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00:00THE END
00:30Well then, welcome once again to the Indoor League.
00:37Pub games played at the top level by the top lads.
00:39We've got a real treat for you this time, the finals of our table football.
00:43The fastest game in the world.
00:45It's very popular in students' unions and technical colleges.
00:48And looking very confident are the British champions,
00:50Crowpatch and Belkett from Doncaster.
00:52But right now, on the left of your picture,
00:54the greatest double act since Abbott and Costello.
00:58Eric Crane and Steve Kelly of Leeds University,
01:01who reckon to be the world's greatest at this game.
01:04Steve and Kelly, the unbeaten, unofficial world champions,
01:08are in yellow.
01:10On the other side of the table, Alan Smith of Jeff Armand,
01:14also from Leeds University,
01:15so these two teams know each other really well.
01:17And it's Smith and Armand in blue.
01:18Steve and Kelly, Eric Crane, one.
01:20Alan Smith and Jeff Armand, nil.
01:22Next ball.
01:24So already Crane and Kelly are one-up.
01:26That's Crane and Kelly.
01:28They do little else for play table football, it seems.
01:32One of them going for an economics degree,
01:35the other having failed his degree,
01:36is now working for a tougher candidate in Leeds.
01:39May not be dab-handed exams, but take it from me,
01:42Crane and Kelly can make that ball talk.
01:45And their fans swear they'll stroll this competition.
01:48But before we see who wins the money,
01:50have a look at a cracking darts match.
01:52We started with 16 top Oilers.
01:54Now we're down to the first semi-final in our competition
01:56on a Yorkshire board, remember.
01:58Winner of the final gets 100 quid.
02:00Your commentator is Dave Lanning.
02:04Gerry Haywood.
02:06The boy from the Brunswick Hotel, Dewsbury Moor.
02:10Now, he's straight off, remember.
02:125-0-1, straight in, double-A.
02:15Here goes Gerry.
02:1520, straight away.
02:164-10.
02:2218.
02:2318.
02:24Very steady start.
02:25Gerry Haywood from the Brunswick Hotel, Dewsbury Moor.
02:28Been playing five years, but this is Colin Minton, 27.
02:31He's single, the boy in glasses, the big boy.
02:3360.
02:33He's got 60.
02:37Remember, the first semi-final of the indoor league competition,
02:40and now the time has come for when the cussing has to stop.
02:44Now they've got to get down to it.
02:46This is Haywood.
02:48Haywood banging those 20s.
02:5260.
02:53Another 60.
02:57Now Minton.
02:58Minton, heavy boy.
03:00Been playing darts since he was a boy.
03:02He had to play on a stool.
03:04Had to stand on a stool once when he started playing,
03:07but he can't sit down on the job tonight.
03:0960 again.
03:10Nothing in it at all.
03:12Now Haywood.
03:13Haywood, hair over his collar.
03:15Missed that one.
03:16Won't like it.
03:17Doesn't show me.
03:1818.
03:22That's two off, and Gerry Haywood won't be happy with that one.
03:26Now Minton can come back into this game.
03:29Colin Minton.
03:30That's in the double top.
03:31That's going for the double 18 and just missed it.
03:33That's another one over the 18.
03:34But good darts.
03:38Good darts from Colin Minton, the boy from the Royal Oak East and Wolf.
03:41This is Gerry Haywood.
03:42Gerry Haywood looking calm, looking assured, ready to go.
03:4520.
03:4640.
03:4940.
03:5260.
03:5360.
03:54The sheer monotony of these dark players is just unbelievable.
03:58Now Minton.
03:59Minton again, banging those 20s.
04:0360.
04:03Well, why do they put 1s and 5s and 12s and 18s on the board when these boys can pick out 20,
04:08although there's no tomorrow?
04:09Now Haywood.
04:10Haywood in the semifinal.
04:12Haywood going for glory.
04:1325.
04:2040.
04:2145.
04:22Well, by these standards, that's not a good score.
04:25So now it's Minton.
04:262, 4, 5.
04:26Remember, he must get 5, 0, 1 and a double 8.
04:28That looks outside to me.
04:29That's in the 20.
