@@scottish_girl332 As long as darts is still being played, on either TV or just down the local pub, your uncle will always be spoken and thought of very fondly Kelly! Not only was he a terrific darts player, he was a real true character and entertainer who wore his heart on his sleeve and won the hearts of many with his love, passion and enthusiasm for the game! He is very sadly missed by many darts fans but he'll never be forgotten because he left so many wonderful, fantastic moments and memories for all of us to look back on and, above all, he was an absolutely top bloke! Take care and all the best Kelly, your Uncle was a Legend 🎯🎯🏆🏆🍻🍻xx!
Had the pleasure of meeting jocky at a exhibition, he was brilliant and I absolutely loved the guy..and it’s a shame we lose the true characters of various sports. R.i.p jocky.
Had the pleasure of meeting and playing one set against Jocky at a charity event at Old Trafford football stadium in the late 80's! Was a proper nice lad and he was one hell of a darts player! RIP wee man!
Darts is one of the truly accessible sports, if you've got a few feet of space, you buy a board and a cheap set of arrows you can play to your hearts content. Jocky a true working class hero
A Scottish sporting legend. Rags to riches story of a local man who brought joy to his community and to his nation. He inspired many. I have a set of Jocky Wilson endorsed darts somewhere. Inspired me to get my dad to put a dart board in my bedroom. Thank you for the great memories Jocky. R.I.P.
What a legend. Great Darts player and great character. Such a shame how it all ended up for him, and how he turned himself into a recluse. Hope there is a heaven because people like Jocky Wilson deserve to be there 👍
Jocky lives on forever in our hearts! He is one of the greatest Great Britons of all-time! A true one off, there will never be another like him. We love you Jocky!
You always remember characters and he not only was a character but a fantastic darts player. Jocky, Leighton & John Lowe were my three favourites and Bobby George was a real gentlemen. The LimeStone cowboy had one of those throws you loved to watch also. R.I.P Jocky and will never ever be forgotten or not spoken about.
Been waiting for a documentary like this for a long time, thanks so much for sharing, brings back so many memories of a real peoples champion, and still to this day a household name
There are a lot of darts players with Anxiety. I was exactly the same with the Jekyll and Hyde lifestyle. When we carry trauma alcohol makes us forget for a little while then we have too much...we do and say things that are not of our true nature. Jocky's story is my story and many other dart players around the world. RIP Jocky 🎯
played against jocky 3 times at his exhibition matches in london,also had the pleasure of playing golf with him a few times,lovely bloke i have the same name as him but my first name is james wilson,he found my name amusing when he saw it on the board to play him as it was up as j wilson,he also beat me on 2 double tens,still have all the photos of those events,wont be another like him
Genuinely moving stuff. I knew almost nothing about the guy, but he seems like a deeply sensitive and vulnerable man who experienced some massive highs but couldn't escape the downs.
Jocky Wilson was absolute magic to watch. I reckon him and Eric are still at it, battling away in the stars, and both would have loved seeing young Luke Littler blowing em all away at the top of the tree, at his remarkably young age. Rest in peace, JW.
Saw him and played him 1991 the worcester tavern worcester park surrey.never forget it.played eric in 2015 at the queens head mitcham surrey.he was a legened too
I grew up watching legends like Jocky on TV and both he and John Lowe were favourite players, especially when either of them played and beat Eric Bristow. I really wish I could have met Jockey at least once to shake his hand. Rest in Heaven Jockey and if you see Eric up there, kick his arse up and down the Oche a few more times for me, champ. P.s. Great to see Rab Smith in this video too, he was another great player and sadly not enough match videos of him from the TV matches before he retired from professional tournaments in '83.
The guy was a legend ,the whole nation it seemed watched both his finals , and the bristow final was epic ,never to be forgotten, it was a special time that era when jockey was contesting all the top touraments. He was a force of nature.
I remember watching top of the pops and seeing his face on the screen while that song was being played and just thought wow that’s so cool a pop group has made a song about this fantastic darts player
Jocky, Higgins, Gazza, John Daly All greats of their different sports but all had the addiction, self destruct button. God bless Jocky... forever in our hearts.
One of the best documentaries I've seen in a long while, cheers for uploading it. So sad what happened to Jocky in the end. The likes of; Jocky, Rees, Evans, George, Lowe and Bristow definitely made Darts what it is today. Can't really enjoy watching the PDC anymore and the BDO is no more, so I just carry on watching all the old matches from the 70's/80's, some of the best matches ever.
