Eric Bristow

RIP Crafty Cockney

sad, he was responsible for darts being what it is today. Deliberately controversial showman who talked the talk and walked the walk.

Eric was darts

much loved

will always be missed

some great documentaries out there about him ph - as you say dragged darts into modern era and talked the talk but deffo walked the walk as well to go with his patter .
Always remember him playing for England in a team game up in Scotland wiv Jocky on the stage and someone from the crowd lobbed a can of Tennents at him as he was throwing - cud you imagine that these days but he did know how to press peoples buttons

RIP Eric

rip eric ,a real darts hero ! crafty cockney !

Just watched Bullseyes and Beer When Darts Hit Britain (again) on BBC Four a couple of nights ago.
A true 'character' love him or loathe him

will be up there playin wee jockie as we speak,

he was a game changer rip Eric

More very sad news in sport. Saw the crafty cockney a few times in my younger days. Although he could appear arrogant at times, i think a lot of it was just confidence and when i met him he actually came across as a really nice guy. RIP Eric

Fitting he went out on a treble 20.

RIP Eric.

was on his last leg for a while..

LEGend. Was great watching him in the jungle ripping the hole out of everything/everyone

Invented dartitus!!

RIP came from an era what will never happen again

mean't **** and beer while you're in a final, alex comes to mind tonight.

F A G S that is the era!!

Ironically enough what destroyed alex's life and career..

Rip

I watched all the darts last night bar the last game and knew nothing about him passing. Was it was announced later than that? I've just seen a clip of Snakebite crying after his match.

A true darts legend. He was supposed to be playing in an exhibition that I'm going to in three weeks. I had a smoke with him at an earlier one, I'll use that as my new claim to fame.

RIP Eric, a true legend of the darts world.

a great sporting occasion was the final where he was beaten by the little known keith deller i cant remember the year but it was when the final took place at tea time on a saturday,almost everybody wanted deller to win because bristow was so good ,it was like the 73 cup final where almost an entire nation wanted sunderland to win.the world darts final in those days was like the fa cup final it meant something to so many,theres no question about it darts owes an awful lot to eric bristow .

sad news to wake up to.

1983 foxy & it was featured on the repeated BBC doc recently repeated that was mentioned earlier in the thread

Bristow had one dart for the bull to take the title but with Deller on 138, he chose to hit a safe 18 thinking that he would have 3 darts at D16

The rest is history of course!

thanks intheknow i should think if we had in running back then a few will have done it good style.

wheres it mentioned earlier on this thread ?

He once complimented me on my choice of outs in a company/amateur event.

Just watched Bullseyes and Beer When Darts Hit Britain (again) on BBC Four a couple of nights ago.

You can probably catch it on BBC i-player, it was broadcast on BBC 4

Sad News,i was a massive fan back in the Day.

s.kenbo    06 Apr 18 06:23 
I had a smoke with him at an earlier one

a decent size?

wullie /shaftertimer,  a proper koont

can you post your p/l for the 30th march 2018 please

Horse Racing: -£428.10  Total P&L:  -£428.10

Horse Racing     Showing 1 - 20 of 35 markets
Market     Start time     Settled date     Profit/loss (£)
Horse Racing / Bath 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 17:05     30-Mar-18 17:14     7.03
Horse Racing / Bath 30th Mar : 5f Hcap     30-Mar-18 17:05     30-Mar-18 17:08     -129.00
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 3 TBP     30-Mar-18 16:55     30-Mar-18 17:01     3.14
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 1m2f Hcap     30-Mar-18 16:55     30-Mar-18 17:00     -112.38
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 16:40     30-Mar-18 16:48     8.94
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 1m2f Cond Stks     30-Mar-18 16:40     30-Mar-18 16:44     -292.52
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 16:25     30-Mar-18 16:35     8.62
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 5f Cond Stks     30-Mar-18 16:25     30-Mar-18 16:32     -200.00
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 16:10     30-Mar-18 16:15     -1.22
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 1m Cond Stks     30-Mar-18 16:10     30-Mar-18 16:13     -0.40
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 15:55     30-Mar-18 16:05     4.56
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 1m Listed     30-Mar-18 15:55     30-Mar-18 16:01     -75.80
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 15:40     30-Mar-18 15:48     15.80
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 2 TBP     30-Mar-18 15:40     30-Mar-18 15:48     -2.00
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 1m4f Hcap     30-Mar-18 15:20     30-Mar-18 15:40     38.32
Horse Racing / Bath 30th Mar : 3 TBP     30-Mar-18 15:30     30-Mar-18 15:34     4.68
Horse Racing / Bath 30th Mar : 6f Cond Stks     30-Mar-18 15:30     30-Mar-18 15:32     47.90
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 15:05     30-Mar-18 15:13     7.90
Horse Racing / Ling 30th Mar : 6f Cond Stks     30-Mar-18 15:05     30-Mar-18 15:11     -17.36
Horse Racing / Newc 30th Mar : 4 TBP     30-Mar-18 14:45     30-Mar-18 14:53     -29.81
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Apr 6, 2018 -- 2:38PM, Willie Shafter. wrote:

s.kenbo    06 Apr 18 06:23  I had a smoke with him at an earlier onea decent size?

They didn't call him The Crafty **** Knee because of his place of birth, it was more the region it hung.

Sid Waddell master quote

"Bristow reasons, Bristow quickens, Ahh.. Bristow

Superb

his best mate said

he smoked 40 a day
a curry most nights


didn't want to end up in an old folks home

always thought hewas an arrofgant cocckney in his yoiunger days but grew to respect him as he grew older,, terible shame and no age RIP ERIC you will be missed

he saved darts

Eric Bristow, Alex Higgins, George Best, et all. They lived life to the full, but it was their lifestyles that killed them. RIP