ERIC BRISTOW is to be remembered after bosses decided to name the Bwin Grand Slam of Darts trophy after him. Bristow passed away last month, aged 60, after a career which saw him become a national icon and then a reality TV star. The Crafty Cockney was a five-time world champion in the 1980s and […]
DARTS star Darren Webster suffered a broken nose after being HEADBUTTED by a football thug as he left the Players Championship in Barnsley. The world no.17 left the venue and walked back to his hotel after being eliminated by German ace Max Hopp 6-5 in their last-32 clash. But Webster, 49, and pals were confronted […]
HE was the Crafty Cockney saved from a life of crime by the game of darts. Five-time world champion Eric Bristow — who died at a Premier League darts event in Liverpool on Thursday, aged 60 — was a teenage thug who roamed East London streets with a claw hammer hidden in his trousers ready […]
HEARTBROKEN Phil Taylor has tonight paid an emotional tribute to his “brother” Eric Bristow, claiming he is still in shock over the Crafty Cockney’s sudden death. Bristow died aged 60 on Thursday evening, after suffering a fatal heart attack in a car park. Eric Bristow loaned Phil Taylor the money to turn professional and become […]
THERE are few sportsmen or women who would accept cans of beer being thrown at them while playing. There are even fewer who would simply laugh it off as just banter from the crowd. But then, as anybody who ever met or dealt with Eric Bristow would testify, the Crafty Cockney was a one-off. And […]