[1] Next, in April 1969, Gosling lost 0–2 in the final of the News of the World Darts Championship to Barry Twomlow in front of an audience of 10,000.
[2][3] At the age of 25 in April 1974, the cheroot-puffing Gosling again reached the final of the News of the World Darts Championship, but this time lost 1–2 to Peter Chapman in front of an audience of 17,000.
[10] In early February 1980, Gosling failed to qualify for the 1980 BDO World Darts Championship when he lost to Cliff Lazarenko 0–2.
[14] In early November 1980, Gosling failed to defend his Marlboro-Sun individual darts title when he lost to Les Metrovich.
[16] Gosling competed in the January 1981 BDO World Darts Championship but lost in the first round to second seed Tony Brown.