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He has been a semi-finalist in the UK Open, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix since, and had qualified for the first four seasons of the Premier League, finishing 3rd in 2005 with 12 points. However, he was knocked out in the semi-final by [[Colin Lloyd]], 13-7. He failed to progress from the league stages in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Due to Manley's slip in the Order of Merit, he failed to qualify for the 2009 Premier League. He is currently out of the world's top 20 in the [[PDC Order of Merit]]. |
He has been a semi-finalist in the UK Open, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix since, and had qualified for the first four seasons of the Premier League, finishing 3rd in 2005 with 12 points. However, he was knocked out in the semi-final by [[Colin Lloyd]], 13-7. He failed to progress from the league stages in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Due to Manley's slip in the Order of Merit, he failed to qualify for the 2009 Premier League. He is currently out of the world's top 20 in the [[PDC Order of Merit]]. |
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He lost in the premliminary round of the second [[2012 UK Open Darts|2012 UK Open]] qualifier to [[Andrew Cornwall]] 6-0, to give further evidence of his darting decline.<ref>http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2608224,00.html</ref> |
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==Crowd popularity== |
==Crowd popularity== |
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Revision as of 13:12, 12 February 2012
| Peter Manley | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Peter David Manley [1] |
| Nickname | One Dart |
| Born | 7 March 1962 Cheam, Surrey, England |
| Home town | Carlisle, Cumbria |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1995 |
| Darts | Unicorn Tungsten 19g |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Amarillo by Tony Christie |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1995 - 1996 |
| PDC | 1996 - present |
| Current world ranking | 79 |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Masters | Last 16 1998 |
| World Trophy | Quarter-finals 2007 |
| Int. Darts League | Last 32 2007 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner-up 1999, 2002, 2006 |
| World Matchplay | Runner-up 1999 |
| World Grand Prix | Semi-finals 1998-2000, 2003, 2006 |
| UK Open | Semi-finals 2005 |
| Grand Slam | First round 2007 |
| European Ch'ship | Semi-finals 2008 |
| Premier League | Semi-finals 2005 |
| Ch'ship League | Initial groups, Semi-finals 2008 |
| US Open/WSoD | Fifth round 2007 |
| PC Finals | First round 2009, 2010 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| European Masters French Open | 1995 1998 |
| Other achievements | |
| PDC World number one, September 2000 to October 2001 Three time PDC World Championship runner-up | |
Peter David Manley (born 7 March 1962 in Cheam, Surrey) is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed One Dart as he is known for hitting doubles with his first dart. He is perhaps most famous for his long-running feud with Phil Taylor resulting from his refusal to shake Taylor's hand after losing 7-0 to him in the 2002 PDC World Championship final.[1] He has finished runner-up to Taylor in two other World Championships - losing 6-2 in 1999 and 7-0 in 2006. His biggest tournament win was 2003 Las Vegas Desert Classic when he beat John Part 16-12 in the final. He is also the chairman of the Professional Dart Players Association,[2] a position he has held for six years.[3]
Darts career
Despite being ranked number one in the PDC world rankings for over a year Manley has managed to win only one major tournament with the PDC, the 2003 Las Vegas Desert Classic. He has managed to reach the World Championship final three times, but lost them all to Taylor and two of those defeats were heavy 0-7 reversals. After beating Taylor in the semi-finals of the 1999 World Matchplay, he lost 17-19 to Rod Harrington in the final.
He has been a semi-finalist in the UK Open, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix since, and had qualified for the first four seasons of the Premier League, finishing 3rd in 2005 with 12 points. However, he was knocked out in the semi-final by Colin Lloyd, 13-7. He failed to progress from the league stages in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Due to Manley's slip in the Order of Merit, he failed to qualify for the 2009 Premier League. He is currently out of the world's top 20 in the PDC Order of Merit.
He lost in the premliminary round of the second 2012 UK Open qualifier to Andrew Cornwall 6-0, to give further evidence of his darting decline.[4]
Crowd popularity
Manley's refusal to shake Taylor's hand in 2002 led to darts fans booing him for many years. However, this changed in 2005 when he changed his entrance theme from Chumbawamba's Tubthumping to Tony Christie's Is This the Way to Amarillo, which had just topped the UK Singles Chart having been re-popularised by Peter Kay.[2] This has led to a far more relaxed Manley and a far more positive crowd response, even though they still boo him once the music fades out. However, this is done more due to Manley being a 'pantomime villain' rather than genuine animosity.
Controversy
Despite being chairman of the Players' Union (the Professional Dart Players Association - PDPA), Manley is often the subject of controversy with fellow players, most notably Taylor in the aforementioned incident, and in the 2006 PDC World Championship where in a Quarter Final match against Taylor's protegé, Adrian Lewis, he muttered words to his opponent, resulting in Lewis leaving the stage in anger. (Lewis had thrown a 'Blind' 180 whereby he threw the first two darts as normal, hitting 2 treble 20s; with the third going in while Lewis was looking back at the crowd and Manley.) It is suggested this act of showmanship may have sparked the controversy. After a while, he returned and the match continued where Manley won. This incident sparked a few days of animosity in the lead-up to the final between Manley and Taylor, with the vast majority of darts players and fans incensed at Manley's behaviour. Manley attracted more hate when, during an interview on Sky Sports, he said that he didn't care what other people think as he'd made his money (£50,000 for reaching the final). Manley was beaten in the final 7-0 by Taylor.
In the 2007 PDC World Championship, he exchanged words with Wynand Havenga in the second round, possibly pertaining to his opponent's prolonged celebrations upon winning a set. He later lost the match but appeared to apologise for his attitude afterwards. Further controversy with Lewis erupted in the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, where words were again exchanged onstage. Manley tried to minimise the incident after the match, but Lewis continued to complain after he left the stage.
Outside of darts
Manley currently resides in Carlisle. He started playing darts at the age of 12, and at the age of 16 his father allowed him to play a local team who congregated every Saturday at The Bell Inn, Cheam. Often playing for money, Manley recalls 'winning his fair share, but wanting more'. He is married to Crissy Manley (née Howat), a fellow dart player nicknamed 'two darts' (who has previously appeared in TV soap Eastenders), and has a daughter, Sarah, along with Crissy's daughter Michelle. Manley asked Crissy to marry him after winning the Las Vegas Desert Classic in 2003 and they tied the knot in Las Vegas the following year. Fellow darts players were in attendance at the wedding with Wayne Mardle serving as Manley's best man. His daughter Sarah was formerly a member of the indie band The Long Blondes.
On 29 September 2009, after revealing he was a junior Surrey tennis Champion, it was announced that Manley would become a tennis tipster for the firm 180bets.com.
References
- ^ a b "Darts Players Wives". 17 August 2007. Sky. Sky3.
{{cite episode}}: Missing or empty|series=(help) - ^ a b Peter Manley - Team Unicorn from Unicorn, retrieved 19 February 2009
- ^ PDPA Board Members from the PDPA, retrieved 22 February 2009
- ^ http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2608224,00.html