@@gothicgolem2947 sadly for me the PDC just seems too robotic these days, too many of the players look like they're just going through the motions, don't enjoy it or are knackered from all the games + travelling. Granted there are still some characters like Snakebite, Peterson etc.
@@JC-il6ps you see I don’t really get this argument cause firstly as you say we’ve got some and I’d argue lots of characters price Peterson Wright dimtri van der Berg but also I look at other sports and it’s like football look at that the Players there are just trying to play there best and ein same with lots of sports I just love watching the best in the world battle it out and it’s also nice seeing lots of the characters like it’s always entertaining watching Jose play cause of his unique way of counting and doubling so idk for me it still has lots of real characters and even if it didn’t it would be like lots of other sports were there trying there best
48:18 Right in the middle of a World Title battle, Eric's just gone out on a bullseye and Jocky acknowledges Bristow's genius right there despite all the needle and they shake hands. True sportsmanship.
I played Jocky Wilson Darts on my Commodore 64. All the opponents were called by their first initial followed by their surname (J. Wilson, for instance), so I always called myself P. Nis because I was like 10 at the time.
He was the working man's hero...he was us up there.. Won it 2 times...like Higgins...its hard for people like that to have money and fame...they ain't prepared....so stop the fucking criticising ... If I see a Dart board or a Snooker/Pool table I think of them...never forgot
It's a BBC documentary so the missed out where televised darts really started on ITV's Indoor League hosted by non other than Fred Trueman. " I'll si thi ! "
Legends from a great era of darrrts..jocky was the publics favourite..good 2 see the limestone cowboy on here as well..great 2 see darrrts as big as ever..these guys were the pioneers..respect tungsten warriors
I went to turn professional not long after my 16th birthday around 1986. I remember 4 or 5 men approach myself and my dad practicing in the Boars Head In Auchtermuchty late 1984 when I was 14. They asked my dad if possible to speak with both us outside. It turns out they were directors with Argos’ and one of the area managers from Argos was from Muchty and he had been telling them how good I’ was. Well they asked my dad if they could sponsor me. Obviously aware I couldn’t turn pro until I was 16. They knew I couldn’t accept money either as an amateur however they did give me £50 a week and £100 when I played weekly for the pub. I unfortunately got dartitis tho and that was the end before it began. Absolutely gutted. I had well over 50 10 dart finishes and 2. 10 dart finishes when I was 14. When I was 14 2 weeks on the trot I checked ouut 153 playing for the pub in the league. Absolutely gutted about the dartitis. Didn’t know what was wrong with me until Bristow got it in 1993 and there was finally a name given to it
Scottish legend, who was loved way beyond the Scottish border. Such a shame how it all ended for him, brought a tear to my eye watching the end of the documentary.
God bless you Jocky lad ,i remember you when i was still in shorts pants watching you on the telly with my nanna ,you was always the best ,never liked Eric he was so smarmy looking but you was salt of the earth brilliant
How times 'ave changed with the Booze & Ciggies during this Sport though eh (in general not just the Players. All that 'Passive Smoke' etc). RIP Jocky 'on the oche'.. Could never forget this Legend..
Nice to see people still remember and talk about my late uncle jocky best uncle ever rip uncle jockey x
Thoughts are with you soliders unite kelly x
Thanks its been 8 years now bit still hurts
@@scottish_girl332 i can imagine and i understand. He was the best in my eyes and i always still watch his matches on you tube. I feel for you
You spelt Jocky different
@@scottish_girl332 As long as darts is still being played, on either TV or just down the local pub, your uncle will always be spoken and thought of very fondly Kelly!
Not only was he a terrific darts player, he was a real true character and entertainer who wore his heart on his sleeve and won the hearts of many with his love, passion and enthusiasm for the game!
He is very sadly missed by many darts fans but he'll never be forgotten because he left so many wonderful, fantastic moments and memories for all of us to look back on and, above all, he was an absolutely top bloke!
Take care and all the best Kelly, your Uncle was a Legend 🎯🎯🏆🏆🍻🍻xx!
Jocky was a hell of a guy. From nothing to legend, all under his own steam.
This made this 38 year old Canadian man cry. With both tears of joy and dispair.
