The voice of darts and author of Jossy's Giants gone at 72 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19231497

The voice of darts and author of Jossy's Giants gone at 72 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19231497

Sad news .

Sad indeed - one of sport's greatest commentators. The sport will never find a greater advocate than Sid

Indeed. He loved his darts and respected the skill of the people involved. I remember him appearing on The Big Breakfast with Phil Taylor, and he was happy to stick out his tongue, put a 50p piece on it, and let Phil try to hit the coin (which Taylor naturally did).

Rip.

Although I didn't like his commentary. His passion for the game was there for all to see.



RIP

Carlo Rambaldi.

Special effects artist on such greats as E.T and Alien.

Seem's a dying art unfortunately, special effects, with advent of CGI.

Master's of the art such as Rob Bottin, Tom Savini, Rick Baker and the late great Stan Winston could well be the last of a great movie tradition.

Sport?

When did darts become a sport? It's at best a pastime.

FFS the Japanese only turned to Sumo when they realised they couldn't make the weight for darts

Really cod'ead? That's Mock The Week level satire. I expected more from you.

He enjoys fishing on many levels



Actually, is fishing a sport?

Listened to SId for years.
Mental, but some great one-liners that had us p!ssing way back in the 80's when we were lads.

'Ya cud fit them in a gnat's eye (180).
'Ya cud sum that up in two words....World class darts'.

aye, the guy was a poet

"Bristow reasons . . . Bristow quickens ... Aaah, Bristow."

"When Lowe gets back to Clay Cross there'll be a reception like Ayatollah Khomeini had hit town"

"That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble."

"This lad has more checkouts than Tescos."

"William Tell could take an apple off your head, Taylor could take out a processed pea."

"Taylor could land a Boeing 747 on a kayak."

"Jocky Wilson, all the psychology of a claymore."

"Cliff Lazarenko's idea of exercise is a strong pull on a soda siphon."

et al

RIP kidda

It's a sport in the same way that pool, dominoes, shove 'apenny or Texas Hold 'em is a sport. i.e. they are not sports, they are pastimes

It's not but show me a darts player who has caught his tea by throwing an arrow at it

Darts [iis[/i a sport. This is a fact.

ffs another thread where codead takes it upon himself to talk e.

Anyway back on topic RIP sid darts on sky will never be the same.

I bet you had to go searching for them 'Sidisms'?



Mine came from memory.

He will be missed.

sure did WZ - there's a host of them on Wiki



still worth putting in though IMO - the guy was a brilliant broadcaster and like Ted Lowe, Ron Pickering, 'Arry Capenter, Ken Woolstenholme et al, a legend on his own oche !

Just heard a comment on telly news that he lived in Harrogate . He had only just moved to Harrogate from Pudsey in very recent weeks . How do I know this as a fact ? My gaffer bought his house from him and he is just in the process of moving in . I have some of Sid's old garden furniture , and his bed , in my back garden . Got them for a bonfire I'm having this weekend .

My dad always said that there were only three sports ... huntin', shootin' and fishin' ... all the rest were games.
That was his view, not mine.

The pig in chardonnay and total eclipse of the darts comments with sid and stephen fry were priceless!

"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer… Bristow's only 27."

I've just watched the tribute to him on Sky Sports.
His final interview, with the Grim Reaper hiding just outside the living room door. Got very emotional when talking about his tough upbringing in a north-east pit village.

Have seen several of these interviews over the years, ( Dennis Potter, Christopher HItchens, etc ) were the interviewee is terminally ill, and they make for fairly refreshing and revealing television.