Bob Anderson: "It was inevitable Jocky and I were never going to see eye to eye!"

We catch up with 1988 World Champion Bob Anderson as he chats about his continued love for the sport, including life on the exhibition circuit, as well as his take on the modern game and the legacy of Jocky Wilson in light of the recent BBC documentary. #Darts
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[@stevenorton8175]

Real gentleman and champion

[@heavyduty96]

Impressive to win the World Masters in 86, 87 and 88! And of course winning the Worlds as well.

[@GretatheEvilGremlin]

Good to see Bob still out and about on the scene. True gent, true champion. Epic darts.

[@barrymason9104]

I was so hoping at the end of the interview he pointed right into the camera

[@Bloxdio_God]

Bob Anderson. A credit to Darts.

[@Wally-H]

Always great to hear Bob speak, because he is such an eloquent and intelligent man. Barry Hearn should invite him to get involved in helping to run the sport - he would be a real asset.

[@davidgroom9667]

Get Bob into the Sky commentary set up. He is a natural broadcaster. He is a smart and articulate guy whose love for the sport still shines through.

[@mirrorreality7172]

Every comment he made was well measured and intelligent. He would be ideal in the studio

[@buddha1736]

Who remembers when they brought a horse 🐎 on with Bobs walk on, at the circus tavern. 😂😂😂👍🏻

[@heavyduty96]

Hahahaha, classic! Player after Bob would be avoiding the horse shit!

[@imsilly2130]

Every cunt that watched dickhead

[@Zarkava8]

Wonder if someone stood in the horse shit? 😂

[@bobkeery8373]

Great Dart player Bob Anderson.Always good to watch as well

[@loriac200]

i played Bob in 1989 and well i guess i should say i was his next stepping stone to the next round

[@LVPAcharn]

What a sincere gentleman ,, and a bloody great darts player then an now !

[@TeamBabylon-dp2xf]

Really enjoyed watching this. Bob Anderson is such a nice man.

[@rickadkinson6539]

Great guy, I used to play with him at the George in old town Swindon, now sadly no longer a pub.

[@noelatcheson4174]

A well-spoken and articulate man. Quality interview.

[@paul1969g]

Top man great player. One of my favourite players from the 80s thanks bob for all the great memories over the years those days were magical👍👍🎯

[@dowdallerno1]

Cool guy. Great character back in the day. 👏👍

[@wayneparry5403]

Absolutely beautiful

[@lukenukem2441]

Met Bob, utter class both on and off the oche. Probably the most underrated player of the 80s. He's selling himself shirt, he still has a gr8 game on him.

[@keithmckibbin1799]

What a gentleman. Always was. So articulate and funny.

[@colinjennings3661]

Bob sounds like a real class act.

[@kevinnash1454]

Bob Anderson was so cool and my off my all time favourites - After a big check out that finger poke to the board was the coolest thing ever ! No goofy theatrics, such a charming well spoken man - Got to get to an exhibition so I can meet him

[@davidgroom9667]

72 years old and still doing it - thanks Bob, always enjoyed watching you play

[@flyingdog68]

What a nice bloke and still playing at 71 - wow. The 80's was when I got into darts - Jocky, Eric, John Lowe, Bob, Cliff, Keith Deller and Mike Gregory to name but a view. Great times but it needed dragging out of the 'pub' environment of the BDO and full credit to the PDC for making it what it is today.

[@flyingdog68]

@@lukes8719 I know what you mean. In the BDO days the fans were there for the darts and the players were there for the glory - certainly not the prize money. I miss the players being able to drink and smoke on stage, it certainly added to the atmosphere. As much as I love the modern game, I wonder has it now become TOO big? 🤔

[@flyingdog68]

@@lukes8719 I couldn't agree more. The Premier League matches especially just seem to be lads out on stag do's or a night out with a few genuine darts fans. I totally agree smaller venues are the answer - that's why the BDO world championships were so special. That said the difference between the BDO and PDC players is night and day. I just worry Barry Hearn has too much power and will ruin darts like he ruined snooker.

[@davidholgate123]

Great characters. They don't exsist anymore. A whole culture wiped out in a generation.

[@fourcandles9413]

Nothing better than darts at Frimley Green and the Circus

[@andrewsheppard7905]

I’ve absolutely loved these videos! I saw the boys the following day In Great Yarmouth, shame you didn’t come to that event, would of been cool to meet you.

[@woody816]

I always remember bob when I was allowed to watch the darts as a young single digit snot nose kid. I always waited for the finger wen he hit a 180. Jocky, eric, bob, Lowe were always the guys I knew asa I saw them I late 80s 👍

[@Beans_everywhere]

Top bloke! 👍

[@swingsandroundabouts6138]

Proper Swindon accent which is practically extinct now so it's lovely to hear

[@jed_91]

Why dnt they do exbiton for 8 weeks called legends premer league

[@jonnietash9889]

Wow another top interview, you are nocking it out the park with all these legend interviews, great to here from BA. Have you got a link to the Jocky Documentary referred too? or where can i find it?

