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Eric Bristow Dies

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  • Addickted2U
    Addickted2U Posts: 3,080
    2 greats in 2 days. Unbelievable.
    RIP Eric.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,076
    RIP Crafty Cockney. Fantastic player and a great character. Very sad.
  • Tavern
    Tavern Posts: 7,678
    RIP Eric.
  • WSA
    WSA Posts: 1,912
    RIP
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    Crikey. That is sad news. Saw him at a pub in Elmers End a few years ago.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    How shocking another big big part of our collective upbringing.

    RIP the crafty cockney.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Very moving watching the darts earlier. RIP
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    RIP
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,626
    Absolutely gutting. Playing in a darts comp earlier and the room fell silent when we heard the news. RIP Eric you will be missed big time.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Very sad news big part of my childhood song as both my mum dad and brother absolutely love the sport and played it constantly in doors and in midweek leagues locally

    Remember having flights on my dads darts that had crafty cockney and a cartoon of Eric on them

    I guess the lifestyle caught up with him in the end

    RIP big man
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  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    RIP. I was Bristow as a kid playing darts. He was the character everyone remembered, and some classics with John Lowe. Seems like my childhood greats are dropping like flies right now.
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    RIP Eric, condolences to family and friends
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Eric
  • eddieaddick
    eddieaddick Posts: 814
    RIP Eric as @nth london addick said Eric was a big part of our childhood met him quite a few times as I got older and played around the darts circuit he wasn't to everyone's taste but he was a London County legend and a hero of mine will be missed
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,779
    Very sad. RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,141
    Bumped into him once on a tube when we were playing Leyton Orient in the late 70's...sure it was the game we drew 0-0 and the point meant we stayed up....Anyway he gave these kids aged about 14=15 his autograph and all they had to sign it on was a fag packet.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    RIP Eric
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    RIP
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Sad news, the only person who got me to watch darts. R.I.P. Eric, far too young.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,971
    I loved watching Eric. RIP x
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  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    RIP Eric. Bristow and Butch a year apart in age, a week apart in death, both from heart attacks, sporting professionals whose livestyles could not have been more different.
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    RIP Eric - another one, no age at all.
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    RIP...really enjoyed the darts in the 80's and he was one of the very big characters of that era.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    reckon him and jocky are chucking the arrows up there
  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    Really sad news, some time ago watched a TV programme about him.
    I believe that he made darts become as popular as it is now.
    Fantastic personality, such a great loss.
    Condolences to his family at this sad time!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,148
    Shame. RIP Crafty Cockney.
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    RIP Eric
    Met him a few times and a nice bloke who always had time for a chat and also spoke exactly how he felt
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    RIP
  • Stevelamb
    Stevelamb Posts: 271
    Apparently lived off of beer,fags and curry and was only 60.
    RIP Eric.
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,054
    RIP. Goodbye to a legend.

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