He got home with neither - he sold the holiday for 50 quid and the cases for a tenner. All he said was, "I've done it". He gave my son the dartboard. Wilson was also generous with his time for charity and had a neat line in self-deprecation. He was known as 'Gumsy' because his constant sweet-eating and refusal to brush his teeth - 'my Gran told me the English poison the water' - meant that he had lost his last tooth by the age of But he never took to them. They made him belch when drinking, he complained.
And once, celebrating a victory, they flew out of his mouth and on to the oche. In the end, they were employed as a ball marker in pool games with Bristow. I can chew a steak provided it's well done. I can even eat apples. Great Yarmouth rock and nuts are the only two things that defeat me. Other tales include the time he kicked Bristow's shin before they were due to play each other - the Crafty Cockney, who became Wilson's firm friend, was forced to shake hands on stage with a bleeding shin.
And after one defeat he fell off the stage. But then you could drink and smoke on the stage, which Jocky always took full advantage of. He kept downing the pints, his game got poorer and Dave eventually beat him But when the cameras turned round he'd disappeared.
Jocky was so drunk he'd fallen off the stage. Now, though, the pub-room antics and twinkling eyes have gone. Kirkcaldy has forgotten about darts - there is not even a local league any more - and forgotten Wilson.
He suffers from ill health and spends his days in a poky one-bedroom flat back on the council estate where he grew up. He shuttles between bed and the living-room sofa, where he watches television underneath a giant picture of himself cradling his first world championship trophy.
His only regular human contact is with his wife, Malvina, and the doctors who treat him. On 1 January , a fortnight before the first world title and after a season in which he was ranked four, won the inaugural British Professional Darts championship and retained the British Matchplay Championship, Wilson was interviewed while playing in a charity event at his local club.
He was asked how long he would play for. Sadly, the money all disappeared. Wilson survives on disability allowance. Have an opinion on this story? Share it! Share this:. This page is archived , and is no longer publicly editable.
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