Andy Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Andrew Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Pie Man | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England |
22 June 1967 ||||||||||||||||||||
Home town |
Studley, Warwickshire England |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 20.5g Tungsten A180 Darts | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | Eat It by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 1997–2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2004–2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 64: 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Darts Trophy | Last 32: 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Int. Darts League | Last 32 group: 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2006, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 16: 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Quarter-final: 2006, 2009, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ch'ship League | Initial groups, Semi-finals 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Desert Classic | Last 32: 2005, 2006, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 16: 2009, 2010, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Last 32: 2007, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Quarter-final: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championships
UK Open Regionals
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Other achievements | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009 Nine dart finish at PDPA Players Championship Germany. |
Players Championships
UK Open Regionals
Andrew 'Andy' Smith (born 22 June 1967 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) is a former darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He uses the nickname Pie Man for his matches. His best performances have come in the "floor" events (non-televised tournaments with many boards being used simultaneously) - where he has won six PDC Pro Tour titles.
A former England international, Smith won the England, Welsh and Norway Opens in his early career, as well as qualifying for the British Darts Organisation version of the world championship on four occasions (losing in the first round each time), before switching from the BDO to the PDC. His wins in the Scottish and South-West Regional Finals for the 2005 UK Open saw him enter the televised finals as number one seed, and he later qualified for the Las Vegas Desert Classic.
Smith narrowly missed out on an automatic place in the 2006 PDC World Championship after jumping to 33rd in the rankings, but came through the PDPA qualifiers to book his place at the Circus Tavern. He overcame Colin Monk and Ray Carver to reach the last 16, before losing out to Alan Warriner-Little.
Smith did not win another Pro Tour title until October 2007, when he took the PDPA Scottish Players Championship in Irvine - beating James Wade with a 108 average in the final. He won a Players Championship in Dinslaken, Germany in June 2009, hitting a nine-dart finish in his quarter final before defeating Colin Lloyd to take the title.