Had the pleasure of meeting jocky at a exhibition, he was brilliant and I absolutely loved the guy..and it’s a shame we lose the true characters of various sports. R.i.p jocky.
Had the pleasure of meeting and playing one set against Jocky at a charity event at Old Trafford football stadium in the late 80's! Was a proper nice lad and he was one hell of a darts player! RIP wee man!
Darts is one of the truly accessible sports, if you've got a few feet of space, you buy a board and a cheap set of arrows you can play to your hearts content. Jocky a true working class hero
A Scottish sporting legend. Rags to riches story of a local man who brought joy to his community and to his nation. He inspired many. I have a set of Jocky Wilson endorsed darts somewhere. Inspired me to get my dad to put a dart board in my bedroom. Thank you for the great memories Jocky. R.I.P.
Jocky done more for the people of Scotland than a million politicians ever could.
To True Bud 🏴
Bullseye
What a legend. Great Darts player and great character. Such a shame how it all ended up for him, and how he turned himself into a recluse. Hope there is a heaven because people like Jocky Wilson deserve to be there 👍
So True Bud 🏴
Loved jocky, he was my idol. God bless jocky and thoughts are with his family even tho its 9 years on
Proud to say i stayed in Kirkcaldy in 1996 and stayed in same bed sit with Jockey we stayed above a azad videos store R.I.P 🎯
Jocky, you are still a legend to me. rip.
Brings a tear to the eye! ❤
As an english man i can honestly say jockey is a sporting hero.
Lots of jockeys are sporting heroes, AP, Ruby Walsh, Frankie etc. 😂
Jocky lives on forever in our hearts! He is one of the greatest Great Britons of all-time! A true one off, there will never be another like him. We love you Jocky!
He's Scottish, not British. Great man, loved him as wean.
Scottish, British, wot odds, he was a wee diamond, rest in peace jockey,you were loved.....
@@Jp-gw3tu Yes, Jocky is Scottish and the English love him
@@Jp-gw3tu you can be both
@@dkizxpt-su3ze you can be both
God bless a legend from kirkcaldy fife Scotland 🏴
You always remember characters and he not only was a character but a fantastic darts player. Jocky, Leighton & John Lowe were my three favourites and Bobby George was a real gentlemen. The LimeStone cowboy had one of those throws you loved to watch also. R.I.P Jocky and will never ever be forgotten or not spoken about.
Great Documentary - legend
Been waiting for a documentary like this for a long time, thanks so much for sharing, brings back so many memories of a real peoples champion, and still to this day a household name
Should do john lowe bobby and others
Brilliant wee character, a proud man.... A people's champion.. A working class hero, rest in peace jocky forever more 🙏
Brilliant ,RIP Jocky 🎯🏴💜
There are a lot of darts players with Anxiety. I was exactly the same with the Jekyll and Hyde lifestyle. When we carry trauma alcohol makes us forget for a little while then we have too much...we do and say things that are not of our true nature. Jocky's story is my story and many other dart players around the world. RIP Jocky 🎯
played against jocky 3 times at his exhibition matches in london,also had the pleasure of playing golf with him a few times,lovely bloke i have the same name as him but my first name is james wilson,he found my name amusing when he saw it on the board to play him as it was up as j wilson,he also beat me on 2 double tens,still have all the photos of those events,wont be another like him
never another like Jocky as a small boy in canada watching him on TSN I loved him he was so fun to watch
Genuinely moving stuff. I knew almost nothing about the guy, but he seems like a deeply sensitive and vulnerable man who experienced some massive highs but couldn't escape the downs.
Love this. My family is from Kirkaldy and this hits home. Thanks for posting mate
Jocky was a legend great character
Will never forget jocky a true legend and a first class guy RIP jocky never forgotten .
In tears at this .
RIP Jocky
Thanks for the Memories
Best darts documentary ever!
Grew up watching Jocky and Lowe... great memories
Jocky Wilson was absolute magic to watch. I reckon him and Eric are still at it, battling away in the stars, and both would have loved seeing young Luke Littler blowing em all away at the top of the tree, at his remarkably young age.
Rest in peace, JW.
Saw him and played him 1991 the worcester tavern worcester park surrey.never forget it.played eric in 2015 at the queens head mitcham surrey.he was a legened too
I grew up watching legends like Jocky on TV and both he and John Lowe were favourite players, especially when either of them played and beat Eric Bristow.
