[Other Sport] Eric Bristow RIP

[SUA Seagull]

RIP Eric. He was in the year above me at school in Hackney and was always bunking off to the nearby pub to play darts with his dad and his dad's pals. He was a bit of a lad and bloody funny, always bantering with the teachers, who,liked him too. Very popular and decent bloke. 60 is no age to go.

 

[Springal]

Apparently he was doing an exhibition in Liverpool and collapsed a few minutes after coming off stage.

Very sad, RIP.

Wimp. Should have just got on with it

(https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-abuse-victims-wimps-sky-sports-a7445091.html)

 

[Pickles]

Ouch.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Only 60? Should have been three times that.

Rip, legend. Entertainer.

 

[erkan]

Never liked him. Always supported Jocky Wilson or anyone but Bristow.

RIP though. Great dart player.

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[Pickles]

Wimp. Should have just got on with it

(https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-abuse-victims-wimps-sky-sports-a7445091.html)

Ouch.

 

[vegster]

RIP Cockney,.... This sort if thing is getting out of hand now.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Poor chap bloody 60, at 56 I’m starting to get concerned here. Poor guy, had he been ill? RIP Eric

You're getting concerned? I hit the three score years and ten in a few months.

Eric Bristow was one of the first 'big' names of darts.

 

[Pickles]

I bumped into him once up at The Ally Pally in The World Championships, between him moving between his photo thing with Keith Deller and the sky studio box.

He had no time for me, but as soon as he saw my 7 year old boy, he stopped and talked loads.

Lovely bloke, just misunderstood.

 

[Questions]

F.uck sake what’s going on.

 

[tinycowboy]

Well, he didn’t go out of his way to make himself likeable, but in the early 80s - for me, the heyday of darts - he was untouchable. Like him or loathe him, he ways probably the first showman of the sport.

 

[tinycowboy]

probably the first showman of the sport.

....although Bobby George might argue with that.

 

[Muzzy]

Darts wouldn't have been darts without big Eric. Outspoken legend of the sport.. RIP Big fella

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[Pavilionaire]

R.I.P Eric - a true working class hero. Words cannot do this man justice. I'm gutted.

 

[Leegull]

RIP Eric. Sporting Icon. You think darts you think The Crafty Cockney, very sad...

 

[dazzer6666]

Wow.

Two of my early teenage sporting top guys gone within two days.

Let's all make the rest of what we have count.....

This. At 51, starting to feel a bit vulnerable Tbh. [emoji22][emoji22]

Eric was a bit of a legend as I was growing up as a darts-mad teenager. RIP.

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[DavePage]

Played on the next board to him at the Hove greyhound stadium when he was an up and coming kid, thinking why are so many watching my game , doh…….RIP CC

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

“Sports”

 

[hart's shirt]

Even though he lost, I remember being enthralled by the Bristow v Deller 1983 Embassy World Final that still goes down as one of the great matches.

From Wiki:
"The final featured one of darts' most memorable moments, when Bristow was left on 121. Having hit single 17 and then treble 18, Bristow decided against hitting the bullseye. Instead he hit a single 18 to leave double 16, whilst Deller was on 138. Deller had already missed seven darts at a double to win the title in the ninth set, when leading 5-3 and Bristow believed his opponent would not check out the high finish. However, Deller hit treble 20, followed by treble 18 and finally finished on double 12 to win the title. To this day commentators often refer to 138 as the "Deller checkout" if a player is left with that score."

 

[Magic Sponge]

RIP Eric, you gave us many great moments in the world of darts. Thank you.