Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted February 15, 2010 Showmasters Admin Share Posted February 15, 2010 World Ch'ship Winner 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 World Masters Winner 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984 World Ch'ship SF 1997 World Matchplay 1st Rd (6 times, 94-99) Bristow won his first world championship in 1980, defeating fellow Londoner Bobby George, and so began a decade's worth of domination, in which he would retain his title in 1981 and win it again in 1984, 1985 and 1986. Like his snooker contemporary Steve Davis, however, he had to cope also with a shock defeat during this period, when young unknown Keith Deller beat him in the 1983 final, not to mention Steve Brennan in the previous year's 1st Round. He finished as runner-up on four other occasions up to 1991. The nickname of the Crafty Cockney was given to Bristow when he visited an English pub of that name in 1976 during a visit to Santa Monica, California. It became a nomenclature which stuck throughout his career. Bristow wore a shirt (which he received from the same pub) depicting a uniformed British policeman, a Union Flag and the title Crafty Cockney whenever he took part in a tournament. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bristow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdog Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Rich Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hahaha... Darts legend!!! Brilliant guest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazer Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) Ok....Deep breaths, deep breaths......... WOW!!!!!! Hope he's not just there Sunday as, rather fittingly, I'm at a darts tournament that day Edited February 16, 2010 by Grazer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk1 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I will have some of that thanks. Brilliant guest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry David Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Excellent. Keep the darts players coming please. Ted Hankey? Barney? Andy Fordham? Martin Adams? Bobby George? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvaNemesis Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I'm not a fan particularly, but I do note that he used to live here in our villlage, Longsdon in Staffordshire. He got in trouble with the police when he caused amusement by putting a statue of the snowman (from the cartoon) on top of the police car while he was drunk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackrose Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I'm not a fan particularly, but I do note that he used to live here in our villlage, Longsdon in Staffordshire. He got in trouble with the police when he caused amusement by putting a statue of the snowman (from the cartoon) on top of the police car while he was drunk! I was just about to post keep him away from any snowmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvaNemesis Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I'm not a fan particularly, but I do note that he used to live here in our villlage, Longsdon in Staffordshire. He got in trouble with the police when he caused amusement by putting a statue of the snowman (from the cartoon) on top of the police car while he was drunk! I was just about to post keep him away from any snowmen Haha, very true! Great to see another Collectormaniac from Staffordshire btw :) blackrose: how small world, i just followed your facebook link, we have 3 friends in common... Mark Sheppard, a girl I used to go to school with and a lady I used to work with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackrose Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Yep, literally down the road in Leek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlippDigby Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Good guest. Now, you do reaslise that the main web page shows old Eric listed as a snooker player....right? Just below a photo of him playing darts. Lilewise Keith Deller. Never realised these folks were so talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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