Peter David Manley is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events from 1996 until 2017. He won one major title, the Las Vegas Desert Classic, in 2003, and twice held the number one ranking. He also reached the World Championship final in 1999, 2002 and 2006, losing to Phil Taylor on each occasion. Declining form led to him losing his place on the PDC tour in 2011.
Dennis Priestley is an English former professional darts player. He won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively. He was nicknamed "The Menace", after the Beano character Dennis the Menace, and reflected this by wearing red and black and using red and black flights.
The 1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championship was the second world championship organised by the World Darts Council. It was held between 27 December 1994 and 2 January 1995.
The 1996 Vernons World Darts Championship was the third year that the Professional Darts Corporation held their own World Championships following an acrimonious split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992/93. The tournament had its third sponsor in as many years, with Vernons taking over from Proton Cars. The tournament was held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet between 26 December 1995 and 1 January 1996.
Peter Kenneth Evison is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Nicknamed The Fen Tiger, his greatest achievements were winning the 1989 Winmau World Masters and the 1996 World Matchplay.
Jamie Harvey is a Scottish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments. Originally nicknamed “The Tartan Terror” he later used the nickname Bravedart for his matches – a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart. As darts began to introduce entrance tunes for its players during the 1990s, Harvey used to come to stage whilst the tune "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" was played.
Richard Gardner is an English former professional darts player who had some success during the 1980s, and was one of the 16 top players who formed a breakaway organisation during an acrimonious split in the game during 1992–94.
Steve Brown is an American former professional darts player who had the majority of his success during the 1990s, when he finished third at the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation's version of the World Championship in 1994 – after the majority of top players decided to separate from the British Darts Organisation.
Phillip "Phil" Gilman is a former English professional darts player.
The 2009 US Open Players Championship was a professional darts competition and the third edition of the US Open tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Luke Woodhouse is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Jeffrey Sparidaans is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2017 England Classic.
Graeme Stoddart is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His nickname was Shark.
Jerry Umberger is an American former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He used the nickname Tucker.
Daniel Lauby is an American former professional darts player who has played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His son Danny Lauby Jr. is also a professional darts player.
Braulio Roncero was a Spanish-born Dutch professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Leslie "Les" Fitton is an English former professional darts player who last played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Keith Rooney is an Irish professional darts player who has played in Professional Darts Corporation events.
The Triple Crown refers to winning the three most prestigious tournaments in the Professional Darts Corporation: the World Championship, the World Matchplay and the Premier League. Players who win all three tournaments over the course of their career are said to have won the PDC Triple Crown.
The WDC UK Masters, also known as the Lada UK Masters, was a professional darts tournament held from 1992 to 1994. It is notable for being the first tournament staged by the World Darts Council, which later became the Professional Darts Corporation, without any involvement from the sport's governing body, the British Darts Organisation, and was thus another important step towards the eventual split in darts.