04:31That's in the 40.
04:3340 score.
04:37Gerry Haywood.
04:40Boy from the area finals of the News of the World.
04:42A cool customer.
04:44That's a 20.
04:47That's 40.
04:52He's thinking about it.
04:53But he keeps it there.
04:55They make it look so easy.
04:57But believe me, you try to do it.
04:59This is Colin Minton.
05:01Big head for me.
05:03Very steady.
05:0460.
05:04That is 60.
05:06Unbelievable stuff.
05:07So steady.
05:09Now, now.
05:11It's Haywood.
05:12Haywood.
05:14Looking for a big one.
05:15That's a good start.
05:16Double top.
05:18That's 60.
05:19That is 100.
05:25100.
05:26And that is what this game of darts is all about.
05:28He needs 78.
05:29But now here we have Minton on.
05:30145.
05:31He needs a shot.
05:31That looks like 40 to me.
05:3460.
05:35Needs an odd one, I think.
05:35No, he's good.
05:36There.
05:37And that's 80.
05:38And that's a good reply.
05:39Now we're on to 78.
05:40This is Jerry Haywood.
05:42Going for 78.
05:43Which way is he going to go?
05:44Let's have a look now.
05:46It's all on this.
05:47He's gone for 18.
05:48Is it 80?
05:49It's right on the wire.
05:50I can't quite see.
05:50He's gone for 18.
05:50He's gone for 18.
05:52He's thinking about it himself.
05:55I think it's his double top in here.
05:5638 scored.
05:58Yes, his double top.
05:59Watch this one now.
06:01He's taken his time.
06:02And he's missed it.
06:0338 scored.
06:04He's missed it.
06:05There was drama.
06:05Now 65.
06:0765 for Colin Minton.
06:0865.
06:1045 he wants.
06:13Double top.
06:14Let's have a look at it.
06:14Let's have a look at it.
06:15And he's missed it.
06:1645 scored.
06:1745 scored.
06:18That's double 10.
06:19Now he wants double top.
06:20Jerry Haywood from Easingwald needs double top.
06:23That little red bed at the top of the dartboard.
06:26This is all he wants.
06:27That's underneath it.
06:28Double 10.
06:35Just outside the wire.
06:36Just outside the wire.
06:37And again, just outside the wire.
06:41And, well, Minton is back in with a chance.
06:43Minton on double 10.
06:4420, double 10.
06:46Finishing is what this game is all about.
06:47Let's have a look at this boy, see if he can do it.
06:49Minton trying hard.
06:50Very close.
06:51Just on the inside.
06:52Double five up the top there.
06:53Just missed it.
06:5410 scored.
06:54Well, the nerves are showing because now the competition is really coming to its crates.
06:58Now Haywood on double 10-8.
07:01Over there at four o'clock.
07:03Right on the wire.
07:08Right on the wire again.
07:10You can't get closer.
07:11You couldn't get a visiting card in between those darts and the wire.
07:15Bang.
07:16He's just inside.
07:17That is two fives.
07:19Now we're on double five a piece.
07:21And really, the tension here is just too much.
07:25Outside.
07:26This is Minton.
07:27There he is.
07:29Colin Minton.
07:30The joiner.
07:31The joiner.
07:32First leg to Minton.
07:33And he's really putting the joints together there.
07:36Because that's the first leg in the bin for Colin Minton.
07:40The first one in.
07:43More top quality darts next week.
07:44But now meet the two lads who may not be the flashiest table footballers in the business.
07:48But for my money, have the look of killers.
07:50Crowpatch and Bowkett.
07:53Right.
07:54First ball.
07:55Frank Bowkett, who were British National Doubles champions in 1971.
07:59John Crowpatch, British National Singles champion in 1971.
08:02So they must be favourites against David Norman and Philip Rowbottom of Sheffield.
08:06Crowpatch and Bowkett of Doncaster.
08:09Yellow.
08:11David Norman and Philip Rowbottom of Sheffield.
08:14I don't think so.
08:15Keep playing.
08:18This is Crowpatch and Bowkett.
08:29Bowkett and Cowpatch won.
08:31Norman and Rowbottom nil.
08:32Next ball, please.