I really wish I could have met Jockey at least once to shake his hand.
Rest in Heaven Jockey and if you see Eric up there, kick his arse up and down the Oche a few more times for me, champ.
P.s. Great to see Rab Smith in this video too, he was another great player and sadly not enough match videos of him from the TV matches before he retired from professional tournaments in '83.
The guy was a legend ,the whole nation it seemed watched both his finals , and the bristow final was epic ,never to be forgotten, it was a special time that era when jockey was contesting all the top touraments. He was a force of nature.
Wee Jocky will always be a legend
My favorite Darts player of ALL TIME. I could see the pain and sadness behind his eyes even when he was world champ.
I remember watching top of the pops and seeing his face on the screen while that song was being played and just thought wow that’s so cool a pop group has made a song about this fantastic darts player
Brilliant. They don't make them like this anymore. RIP Jocky.
Great documentary. Thanks for uploading it. Some legend Jocky. Miss you man...
Jocky, Higgins, Gazza, John Daly
All greats of their different sports but all had the addiction, self destruct button. God bless Jocky... forever in our hearts.
Tom Collings TC very true, all geniuses have an edge to them.
Own worst enemy, George best also was a master of his own demise, truly sad to think of them destroying theirselves, the human condition.......
Why is that? Is it that subconsciously they think they don't deserve their success so they self destruct?
@@amit77 who knows the inner complexities of the human mind, could certainly be part of the cycle...
@@amit77 It's how they cope with the crazy life their brilliance brings them
One of the best documentaries I've seen in a long while, cheers for uploading it. So sad what happened to Jocky in the end.
The likes of; Jocky, Rees, Evans, George, Lowe and Bristow definitely made Darts what it is today. Can't really enjoy watching the PDC anymore and the BDO is no more, so I just carry on watching all the old matches from the 70's/80's, some of the best matches ever.
Why don’t you enjoy watching the pdc some great characters and the standard is awesome
@@gothicgolem2947 sadly for me the PDC just seems too robotic these days, too many of the players look like they're just going through the motions, don't enjoy it or are knackered from all the games + travelling. Granted there are still some characters like Snakebite, Peterson etc.
@@JC-il6ps you see I don’t really get this argument cause firstly as you say we’ve got some and I’d argue lots of characters price Peterson Wright dimtri van der Berg but also I look at other sports and it’s like football look at that the Players there are just trying to play there best and ein same with lots of sports I just love watching the best in the world battle it out and it’s also nice seeing lots of the characters like it’s always entertaining watching Jose play cause of his unique way of counting and doubling so idk for me it still has lots of real characters and even if it didn’t it would be like lots of other sports were there trying there best
Golden era for darts and snooker
Does nt Malvina come across as a lovely woman. Jocky certainly made one of his best choices with her. God Bless them both. RIP
Great story, I wish the outcome was different. God Bless you sir.
its just sad that he spent the last years of his life in total isolation, he deserved so much more than that. Legend jocky R.I.P
Fantastic documentary, thanks for the upload.
Fantastic documentary, I remember all those great matches. Thanks for the upload 👍
We need a documentary on Bobby Georges life
48:18 Right in the middle of a World Title battle, Eric's just gone out on a bullseye and Jocky acknowledges Bristow's genius right there despite all the needle and they shake hands. True sportsmanship.
Got to love Jockey. The time he fell off the stage, pissed as a fart, will never leave me! RIP Hero.
What a legend jockey was rest in peace 🙏 never forgotten form fife Scotland 🏴
absolutley loved jocky thanks for the times and memories proper blokes him and bobby and the rest of the gang in those days
🎯🏴🫂❤️🙏🏻✝️GOD BLESS 🙏🏻 JOCKY WILSON 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
What an absolute "Legend of Darts"
I grew up watching him, one of my all time favourite players !
I'm glad that there was, the great "Jocky Wilson" Because I would have got into darts...
Jocky was a great character and put Scotland on the Darts map. His contests again Eric Bristow were legendary.
love Jocky, total legend and what a darts player, absolute magic x
Loved it and loved the man. As usual the press have a lot to answer for :(
Meh they make £ either way. When he's doing well or not they'll find anything to attract CASH.
Came into the wayside inn (Eastriggs)on the way home after the worlds ,played one set with Bill Howie lovely wee guy
I played Jocky Wilson Darts on my Commodore 64.
