(12-20-2022, 11:29 PM)Mav date Wrote:What kind of arsehole would turn his back on the ground so he could throw a dart into the crowd facing him?Yes I was at games in the UK during the 80s and it was still a problem.
I doubt the dart came back from the front rows, it's more likely the kid turned to face the stand as a result of being distracted by something, was hit by a dart launched from further up / back. The hooligans were pretty shizen at darts as well, the most common outcome was someone forward of the thrower getting a dart in the back or on the top of the head.
From a confined space it's surprisingly hard to throw a regular dart any significant distance, much harder than throwing say a cricket ball. The flights tend to apply a lot of drag relative to the dart size and mass, I think the world record for a bullseye is only about 10m.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"