08:57Right then.
08:58We've seen the two favourite pairs in the table of football.
09:00Let's see how they go on with the smell of money up their nostrils.
09:03Remember, the aim of the game is six goals and your team wins.
09:07Watch out particularly for the wrist work and the holding of the ball.
09:10In the semi-final, it's Alan Smith and Jeff Armand against Crane and Kelly.
09:14Crane and Kelly leading 3-2 and kicking away from you towards the top goal.
09:18So it's the second half.
09:19Your commentator is Keith Macklin.
09:20Kelly, unbeaten, three years, not having it all their own way.
09:26There they are, looking a little tense.
09:28They're against Alan Smith and Jeff Armand, who also leads university.
09:32They've had some tremendous battles in the Students' Union.
09:36And there, the wall whipping straight through and off the table.
09:38So referee John Willis putting it back.
09:403-2 for Crane and Kelly, the artist.
09:43Kelly, the defence man, and Crane on attack.
09:51They're kicking towards this goal here.
09:55But, of course, Smith and Armand themselves would love to win.
09:58Crane and Kelly 4, Smith and Armand 2.
10:004-2 for Crane and Kelly.
10:03And they nodded their own approval of that.
10:05Moving these three-feet rods back and forward,
10:08but always trying to cover every inch of space
10:10so that no-one can find a way through with that ball.
10:13And using the defence positions to move the ball across,
10:17even back to the goalkeeper, who picks it up,
10:19out to the full-back, and then moving into the midfield area.
10:23Trying to draw the defence out of position.
10:25There you see the wrists, supple and taut.
10:27These rods, three feet, need a great deal of controlling.
10:30So it's Crane and Kelly.
10:32Keep the game moving, then.
10:33In defence, their goal nearest to us.
10:36Oh, and that's a good comeback.
10:38Crane and Kelly 4, Smith and Armand 3.
10:42So Smith and Armand not out of it yet.
10:444-3.
10:45Trying to bring another one back.
10:48Crane and Kelly, this proud record of having gone three years without defeat.
10:52Now in the front line, trying to draw the defence out of position.
10:55Did it beautifully.
10:55Crane and Kelly 5, Smith and Armand 3.
10:58So it's best of 11.
10:59Another goal, six, and it'll be all over.
11:02And Crane and Kelly, as expected, the favourites will have gone into the final.
11:05In the back line, gently move.
11:08And a shot right from the back.
11:09It almost found a way through.
11:11The beauty of this game, you can hit it from anywhere.
11:13And very often the defenders will rattle it.
11:16Quick flick of the wrist.
11:17You can't turn the bar completely over.
11:19But you can move from left to right.
11:22They're four players.
11:23Studies in concentration.
11:26Smith and Armand, they can't afford to concede a sixth goal.
11:31They've got to get to sixth first if they want to pull off this major surprise of beating
11:36the favourites, Crane and Kelly.
11:38It's in the front rank of Crane and Kelly.
11:41This is, in fact, Eric Crane trying to hit this winner.
11:48While Smith and Armand trying to come back.
11:50It's tremendous.
11:52There's Crane and Kelly concentrating.
11:54It's Kelly who's at the back.
11:55They know each other so well.
11:57Moving it practically half an inch.
12:00And that can be enough to find a gap.
12:03In the middle rank.
12:05Now Smith and Armand trying to get it away.
12:07But can't get off the hook at the moment.
12:09This is Crane and Kelly.
12:11Easing it left and right.
12:13The defence scurrying across to cover.
12:16Just an inch is enough to find a gap.
12:18Once the gap is found, that explosive shot.
12:21And it can come from anywhere.
12:23Still Crane and Kelly in position.
12:24Trying one from the back.
12:26Now Smith and Armand in their front line.
12:29Kelly's defence being tested.
12:31Again, the gentle movement from side to side.
12:33Try and a good goal.
12:37Crane and Kelly five.
12:39Smith and Armand four.
12:41So it's five-four and pretty close.
12:42A beautifully worked opening there.
12:44Just an inch is all that's necessary.
12:47Now it's in the front line.
12:48Possibly for the winner for Crane and Kelly.
