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[WILF 49,556]

27 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

My missus was world ranked in women's darts back in the 80's.

She partnered Eric in the Doubles at the Swedish Open;

Darts are far superior in every way these days.

Cheers.

I loved Eric Bristow when I was a kid, used to like watching Bobby George and all those characters.

My old man taught me to count and add up watching darts and snooker ! Lol and it was a time when real characters inhabited the respective games.

Snooker especially has become so sterile and boring now it’s rediculous, if it wasn’t for Ronnie i suspect the crowds would be even smaller.

Steve Davis, Kirk Stevens, Jimmy White, Alex Higgins, Ray Reardon, Bill Wobernick (spel?) were household names when I was a kid......I bet most people now days wouldn’t know who was on the pro circuit other than Ronnie.

Same for darts, it’s been struggling for a while I hear.

[WILF 49,556]

8 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

Just hated the pressure and expectations if I'm being honest from what I remember. 

Fair enough you have that when playing for school and for a Sunday league team but I just didn't enjoy my game whilst playing in the academy. 

I totally get it mate, modern coaching has worked very hard to address those issues......it’s moved on massively.

Youth coaches (at good level) know that the mind is as important as the feet.....or at least they should.

Bloody shame, young talent ruined by people who didnt  know any better or were just too stupid and stuck in their ways to think about it.

Edited August 6, 2020 by WILF

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,755]

7 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

Just hated the pressure and expectations if I'm being honest from what I remember. 

Fair enough you have that when playing for school and for a Sunday league team but I just didn't enjoy my game whilst playing in the academy. 

Strange that as well as I thought you’ve said before that athletics was your thing? 
 

Never pegged you as a player 

[Greb147 6,809]

1 minute ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

Strange that as well as I thought you’ve said before that athletics was your thing? 
 

Never pegged you as a player 

Did both, the athletics were put on the back burner once footie got serious. 

I was an idiot because once I stopped playing for Barnsley I completely jacked it in for good. 

I've played the odd charity match and a bit of 7-a-side with my mates but that's about it. 

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52 minutes ago, Blackmag said:

That's the kind of scenes I saw on tv charts it's deffenity moved on from Bristow Lowe Bobby George  days regarding. crowds and atmosphere 

ive always had this strange feeling bobby George might be my dad as my mam has a picture up of him for years in the hall 

 

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10 minutes ago, WILF said:

I totally get it mate, modern coaching has worked very hard to address those issues......it’s moved on massively.

Youth coaches (at good level) know that the mind is as important as the feet.....or at least they should.

Bloody shame, young talent ruined by people who didnt  know any better or were just too stupid and stuck in their ways to think about it.

I think I've said it before but do they now match kids with people around their size instead of age? 

A big black lad joined the club and partnered me up front, he was like a full grown fella at that age whereas I was still underdeveloped. I didn't grow properly till I was about 16-17 and by that point I'd been dropped. 

No way on earth at that point in my life could I match him for speed and strength. 

Edited August 6, 2020 by Greb147

[WILF 49,556]

Just now, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

ive always had this strange feeling bobby George might be my dad as my mam has a picture up of him for years in the hall 

 

He has a gaff near Colchester. ! 

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4 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

Did both, the athletics were put on the back burner once footie got serious. 

I was an idiot because once I stopped playing for Barnsley I completely jacked it in for good. 

I've played the odd charity match and a bit of 7-a-side with my mates but that's about it. 

No I totally get that . 
 

I played for a team saturdays and when some of the others moved away to other sides I lost the want to play and I moved onto the Sunday league. Used to enjoy early season but It was getting in the way of the dogs so I jacked it in hard and again , I only find I f**k about An odd game at work now. 
 

my boys three now so I might get into his games a bit but we’ll see yet if he fancy’s it’s 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,755]

2 minutes ago, WILF said:

He has a gaff near Colchester. ! 

Should have gave him a chap 

[Greb147 6,809]

Just now, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

No I totally get that . 
 

I played for a team saturdays and when some of the others moved away to other sides I lost the want to play and I moved onto the Sunday league. Used to enjoy early season but It was getting in the way of the dogs so I jacked it in hard and again , I only find I f**k about An odd game at work now. 
 

my boys three now so I might get into his games a bit but we’ll see yet if he fancy’s it’s 

The thing is there was 4 of us who lived locally to each other who played for Barnsley boys. 

All 4 of us got trials to play for the academy and only 3 of us made it, the lad who didn't make it ended up making it as a pro. He played for Barnsley, Rotherham and Torquay and is now a coach at Barnsley. 

I'm an idiot really because if i hadn't have got the bag on with the game I'm sure I could have made it at a decent level, it would have certainly have been a better career than what I ended up doing.

[Blackmag 6,347]

6 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

The thing is there was 4 of us who lived locally to each other who played for Barnsley boys. 

All 4 of us got trials to play for the academy and only 3 of us made it, the lad who didn't make it ended up making it as a pro. He played for Barnsley, Rotherham and Torquay and is now a coach at Barnsley. 

I'm an idiot really because if i hadn't have got the bag on with the game I'm sure I could have made it at a decent level, it would have certainly have been a better career than what I ended up doing.

We all look at what we should of done  and think of what could of been it's life greb crack on and carry on 

[Greb147 6,809]

4 minutes ago, Blackmag said:

We all look at what we should of done  and think of what could of been it's life greb crack on and carry on 

Aye that's it, if I'm being honest I lost interest in football a long time ago. 

I support Leeds and Barnsley but saying that I couldn't name you 3 Leeds players and 1 Barnsley player. I check how they get on every now and again and that's about it. 

Edited August 6, 2020 by Greb147

[Greb147 6,809]

4 minutes ago, Rusty_terrier said:

Rent boy ?

I feel like it after a Saturday neet shift.

You ate a joke book? 

Edited August 6, 2020 by Greb147

[Astanley 11,630]

1 hour ago, Blackmag said:

Kinnell Stan that's brutal 

Too soon ?

[Greb147 6,809]

3 minutes ago, Astanley said:

Too soon ?

Waaay too soon, they weren't even 16.....