"Will kick the roof off this place": Neil Duff urges fans to get tickets for Lakeside clash with close friend Barry Copeland
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One of the leading ties on Thursday night is the clash between The Duffman and The Daddy as Neil Duff and Barry Copeland collide at the 2024 WDF World Championship.
Two best friends on tour now become rivals and Duff in particular instructed fans after he edged past Reece Colley that it is worth the price of the tickets alone.
He promised fireworks and that they would kick the roof of the Lakeside off as they go from friends to rivals in pursuit of a Quarter-Final spot on the famous stage.
"It's going to be well worth the price of a ticket just to come and watch that match alone. There will be fireworks, the two of us are best friends. We travel together, we room together. We are sponsored by the same people. If he gets through, it will go off on Thursday and will kick the roof off this place," said Duff.
While Copeland who certainly shows his emotion on the stage eased past Aaron Turner 3-0 in sets. But despite his close relationship with Duff, he was affirmative that he would not change during the tie.
He said that he will still give it large and that the blinkers will go on in terms of their friendship for the time they are on the stage as he stoked the flames of what promises to be an epic tie.
"Neil is a great friend of mine. We've been travelling together this past 3-4 years. We're good mates but listen once we get up on that stage, that's all gone. It's all gone," said Copeland.
"I'm not going to change for nobody. What you see is what you get with me. I don't change for nobody, I don't care if I upset people. When I'm up there, whatever I do comes natural."
Neil Duff 🆚 Barry Copeland
— WDF Darts (@DartsWDF) December 4, 2024
The Duffman has instructed you to get your tickets for what he expects to be a feisty contest against his close friend!https://t.co/8eOLoNFpww pic.twitter.com/dNCSuakpxx
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