throughout the

tournament so far. Not much to choose between them. Stephen Bunting

scoring four points higher with his first night darts. And there is the

first maximum of the match! That has got them going. It does not take

long to get them on the feet. It could have been done with three

darts, but not after the first one. Stephen Bunting with an early chance

to get on the scoreboard. That is the double he has been

hitting. Yes, he has been lethal on double top has Chuck. That is a leg

against the darts. Alan Norris has hit 34 180s so far.

It has been said that Alan Norris cannot afford to let Stephen Bunting

get a head of steam up, because he is such a good frontrunner. That is

why they call him The Bullet. When he gets ahead, you do not see him

for dust. But if Norris can get amongst it early on, and you never

know, The Bullet might just shoot himself in the foot. Good leg,

this. Bonding in with a great chance here. -- hunting.

69 coming in for Norris. Double 12 he has left himself. Lethal. Lethal

on those doubles. It is the doubles that count. He is scoring well, he

is finishing well. At this stage, the favourite. Stephen has had 16

bound sites. -- on sites. This could be an 11. Leg if he hits

the treble 17. Double eight for a 12 dart leg. Still plenty of time. 170

is the highest score you can check out with three darts.

Fortunately, Stephen has a chance to come back.

He can finish on 104 if Stephen makes an error.

God, he needed that. It is this leg for the first set. He has started

well. Stephen has just hit his first double in eight attempts. Much

younger than Alan, Stephen, and the nerves are telling. He has won every

world title except this one, from being a teenager.

Really good from Alan Norris. 140, 100, 135. 126 gives you options on

the 19s. From this point of view, Stephen

Bunting does not look favourite. Second set, first leg, Alan Norris

to throw first. A set against the darts. The first

27 will lift the title. That was a 14 dart leg to win the set from Alan

Norris, including two mistyped and a double. -- missed darts. They said

he would have to start well and he has, despite the fact that he was up

at four o'clock this morning. Stephen isn't out of bed yet, the

way he is throwing. Better in this leg. Yes, come on. 180!

The big man, Alan Norris, lovely guy. He has been coming many years.

We have had a few laughs together. For a leg against the darts. Can't

finish now. Stephen has taken out 158 in this

tournament, can Alan? Alan Norris, second leg. Stephen,

throwing first. He can't miss the finishes at the minute, Norris. Big

scores coming in from Bunting. This is going to be a classic. Norris has

been coming here for several years. Every year since 2009. Usually with

his brother, who is not here this year. She decided to just get a bit

professional about it this year, not really talk to people. A couple of

hours before the match, he gets his game face on. He has lots of

superstitions. He likes to do exactly the same thing exactly the

same way. She has been practising on his own this week. That has been the

difference. He has said he has enjoyed it. I asked him if he had a

message for the commentary box. He said, sausages. Sausages! Well, he

has been sizzling. Stephen on 40, Alan still behind.

To square the set, double top. Second leg, Stephen Bunting. Third

leg, Alan to throw first. Game on. Loads of superstitions, Alan Norris.

He refused to be interviewed by our reporter, Rob Walker, by the lake,

because a couple of players who were knocked out early on were there.

When he realised it would be by the lake he said it would have to be

inside. He has also invited friends and families, but they have said

they are not going to come, because they do not want to jinx it. They

say, whatever you have been doing has been working. Well, this is

working. All square in this set, one apiece. Yes! It had to come, and it

has come at the right time for Norris.

After nine darts, the three-dart outshot. A big one for Stephen, 161.

He has done it many times, but he needs it now, treble 20. Oh,

unlucky, 84 left. Double 12 when he comes back,

Stephen Bunting, if he comes back. That leaves his favourite double. He

has misted! Oh, you cannot afford to miss that!

That was a relief. The first time that Stephen has

broken all match. With the throw, he needs this one for the set.

We talk about Alan Norris and his superstitions, as Stephen Bunting

almost feels like, have a look at that with his foot. He always puts

it on top of the oche before he throws.

134, 134, the first two scores for Alan. That is OK. Here we go. Pretty

level. 140! The pirates of Frimley Green!

Yes, in the depths here. OK, Stephen, here is your chance. Good

finish. He is missing then finishes! Alan

with a chance to square this set. Stephen is on the way back, cannot

believe he has got a chance here, it is double eight. For the set, to

level the match. Game shot and the second set, Stephen Bunting! We are

all square in the final. Stephen to throw first, game on.

Yes, come on! 140. Good start. The main thing is, he has got a set and

it is one apiece. Well, there we are, the Chelsea

pensioners once again this year. Staff Sergeant or warrant officer

Terry Abbott, regimental Sergeant frame Abraham, Lance Corporal Golden

Lion, 82, and staff nurse Bridget Higgins me the chaperone.

I did a raffle for the Chelsea pensioners one Christmas. It lasted

three days will stop serious! They really get well looked after. OK,

Stephen, treble 20. Three scores under a ton, that does

not win matches. As we saw a moment ago, the averages, Stephen Bunting

is, with his first nine darts, 11 points better. Double 12 for the leg

for Stephen. Ahead in the match for the first time. Second leg, Alan to

throw first, game on. The tide is turning.

