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Eric Bristow Dies

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    Stevelamb said:

    Apparently lived off of beer,fags and curry and was only 60.
    RIP Eric.

    Oh dear. I'd better cut down on the curry.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600

    reckon him and jocky are chucking the arrows up there

    And Sid is calling the action
  • Cafc43v3r said:

    reckon him and jocky are chucking the arrows up there

    And Sid is calling the action
    You saying that has reminded me of one of my favourite Sid commentary memories,
    "The fields are ploughed, the opposition is scattered.
    But there's plenty of good seed on the land for Bristow"
  • bazjonster
    bazjonster Posts: 2,875

    Cafc43v3r said:

    reckon him and jocky are chucking the arrows up there

    And Sid is calling the action
    You saying that has reminded me of one of my favourite Sid commentary memories,
    "The fields are ploughed, the opposition is scattered.
    But there's plenty of good seed on the land for Bristow"
    He really was the master of the classic 'ad-hoc' one liners. A commentating great for sure.
  • Back in the eighties when the BBC had the Darts. Sid quote:

    There's plenty of Shakespeare on BBC 2, but you don't see drama like this!