Crayford Arrows Football Club, darts in Crayford (Bexley)

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Crayford Arrows Football Club: Darts in London

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107 Perry Street, Crayford ยท DA1 4RL

Crayford Arrows is a grassroots football and social club tucked off Crayford High Street, and it doubles as a darts venue once the football has finished for the week. The clubhouse here is the home of The Viking Arrows, who play in the Greater London Darts Organisation (GLDO) Men's Super League on Monday nights, so this is a proper league setup rather than a pub fruit machine in the corner. It suits darts players who want competitive county-standard throwing, plus locals who like a relaxed members' club with a bar, a function room and parking on site. The single most useful thing to know: this is a community sports club, not a city-centre venue, so come for the league night atmosphere and the friendly regulars rather than slick automatic scoring booths.

The darts setup

The darts here runs through the clubhouse, which is the registered home venue for The Viking Arrows in the GLDO Men's Super League. The GLDO format is seven players per team throwing seven singles legs of 501, so a Monday match night gives you a full evening of competitive throwing rather than a couple of casual legs. The organisation has run London league darts since 1966, and Crayford Arrows sits among the South East London venues that host fixtures. Expect a standard clubhouse board and oche set up for matches. If you want to throw competitively, the route in is joining or fielding against a Super League side rather than booking a lane.

Good to know

This is a members' football and social club, not a paid darts bar, so there is a bar, a ground-floor function room that holds up to around 100, and parking on site. The function space has a small stage and is mainly used for private parties, birthdays and wedding receptions, which tells you the room is sociable and roomy when the darts is on. Entry is via steps up to the main door and along a corridor into the room. No timed paid darts sessions or automatic scoring booths were found, so treat the board as a club facility you use around the bar rather than something you book by the hour.

Getting there

You will find the club at 107 Perry Street, just off Crayford High Street, reached by turning at the mini roundabout in Crayford town centre. By car it is signposted from the Black Prince Interchange on the A2, with the M25 junction 2 feeding in from the east, and there is parking on site. By train, Crayford station on the line out of London is the closest stop for the town centre, leaving a short hop to Perry Street. The setting is residential South East London on the Bexley and Dartford border, so it is an away day for most central London darts players but easy enough off the A2.

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Common questions

What is Crayford Arrows Football Club?
It is a grassroots football and social club at 107 Perry Street, Crayford, DA1 4RL, established in 1981. As well as football pitches and a clubhouse, it serves as a darts venue and is the home of The Viking Arrows, who play in the GLDO Men's Super League on Monday nights.
Can you play darts at Crayford Arrows?
Yes. The clubhouse is the registered home venue for a Greater London Darts Organisation (GLDO) Men's Super League team, The Viking Arrows, so league darts is played here. It is a club board rather than a bookable lanes venue, so it is best for league nights and casual throws around the bar.
Is it free to play darts at Crayford Arrows?
There were no paid or bookable darts sessions found, so the board is a standard members' club facility rather than a timed pay-to-play setup. There is no confirmed charge to throw, though as a members' club normal entry conditions can apply, so it is worth checking with the club first.
Do you need to book to play darts there?
No bookable darts sessions or lanes were found, so you do not book a lane the way you would at a city-centre social darts bar. To play competitively you would join or face a GLDO Super League side on a Monday match night rather than reserve a slot.
When does darts league night take place at Crayford Arrows?
The GLDO Men's Super League, which The Viking Arrows play in, runs on Monday nights across Greater London. That is the main competitive darts night at the Crayford Arrows clubhouse.
What is the nearest station to Crayford Arrows Football Club?
The club is on Perry Street just off Crayford High Street, so Crayford railway station serving the town centre is the closest stop. By car it is signposted from the Black Prince Interchange on the A2, with parking on site.

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