 Along with Richie Burnett he also reached the final of the PDC World Pairs tournament in 1997, losing in the final to the pairing of van Barneveld and Roland Scholten.After three knee operations in the first half of 2001, Harrington's form dropped dramatically, and although he never officially announced a retirement from the game.He still attempted to qualify for the major UK tournaments until the 2007 World Championship - where he lost in the first qualifying round.