Eric Bristow RIP

[scotty]

The Crafty Cockney has passed away age 60.

 

I assume he checked out with 20, double 20.

 

Rest in peace.

[HedgeEnder]

Very sad. One of my heroes as a kid. He revolutionised darts the same way Steve Davis did with snooker.

RIP The Crafty Cockney

[Micky]

A player of my era, great entertainer. I believe he got the nickname Crafty Cockney due to his ability to finish using unusual combinations. So he probably checked out seven, triple seven, double sixteen.

 

One of the pioneers of getting darts to a mainstream audience, without the likes of Eric Bristow darts could well have failed as a televised sport. Another gone far too soon, RIP.

 

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[TwoPints]

I grew up watching Eric. I played a lot of darts in my youth and always watched Eric Bristow when he was on the box. Proper legend. I loved watching him play. Really sad that he's gone. RIP Eric.

[shurlock]

Was watching Bristow-Wilson highlights the other day - beats the overhyped s***te that the media pass off as rivalries nowadays. RIP

[whelk]

I forget what his recentish Twitter controversy was. Definitely a character.

[whelk]

I forget what his recentish Twitter controversy was. Definitely a character.

 

Looked it up - Called abuse victims wimps and everyone piled into him as is the norm.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Genuinely sad. A British sporting Icon.

[badgerx16]

He conquered the World when he was 6 years younger than Alexander the Great was when he did it.

[buctootim]

He conquered the World when he was 6 years younger than Alexander the Great was when he did it.

 

Alexander had bigger spears

[scotty]

He conquered the World when he was 6 years younger than Alexander the Great was when he did it.

 

....ah, the great Waddell

[Ohio Saint]

More proof of my own mortality. I wish celebs from my era would stop doing this to me.