He is lethal on the doubles, but he's no good if he does not get a

chance at hitting them. Look at where Stephen stands, coming in from

a different angle. Oh, yes! Two 125s for Norris, going

well. As you will see, with the first nine

darts, Stephen Bunting has a big advantage, so he is getting to his

finishes earlier, so we can afford to miss them. Well, it certainly

won't be this time, because Alan Norris has left 194. Stephen is

still on 248. It will be 56 for Alan Norris to

level us up in the match. And he has six darts added if he needs them. I

doubt he will! Well, he will need them! Cannot

finish, though. 207 on the board. Alan will be coming in for double

top. There we go, to square the match, double top. That is the one,

double ten. Game shot. It is Stephen to throw first, game on. It is all

square, one apiece, one leg apiece, advantage Bunting.

Great leg, that, because Stephen Bunting applied pressure with that

171, leaving himself on 36. But Alan Norris resisted the pressure. He hit

the double ten when he needed to. Back in the trebles, yes! Another

maximum! Up they go, it is the show! Good recovery, that, for Alan.

Straight back in, Stephen. He might just be about to catch fire in this

final, you know. Well, seeing the darts he has been throwing all

through this year, nine darts, 81 left.

To equal the biggest checkout of the week, treble 20, treble 19,

bull's-eye. Oh, just the wrong side of the

wire, he hit the treble seven, not the treble 19. Great cover on the

18s. A chance now. Oh! What a mess! Alan Norris has

every chance now. That is his father having a sip!

He was talking to his father in the bar, and he said, he thinks he is

more nervous than Stephen. A lovely man, he is, brought his son up the

right way, taking him to darts since the age of about 14.

He won every junior title, teenage title, youth title, and now here he

is, hoping that the men's title will go with them as well.

And Stephen wanted us to say a big thank you to some of his

supporters. That is is there a maximum of this final so far.

Everyone at Target, Ronnie and Nikki, who spent the week dressed in

Family Guy onesies. And then he said, just don't mention the camper

van! How about that?! Back to the maximum is! Two on the trot, 92

after nine darts. Here is the Bullet. Can he via this one in? He

wants the bull! Oh, unlike the! -- unlucky. Shanghai 20s, treble,

single, double. Not this time. Stephen Bunting to break back and

level this first set. Double eight he needs, and double eight he hits.

Nip and tuck! Stephen to throw first, game on. Punch and

counterpunch, we still have no idea who is going to win the title, and

that, Tony, is how we like it. That one on the floor.

Just 80 instead of 140. As it stands, one said apiece, 2-2, a

vital leg here. -- one set apiece. Well, Stephen should win it, because

he has the darts. This is his set to lose. But if Alan can make it and

then hold his throw in the next set, there will be daylight between

them. Well, there already is, because a town will leave him 161.

I'm afraid, with this baroque, Bunting has taken the advantage of

the throw, as Norris. If he can take out 121, Alan Norris,

he will strike potentially a crucial blow. Bull's-eye for the set!

A big chance, but Stephen has got a big one as well.

To go ahead in sets 2-1, wrong bed! Oh dear! What a loose arrow! What a

let off for Stephen Bunting! Game shot! He had to hit it and did!

A vital shot, was that. It meant an extra set for Bunting. Alan to throw

first, game on. In the context of this final, the past minute could

just be crucial. I know it is early, but... We can return to that,

see how we go one. -- on. There is a 180. They might as well

stay standing. It is all happening. This was the moment for Alan

Norris. If it had hit the wire and gone up instead of down, he would

have won the set against the darts. Stephen Bunting might have been

struggling, because he does not like having to battle back from behind.

Tom, Tom, Tom, 91. Big finish for Bunting.

Back to Norris. 50 left... Only a fraction away.

It was very awkward. Tops to hold this row.

A lot of Norris supporters at that table. I can also tell you that

there are Norris supporters watching in a village in Zanzibar, where they

have set up a generator to watch the match. Zanzibar? So I am told. Are

you sure they did not say, is that the bar? You are probably right.

180! That is his six of the match, Stephen Bunting.

180! We are seeing why he is favourite, why he has been winning

every title. Chance of 11. What a final it is turning out to

be. Only 60 from Alan Norris. Stephen Bunting, the way he is

scoring... Mind you, Alan Norris is still in front. Stephen Bunting

still has a lot to do. This year, both are playing under

the flag of England. I do not know if he has moved yet, but Stephen is

going to St Helens. 141 left for Alan Norris. 246 the Stephen. There

is a finish for both players. Not far away from the double 12. Can

Stephen punish that with the 146 that would hurt? Not this time.

The cheering starts a Norris, looking at double 12. A minor way.

66? A - 66? A chance. 180! Big moment for Stephen Bunting.

He is such a good front runner. Can he get daylight between himself and

Alan Norris? He has come from behind. In the early stage it was

all Norris. Look at the change around. The crowd has had some

entertainment this week and some fun, as well as serious darts.

18 darts is the longest leg we have had since the outset of this match.

Incredible. This is what they want out there, big finishes. He did not

need to go for that, because Norris was on 256. 64 when Stephen comes

back for a two set lead. But he is under pressure! Now there is a

chance for Alan Norris to bring it back. He will feel this is a chance

he has to take. He needs a bull's-eye. So near, so far. One

thing, for a 3-1 lead. Take your time. Double four, knock at the

door. Double two. He has missed four carts to win this set. -- darts.

