Paul Lim came agonisingly close to one of the greatest moments in darts history

Just millimetres from perfection. Again.

Paul Lim is something of a cult hero in the darts world. He's 63 years of age, and he's still going strong more than 36 years since his debut on the professional scene. In 1990, as a sprightly 36-year-old, Lim became the first man to hit a nine dart finish at the World Championships. It took 19 years and Raymond van Barneveld to repeat that feat on the biggest stage in darts. And yet 27 years on from Lim's famous groundbreaking heroics, only millimetres kept the Signapore native from completing the perfect finish again and sending the Ally Pally crowd buck mad. He did that anyway, some might say. You can watch the agonising ninth dart right here, courtesy of PDC channel, and the reaction from the crowd really does tell a story in itself. So bloody close. The Signapore slinger hit eight darts right on the money, before his final dart landed just outside double 12, and prevented him from reaching immortality for the second time. https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/944327960923742209 https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/944319158363271169 Unfortunately for Lim, Anderson recovered to take that leg, his sixth on the trot, before he coasted to a routine 4-1 win in the match but even he was hoping Lim would have had his moment. https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/944327049262460928

"I tell you what, I can't breathe. I'm going to have nightmares tonight I'll tell you that."