i met Eric in Manchester in the 90s he was one Hell of a Nice Guy
@dilwich22 күн бұрын
Lets go back to the 80s when the world was normal.
@alangrynich361515 күн бұрын
@@dilwich I couldn't agree more fantastic times growing up as a kid in the 80s and ur right things were more normal and life was more simple
@Mickyd212115 күн бұрын
Couldn't agree more. Shame the world has ended up like this, especially our country 😔
@Peter-oz8ec20 күн бұрын
RIP crafty. One truly hell of a nice fella.
@alancrisp158229 күн бұрын
😢 Anyone who dies young is tragic. And yes 60 is still youngest, by today's standards at least !.....
@sovaine21 күн бұрын
A legend in the darts world simple as that.
@daveinthailand21 күн бұрын
I never was into darts until i seen Eric and Jocky and Deller playing in early 80s then i was completely hooked .After the 80s it lost its luster but was great while it lasted lived down the road from Jocky Great times
@robinterkzer812819 күн бұрын
He will always be the King of darts !
@FactsVerseUK18 күн бұрын
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@georgemacdonald528226 күн бұрын
I think Erick and Jockey Wilson were the great games, they bounced of each other making their games legends 🎉
@ericjencson948921 күн бұрын
There is no k in Eric
@alangrynich361528 күн бұрын
The great bristow a proper dart player
@paulinelee176224 күн бұрын
R.I.P. Eric. An Evergreen Legend ! Deepest Condolences to his Family XXXXX.
@Irish78021 күн бұрын
I met Eric once in kilkenny Ireland. I was meeting up with a girl there for a night out in a pub .. must be 10 years ago he was playing people a game of darts for 50 euro a game u get to play him and lose 😅😅 for charity .. I didn't play because I'm useless completely at the game, but I got to say hi, and he was doing a good deed nice guy
@elainekerslake686513 күн бұрын
Stoke Newington boy. I knew him as a kid playing in the Red Lion church street. His dad used to drink in the Albion and became his chaffeur in the 80s . Paid him £100 a week...good money back then.
@Jim-gx6um26 күн бұрын
Eric played in my local few times we always had great night with him really friendly and good fun down to earth great champion rip
@MarkyMark681620 күн бұрын
Loved Eric Bristow. No one has come close to his showmanship and helped escalate Darts into the mainstream entertainment sport we have today. RIP Eric you were a legend.❤️
@stevefoley102123 күн бұрын
I knew Eric well,I played with him in north london,and don't forget Alan chapman,a black cabbie,owner north London, also my friend, Alan got Eric into London team,not many people know that,Alan was on england team.good memories Northumberland arms putney,
@stevefoley102123 күн бұрын
Yeah eric was a good person, following up on my last comment eric never forgot you,I moved to California late 80s,so I hadn't seen him for a bit,but there a tournament in los angeles, LA open,no more But I remember eric coming in the venue, he spotted me eric came over,eric says hey mate how are you,he says let me know when your playing and I'll chalk the game,and he did,great guy
@philipholmes123415 күн бұрын
@@stevefoley1021it’s a small world
17 күн бұрын
60 is better than 40.!! We are obsessed with living to a great age and a peaceful end in our sleep.? Don’t be greedy. There’s always someone who’s guna die younger than you
@desmondhull577822 күн бұрын
Another 70s legend gone.
@WilliamFisher-jn4ul27 күн бұрын
Lifestyle 😢
@ukphone418323 күн бұрын
Great player sadly missed 😂😂
@johnharvey84829 күн бұрын
Excellent review.
@godsstruggler878322 күн бұрын
Repeat yourself five times why don't you. Gotta get that Ad time up.
@waynekerrr902728 күн бұрын
Narrated by an American who knows nothing about Bristow, except what he's read..very poor
@Jeremy-i7c21 күн бұрын
Did he die of dartitis? That’s sad😔
@MrJokerlad1928 күн бұрын
Erica Bristow
@EdwardHinton-qs4ry28 күн бұрын
He never looked healthy. He was a wreck. 60 is probably about right.
@digeme6926 күн бұрын
I was a big fan of Eric but it's well known that he was a heavy smoker and drinker and also used to live on Curries. I read a newspaper interview once where he said he didn't think he'd reach 40 and when he was 50 said he didn't think he'd reach 60. I also recall Bobby George saying he told Eric to maybe cut down a bit but Eric was having none of it, and he said He wanted to live like that. It's a shame he went at 60 but the lifestyle caught up with him.
@PeevyMctweevy28 күн бұрын
I was a big fan of Bristow's but honestly, he was nowhere near the best of todays darters..
@jadejones877128 күн бұрын
The BDO is nowhere near as good as the PDO league
@user-km1dj2mw6c22 күн бұрын
You can only play what’s in front of you.
@judex322629 күн бұрын
The standard of darts in the 80s wasn’t very high. In my opinion John Lowe was the best Player of the 80s. Bristow never hit a 9 dart finish in the world championships and I believe he never hit a 9 darter in any major tournament televised or un-televised. I don’t even think Bristow ever hit a televised 10 darter. Lowe hit the first televised 9 darter. Bristow was an just average player compared to the likes of Phil Taylor, MVG, Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Rob Cross etc
@simonlevett477627 күн бұрын
Codswallop.
@judex322627 күн бұрын
@@simonlevett4776 I’m factually right and you know it. Bristow never hit a 9 darter in the world championships or any any televised tournament. The first player to hit a 9 darter in a televised tournament was John Lowe in 1984. Bristow never did it. Lowe won 3 world championships in 79 87 and 93. He was the only player to win in 3 different decades until Phil Taylor did it. So I rank Lowe above Bristow. Though clearly Taylor was in a different league and so is MVG when he was at his peak. Now there’s several players that hit 180s for fun like Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Rob Cross and many of them have hit several televised 9 darters and have consistently have higher averages than Bristow 🎯 I’m not expressing my opinion I’m just stating the facts. Don’t you like facts that go against your opinion?
@roddywilson891126 күн бұрын
@@judex3226maybe your facts are correct but what you fail to mention is that the boards back then were smaller, trebles and doubles were14 percent smaller than today, when the great jocky Wilson was playing back in the day he did a 1001 in 19:darts in an exhibition match according to rod harrington who was there, so the players of today have if easier than the boys back in the eighties, very seldom do you see bounce outs now ,common place back then,
@judex322626 күн бұрын
@@roddywilson8911 Then I was right John Lowe was better than Bristow. As I said Lowe hit the first televised 9 darter in 1984. Paul Lim hit a 9 darter in 1990 at the world championships. The Goat Phil Taylor has hit 180s for fun in the 1990s and he’s hit 11 9 dart finishes in the world championships. None from Bristow. Bristow was not a patch on Taylor 🎯
@Masoncalvin24 күн бұрын
@@judex3226lowes 9 darter wasn’t in the world championships and 9 darters isn’t a guide on how good a player is look at the head to heads and major titles bristow was a better player and where did you get your factually right evidence from?