Double 4... Can I please ask, do not shout out whilst the players are

throwing. Norris got out of jail. Definitely. But he has got the

advantage now in this set. He could take it in sets. It would be to

level the match but he has the advantage in this leg. He could win

the set and level the match. Stephen Bunting had four darts to win the

set, 3-1, and to go 3-1 up in sets. And you have to say that The Bullet

shot himself in the foot. Norris is back in the driving seat. Funny

sport, darts. You take heart from your own porno's -- from your

opponent's misses. Double top when he comes back.

Stephen wants to pressure this with a big score. That is a good start.

Double top it is. The cheers are going up. And that is the one. Here

we are, two sets apiece. All square. Game on! The advantage is with

Bunting. We thought we might have a big moment at the end of the third

set. Stephen Bunting held. But how big was that moment, when Stephen

Bunting missed his Forth said dart -- missed his fourth set dart to go

ahead. He had a chance to make it 3-1 in sets, but as it happens, it

is never over until the fat lady sings.

There is no mistaking his father, there. He will approve of this leg.

OK, big smile, still a chance. So, tops the Stephen Bunting. Yes!

That is more like it, Stephen. It is a better final than last

year, isn't it? Terrific! Terrific! What about that response from Alan

Norris? Here comes Bunting. Alan Norris has got his second wind.

Great standard in this final. 180! Even better with that maximum.

Double 12, he needs. Double six. Unusually, it is Alan Norris down to

finish first. It is Stephen who scores heavier with his first three

visits to the oche. And Alan Norris has hit the wrong double again.

Double 6... Yes. Once again, all square. You cannot separate them.

Oh, this is good, this is good. 40 ahead. They are called minions,

Tony, from Despicable Me. We have had anything but despicable darts.

By the way, I am told that our little review of the week, which

will take place in the interval, which happens after the first six

sets, will feature a track from Despicable Me. Okay... Happy. Right,

back to the match, it is a 170 finish for Stephen Bunting.

How often do you see this? He wants the bull! Oh! A chance for Alan.

For five grand, the check for the highest checkout. It currently

stands at 167, it is with Robbie Green.

It is fast, it is furious, it is how they love it. Once again, a chance

of going ahead for Stephen Bunting. This is brilliant! What fun! Every

time one of them wins a leg, the other player comes back and Nick

swan back. I think the players have gone through the pain barrier, to be

honest. We are having fun. It is great to watch. I know it can get

really hot up on the stage, quite apart from what it does to your

nerves. Under the lights with the cameras watching and thousands of

eyes on you. It gets really hot, so I know that when they were in the

practice room a couple of hours ago, they turned the leading up,

shut the doors and windows, to try and acclimatise. -- eating. Well, he

was not happy with that one. And Norris, really, could be finding

himself 3-2 down in sets after this leg.

He has blocked the treble 20. Looking good here for Stephen!

82, bull for double 16, it is a shot on as well for Alan Norris, 126.

Double 16, he has got it! Game shot and the fifth set, Stephen Bunting.

14-dart finish, 3-2 in sets, Bunting leads. Last set before the break.

OK, Alan, a big man, you can fight back. The match against Dekker

proves the standard he plays do. -- plays too. The pressure on Alan

Norris to hold here. That one was loose. Yes, good cover

shot, good thinking. Oh, what a marker! What another

marker! That is really putting the pressure

on. I do not think Alan can afford to go two sets down.

He has got to keep within himself and let the nerves takeover. -- take

over. Oh dear! Oh dear, he is handing Stephen the throw here, the

advantage of the darts. Well and truly, look at this!

He has left himself 57 when he comes back. Some pretty young ladies all

over the place. They have really turned out today.

It is double top. Game shot and the first leg, Stephen Bunting. He has

broken the Alan Norris road there. -- throw there. If he holds twice,

he has that commission of a two-set leader, the one he missed four darts

for earlier. -- cushion. He is feeling it now, Stephen, he really

is. He really wants to get at that oche, he knows he is growing well,

-- throwing well, he has got Alan Norris fretting, I would say. You

just miss a couple of finishes and it makes all the difference. Well,

he has taken everything that is the second seed, James Wilson, has been

able to throw at him. He took everything that Jan Dekker could

throw at him in the semifinal, and now Alan Norris is trying to prove

that he is bullet-proof. A finish for Bunting, 167. 180! What a shot!

Finish, oh no... Calm down. Back-to-back 180s from Alan Norris.

64, a good finish it is as well. That is the one! He has broken

straight back, how about that! Cor! Here we go! He broke the advantage

of the throw as well. 11 darts it took him to get that leg on the

board. That is almost unplayable, frankly. We could be going into the

break at three apiece. I am sure we would certainly like to see that.

The first 27 sets, as you can see, will lift the title. -- the first to

seven sets. There it is again! Just thought when he was out of the

water, back comes Bunting! It should be hunting, not Bunting,

because that is what he is, hunting down his opponent.

So to break back again. Double 14. Double seven. He had a chance for an

11-dart there. Alan Norris can hold his pro-here. -- throw here. Do not

underestimate how much pressure to hit that double 20! And it finished

right in the middle of the bed, what a dart, what a match! It was this

throw as well, could be going all the way on this set as well.

