This Thursday, JAM was lucky enough to rub shoulders with the legendary Eric Bristow MBE, the five times World Darts Champion otherwise known as ‘The Crafty Cockney.’

We headed down to the event hosted by The Bierkeller Entertainment Complex in The Printworks, where Eric was busy meeting fans and signing memorabilia. The sporting legend was taking part in a darts tournament in which fans had the opportunity to challenge Eric and play a leg of darts against the man himself, with a free bottle of Holsten Vier up for grabs for the winner.

We got the Manchester Evening News to pop down to see the action taking place – check out their write-up and video of reporter John Sutton taking on Eric at a game of darts here.