We Had Some Laughs

I adored this treble-top memoir of coal miner’s son, Cambridge graduate and inimitable darts commentator Sid Waddell by his sportswriter son. By turns fruity, funny and deeply touching, it teems with larger-than-life characters – and I don’t just mean the darts players. At its heart it’s a celebration of a vanished era, from the pits of County Durham and the early Wild West days of Yorkshire Television, to the boozy, smoky pre-arena spectacle that was darts. But most of all it’s a story about a father and a son, and the often tested but never broken bond between them.

Caroline Sanderson, Bookseller

A touching, funny, warm and readable tribute to a funny, warm and unreadable man!

Stephen Fry

Warm, moving and humorous.... a paean to a way of life that has slowly slipped from view and people and places that linger now only as memories

Yorkshire Post

Raise a glass to Sid Waddell's wit and warmth! ... An engaging biography of a much-loved tv voice ... packed throughout with little gems about Sid

Telegraph

Touching

The Times

Hootingly funny, deftly structured, a joy to read and highly recommended

Marcus Berkmann, The Spectator

A touching and laugh-out-loud tribute to the father he adored

Eithne Farry, Express

An ESSENTIAL book for any fan of darts or, more specifically, the voice of darts, Sid Waddell... reading Dan's book felt like an old friend was being brought to life again in my hands.

Krispy, pdc-darts.co.uk

A touching tribute to a man who transcended his sport

Sunday Times, Sports Books of the Year

Affectionate, funny

Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year

Extremely funny... Brilliant.

Birmingham Post