Farewell then, Sid

Posted by: Kevin-W on 12 August 2012

Sid Waddell, "the Voice of Darts", has gone to that great Lakeside Centre, Frimley Green in the sky aged just 72:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19231497

An erudite chap and a great commentator, he was responsible (in 1984, IIRC) for the single greatest bit of sports commentary of all time when Eric "The Crafty Cockney" Bristow won his umpteenth world title.

Cambridge-educated waddell said upon Bristow's victory: "At the age of thirty-three, Alexander the Great of Macedon wept salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Eric Bristow is 27."

Magnificent. How's that for bathos (or, to look at it another way, hyperbole).

Posted on: 12 August 2012 by JamieL_v2

Really sad. He was the voice of darts, and great wit at that.

Just read his wikipedia page, the quotes are such gems.

Sid, you will be missed.

Posted on: 13 August 2012 by Dave Hammond

Good on you Sid from a fellow Geordie.

Although I think taken at..

Double Top!!

and

Double Sixteen!!!

Magic Arrows!!!!

Would be what he might have wanted.

OK meant as a fan. He was great.