12:49But five-four.
12:52They've rarely been tested like this, Crane and Kelly.
12:54Smith and Armand, of course, played them many times at Leeds University Union.
12:58Another couple of goals.
12:59But that's the winner.
13:00That's a win.
13:01In the final, Crane and Kelly.
13:03That's a win for Kelly and Crane.
13:04Six-four.
13:05So it's the favourite show to share 50 quid at least.
13:07And looking confident that it will be the £100 first prize.
13:10But down Donkast away, Crane and Kelly don't cut much ice.
13:14In the pubs and at the local tech, they swear by John Cropack and Steve Bouquet.
13:19The reigning British double champions already well on their way through the draw.
13:24Just watch the cool method of these two.
13:25So now let's see what David Norman and Philip Rowbottom of Sheffield, on the right here, can do again then.
13:33Right.
13:33First ball.
13:39So John Cropack and Frank Bouquet of the Tally Ho, Doncaster.
13:44Reigning British doubles champions.
13:47They're in the lighter-coloured men.
13:49There they are.
13:50Frank Bouquet and John Cropack.
13:52And that's David Norman and Philip Rowbottom of Sheffield.
13:55And the favourites for this to go into the final, Cropack and Bouquet.
14:00They are reigning British doubles champions.
14:02Crane and Kelly are unbeaten.
14:03To explain that, Crane and Kelly didn't play last year.
14:06There's the first goal for Cropack and Bouquet.
14:09Bouquet and Cropack's one.
14:10Norman and Rowbottom nil.
14:11Next ball, please.
14:13Cropack and Bouquet, very, very cool.
14:15Not a great deal of flair.
14:16Not terribly spectacular, but enormously cool.
14:19They understand each other's play.
14:20Frank Bouquet claiming to be one of the best defencemen in the business.
14:23His partner up front, John Cropack, his singles champion with that sort of form.
14:28Bouquet and Cropack's two.
14:30Norman and Rowbottom nil.
14:31Next ball, please.
14:31So, already Cropack and Bouquet building up the lead against Brave,
14:34but slightly outclassed, David Norman and Philip Rowbottom of Sheffield.
14:38John Cropack's singles on the left.
14:40And these two doubles.
14:43The men in the dark figures, Norman and Rowbottom, the blues, kicking away from us.
14:48But the favourites for this particular match, kicking towards us with the lighter men,
14:52the yellow footballers.
14:53And this is Cropack's trying to tee himself up for another shot, but a good clearance there.
15:00Norman and Rowbottom really up against it, but fighting hard.
15:03They're already down.
15:06That's getting a little bit hectic, a little of the coolness gone out of the play.
15:09The coolness the one associated with Cropack's and Bouquet.
15:11It's getting a little flighty at the moment.
15:14They'll cool it down in a moment.
15:16That's a quick shot from the back by Norman and Rowbottom.
15:21Now, misfired that one from Cropack's and Bouquet.
15:24Frank Bouquet and the spectators absolutely enthralled by this.
15:28That almost crept through.
15:30They want to see the spectators, see Cropack's and get through.
15:33There are supporters.
15:35The Doncaster supporters in force.
15:37Cropack's and Bouquet three.
15:39Norman and Rowbottom nil.
15:40Next ball.
15:41And, of course, Cropack's and Bouquet want to get into the final to tackle Crane and Kelly again.
15:45They were beaten in the Yorkshire television final by Crane and Kelly.
15:49Norman and Rowbottom trying hard to get on the score.
15:52They don't want to be whitewashed.
15:54There you see again this powerful wrist movement that's necessary.
15:58All that crept in.
16:00Good one.
16:00And they're delighted about it.
16:03Cropack's and Bouquet three.
16:05Norman and Rowbottom one.
16:07So the Sheffield pair.
16:07Pull one back.
16:08Three-one.
16:12Bouquet and Cropack's.
16:14Of course, trying one from the back.
16:15Every now and again.
16:16A quick fearsome shot from the back and find its way through.
16:19You can score anywhere on the table with these men.
16:21Again, almost creeping through in the front line for Cropack's and Bouquet.
16:28Again, the movement from side to side.
16:29And the shot.
