Phil Taylor

[Colchester Kev]

You dont even have him in your sig pic Dave ... tut !

[TightEnd]

This aside, Taylor is one of the most recognisable sports people in Britian today, he is on the face of everything related to Darts, PDC, PLD, Sky Sports, Wii/PS2/3/PSP games.

You can't deny it Bolty

I disagree. If you aren't into darts then who cares how many wii and PSP games he's on

He's also, the odd appearance on question of sport aside, on exclusively on Sky. Don't underestimate the impact this has on lack of public perception

Same applies to the boxers whilst the snooker players..on bbc for the masters/worlds...retain profiles in excess of the dwindling popularity of their sport because of exposure on terrestial

[gatso]

This aside, Taylor is one of the most recognisable sports people in Britian today

I think you're confusing someone that you recognise with someone that other people would recognise

assuming that pic that bolt posted earlier is of him then I for one don't recognise the guy at all and am sure most people wouldn't

compare this to previous winners- hoy, calzaghe, phillips, flintoff, holmes, wilkinson, radcliffe, beckham, redgrave, lewis, owen, rusedski, hill, edwards, christie, mansell and so on. all well known faces. there really is no comparison

[Scottish Dave]

This aside, Taylor is one of the most recognisable sports people in Britian today

I think you're confusing someone that you recognise with someone that other people would recognise

assuming that pic that bolt posted earlier is of him then I for one don't recognise the guy at all and am sure most people wouldn't

compare this to previous winners- hoy, calzaghe, phillips, flintoff, holmes, wilkinson, radcliffe, beckham, redgrave, lewis, owen, rusedski, hill, edwards, christie, mansell and so on. all well known faces. there really is no comparison

i beg to differ, id be lucky to recognise half of the people you have just mentioned.

[Colchester Kev]

This aside, Taylor is one of the most recognisable sports people in Britian today

I think you're confusing someone that you recognise with someone that other people would recognise

assuming that pic that bolt posted earlier is of him then I for one don't recognise the guy at all and am sure most people wouldn't

compare this to previous winners- hoy, calzaghe, phillips, flintoff, holmes, wilkinson, radcliffe, beckham, redgrave, lewis, owen, rusedski, hill, edwards, christie, mansell and so on. all well known faces. there really is no comparison

i beg to differ, id be lucky to recognise half of the people you have just mentioned.

LMAO .. You would also recognise your Mum, but I wouldnt know who she was.

Just because you recognise him, doesnt mean everyone else would.

True sporting icons appeal to a much wider audience than just their specialist subject audience, Taylor through the snobbery of the broadsheet press and the lack of terrestrial TV coverage just is not a widely recognised sporting figure.

I agree that he should be ... look back at the likes of Bristow, Jocky Wilson, Leighton Rees, Cliff Lazerenko, John Lowe and the others ... they were well know recognised faces ... because they were on the tellybox nearly every weekend.

[TightEnd]

LOLOLOL

Which 50% of these wouldn't you recognise?

Sir Chris hoy

Joe calzaghe

Zara phillips

Freddie flintoff

Kelly holmes

Jonny wilkinson

Paula radcliffe

 beckham

Sir Steve redgrave

Lennox lewis

Michael owen

Greg rusedski

Damon hill

Jonathan edwards

Linford christie

Nigel mansell


I think you have to accept your interests, football aside, are towards minority sports if you genuinely can't identify that lot!

[Scottish Dave]

LOLOLOL

Which 50% of these wouldn't you recognise?

Sir Chris hoy - Yes

Joe calzaghe - Yes

Zara phillips - No

Freddie flintoff - No

Kelly holmes - Yes

Jonny wilkinson - No

Paula radcliffe - Yes

 beckham - Yes

Sir Steve redgrave - No

Lennox lewis - Yes

Michael owen - Yes

Greg rusedski - No

Damon hill - No

Jonathan edwards - No

Linford christie - Yes

Nigel mansell - No


I think you have to accept your interests, football aside, are towards minority sports if you genuinely can't identify that lot!

Not Minority sports, just sports that don't lick ass

[TightEnd]

!!!!!!

Incredible.

[bolt pp]

!!!!!!

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[Scottish Dave]

!!!!!!

Incredible.

i don't see why that incredible, i can recognise their names from sports as Motor racing, rugby and tennis......all of which are utter pish sports.

I wouldn't know them if they passed me in the street tho, since their sports is drivel

and i ain't lying about that list Bolt, thats me being deadly honest

[TightEnd]

talk to me about Sir Steve Redgrave Scottish Dave

[gatso]

you must be the only person in the world that wouldn't recognise mansell

[Delboy]

LOLOLOL

Which 50% of these wouldn't you recognise?

Sir Chris hoy - Yes

Joe calzaghe - Yes

Zara phillips - No

Freddie flintoff - No

Kelly holmes - Yes

Jonny wilkinson - No

Paula radcliffe - Yes

 beckham - Yes

Sir Steve redgrave - No

Lennox lewis - Yes

Michael owen - Yes

Greg rusedski - No

Damon hill - No

Jonathan edwards - No

Linford christie - Yes

Nigel mansell - No


I think you have to accept your interests, football aside, are towards minority sports if you genuinely can't identify that lot!

Not Minority sports, just sports that don't lick ass

Are you saying you don't recognise them or you don't like what they do?

Do you agree that, in the years they won, they may have been more popular/famous than any darts player?

[Scottish Dave]

talk to me about Sir Steve Redgrave Scottish Dave

i know he was in the olympics, and won about 10 gold medal or something like that, but i wouldn't know what he looks like, i hate the Olympics............ I only recognise Paula Radcliffe cos she done a pish by the side of the road on TV!

[Scottish Dave]

you must be the only person in the world that wouldn't recognise mansell

I know he had a moustache, and my dad said my old teacher in High school looked like him after one parents evening, but still i wouldn't recognise him, Im sure he retired when i was about 11 or 12, so why should i recognise him?