Sid Waddell


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

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LEAGUE RULES MAN!!!

RIP Sid. singly responsible for bringing the enjoyment of darts to me. Authentic, funny, genuine and inspiring. Now that's the Brittania I love.

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This empty sanitised shell of a stadium, a cathedral to the vanity and narcissism of one man. It’s very difficult to fall in love with football amongst the rows of empty seats. The notion that a stadium has worth beyond its potential commerical value or it’s proximity to transport links – as a spiritual repository of the hopes,fears and agonies of generations of supporters, or as a physical manifestation of the football club in the community, is a dying one in football (Sam Volkman)

Darts commentating will never be the same in darts, he jazzed up what sometimes was a boring sport! He just had his 72 birthday on friday and the dies the next day! Life can be a right b****** at times!!! RIP Sid

His greatest achievement must surely be the penning of Jossy's Giants!

Yep and some of his one liners were absolutely class.

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This empty sanitised shell of a stadium, a cathedral to the vanity and narcissism of one man. It’s very difficult to fall in love with football amongst the rows of empty seats. The notion that a stadium has worth beyond its potential commerical value or it’s proximity to transport links – as a spiritual repository of the hopes,fears and agonies of generations of supporters, or as a physical manifestation of the football club in the community, is a dying one in football (Sam Volkman)