‘Self-belief’ the key to Barney title shock

ENGLAND captain Martin Adams believes an increase in Raymond van Barneveld’s self-belief enabled the Dutchman to conquer Phil Taylor in their epic Ladbrokes.com World Championship final.

Adams knows Van Barneveld well, the pair having been rivals in the British Darts Organisation which the 39-year-old from The Hague left last February to join the Professional Darts Corporation.

The BDO’s number one ranked player was the man ‘Barney’ beat to win the last of his four Lakeside titles in 2005, going down 6-2 at the Frimley Green venue.