Steve Brennan

For other people named Stephen Brennan, see Stephen Brennan (disambiguation).

Steve Brennan
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Edward Brennan
Born	(1951-02-02) 2 February 1951 Derry, Northern Ireland
Home town	Knodishall, Suffolk, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1971
Darts	22g Tungsten
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1980–1986
WDF	1980–1986
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Finals: 1982
World Masters	Quarter Finals: 1980, 1983, 1984
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
New Zealand Open	1981

Stephen Edward Brennan (born 2 February 1951) is a Northern Irish former professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. He was a civil engineer from Leiston and began playing county darts for Suffolk in 1979–1980. He was eligible to play for Northern Ireland because his father was born in Derry.

Darts career

He made his Embassy World Darts Championship debut in 1982 and caused one of the great upsets in darts history by beating defending champion Eric Bristow in the first round. He also knocked out Dave Whitcombe in the second round before losing 0–4 to Stefan Lord in the quarter-finals.

He appeared at the next four World Championships, but only won two more matches – both first round victories in 1984 and 1985. His last appearance came in 1986 when he lost in the first round to Paul Lim.

After another surprise victory over Bristow in the 1986 MFI World Matchplay tournament, Bristow stated that "he kept losing to wallies".

World Championship results

BDO

• 1981: Preliminary round: (lost to Wayne Lock 1–2)
• 1982: Quarter Finals: (lost to Stefan Lord 0–4)
• 1983: Last 32: (lost to Jocky Wilson 0–2)
• 1984: Last 16: (lost to Dave Whitcombe 1–4)
• 1985: Last 16: (lost to Alan Glazier 2–3)
• 1986: Last 32: (lost to Paul Lim 1–3)

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database Archived 2 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine