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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 21:56 - Apr 5 with 9720 views

another massive sports character leaves us far too early. Loved the old time darts (pre the sky superhype) Bristow vs Jocky Wilson, fags, booze and a different era. RIP.

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 21:57 - Apr 5 with 7477 views

daveB

bloody hell, that is sad news, what a shit week

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:03 - Apr 5 with 7430 views

kingsburyR

Nooooooo.

Another legend gone.

Helped nurture Phil the power Taylor also.

R.I.P. Crafty Cockney

Dont know why we bother. .... but we do!

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:11 - Apr 5 with 7387 views

komradkirk

One of the first darts superstars,loved him when he came on the scene,Bristow and Butch both my age.shocking.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:12 - Apr 5 with 7380 views

Stanisgod

More of a Johnny Lowe man myself but RIP Eric. No age again.

It's being so happy that keeps me going.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:32 - Apr 5 with 7289 views

eastside_r

My mum a genuine Cockney always bristled (pun intended) against his moniker,but I always loved this guy. RIP Eric.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:34 - Apr 5 with 7274 views

eghamranger

Was a real character in the darts world.

Him, jocky Wilson, John Lowe, Leighton Rees and cliff Lazarenko .

Loved watching the darts in those day and of course bullseye.

RIP

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:43 - Apr 5 with 7234 views

zicoshoops

He would have loved going out on a Treble Twenty .

Rest in Peace Eric.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:46 - Apr 5 with 7224 views

eastside_r

Did not mean disrespect, it is just that Mum did not consider Stoke Newington as a Cockney area. He might have had good hearing though.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:57 - Apr 5 with 7176 views

colinallcars

RIP he was a great character. I've always found it to be stretching credulity to call darts a sport though. Game, more like.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 23:05 - Apr 5 with 7150 views

Boston

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:11 - Apr 5 by komradkirk
One of the first darts superstars,loved him when he came on the scene,Bristow and Butch both my age.shocking.

Honestly mate, I understand the temptation of a trifecta, but call the Samaritans, it’s just not worth it!

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Thank God The Seaons Over.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 23:08 - Apr 5 with 7151 views

SimonJames

Being a John Lowe fan, Bristow was the man you loved to hate. But darts wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining without him. Hell of a darts player!
RIP Eric.

100% of people who drink water will die.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 00:07 - Apr 6 with 7062 views

Rebalhoop

Everybody has a doppelgÃ¤nger Eric was mine, and as such loved to watch him..first Super Ray now The Crafty Cockney..what a week.R I P Eric

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 02:26 - Apr 6 with 6977 views

timcocking

Damn. Shame.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 05:50 - Apr 6 with 6921 views

SydneyRs

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 23:08 - Apr 5 by SimonJames
Being a John Lowe fan, Bristow was the man you loved to hate. But darts wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining without him. Hell of a darts player! RIP Eric.

His rivalry with Lowe was brilliant. His cheeky wind up antics were the perfect opposite to Lowe's stony faced determination. Great entertainment.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 07:25 - Apr 6 with 6842 views

CamberleyR

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:46 - Apr 5 by eastside_r
Did not mean disrespect, it is just that Mum did not consider Stoke Newington as a Cockney area. He might have had good hearing though.

Born in Hackney wasn't he?

Absolutely no age again. RIP.

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 07:31 - Apr 6 with 6829 views

RangersDave

Met Eric 2 years ago, on a ferry coming back from Dublin,where I believe he was in some darts show.

Anyway, perfect gentleman, another one to keep dad company this year.

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 08:19 - Apr 6 with 6766 views

paulparker

Loved Bristow, I loved his attitude that "im the best" "you cannot beat me"
we have a thing in this country where we love a loser but Bristow was a winner and put himself on the line to back up his attitude
people like Bristow, Faldo, Ovett, Eubank are never given the respect they deserve they are seen as obxnious and aloof when in fact they have self confident and are winners
Bristow was also a brilliant analyst if you were crap he would say it and wasn't a cliché man like 99.9% pundits are, he never treated the watching public like idiots
RIP Eric another one of my childhood hero's gone

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 08:51 - Apr 6 with 6726 views

2Thomas2Bowles

Very sad RIP Eric

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 09:20 - Apr 6 with 6695 views

PlanetHonneywood

What the geezer before me said!

Characters in sport are a dying breed. Overly hyped, micro-controlled and too-image and marketing conscious; you get the impression they'd wet themselves if they ever actually said what they felt.

The Erics, Bothams of later years are the people that get you out of your seats, not the robots we have today trotting out the same ol' pony week in week out.

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 09:22 - Apr 6 with 6690 views

LunarJetman

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:32 - Apr 5 by eastside_r
My mum a genuine Cockney always bristled (pun intended) against his moniker,but I always loved this guy. RIP Eric.

When you say your mum always bristled (pun intended) do you mean she had a beard?

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 10:01 - Apr 6 with 6647 views

Metallica_Hoop

One of my childhood memories. I had an 'Eric Bristow 9 dart challenge' Dartboard that was reversible.

Could never f'kin do it.

RIP Eric

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 10:16 - Apr 6 with 6627 views

Esox_Lucius

Aaron Ramsey scored last night. Just saying.

The grass is always greener.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 13:35 - Apr 6 with 6508 views

headhoops

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 22:34 - Apr 5 by eghamranger
Was a real character in the darts world. Him, jocky Wilson, John Lowe, Leighton Rees and cliff Lazarenko . Loved watching the darts in those day and of course bullseye. RIP

if you love Bullseye - have you heard Jim Bowen talk about the episode that was never screened?

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Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 19:55 - Apr 6 with 6356 views

eastside_r

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 09:22 - Apr 6 by LunarJetman
When you say your mum always bristled (pun intended) do you mean she had a beard?

You cheeky scamp, you. You well know what I was saying.

But strangely you're right my mum was quite whiskery towards the end.

Crafty Cockney checks out at just 60 on 23:02 - Apr 6 with 6248 views

UPPERLOFTNZ

Massively important in the growth of the sport and a great showman, unfortunately a bigot and horrible racist, not a pleasant human being whatsoever.

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