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RIP Eric Bristow

  • 05-04-2018 9:53pm
    #1
    buster180
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 563 ✭✭✭


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


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  • #2
    marvin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭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


  • #3
    Clonmel1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Clonmel1000


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


  • #4
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,480 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Absolutely shocked when they announced it there. RIP


  • #5
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,294 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


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


  • #6
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,880 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #7
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


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


  • #8
    boomdocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,028 ✭✭✭boomdocker


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


  • #9
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


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


  • #10
    paulie21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,147 ✭✭✭✭paulie21


    Horrible news. Fair play to the guys for carrying on


  • #11
    judeboy101
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭judeboy101


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


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  • #12
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,147 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


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

    RIP Eric.


  • #13
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭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.


  • #14
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,943 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


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


  • #15
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,880 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Crowd chanting Bristows name now in Liverpool


  • #16
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,337 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


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


  • #17
    refusetolose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


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


  • #18
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    RIP
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #19
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,204 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


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


  • #20
    Gizmo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,273 ✭✭✭Gizmo55


    Loved watching him, particularly against John Lowe. RIP.


  • #21
    ThebitterLemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,629 ✭✭✭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


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  • #22
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,337 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


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


  • #23
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭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.


  • #24
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,880 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #25
    Marty Bird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Marty Bird


    Very sad. RIP

    🌞6.02kWp⚡️3.01kWp South/East⚡️3.01kWp West



  • #26
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭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."


  • #27
    Mysterypunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    Very sad RIP Eric


  • #28
    JenovaProject
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭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 :(


  • #29
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,337 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


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


  • #30
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,996 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


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


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  • #31
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Spotting tonight too. A true legend of the sport.


  • #32
    webpal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭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.


  • #33
    Will I Am Not
    Registered Users Posts: 3,496 ✭✭✭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.


  • #34
    selwyn froggitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 475 ✭✭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’


  • #35
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,280 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Horrible to hear this.

    The original darting superstar.

    RIP.


  • #36
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Terrible news, a legend of the game.


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  • #37
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭pebbles21


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


  • #38
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,641 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    RIP Eric- a true darts legend. :(


  • #39
    refusetolose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


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


  • #40
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,279 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    refusetolose wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/HayleyJohn79/status/982021952461246464


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


  • #41
    rolling boh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #42
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,020 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #43
    Peter C
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Peter C


    RIP Eric

    Another sporting hero gone this week.


  • #44
    Arsenium
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭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!!! "


  • #45
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    RIP a legend, can remember sitting with my grandad watching him play, sad both are gone.
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  • #46
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #47
    melon_collie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 414 ✭✭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


  • #48
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,294 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


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


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