RIP Eric Bristow

buster180

Just seen on the PDC Twitter account That Eric Died this evening.
Shocked to hear that.
R.I.P Eric

marvin80

Shocking news, RIP

"It is with great sadness that we bring you the news that five-time World Champion Eric Bristow has passed away, aged 60"

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/04/05/eric-bristow-passes-away

Clonmel1000

Only 60 shocking news an icon of the game and a true sporting great of the 1980s. RIP Eric

Tauriel

Absolutely shocked when they announced it there. RIP

Kingp35

Only 60. One of the original greats of the game. RIP

PTH2009

Yeah just saw it there

Popped up as breaking news at the PL on Sky just there

Although he was before my time he left a great legacy. I actually played against him at an exhibition in 2013 nice guy.

Rip, great work by the commentators acting so professional after this shocking news.

Fann Linn

So sad. Him and Jocky on the oche.
Lifestyle of cigarettes, drink and late nights.
Enjoyed the Crafty Cockney.
RIP

boomdocker

Jaysus.
I remember the final against Keith Deller like it was yesterday. My first introduction to darts.
RIP the Crafty Cockney

alan partridge aha

Ffs remember his first final against Bobby. A legend of the game will be sadly missed.

paulie21

Horrible news. Fair play to the guys for carrying on

judeboy101

1980's watching him at lakeside with my dad on the BBC, simpler times. RIP Eric.

Ronan|Raven

He didn't lead the healthiest of lifestyles but for him to pass away this young is shocking.

RIP Eric.

splinter65

buster180 wrote: »

Just seen on the PDC Twitter account That Eric Died this evening.
Shocked to hear that.
R.I.P Eric

I watched a terrific programme aboutcthe heyday of darts on BBC 4 just a couple of nights ago featuring Eric heavily.
Good character. RIP.

scudzilla

Played against him once, a doubles game, my partner was Keith Deller, what a great guy, RIP Eric

PTH2009

Crowd chanting Bristows name now in Liverpool

Itssoeasy

Just saw the news and turned on the premier league darts and the mood of the commentators is not suprisingly somber.

refusetolose

he was only tweeting earlier https://twitter.com/ericbristow

JP Liz V1

RIP

tayto lover

Very sad. Eric and Ray Wilkins gone in the same week. Great sportsmen.

Gizmo55

Loved watching him, particularly against John Lowe. RIP.

ThebitterLemon

Terrible news, him, Jocky and Lowe made me fall in love with darts. You don't appreciate the skill involved until you actually throw a few darts and Eric was a true darts superstar

TbL

Itssoeasy

Was he working with Sky again or was he just at the arena watching the darts ?

Bob Harris

One of the orginal stars of the game and even people who didn't know what end of a dart to hold knew his name.
RIP.

PTH2009

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Was he working with Sky again or was he just at the arena watching the darts ?

Working for sky doing the spotting

Marty Bird

Very sad. RIP

mickmackey1

Okay it's an old line but still one of the best in commentating history -

"When Alexander the Great was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer - Eric Bristow is 27."

Mysterypunter

Very sad RIP Eric

JenovaProject

Sad sad news...was watching the premier league after the football wondering why it was so sombre and the crowd were chanting his name...RIP The Crafty Cockney

Itssoeasy

Just listening to Dennis Priestley on bbc five live and he sounds shattered.

Spanish Eyes

We are all in the Departure Lounge. Some have longer, some sooner.

Diabhal Beag

Spotting tonight too. A true legend of the sport.

webpal

Met him in rosslare years ago and he wouldn't sign an autograph until he got my name and had a chat first. Great memories from the 80's also. RIP and was a pleasure to meet you.

Will I Am Not

Anyone else think the Sky coverage was a bit crass? It happened there tonight, just a while ago and they have Deller on the stage and his pic up on the screen.
Seemed a bit off to me.

selwyn froggitt

Sid Waddell, darts' ultimate lyricist, summed up best why a simple pub game was so invigorated by one man: 'Eric showed that darts could be theatre and poetry and how far the anger of losing could be taken...He glowed with the arrogance of a cockney wideboy and he could psych out anybody.'

