Sid Waddell described the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, home of the £400,000 Sky Bet World Matchplay Championships, as a cross between Lenin’s Tomb and an Italian Art Gallery. Old Sidney was spot on this time around. For 16 of the best dart players in the world it would be their burial grounds for the 2011 Matchplay. Some went out kicking and screaming while others just laid down, crossed their hands and collected £5,000.