RIP Sid Waddell

[Stat Brother]

'This couldn't get more exciting even if Elvis Presley walked in and asked for a bag of chips'

RIP Sid.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Great commentator, highly intelligent bloke and seemingly very well liked by all who knew him. Darts won't be the same.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Great commentator and brilliantly entertaining. RIP to one of the greats.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

"Big Cliff Lazarenko's idea of exercise is sitting in a room with the
windows open taking the lid off something cool and fizzy."

 

[Albumen]

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Genius

 

[happypig]

“If we'd had Phil Taylor at Hastings against the Normans, they'd have gone home.”

 

[Tooting Gull]

Only just seen, very sad news. Sid Waddell brought darts to life for millions, and also a great bloke.
Very privileged to have interviewed him a couple of years ago, wasn't easy as basically he was so mega intelligent and well read it kept going off at bizarre tangent all over place. An intimidating intellect, but did the ordinary bloke thing alongside classical Oxbridge scholar, pretty rare.
First time I met him we both happened to be reading same book, the Stephen King one about the Boston Red Sox (which is brilliant).
RIP Sid.

http://www.sundayexpress.co.uk/posts/view/219369/Wadd-ll-Sid-say-next

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Easily my favourite commentator of all time, intelligent and as mad as a box of frogs.

 

[Southern Scouse]

No idea the great man was even ill, shame on me.
RIP, laddie. Hoaway the lads!

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

“There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions.”

 

[AK74]

He also gave the world Jossy's Giants (football's just a brand of science).

RIP Sid.

 

[Sompting_Seagull]

'He's hit the Wire'! RIP Sid, absolute legend.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Gutted. Arguably the most charismatic commentator of all-time. He was one of my five 'Dream Dinner Party guests' too. His partnership with Dave Lanning on the darts was under-rated, Lanning being the perfect foil for Sid.

 

[melias shoes]

Legendary commentator has passed away aged 72.

Put so much excitement into the sport and quite a character as well

Darts will miss his enthusiasm and knowledge

He was one of the reasons for watching darts. His enthusiasm was amazing and I loved his almost poetic commentary. RIP Sid Waddell.

 

[rocker959]

RIP Sid another great passes.