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Post by gazz on Apr 5, 2018 20:59:07 GMT
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Apr 5, 2018 21:08:19 GMT
Just heard this on the Blackpool Fan site but it was unconfirmed.
Another one bites the dust.
RIP Eric.
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Post by gazz on Apr 5, 2018 21:12:32 GMT
He apparently collapsed while watching the darts at the echo arena here in Liverpool. A friend of my girlfriend posted a photo on Facebook that her husband had taken with him two hours ago - absolutely shocking news.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Apr 5, 2018 21:21:05 GMT
He was still posting on Twitter 4 hours ago.
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Post by gazz on Apr 5, 2018 21:31:04 GMT
He was still posting on Twitter 4 hours ago. 2018 is doing its level best to outdo 2016, and the way it's going it will.  |
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Apr 6, 2018 0:18:03 GMT
Jeez - that's a real shock.
RIP, the Crafty Cockney. Taken far, far too soon.
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Post by gazz on Apr 6, 2018 20:01:12 GMT
Eric special on ITV 4 right now, sports life stories.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Apr 6, 2018 21:10:16 GMT
a couple of nights ago i was watching a documentary about the darts boom in the 70's and 80's and of course, he featured on that loads. cocky as f*** even years later, but with a twinkle in his eye. when i first started watching darts i wanted anyone to win but him, because at probably the same time, he was having his steve davis period, and just winning everything. always quite liked him as a personality though. RIP the very cocky crafty cockney.
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Post by gazz on Apr 6, 2018 21:10:52 GMT
Great viewing, but it's made his passing even more gutting.
He really was a one-off.
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Post by harrogatehatter on Apr 8, 2018 21:13:05 GMT
My first set of darts were an Eric Bristow ‘Crafty Cockney’ set. Great player who could have been as dominant as Phil Taylor if he didn’t suffer from dartitis.
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