16:31Change round, everyone.
16:32Change round.
16:35Very, very vocal support from Tallyho at Doncaster.
16:38And with the score at 4-1.
16:39They change colours.
16:40It's best of 11.
16:43First to reach six.
16:44Cropack's and Bouquet leading 4-1.
16:53So 4-1 Cropack's and Bouquet there.
16:55Within two of getting into the final.
16:57The final that they want against Crane and Kelly.
17:00And it's an uphill struggle for Norman and Rowbottom.
17:07Norman and Rowbottom kicking towards us now.
17:10With this long uphill struggle.
17:11But Cropack's and Bouquet in possession.
17:14There's a good shot from the back.
17:16Cropack's and Bouquet.
17:18Now with the lighter men.
17:22Hammering them away from the back.
17:25This is Norman and Rowbottom.
17:26Losing possession in this midfield area.
17:29It's all pretty excitable at the moment.
17:31Normally Cropack's and Bouquet cool it down a little more than this.
17:33Oh, that's a good goal.
17:37That's 5-1.
17:38So John Cropack's and Frank Bouquet of the Tallyho Doncaster.
17:42Leading 5-1 against David Norman and Philip Rowbottom of Sheffield.
17:46Norman and Rowbottom putting up quite a fight.
17:48But having to play second best in this semi-final.
17:52They've done well to get to this stage.
17:565-1 up in the dangerous front line.
17:59Cropack's and Bouquet teeing themselves up for the shot.
18:01So they're in the final.
18:03Cropack's and Bouquet versus Crane.
18:05Who's your money on then?
18:06I'm saying no.
18:07But I shan't be surprised if Brian Clough and Don Revy aren't hanging about.
18:10Wait to sign these lads on.
18:12Let's remind you of the prize money for this final.
18:14Winning pair of 100 quid.
18:15Losers 50.
18:16Remember, Crane and Kelly have never lost a match in a serious competition.
18:20On my right, Frank Bouquet and John Cropack's will be playing in yellow.
18:27And on my left, Eric Crane and Stephen Kelly will be playing in blue.
18:31OK, gentlemen.
18:32Let's kick off.
18:34May the best men win.
18:35All right, first ball.
18:43So this great match between the unbeaten Leeds University students Crane and Kelly
18:47and Cropack's and Bouquet from the Tallyho at Doncaster.
18:51Crane and Kelly against the reigning doubles champions.
18:54Reigning doubles champions because Crane and Kelly didn't compete last year.
18:58So what a tremendous match this sets out to be.
19:00Cropack's and Bouquet, there they are, gently moving it from side to side in their front line.
19:05Trying to get Kelly, the defence man, out of position.
19:08But Kelly got to that one.
19:09But it's still Cropack's and Bouquet not laying off the hook.
19:12An engrossed crowd.
19:13Cropack's and Bouquet trying to pull off the surprise of the table football year.
19:17In fact, the table football decayed by inflicting a first defeat on Crane and Kelly.
19:21These two university students have never been beaten.
19:24There they are, played together for three years without defeat.
19:27Know each other's game.
19:28This is Kelly at the back, trying to get it away from Cropack's and through to Bouquet.
19:34Oh, that was a mistake.
19:36That's one to Cropack's and Bouquet, a tremendous roar.
19:38It was a mistake and attempted clearance which hit a forward and came in.
19:41Next ball, please.
19:42So, Kelly, the defence man, trying to clear.
19:48So, it's now Crane trying to get his attack function.
19:51What a shot!
19:52That's a tremendous shot from the back.
19:54And this crowd of supporters realise that these two couldn't be on the way to an upset.
19:58Next ball, please.
19:59Two nil already.
20:00And Crane and Kelly are not used to this sort of treatment.
20:03They're the men in the blue.
20:04They're the men in the dark.
20:05And they're two down.
20:06Everybody quite incredulous about this.
20:09And, of course, Cropack's and Bouquet from Doncaster have got a tremendous volume of support in the crowd tonight.
20:14And everyone would love to see a surprise, except Crane and Kelly.
20:18Kelly trying to get it away to midfield.
20:21The wrist twisting and turning, sinewy, with these three-foot rods.
