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RIP Sid Waddell

  • 12-08-2012 12:04pm
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭


    Sky Sports has just confirmed Sid Waddell has died.
    Legend of the game RIP


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭The Floyd p


    RIP


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,222 ✭✭✭✭Will I Amnt


    Didn't think he was that gravely ill :(
    Love him or loathe him he was a big character in the game,he will be missed.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Ah sad, didn't have SKY buy when I did catch darts I always enjoyed him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭Joekers


    The voice of Sky Sports Darts
    Rip


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 563 ✭✭✭buster180


    R.I.P Sid


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭Nozebleed


    sad news indeed..please god the dont replace him with freddie flintoff.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,139 ✭✭✭Red Crow


    RIP Sid


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭beeroclock


    RIP - a complete and utter legend of a man


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭Pj!


    Sad news. RIP.

    Good interview here.



  • Registered Users Posts: 34,421 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Very sad news!!

    Darts has lost its voice today.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    RIP sid, May you have your bullseye in the sky.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 the big herm


    A legend has passed, RIP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,168 ✭✭✭✭briany


    I didn't think he was that bad either.

    A sad, sad loss. :(


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,290 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    Very sad news.

    Darts wouldn't be where it is today without Sid. He was the man the got the BBC to show darts on TV and bring the sport to a larger audience. Whether he loved or loathed him no one can deny the work he has done for darts.

    RIP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Pacing Mule


    Ah no :( that's a shocker.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    The voice of darts and a very intelligent man to boot.

    The darts won't be the same with out him

    "There wouldn't have been more excitement if Elvis had just walked in and ordered a chip butty!!" :D

    R.I.P. Sid


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    R.I.P the voice of darts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    An absolute legend! Darts just won't be the same without Sid. RIP Sid.


    "The room has gone so quiet you can hear a dab of vinegar drop on a chip!!"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 563 ✭✭✭buster180


    Some of Sid's best bits :D



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 690 ✭✭✭puffishoes


    Loved him, won't be the same without him.

    RIP


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,859 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Very sad news....one of the "voices" associated with a sport like bill mclaren was with rugby and Murray walker was with F1.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,304 ✭✭✭munster87


    RIP a legend of the sport


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭Pj!


    'Checked out at 72 (T16 D12)'


    RIP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭sham69


    Listening to him since I was a kid.
    There was always darts on in the house.
    Terrible loss to the game, darts just won't be the same
    The passion the man had for the game was unreal.
    RIP Sid


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 482 ✭✭Treble20


    RIP Sid,he'll be missed by darts players and fans.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,744 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Sad to hear he's gone. I thought he was great.

    R.I.P. Sid.


  • Registered Users Posts: 19 sean501


    RIP Sid,gone but will live on in our memories forever,legend!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    What Sid contributed to the game of darts is barely quantifiable . It was he who first got darts on TV in the early 70's (Indoor League) and carried it forward with the World Championships on BBC and right through to where the game is today as a major sport on Sky . He wasn't just the voice of darts , he was and is Darts !

    R.I.P. Sid Waddell


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 Bullseye501


    R.I.P Sid


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  • Registered Users Posts: 903 ✭✭✭bernardo mac


    Marvellous entertainer,a creative gymnast of words :"This game of darts is twisting like a rattlesnake with a hernia!"...Bless him.


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