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Studd: The great outsider
- Updated: May 4, 2016
After Leicester City’s title heroics, Rod Studd looks back at when a 1000-1 outsider almost pulled off a similar fairytale triumph.
Kirk Shepherd was a 21-year-old sheet metal worker from Ramsgate that, frankly, no-one had ever heard of. Like Leicester, he had just been promoted up to the big league and was no way expected to challenge for the title at the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship. He was a 1000-1 outsider, which is literally the biggest odds for a player to have reached a world darts final.
You expected Shepherd to be a lamb to the slaughter when he faced world no 4 Terry Jenkins in the first round. Jenkins was wiping the floor with him, but then missed seven match darts and Shepherd somehow scrambled through 3-2, despite having an average of only 79. A little bit like Leicester, Kirk was up and running, but you doubted whether it would last much longer.
He played Mick McGowan next and it was a similar story, as the Irishman …
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