[@deejaygal]

Jocky Wilson Said: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000553c via @bbciplayer

[@SUPERLEEDSYRA]

It's called Jocky Wilson Said, and its on KZbin. Well worth watching.

[@lukenukem2441]

One thing I'd add is that these guys played on boards where trebles were 14% smaller than they are now due to thickness & staples. This man here hit a 100 ave in the 80s. Put Lowe, Bristow, anderson and jocky about today and with today's boards and schedule and they'd rule

[@Frady180]

They miss into the 5’s and 1’s far too often. Sport sciences has come a long way, even in darts. So in that since maybe they would, but also they might not. The top 90 in the world can hit ton averages on any day. Bob would have a chance because consistency is what wins now

[@kevindinham3175]

The great bob

[@nickpayne4711]

Great underated player. One of only 8 men to be the undisputed world champion.

[@stevenewart3873]

My uncles darts partner was jockey Wilson

[@darrenbull3215]

I Would love sky sports darts coverage to sign up these great darts players on there show

[@darrenwarby32]

He actually qualified for the 1968 olympics as a javelin thrower , but broke his arm just before .

[@bachgammon1]

I'm curious to know that Bob did when he wasn't playing darts. He's very competitive and very articulate. I bet he made a lot of money.

[@thomasgray5406]

Bob was a civil servant, I believe, and he made the UK javelin team for the 1968 Olympic games although I think he got an injury that ultimately prevented him representing Britain in it. He was also a non league footballer to a reasonable standard. He's clearly a very intelligent guy.

[@jezzaus2124]

Great guy. Heard American, Scottish and a little southern England in his accent 😂

[@Frady180]

To be fair to the current guys, Bristow and Taylor have gotten right into peoples faces, so the old guard did it, maybe not as much but they did

[@fourcandles9413]

Jocky Wilson too

[@McFearlessification]

Jesus christ do you ask every single person out Gerwyn Price's fine. It was ages ago. All these videos you fire out you spend a good couple of minutes discussing it. Find something else to talk about because quite frankly it's getting tedious

[@degapposwa9511]

totally agree with you. i know its memorable, but we know it already. people are not talking about liverpool-barcelona 4-0 the whole time and that is almost two months ago!

[@heavyduty96]

I agree....getting annoying

[@Fletchlie]

Agree. Also titling the videos to lure people in only to find out you have like a 30 second bit about it and the rest is not about what's on the title... Misleading that is, it's on nearly every video. You don't need to do that, darts fans will click anyway!

[@ludvigdreng6315]

[@36AccountsBlockedRIP]

Can someone tell me what region his accent is from, if any.

[@78kingmicky]

He lives in Clevedon an area in Bristol. Couple hours up from me. Its not deep Bristolian though.

[@36AccountsBlockedRIP]

@@78kingmicky Thanks

[@78kingmicky]

Believe hes from Swindon originally

[@michaelm8838]

The Limestone Cowboy

[@pen2199]

clint eastwood of darts saloon fights the lot

[@ThefightingCelt]

Bob didn't take sh*t from no one . Jocky could be a pain in the arse tbf , especially after a pint or two of vodka .

[@fourcandles9413]

A pint or two of vodka was a light night for Jocky,will always be missed by dart fans That's my generation

[@thomasbryan6796]

21 and a 1/2 = 33..it's all coded

[@kevinwheeler6838]

Bet he still stings from that brutal loss to Jocky in the 89 world championship

[@vantheman12welshman66]

Rhinestone Cowboy

[@statagerz]

No, Limestone Cowboy :)

[@steventhompson2511]

Too bad these once great player's are getting old

[@fourcandles9413]

Getting old is better than the alternative

[@chamjezage]

Bob was never as good as the rest, he was an also ran

[@mrsthelens1]

he mixed it with the big boys when he was up in the rankings

[@davidgroom9667]

He was a superb player.

[@nickpayne4711]

World champion when there was only one. Only 8 men can say that. Not an also ran

[@terrygill430]

Won the Masters 3 years in a row, and World Champ in 88? Also ran my arse

[@lukenukem2441]

No offence but you are wrong (I wont swear). 3x masters champion back to back (when it was a floor event), world no1, world champion. First of the power scorers. Back op in 1990 put him back a load. Back to back world semi finalist in pdc 20 years later in the 90s when 57-58. Won a whole host of opens, some 2-3x in a row. Was still in PDC top 32 at 60! Guy was, is and will forever be a legend. Best 3 players of the 80s were Bristow, Lowe, jocky and bob (bob won more). Professionally outlasted all of them. Taylor (greatest ever) has said many times that if any of the top pros now even (inc MVG) were asked to put 10k of. Their own money down in a winner takes all best of 5, they still wouldn't!

[@davidbrennan3613]

Very good interview