Advantage for the Bullet. It is a steady start, isn't it? He will want

more here. Oh, yes! He has obliged with a 140.

Alan is there as well. That is OK, not too bad.

So 130 left, good finish, 130. It could be won with the bull.

He will be back. It gives Alan Norris for a big score here to

pressurise even on that 86. It is a good finish.

But he is doing it well. OK! There is is that, come on, you know the

way, treble 18, double 16. Oh! Look at that, just a fraction!

To take the set and level this final. No, just the wrong side of

the wire. Here we go. 25 to level the set.

Oh, yes! He is not giving in. So, so, here we go with the end of this

sixth set. He wants to be careful that it doesn't fall out, he wants

to throw quickly. Who is going to blink first? At the moment, they are

neither of them blinking. What a last dart! He needed that, and how,

to leave himself on a finish. Stephen on 264. He is on a finish,

too. Terrific entertainment, terrific darts. He will not be doing

it this time, 164 for Stephen, for a 4-2 lead. If he can hit treble 20,

treble 18... But he will be coming back if he cannot hit 74.

He is rushing it a lot, really rushing it.

Double eight! Oh! Chances once again for Alan Norris and double top! Oh!

Everything is happening! Double top coming to the oche! To make it 3-3

in sets. Just take your time. He is not taking a look at this, Bunting.

He has got one left. He has got it! He has hit it! What a match this is!

3-3! Stephen Bunting has now missed seven

darts. Alan Norris has pounced every time and this could be a classic.

After the first six sets we are none the wiser. Norris splits the first

session. The number one seed cannot find the daylight.

We talk a lot of rubbish up here, but I think we got it right. The two

main things were good bonding get a lead, and could Norris keep his

emotions in check? They were the two vital ingredients for a classic

final. It is a shame that Norris missed the double eight on the first

set, otherwise he would be a set up. But I think if Stephen Bunting

had got 4-2, it would have been good for him. Just one double changes the

game completely. There are children who have never watched darts before

and they could tell us what we need to show, the deciding leg, this

doubles on over at the place. Both men showing an element of nerves, as

you would expect. This exemplified that.

This is not what Bunting does, he has been winning by hitting them.

Have you sensed nerves of steel in Bunting? Just a little bit of fire

not there as much? He is not firing as fast as he was. He is lower

today. Norris, the trouble is he takes his time, Rose Nye starts and

then all of a sudden, he just grows them -- throws them and does not

even look. It is silly. How important was that dark? It was a

big dart, Horden Bennett! -- Gordon Bennett! It changed the game

completely. Why Stephen Bunting is such a good front is that he

consistently hates two dart finishes. -- he consistently The

headlines... S -- hits. He has, -- not gone at the big shots

today. Norris has gone for the big shots under pressure, he has got a

lot of bottle. He is keeping the emotion in check. Bunting is not

doing his famous finishes and Norris is keeping his cool. You just do not

know what is going to happen and that is why darts is exciting. It is

the uncertainty of who is going to win. It is live on the BBC. More

sport on the way this evening. After the first session of the

men's final, we will pause and look back at the tournament so far. Both

on the oche, and off. We have had some bad games and some good games

and we have had some classics. # It might seem crazy what I'm about

to say. # Sunshine she's here, you can take

a break. # I'm a hot air balloon that could

go to space. This is sudden death. # With the air, like I don't care

baby by the way. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you feel like

happiness is the truth. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you know what happiness is to you.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you feel like that's

what you wanna do. # Here come bad news talking this

and that. # Yeah, give me all you got, don't

hold back. In the madhouse to win the game.

# Yeah, well I should probably warn you I'll be just fine.

# Yeah, no offense to you don't waste your time.

# Here's why. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you feel like

happiness is the truth. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you know what happiness is to you.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you feel like that's

what you wanna do. The travel news... -- treble 20,

treble 17... Look at that! He needs a bull's-eye. What a way to

do that. # Clap along if you feel like a room

without a roof. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you know what

happiness is to you. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you feel like a room

without a roof. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you know what

happiness is to you. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do.

# Bring me down... Can't nothing.... # Bring me down... Your love is too

high.... # Bring me down... Can't nothing....

# Bring me down, I said. # Clap along if you feel like a room

without a roof. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth.

# Because I'm happy. # Clap along if you know what

happiness is to you. # Because I'm happy.

# Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do. Have been as,

that is what it is all about. # happiness.

Hiroaki Shimizu was my favourite. He loved it. And also, it is great

drama. If someone can go out there and hit a plus 100 average but the

game was not remarkable, the line between success and failure has

never been drawn so significantly in that lady's -- ladies' final. Your

heart was breaking for Deta Hedman, soaring for Lisa Ashton. She played

brilliantly, absolutely brilliantly. I felt sorry for detail. -- Deta

Hedman. But Lisa was unbelievable. Great tournament for ladies' darts.

Yesterday on BBC Two, it was just shy of a peak audience of 2 million

people. One of the trophies has been handed out, the other one still

needs a name on it. We are exactly where we were when we came on air.

We talked about Stephen wanting to get sets all -- sets all, let's go

back to our commentary team. Stephen Bunting and Alan Norris have

already delivered a thriller. The most significant moments of the

evening still lie ahead of us. Lots of drama yet to unfold. Game on!

