[2] He then turned his attention to football – playing to a moderately high standard for Lincoln United, Guildford City, Woking and Farnborough Town.

[3][2] Two years after his world title success, Anderson underwent surgery to fix a back problem that threatened his darts career.

Anderson reached the final of the first WDC event, the Lada UK Masters, in November 1993 – losing to Mike Gregory.

[3] In 1996, Anderson won the WDC World Pairs event alongside Phil Taylor.

[citation needed] In 2008, Anderson took part in the BetFred League of Legends which was shown live on Setanta Sports, to play along with the likes of Eric Bristow, Keith Deller, John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, and Dave Whitcombe.