Fond farewell as Braveheart of Darts checks out
For Jocky, even when the circumstances proved most difficult, was bursting with pride. And Scotland, particularly his homeplace of Kirkcaldy, was especially proud of him.
His two world championships in ’82 and ’89 were actually modest reward for his talent with the arrows but the size of his personality put him on the crest of dart’s first wave — his gummy smile making him one of the ’80s most recognisable sporting figures. Partly, he told us, down to his Gran, who warned him against brushing his teeth because the English poison the water.
