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Obituary: Eric Bristow, the ‘Crafty Cockney’, five-time darts world champion
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Bristow transformed darts from a pub corner curiosity into a sport, writes Colm Greaves

Fri, 20 Apr, 2018

Eric Bristow apologises for 'footballer wimps' comment in relation to abuse scandal
Eric Bristow apologises for 'footballer wimps' comment in relation to abuse scandal

"Eric Bristow's management asked for a fee of £5,000 in order for him to appear and talk about this issue."

Wed, 30 Nov, 2016

Darting glances
THEY are in Ireland next week, the big men with big bellies and big beer drinking capacities, giving Irish people a little taste of what Sid Waddell, the voice of darts who laces his eloquence with Shakespearean allusions, calls “the sound of the tungsten .... the smell of the crowd.”

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