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By Keir Mudie I know this is not supposed to be a column about sport, but… the darts, the darts. Best bit of Christmas/New Year by a mile. It’s the first time in my life I’ve ever switched football over to watch anything else, let alone darts. But there we are. Some great games, great drama – and, of course, the teenager who almost won the whole thing. I was a bit worried how the lad would cope with coming so close and then falling short. But then he got a rousing ovation, decent trophy and, you know, £200,000. Not a bad couple of weeks’ work. There is, I suppose, something to be written about…

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