Eric Bristow
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Search complete. 22 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Eric Bristow".
Sep 12, 2026
Chris MoylesHOST
You have a nice car, something like that.
Dominic ByrneHOST
Eric Bristow probably had a Mondeo.
Chris MoylesHOST
Probably got a three-bedroom house with a conservatory.
Dominic ByrneHOST
Yeah.
Darren ReesHOST
We march into 1985.
Darren ReesHOST
And grab Eric Bristow.
Darren ReesHOST
Excuse me, Eric.
Darren ReesHOST
Terribly sorry.
Darren ReesHOST
Then perhaps we go and grab the great Phil Taylor from his incredible peak years.
Darren ReesHOST
And suddenly, bang, there they are, stood on the stage in 2026.
Darren ReesHOST
Eric Bristow, Jocky Wilson, Phil Taylor, standing on one side of the stage, and on the other, we'll have Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Jan van Veen, and loads of the other brilliant stars playing darts today.
Darren ReesHOST
Can you just imagine the balkons? And imagine poor old Emma Payton trying to explain to viewers how a load of stars from the 1980s, 90s, and the 2000s have just appeared on the same stage as the legends that we've got today? How do we decide who is better? Seriously.
David BrayHOST
Chapel was just about full there.
David BrayHOST
brilliant floral tribute dartboard because he was a good dart player he did play Eric Bristow once back when Eric Bristow was in his prime and I know they said at the time nerves got to him a bit and he didn't didn't play as well as he could have done which he always felt a bit frustrated about and But then there was Loveday King from Wade Bridge, same time.
David BrayHOST
She played Maureen Flowers.
David BrayHOST
Now, she was a top British darts player at the time, ladies.
Barry OwenHOST
Is that what darts needed to go to the next level? Because you can get to a level with certain companies and certain genres of companies getting involved, but is this still like the next step of what is needed to get darts to that level? Without doubt.
Barry HearnGUEST
I mean, look, historically darts has been big before, you know what I mean? It was big in the Eric Bristow, John Lowe days, BBC, embassy, cigarettes, sponsorship, all that.
Barry HearnGUEST
It was big.
Barry HearnGUEST
But it never actually got the perception of quality.
Phil TaylorGUEST
Especially the landlord, Craig, he's great.
Phil TaylorGUEST
And I'll go, "Craig, I had Eric Bristow for 30 years.
Phil TaylorGUEST
You have got no chance of winding me up." And he's so easy, do you know what I mean? And he, it, that, that was...
Phil TaylorGUEST
He was my best thing that ever happened to me.
Phil TaylorGUEST
"Get your title back now."
Stephen SmithHOST
Yeah.
Phil TaylorGUEST
True story, Eric Bristow, when he was just on, he, when he got dartitis, he shouted me across and, and we were playing somewhere, let's say Finland or Denmark or wherever we were, and he went, "Phil." He says, uh, "See all these here," talking to me.
Phil TaylorGUEST
I said, "Yeah." "All the, all the pros." I said, "Yeah.
Fatima WhitbreadGUEST
Dennis Taylor.
Fatima WhitbreadGUEST
And then darts, Eric Bristow, Jocky Wilson.
Fatima WhitbreadGUEST
I mean, it was just a golden period of time.
Fatima WhitbreadGUEST
And not only that, with regard to sport, but also music too.