Andy "The Viking" Fordham Biography
Born: Feb 2, 1962
Eldest of four children Andy has a brother and two sisters.
Andy grew up in Charlton, South-East London and went to Charlton Manor Primary School and Eaglesfield Secondary School.
Andy was a keen track and field athlete and gained the nickname "The Whippet".
He was also a keen footballer and played after he left school for the Angerstine Hotel - this was where his love of darts was sparked.
The Angerstine Hotel football team also made up most of the darts team and after football training one Wednesday night the lads were a man short and asked "the Whippet" to join them.
Andy was useless at first but one of the team saw something in his darts and uttered the immortal words: "Sign him up, the lad's got potential."
The rest as they say is history and the story of how The Whippet became The Viking.
From the hotel team Andy graduated through to the Kent Super League and then to Kent county level.
Andy moved to London soon afterwards and then up to Renfrewshire in Scotland where he competed at county level.
Back down south Andy now plays for Essex County.
Andy is also an established England international. He has proudly represented his country at no less than four World Cups - a feat David Beckham would be proud of - and been victorious at three of them.
Andy has also represented England in the European Cup, and the new Six Nations Cup.
Andy's champion honours include:
- World Masters
- Swiss
- Finish
- Norwegian
- Isle of Man
- Welsh
- Campon(Holland)
- Portland
- British Pentathlon
His big tournament record is also very impressive
- Embassy World Championships (Four time semi-finalist)
- British(runner up)
- World Cup singles (runner up)
- European Cup singles (runner up)
- Dutch(runner up)
- Kent(runner up)
Andy is very proud to have been a BDO Sports Person of the Year.
Andy is married to long-term partner Jenny and they have two children, Raymond, 16 and Emily 15.
Andy and Jenny run the Queen's Arms pub in Woolwich.
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