Eric Bristow looks back on the players who shaped the most prominent decade of darts, the 1980s.

Self - Original Commentary (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
Eric Bristow looks back on the players who shaped the most prominent decade of darts, the 1980s.
2008-10-28
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