Stephen Bunting missed three set darts. Is that a good or bad

interval? He has had time to think about it. A great one for Chuck. He

would have been happy with the two going into the break.

He might have been happy to have dropped that dart. It gave him a

thought, he came back in with a trouble 19. -- treble 19. Out of the

traps quickly at the beginning of set number seven, is even more

thing. That is a very wayward one from Chuck.

Chuck, I way back on 264. -- our way back.

That will do Stephen Bunting the world of good. His finishing was not

good in set six, notwithstanding the missed set out in the final leg. He

missed format of the previous five before that. -- he missed four.

Norris will be looking to build on that first time. -- ton.

It is only Alan Norris's second major final in his career. His first

was in 2012. He had two 170 checkout in the process. He was beaten 5-0.

Alan has never won a significant match against Stephen so far in his

career. These are the grandchildren of Bob

Potter, the host of Lakeside world darts. There is Barbara as well.

They seem to be enjoying it, that is the main thing. That is what we are

after, new fans. Alan will be back looking for a 106 to four in a

moment, but Stephen can put the pressure on here, and has done. --

164. He leaves sell 25, but he leaves the

door open for Stephen Bunting. -- himself. Double 16, two darts at it.

Well! Well, well, that was a chance to break that he has not been able

to take. It is the pressure of the missed shot from Norris on the throw

before, Alan himself now has 25. I always feel, when you miss that

first dart, it pressures the second. Double 16.

Oh, his finishing is failing the close inspection at the moment, that

is five missed darts at double 16 in this leg. A chance for Alan Norris

that he would not have believed he was going to get. He was too close

on the first two, those guys who play up and down the country know

what it is like to have the first dart to close. Game and leg, Alan

Norris. Another potentially significant moment, five missed

darts at doubles against the Alan Norris row, it would have been the

lead that he needs in set number seven. It wasn't to be, Alan Norris

holds. 180! He takes the confidence of winning a bad leg and start the

next one with a 180. You do not mind winning a bad leg, Jim, as long as

you win it! It is the ones you lose that mentally destroy you.

Nothing to choose between them in terms of sets or legs, 5.5 between

them in terms of the averages. Stephen's scoring over the first

nine darts is eight points better. He has not been able to use that to

his advantage so far. For an 11-dart finish your plants,

double top. A 12 darter will do it! It bounced out of that bad leg,

12-dart next leg. A mini break for Alan there as well. He comes back

in, throwing for the set. These two guys are not the only

thing is making a debut this year up there, the new win mall board --

Winmau board, this is its debut in the championships. Has it gone down

well with players? I think, with a lot of us it has. Some of the

lighter throwers, it hasn't. In general, it is coming across as a

really good board. We have had a lot of dart on dart bounce outs, not

sticking, should I say. But in general, once it is a few legs in,

it is really soft, a very good board.

This is a leg that Stephen Bunting needs to win against the Norris row,

he has made an excellent start with 140 and 137. And it gets better for

him, he will take a one to three. He knows he will have a shot at 101 to

get that mini break back. -- he will take a 123.

To go to-do in this set. -- 2-2. Hello, Chuck! I am not going

anywhere, I think that was the message.

101 at checkout, appreciably the match so far.

Coming at a crucial time as well, not an awful lot of difference in

terms of the finishing between the two men. Alan's finishing ratio is

superior tonight and has been over the tournament at large.

Understandable, I suppose, Scott, that both men's checkout

percentages, the low 30%, lower than they have been for the tournament,

because the pressure increases, and it is understandable that the radar

begins to waver near the finish of the event. Indeed, we have got

another dart on dart bounce out there. We call it a DOD from now on!

I am sure I was talking to somebody earlier, and I am sure the walk ons

tonight, being debut darts in the world final, next year when they

come back to the first round, it will be easier for them mentally.

Neither, of course, had progressed beyond the quarterfinal here at

Lakeside prior to this year. 132 for the set. The dart slipped

out of his hand there. Likewise Stephen, a three figure

checkout for a 4-3 lead in the match. Double 18! A fraction away

from a 129, how important that could prove to be. On the wire, the

margins are so narrow between success and failure, particularly

now if Norris takes out 72. At 2-2 last time before the break, Norris

took the set. The second and just went into the

chapel me. He has missed a crucial dart as well, so double 18 for a 4-3

lead, right in the middle of the bed! A missed set dart for Stephen

Norris, Stephen Bunting knows how that feels, he has missed seven so

far. But it is Bunting rather than Norris that takes the 4-3 lead. It

is role reversal, but mentally Alan will be thinking, it is my darts

this set. Alan, of course, missed two set

darts earlier when Stephen held his throw. Alan bounced back to win the

next set and tie it up at numb 2-numb two. -- 2-2. I know that

Stephen's practice partner is here tonight to watch him, and all the

practice that they have been having, he will be seeing at first

hand, in the final. That is what it is all about, the

prestige, rather than the silverware, in many ways. That is

the most famous trophy in darts, Jim. Every player who has ever

thrown a dart wants to get their hands on that. And iconic trophy,

and iconic venue. I know we are only seven sets out of a potential 13,

but you sense that we are in for yet another classic final. We have been

treated to so many over the years. So Stephen has got treble 19s. It is

not on now. He will leave tops beautifully.

