wykikitoon 20234 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 RIP Sid 72 lost his battle with cancer Sid lived around the corner from me in Pudsey and he would go in the local and have a laugh, so sad he has gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20234 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 One of my fave Sid bits of commentary The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4774 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Bloody hell, I didn't think he was 72! RIP, darts coverage will be a lot poorer for him not being around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I loved Sid, he brought darts to life with his wacky commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33282 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 He wrote 'Jossy's Giants' as well which I liked as a young'un. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3368 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I kind of know his son Dan through a project involving an Australian band called the Triffids. He will be gutted. RIP Sid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Some of Sid's quotes. 'When Lowe gets back to Clay Cross there'll be a reception like Ayatollah Khomeini had hit town' 'Jocky Wilson, all the psychology of a claymore. As Freud said to Jung in Vienna, you can psych up too much for a darts match. 'Cliff Lazarenko's idea of exercise is a strong pull on a soda siphon.' Commentating on Eric Bristow "The congregation is restless and the High Priest is at the oche" "When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer... Bristow's only 27."[8] "We couldn't have more excitement if Elvis walked in and asked for a chip sandwich."[9][10] "Bristow reasons . . . Bristow quickens ... Aaah, Bristow."[9] "Bob came on like the Laughing Cavalier..now he looks like Lee Van Cleef on a bad night" 'Wade is like a man trying to eat candy floss in a Hadron Collider.' "He's not just an underdog, he's an underpuppy." – Assessment of Keith Deller's chances of winning the 1983 Embassy World Darts final against Bristow. Deller won.[11] "That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble."[8] "Look at the man go, it’s like trying to stop a water buffalo with a peashooter."[8] "He's hitting that lipstick like an outsourced Avon lady" "Taylor's opponents appear to be merely cutting with spoons in his wake." "As the Liverpool marker said ... You'll never chalk alone" 2012 'Yesterday...all my doubles seemed so far away...2012 'Taylor could land a Boeing 747 on a kayak.'2012 'This Ozzie has more hair than Rapunzel...and is letting it down.'2012 'This is Sargeant Taylor's Only Darts Club Band...2012 'I've just left Bon Jovi's dressing room and I'm living on a tungsten prayer.' 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYD 0 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 RIP classic Sid quote " He may practise twelve hours per day, but he's not shy of the burger van" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 He wrote 'Jossy's Giants' as well which I liked as a young'un. RIP Aye now ya talking "wuv gorra'n important cup tie Sarrada" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11412 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Bad craic this like, he'll be missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33282 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Aye now ya talking "wuv gorra'n important cup tie Sarrada" [media=] [/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 One of THE best blokes in world sport. "That dart was as tight as a nuns fanny". RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 (edited) Great memories HM . Can you remember The Machine Gunners too ? From similar era . Adaptation of Robert Westall book. About and filmed up here . Been watching a copy of it recently . Class . Best kids tv series I remember . Edited August 12, 2012 by LoveTheBobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33282 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Great memories HM . Can you remember The Machine Gunners too ? From similar era . Adaptation of Robert Westall book. About and filmed up here . Been watching a copy of it recently . Class . Best kids tv series I remember . "Where you going now?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33282 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Great memories HM . Can you remember The Machine Gunners too ? From similar era . Adaptation of Robert Westall book. About and filmed up here . Been watching a copy of it recently . Class . Best kids tv series I remember . Chas McGill? Hearing a Geordie accent on TV in those days was pretty rare so I obviously enjoyed watching them. (Can you imagine being a Mackem or a Smoggie? It's as if they don't exist nationally.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42484 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Great memories HM . Can you remember The Machine Gunners too ? From similar era . Adaptation of Robert Westall book. About and filmed up here . Been watching a copy of it recently . Class . Best kids tv series I remember . I was nearly in that. Got down to the last ten in the auditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33282 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I was nearly in that. Got down to the last ten in the auditions. Turned up in a white leotard and a bonk on instead of a football strip and wonders why he wasn't picked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 He got cancer the same week me dad found out he got it. They both had bowel cancer so it feels even more poignant for me, me dads is completely gone now, shame Sid hadn't have defeated it too. He's honestly gonna be a massive miss for darts fans, he was different class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42484 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Turned up in a white leotard and a bonk on instead of a football strip and wonders why he wasn't picked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Minute's silence at SJP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Turned up in a white leotard and a bonk on instead of a football strip and wonders why he wasn't picked? where'y'goin'now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17290 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 (edited) where'y'goin'now Fuckin hell not thought about for years "Our John Willie" Didnt know Sid had a hand in that...I knew Tony Manual though, he played the lead part, and was the "canny bag o Tudor" lad, he used to work at the same place as my sister. Edited August 12, 2012 by PaddockLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Oh I dont think Sid was involved, was just a sidetrack. The other (?) Tudor one I can remember ended with 'ad climb a mountain man' Think the kid was on a Raleigh Arena and might have been filmed outside the Dunston Rocket ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17290 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Oh I dont think Sid was involved, was just a sidetrack. The other (?) Tudor one I can remember ended with 'ad climb a mountain man' Think the kid was on a Raleigh Arena and might have been filmed outside the Dunston Rocket ? Aye, it looked like the rocket....." 4 nil away to Arsenal...you must be ovah tha moon!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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