Talk:Eric Bristow

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Dartitis

Think that this should be renamed - dartitis is not encyclopedic as it is a joketerm (-itis meaning infection in true medical terminology) - is this section just a joke?

Also how would having six toes meant he had better balance?

All pub-medicine in my opinion

Could be best thought of as a colloquial term to discribe something akin to "the [yips]" - frequently used in golf to discribe a condition that makes some golfers unable to appropriately complete a golf stroke. Dart players discribing "dartitis" explain the problem in the same way golfers discribe "the yips".

Maybe this explaination could be added to the article.

Some discussions on dartitis

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I'm not sure that the "six toes" issue adds anything to the article.

Darttalker 16:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)-Darttalker-[reply]

Dartisis has now been accepted into the OED. Please correct —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.2.213.204 (talk) 20:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Personal life

Sounds like quite a character so we need some info on his personal life. I'd write it myself but know nothing about the man!--Edchilvers 16:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't be put off by mere ignorance. --OhNoPeedyPeebles (talk) 23:06, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

He went to the same school as me - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_Downs_School but was a few years younger than me so I didn't really know him when I was there. I would have added the link to the article but it is locked at the moment. Sad to hear that he has died. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glh54 (talk • contribs) 08:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eric's birthday

Eric's birthday is completely incorrect- by 2 days!!!! It's 25th April 2007

SOURCES

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6582895.stm (21st over referenced there)

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/161702

http://quiztimeuk.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html

http://www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/today2.cgi Please select April 25th

http://www.oasisfm.com/content.html&pa=showpage&pid=136

6 toes

Eric denied this on Radio 4's Midweek on 10th December 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.34.91 (talk) 21:58, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Controversies section removed

I've removed the 'Controversies' section of this article in accordance with WP:BLP, as contentious information about living people must be sourced. In this case nothing in the section was particularly libellous, but the general principle has to be upheld: this content should only be re-added if sources are found. Robofish (talk) 18:37, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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This, allied to the fact that a governing body had been formed in January 1973, enabled him to make a very successful living. Cocky and arrogant,^{[according to whom?]} he invariably irritated opponents before and during matches with his gamesmanship. Crowds would often boo Bristow when he was on stage, no less so than in Scotland, an atmosphere in which he revelled.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1982 Arrows Chemicals British International Championship match in Scotland, Bristow was subject to what Darts World Magazine called "the most sustained barrage of jeering witnessed at a Darts match". He played to the crowd during his game with Harry Patterson; following a treble 20, he turned to the crowd only to be greeted with boos; his next dart was a treble 20, after which he turned to the crowd who met him with even more boos and jeers; lastly, his third dart was only a single 20, but the crowd applauded and Bristow merely grinned.^{[citation needed]}

In 1979, Bristow was the subject of a film directed by Scottish filmmaker John Samson entitled “Arrows.” The 30-minute short got its cinema release as the supporting feature for the 1980 British gangster film The Long Good Friday.^{[citation needed]}

Bristow's father, George, was an Arsenal supporter. George and Eric would go together to Arsenal games in the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s. Despite Eric going to many Arsenal games with his father, Eric became a supporter of Chelsea from the late 1960s until the end of his life.^{[citation needed]}

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