Norris coming back for double six. This would really hurt Alan Norris,

and look at that, he has taken the chance, Stephen Bunting finding his

rhythm, three successive legs now. More critically for Alan Norris, he

has had the darts to win two of them and has missed those chances. The

mini break in set number 84 Stephen Bunting. Alan needs to jump back on

it as soon as he can, he mustn't let this get into his head.

Seven ranking titles in his career, Alan Norris, BDO ranking outside the

top 30. In comparison to Stephen, who was mine three majors and 11

ranking titles in the last two years. -- won. Good 134 by Norris

brings him back into the leg. And again, he is in a position to

set himself up with a finish, 108. Norris will be looking to pressure

that 108. He should stay up, I think.

108 to take a lead in this set. That double 16 did not work for him

earlier, I wonder whether he should have maybe changed it and gone

somewhere else. It is Norris back in, 101.

Is dart has gone backwards somehow. -- his. He is back in, double top.

Six successive darts as doubles missed by Norris.

Game shot and the second leg, Stephen Bunting. Four successive

legs for Bunting. Third leg, Alan to throw first, game

on! Double 16 has not been kind four Stephen Bunting, 15 attempts in the

match, he has only hit it four times, as Alan Norris wades in with

a maximum at the start of a lead he has to win! Alan, at this moment,

will be feeling that he keeps robbing legs off of him, because

Alan is getting in on the double and Stephen is tidying up after him. He

mustn't let that get into his head, he is getting there first, he has to

be more positive and the doubles. Five trebles from his first six

darts in this leg. It will be first to the finish this

time around. Critically, he has to take it. Which he has been unable to

do in each of the last three legs. He has had chances, and in each of

them Stephen Bunting has come from nowhere to win it. Treble 20, he

will stay there, double eight. That is freaked there, that is

Alan's made. -- Freak. I do not know his real name, that is how I know

him! Wesley Harms as well, watching on, another close friend of Alan's.

That was the first of three legs that Alan Norris has to win to tie

it up at 4-4, Stephen with the throw this time round. I think the freak

was sporting the hairstyle of an early 1980s Bobby George, very

similar! Another maximum for Stephen, his

10th of the match so far. There was no way he was going to throw that

third one at the treble! That is probably the fastest Stephen has

moved all week. First to seven sets, Stephen Bunting with a chance for a

5-3 lead. Double 16 left when he returns. He has struggled to hit it

throughout the match. He has a chance to take a 5-3 lead. What can

he do? He has got it, and he has got the 5-3 lead. Since the mid-session

interval, Stephen Bunting has been very impressive.

Bunting has a distinct advantage in sets. He will definitely be feeling

the more comfortable of the two. You can see how good the scoring has

been since the interval, he has outscored Norris in both sets. In

the second round he beat Dave Prins and averaged 101. In the game

against Wilson, he also averaged just over 101 in that match.

180! Bunting is ramping up the pressure. Norris, replying in kind.

Norris will have a shot at 140 and a chance to break.

Stephen has been taking opportunities from Alan. Alan needs

to start getting there first. Stephen has hit six of his last nine

darts at doubles. The Chelsea pensioners, loving it. But I suspect

the man on the left wants Alan Norris to win, judging by his

reaction. If Alan were two when he would have

done at the hard way. He would have beaten seeds one, two and six and

taken out the champion as well. That was a big visit for Norris in

this leg, in the context. Stephen has a chance to turn it round. He

has not taken it. He has dropped his dart again. That

is the third time. Double top? That does not help! That looked like

a straight bounce out to me, that had to come off a wire. He has gone

on to hit two treble 20s to put pressure on. No scorer. -- score.

Game, second leg, Stephen Bunting. Brave move, but it went Bunting's

way. And that, another leg against the

darts. He now finds himself just a leg away

from a 6-3 lead. If you do not hit it, you kick yourself all the way

back to the table and have a drink of water. 180! Number 811 for the

tournament -- number 11 for Alan Norris.

He really needs to win this leg. He really needs another travel. --

treble. Alan's biggest checkout of the

tournament, 133, of the final, 69. He cannot hit the 140. Double 16 for

another set. It is 88. The finishing line is approaching for the man from

St Helens! That is his lady, hitting him advice, but I do not think she

needs to. He is 6-3 up. 180! The power scoring still there from Alan

Norris but he has lost eight of the last nine legs. There is speculating

about how important the mid-session interval might have been, it has

given Stephen Bunting the chance to regroup from missing those darts at

the end of the sixth set. What will his mentality be? Will he think he

can relax and play darts? We may see his level go up?

There have been famous finals, particularly the Martin Alund final

against Phill Nixon, where the finishing line was so close and

seemed to get further away for Martin as time progressed. Alan

Morris is still in this! Sometimes with a player you think, I

have been trying and it has not been working. That shows that Alan has

relaxed, taking his foot off the trying too hard pedal, and produced

an 11. Leg. Ideally he would have produced it against the Bunting

throw. He has got to break at some stage.

With him having lost so many legs in a row, he will have been happy to

get his confidence back. 6-3 down, Alan Norris. He has got

the darts in his hand for this set. We would expect he can get back to

6-4. It will only take one break of throw in the set after that, 6-5,

holds again, 6-6. It is easy when you say it like that. But that looks

like a big margin, the 3-set deficit. It is only going to take

one break of throw in the next set, potentially. Stephen, on a finish.