20:25Crane and Kelly studying concentration.
20:27Now, they're beginning to get worried because Cropack's the attacker, singles champion, is lining up a shot.
20:32Dummying, moving from side to side, finding gaps, pausing, suddenly shooting.
20:37The tactics of this game.
20:39Far more involved than one would imagine.
20:42You've got to draw your men out of position.
20:44Draw these four lines of men out of position, then fire through.
20:47And that's Kelly trying to sneak her way through.
20:48But Crane not having much chance to attack up front of him.
20:52Now Crane has a chance.
20:55Now, he's allowing the ball to roll.
20:56And those were receptively taut with tension.
20:59The difference in styles between these two, Crane and Kelly now very taut.
21:03Cropack's and Baukit, much more relaxed and methodical.
21:06At study in flair versus method.
21:08And method leading at the moment, 2-0.
21:10A tremendous final.
21:13And this is Crane trying to pull one back.
21:15Now moving into the front line for Cropack's and Baukit.
21:17Three! Another surprise!
21:19It really is looking troublesome.
21:21We could have a shock on the way.
21:22It's 3-0.
21:23They can hardly believe it.
21:24Baukit and Cropack's three.
21:25Crane and Kelly, 0.
21:26Those two, puzzled.
21:27So, 3-0.
21:32Six is the winning target.
21:34The best of 11.
21:35So, there's still a long way to go.
21:36And Crane and Kelly are so brilliant,
21:37they could easily pull this back once they find their form.
21:40But they've been shaken by this.
21:43Wrists again working all the time.
21:44But it's still Cropack's in the attack position for Cropack's and Baukit.
21:48The Doncaster men, again, pausing.
21:51Kelly now in defence.
21:52Must get it up to Crane before they can start scoring.
21:54Oh, and another one in off.
21:57And it's beginning to collapse around the ears of Crane and Kelly.
22:00And they realise it too.
22:02That that look speaks volumes.
22:04What on earth is going on?
22:06Well, these two know they're within two of pulling off the upset,
22:08winning the championship and beating Crane and Kelly.
22:11Their first ever defeat, if it happens.
22:134-0.
22:13And again in the saddle, Cropack's and Baukit.
22:17And in front of goal.
22:19Looking for the gap.
22:20Looking for the inch or two of space.
22:22The sudden opening of those two defence lines.
22:24And it's in!
22:25It's happening so easily, it's almost unbelievable.
22:28But that crowd of supporters, they change round at five.
22:31That's a second half.
22:325-0 for Croupack and Baukit.
22:35And these two, Crane and Kelly, facing their first defeat and a whitewash.
22:39This is the incredible thing.
22:40They could be whitewashed.
22:41They must get a go to avoid that.
22:44And they must get six if they're going to pull off victory.
22:47But it's Croupack and Baukit of the Tally Ho at Doncaster
22:50beating the two Leeds University men who've never before been beaten.
22:53And that's it!
22:54It all happened so easily.
22:56And that's what the crowd thinks about it.
22:57What a shock!
22:59Well, you've got your revenge.
23:11It's champs at last.
23:13They've beat you before.
23:13How do you feel?
23:15Oh, well, you're great, really.
23:17Well, it's the easiest game at night.
23:18At least the other team's got one goal.
23:20Yeah.
23:21Well, one team's got one goal.
23:22The other team's got two goals.
23:23I mean, that's right.
23:24These are the history of the two goals.
23:25Of course, you are the National Doubles champions, aren't you?
23:27Yeah.
23:28He's the National Singles champions as well.
23:31And you're the National Singles champions?
23:32Yes.
23:33Well, you've got some good supporters behind you, haven't you?
23:35One or two.
23:36And they're absolutely delighted.
23:37I'm the best.
23:38I'm the best.
23:39Anyway, I think myself it was a great final.
23:41The biggest upset since the Wolves of Jericho.
23:44Crane and Kelly cut down the size.
23:46Next week, a game that's not as noisy or ectic as table football,
23:49but every bit as skilful.
23:50We've got eight of the best Shevapney players in the land
23:53nudging it out for the money.
23:54I'll see you then.
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