Eric Bristow is the reason I fell in love with darts in the late 70’s....RIP ‘The Crafty Cockney’

mdwexford

Horrible to hear this.

The original darting superstar.

RIP.

jamesbere

Terrible news, a legend of the game.

pebbles21

R.I.P Eric one af the all time greats of the game and bows out at treble 20

Posy

RIP Eric- a true darts legend.

refusetolose

https://twitter.com/HayleyJohn79/status/982021952461246464

Mike Litoris

refusetolose wrote: »

https://twitter.com/HayleyJohn79/status/982021952461246464

Jesus, he looked rough. R.I.P. Gutted.

rolling boh

Sad news about a great player from an era of some real characters in the game. He loved winding people up lots watched him play wanting him to lose while others willed him on.

anewme

rolling boh wrote: »

Sad news about a great player from an era of some real characters in the game. He loved winding people up lots watched him play wanting him to lose while others willed him on.

Darts was always on in our house as a child(we actually had a dartboard in our kitchen nailed to the back of the door that my Da “brought home” from the social club ) and our kitchen walls and doors were covered in holes as we weren’t very good darts players. We had many family evenings playing darts, which usually ended in a row that someone cheated somewhere along the line.

Eric was the younger more handsome newcomer, and we were always up for John Lowe as my Dad said Eric was an arragont sod(more colorful language). Eric Bristow was the one you loved to hate. But we were glued to it.

Tomorrow I’ll visit my Da in his care home and I’ll tell him Eric Bristow died. He wont remember what he had for his breakfast, but he’ll remember and talk about those days when Ma went mad that someones miss throw punctured the new psycahedlic wallpaper(always seconds that never matched).

Who knew they were the good times?

RIP.

Peter C

RIP Eric

Another sporting hero gone this week.

Arsenium

RIP to an inspiration and a legend.

Fond memories of him in an exhibition beating one of our lads on double 18. The funny thing about it was he hit the double while kneeling down !

As Sid Wadell once said..."he's crafty, he's cockney, he's got style....Oh Bristow!!! "

bladespin

RIP a legend, can remember sitting with my grandad watching him play, sad both are gone.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Darts wouldn't be what it is today without people like Eric Bristow.

Loved his brutal honesty, guy held nothing back, he never sugarcoated things.

Also his unwavering confidence, bottle and winners attitude. There was only first and last to Eric, no in between. That's why his battles with dartitis when he was at the peak of his game must have crushed him personally.

There will never be anyone like him again. He'll be sorely missed in the world of darts.

melon_collie

anewme wrote: »

Darts was always on in our house as a child(we actually had a dartboard in our kitchen nailed to the back of the door that my Da “brought home” from the social club ) and our kitchen walls and doors were covered in holes as we weren’t very good darts players. We had many family evenings playing darts, which usually ended in a row that someone cheated somewhere along the line.

Eric was the younger more handsome newcomer, and we were always up for John Lowe as my Dad said Eric was an arragont sod(more colorful language). Eric Bristow was the one you loved to hate. But we were glued to it.

Tomorrow I’ll visit my Da in his care home and I’ll tell him Eric Bristow died. He wont remember what he had for his breakfast, but he’ll remember and talk about those days when Ma went mad that someones miss throw punctured the new psycahedlic wallpaper(always seconds that never matched).

Who knew they were the good times?

RIP.

Great post. Reminds me of my own mother who wouldn't let my bother and me put a dart board in the house for fear of damaging the wallpaper. So we had to put one in the garage instead. Of course we'd out there in the depths of winter after watching the Eric and Jocky on the TV and it would be absolutely Baltic. There was a gas stove in the garage and we used to light up one quadrant. I'd warm my hands when my bro was throwing and he'd warm his when I was throwing. You could see your breath. We'd spend hours out there. They were great days.

Funny thing about it was . . . I built my own house in the last 5 years and put a dart board in the house. My mother comes down to visit and starts throwing darts at the board. I had to tell her off as some weren't going into the board. I had to break out the pollfilla.

RIP Eric. Thanks for the memories

Kingp35

His funeral is at 3:30pm today. I would imagine there will be a huge turnout for it.