All the opponents were called by their first initial followed by their surname (J. Wilson, for instance), so I always called myself P. Nis because I was like 10 at the time.
He was the working man's hero...he was us up there..
Won it 2 times...like Higgins...its hard for people like that to have money and fame...they ain't prepared....so stop the fucking criticising ...
If I see a Dart board or a Snooker/Pool table I think of them...never forgot
True....
Aye.. ;-)
these times look so fun beers and darts with huge crowds like football
Great to see all the old faces of John lowe Bob Anderson and Eric leighton.those were great times. RIP Jocky.God bless
Literally just watched this on BBC Four. Interesting well put together documentary
Jocky was a true legend of the game in the 80s
It's a BBC documentary so the missed out where televised darts really started on ITV's Indoor League hosted by non other than Fred Trueman. " I'll si thi ! "
Legends from a great era of darrrts..jocky was the publics favourite..good 2 see the limestone cowboy on here as well..great 2 see darrrts as big as ever..these guys were the pioneers..respect tungsten warriors
i saw that programme about the man who played on tele when i was younger . he had followers everywhere.
I lived on Chapel Level not far from Jocky’s house. It was chaos , kids prams rubbish in the garden. Spoke to him twice, lovely guy.
I went to turn professional not long after my 16th birthday around 1986. I remember 4 or 5 men approach myself and my dad practicing in the Boars Head In Auchtermuchty late 1984 when I was 14. They asked my dad if possible to speak with both us outside. It turns out they were directors with Argos’ and one of the area managers from Argos was from Muchty and he had been telling them how good I’ was. Well they asked my dad if they could sponsor me. Obviously aware I couldn’t turn pro until I was 16. They knew I couldn’t accept money either as an amateur however they did give me £50 a week and £100 when I played weekly for the pub. I unfortunately got dartitis tho and that was the end before it began. Absolutely gutted. I had well over 50 10 dart finishes and 2. 10 dart finishes when I was 14. When I was 14 2 weeks on the trot I checked ouut 153 playing for the pub in the league. Absolutely gutted about the dartitis. Didn’t know what was wrong with me until Bristow got it in 1993 and there was finally a name given to it
Aww who remembers 'pubs' before covid flu
Remember 'em before Smoking Ban let alone 'Covid' tbh. Just feel sorry for the Non-Smokers. Blimey..
My fave player he lived near me in wallsend years ago
Scottish legend, who was loved way beyond the Scottish border. Such a shame how it all ended for him, brought a tear to my eye watching the end of the documentary.
How Could you not love that wee guy ❤😊
Actually got a tear in my eye watching jocky (john),a great Scot.
Bobby persuaded jocky to play pro darts 👊
Jocky, i think, he was the Best 😊
God bless you Jocky lad ,i remember you when i was still in shorts pants watching you on the telly with my nanna ,you was always the best ,never liked Eric he was so smarmy looking but you was salt of the earth brilliant
i remember watching him do an exhibition in kirkintilloch many years ago he ended up having a drink with us a good lad he was
What a tragic life, so sad to watch this
My mum says when I was a baby jockey Wilson patted my head and stuck his tongue out at me it’s a big family story she’s always told so thanks jockey 😢
How times 'ave changed with the Booze & Ciggies during this Sport though eh (in general not just the Players. All that 'Passive Smoke' etc). RIP Jocky 'on the oche'.. Could never forget this Legend..
Great times ....Great for darts and jocky was a great man
Legend gone to soon. RIP wee man 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Simply my hero 😢
We need a john lowe and others one doc on them
A total legend of a man wow he put kirkcaldy on the map God bless u m8 ❤
Legend 🏴👏
When he said "I've done well haven't I", at 4.50 - heartbreaking....
Jocky Wilson, Alex Higgins,John McEnroe...the good ol' days
Scottish National Hero.
RIP wee jocky. Always was up for you against bristow. 🍀
Loved the man ,what a player.
still love you up here Jocky, and Argentina for your wee wife.
This guy has a suite named after him in the world famous Phoenix club.
Jocky Wilson is a legend.
I love how Jocky beat Bristow with ' Bristow crafty cockney flights !
RIP . You are well missed.
Too lang a lang I'm in Heaven , when you smile 😃
great post,Rab Smith at 56;58
My idol when I played darts