Rather nonchalant, it is like he knew he was going to hit it.

Robbie Green had the biggest checkout of the week, 167, worth

?1000. Alan Norris is 2-0 up in set number

ten. Not a good start to the leg from Mr

Norris. Quite duly punished by the world number one.

There is a massive deficit after six darts apiece.

That is not an auspicious start for Stephen Bunting. Something handy

here from Norris? He is confusing the cameraman. Miles

away in this leg at one stage, now, 104 to reduce the set deficit to

just two. He knows if he wins the next two

legs he is the champion of the world. It has been a long road for

Stephen, I remember seeing him when I was playing for Dorset and he was

playing his first games from Merseyside. -- from Merseyside. He

was 14 or 15. He has been playing for their stay. -- this day. His

first significant victory was at 16 when he won the World Masters youth

title. Everything has gravitated towards this. His first appearance

in a World Championship final. The two men get on together well. That

is apparent, they are having a joke despite the pressure.

The first treble he needs, that is the second, double ten, brilliant! A

140 and immense pressure from Alan Norris, it is worth a set to him,

6-3 becomes 6-4. Well, he knows that he has to win the last four sets of

the match to become world champion, and that is the first one of those

under his belt. But now Stephen Bunting, with the darts in his hand,

if he can hold this set, then he has won the title. They do not come much

sweeter than winning the set with a 140 checkout!

I have to say, the crowds this week have been absolutely fantastic for

the players. When we have been coming in and out, they have been

superbly respectful to us all, and we cannot do it without them. The

place is jammed to the rafters tonight to make the atmosphere

better for us to play in. Brilliant from Alan Norris.

Remember, to win this matche has to break the Bunting throw, three

attempts to do it, assuming that he holds his own twice. So once again,

Robbie Green is at home with his fingers crossed, and he has got away

with it again! Shanghai 20s, a treble, a single and a double.

Double top for 120. He could not get it. And a chance, albeit a difficult

chance, for Alan Norris to break the Bunting throw.

Double ten for Bunting to move within two legs again.

Double five. HNC has not taken, Norris on 61. -- a chance. When you

are two sets down, these 61s have to go.

Double top for the mini break, which he needs to stay in the match. That

could be a big, big dart in the 2014 final. Stephen Bunting is back for

five. He only needed the one dart at

double two, a missed opportunity for Alan Norris. I am wondering whether

he should have stuck back, he is a rhythm player. I would liked to have

seen him just stood there and let go at it, use a bit of rhythm. It is

his way. It seems a strange thing to have stopped and had a look, but if

he had hit it, it would have been the right thing to do.

Stephen's father there, suited and booted in the crowd, watching his

boy. 43 and 60 at the start of this oh so

critical leg for Alan Norris. And a let off, only 57 from Stephen.

That is his first treble of this leg.

Stephen effectively has the darts. He has turned that around, they are

both in. So it is 104 for Bunting. That is

there, 12, double 16! That is the red I was talking about

with Norris. -- rhythm. And Stephen didn't stop, the double 16 was his.

A 104 from Stephen Bunting that puts him in the situation that he will

have dreamt about for years and years. One leg, throwing first, wins

it, and he is the world champion. Norris in a situation now where he

has to win the next three legs and the following two sets. The

finishing line is inside four Stephen Bunting. -- in sight.

He is a great product of the system, Jim, he has come through the youth

systems. 180! He never knows when he is beaten, like Chuck Norris! On the

ropes, but coming out punching. A great response from Stephen Bunting.

He leaves himself on a finish. You sense that he might have to hit it.

So, then, to save his match. He cannot do it now.

He needs 110 points for the world title.

Treble 19. That would have left in the bull's-eye. He is getting

closer, he is 28 points away. Can stay alive? Double 18! Oh! A 113

under enormous pressure! Talk about coming out punching, Stephen Bunting

must have thought he was there, and Alan Norris has just hits one of the

biggest checkouts of his life, 113 against the darts. He is still in

it! Well, it sounds as if the crowd

wanted to go on, we want it to go on. And it is going on for one more

leg at least. It is not just the brilliance of a 113 checkout, but to

do it under that pressure, knowing that if you missed, it was probably

the last start of his first World Championship final. There ain't too

many players in the world that have understood what was going through

Alan's mind, there can't have been many who have been in that

situation, and he came straight through it on that occasion to give

himself another chance to save it, that is what he is hoping.

So many times in the past we have seen players freeze on the big

stage. 180! Alan Norris, in only the second major final of the modern

career, he will feel that he has done himself justice, whatever

happens from here. Stephen is still playing brilliantly, probably

telling himself, I will make you go away, Mr Norris! Norris took out 113

to stay alive, this is 121 for the world title for Stephen Bunting.

Treble 17 leaves the bull. Bull's-eye for the title!

He pulled it slightly. So it is now back for an 81 for Norris to save

his life again. Bull's-eye for Norris! So Stephen

Bunting is closer than he has ever been with the darts in his hand, 43,

two darts for the World Championship. Game, set and the

match and the 2014 Lakeside world professional champion, Stephen

Bunting! The Bullet is top of the world! He has conquered the lot at

the age of 28. Breaking records in the process. Stephen Bunting has

been a world champion elect for 12 years. Today, his day of destiny.

The 12th of January 2014, the day that those dreams of a lifetime came

to fruition. The man from St Helens is champion of the world.

He has been the class act from start to finish, and there is no doubt

that the right name is going on that trophy. He arrived at the Lakeside

many years ago with a full-time job, this was his hobby, but now 100

grand in the back pocket, Stephen Bunting is your 2014 champion, and

these guy is the limit for this lad, because he can play with a 96.5

average. I thought that was a good final in the end. I know Norris got

beaten, but he didn't give up at all, write to the end. He was not

sure what was going to happen. Was he going to buckle? You could see

the light at the end of the tunnel, and you thought, this is it, and I

said, it ain't over yet, we stood up and we sat down again. The 140, the

130, he stayed in it. Stephen Bunting, it went according to

describe, the number one seed, the Masters champion, the BDO World

Darts one, he was always going to win this trophy. It would have been

another planet if he did not win it at some stage, and he has been a

little bit better all the way through the tournament. Norris has

played brilliantly, give him credit. But he played even better. So the

guy is top class, really. Alan Norris played his part, Stephen

Bunting is our champion, and Rob Walker is on the stage. Ladies and

gentlemen, what a week we have had, and what a final we have just

enjoyed. Before we interview the run-up and the champion, one more

round of applause, please, for what we have experienced here today.

You have had a superb week, your first final, and you have conducted

yourself brilliantly. It was not a bad week, was it? I guess it is back

to Monday night darts in bonus tomorrow! Apparently against a dream

team! You have entertained us in fine style, and your darts has taken

a step forward this week, I think you will all agree. Thank you. We

will be back next year, won't we? Teach these boys a lesson! Good to

see you still smiling, Alan, and, Stephen, the greats have stood on

this stage and taken the trophy that you will lift very shortly. Your

dream has come true, what a moment. Definitely. The crowd has been

fantastic. This is my eighth time here and to

finally be crowned champion is magnificent. Thank you to all of my

friends, to my Mrs, and back home to Toby. And a word for your dad, he

has been staying in a camper van to watch you. He was living every

arrow. As the tears run down your face, can you give a mention to your

dad who is in the crowd? I owe everything to him. The tears of a

champion, ladies and gentlemen. One more round of applause. Your

presentation awaits. Ladies and dental men, we welcome to

the stage, are presentation party, Bob Potter and the chief executive

director, accompanied by Wayne Williams.

To receive a cheque for ?35,000, the 2014 runner-up, Alan Norris!

APPLAUSE. Ladies and gentlemen, your

appreciation once more, Alan Chuck Norris! To receive a cheque for

?100,000, the World Championship trophy, and most importantly, the

title of 2014 Lakeside world champion, Stephen Bunting!

APPLAUSE. He is the champion of the world,

Stephen Bunting! MUSIC: "We Are The Champions" by

Queen. Stephen Bunting has showed you how

much it means to him. We often look at the doubles percentages and

everything and we say, well, he has missed a few. That is why. He has

been after this all of his life. This is the one that has made him

world champion. Lots of champions have been through the Lakeside and

have been here through when there has been no darts anywhere else.

Historically, Stephen Bunting is a megastar. He has a 100 plus average

this week and has struggled with the doubles, he has went from a normal

job with darts being his hobby, thankfully he has been able to make

this a full-time job. This guy is the limit for this boy. He is so

special. He has done it from youth, since he was a little boy. He went

through the youth system. He played for his county and worked his way

up. He has done his apprenticeship. He has done marvellous. A little

worried about the family. He has got a newborn child. His wife watching,

his dad has made a massive commitment to him. For every player,

others make sacrifices. A little worried for the family support. He

is a quiet lad with a close-knit family. He is a nice boy. He doesn't

say a lot. I don't know his wife but I know his dad, his dad is nice. He

takes him everywhere. He is so kind. He is a really nice person. It is

nice to see the father taking the sun from a little boy to a man. I

would love to put his dad up there. Every sports man needs that, they

need someone with them. And on that note, let's speak to his dad.

There were tears on the state and I had some in my eyes and there were

tears in the eyes of this man, the proudest dad in Britain right now.

Can you put into words what you have experienced, the emotion? Absolutely

fantastic. The proudest day of my life since Stephen was born. This is

unbelievable. It is what he has gone for since he was 12. He has won

every title, but this was the one he really wanted. I tell you what, Alan

Norris put up a great fight. It took everything out of your son to claim

the world title? Absolutely. They are great mates all over the

European circuit. It is brilliant. This is you living every arrow. You

are going to get some text messages after this. Oh, I have had a few

lately! I cannot explain. It is something we have been going for

three years and it is done now. -- four years. Thank you for talking to

us. I hope you enjoy a fantastic evening. Just a final thought on how

worthy champion Stephen Bunting has been at the 2014 World Darts

Championship 's? He is the best young champion because he worked his

way through and he has done his apprenticeship, and he has now

become a proper dark playing young man. , page -- he has come of age.

From the bottom of our heart, thank you for watching. It is a win

according to the form book. The Bullet has set the world on fire.

Good evening from us.