For anyone that missed this here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCXtIAMJ_FY

Nice one Rab.

Not really sure by watching that if he was drunk or genuinely had an issue with his eye?

TED HANKEY IS BOX OFFICE

He was definitely drunk.

Even at the walkon he looked like he was falling backwards and the bouncer put his arm out to propel him forward.

Haven't watched the clip but there was another bit where he nearly fell over the oche.


Apparently he tweeted last night (more likely his manager did) apaologising and saying he was suffering from the flu since Sunday night. I'm expecting the DRA to hand him a little fine for this one.

been on Sky Sports News this lunchtime that the official line is 'eye problem'

what's the betting this 'eye problem' rules him out of the next couple of pro tours, the world champs qualifier and the first couple of next year's pro tour events???

mvg said he smelt like a brewery and shouldnt ov got on the stage thats what a free bar does. sad nght for darts reallyy. cant shake that ad of by alias smith jones. how can darts be taken serious be on your way ted.




https://youtu.be/clv0S--z4p0


teds in the red shirt

Official release...

http://www.winmau.com/news/1684/Official_Ted_Hankey_Statement/

Wonder how long the DRA will prescribe him for his rest lol

OOOOO boy am I gunna get some knicker in a not here.

I know he is a pro but at least he is having fun, who gives a sit if he is stuffing his own game up he is only loosing his own money. History shows the jockey's and th bristows drinking smoking and laughing which is what 99% of us all do come dart night.

never mind the ambassodor's just have fun cuz when the fun goes so does my dart's and board.

Good on ya Hankey you realy showed me that you are human and went over that RELAXED HAVE A FEW and your darts went to sit, AS DO WE ALL.

"HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN THROW THE FIRST STONE"

I still think hes a Knob!!!!!

He should have said I bit into someones neck to have a feed but turned out their blood was 80% proof, was not my fault I fed on the wrong victim!

Didn't see this last night now i'm curious! Will watch it after work

Sp wrote:

TED HANKEY IS BOX OFFICE

Spot on

Ted is the guy we all love to hate.

he was drunk there just trying to cover it up send him back bdo the kids that look up to him dont need to see that crap

I play with a lot of players who cant even play superleague let alone County games without 8 to 10 pints inside them and I have often wondered why although they tell me it's nerves. I have to say i have always driven to most of my games so rarely have more than 1 and a half pints and i never have more than a pint before I play anyway. Can't say i don't like a drink as will easily polish off a bottle of JD, Vodka or a good single malt in a session but only when I can sit back and relax and enjoy it. Why are people so nervous of playing y=the game they love and enjoy I think it says more about them as a person than they are probably letting on. Each to their own but If I needed 10 pints to play I wouldn't bother not only for health reasons but I couldn't afford it.

He could have alot of friends betting on a 5-0 win. That would have been given quite some good odds on that? An that is something that is easy done:/ all you have to do is to get drunk and keep rubbing your eye....

watched it and don't think the man was that intoxicated. His eye was definitely giving him problems as I observed a big difference between eyes. Once your eye is irritated and then rub it your done. Not saying he wasn't drinking though.

I didn't think he looked that drunk either. His eye did look to be given him trouble but he didn't help himself with all the rubbing. If he had something in it like an eyelash then he should have asked for a minute to try to rectify it and apologised to MVG for the wait. MVG would have been fine with him doing that but instead he made a meal out of it and made himself look like a right numpty in the process. Fair play to MVG for enjoying Ted's antics instead of letting it get to him.

Did Wes Newton not have something in his eye in an earlier round? I believe he just got on with it like a pro.

There have been ZERO other pro's that have commented or said they had seen Ted drinking. I noticed immediately when he came out that his left eye was almost shut.
It's easy to jump on the bandwagon and say he was drunk, but I'm not convinced yet.
Doesn't even make sense that he would get that smashed after playing like he did a couple days earlier.

He's too proud of his game to play like that if his eye was bothering him. He looked too drunk to know better.
You could cover one of my eyes and shoot the other one with a water gun, I'm not going to hit a single 2 aiming at the 20!
If I rubbed my eye that much it would turn red and look messed up.

We may never know the truth. Sick, drunk, eye bothering him who knows? I would think that it had to be something more serious than chest congestion or the flu. He couldn't even count right and almost fell at the oche and during his entrance.

I think that he clearly had some kind of health issue, and also had had a few drinks. I was Ill a while ago but still went out after work and the vodka hit me much quicker and harder than normal. He probably only drank his normal amount, but couple that with being ill came together to produce what happened.

Dr's confirmed a stroke.

Look back on these last 2 pages.

Some apologies are in order...

It's not nice to jump on bandwagon's.

I chose not to comment because I couldn't work out why alcohol should cause such swelling in the tissue around his eyes, I didn't feel comfortable with it, Iv'e seen enough drunks to recognize glazed eyes etc, but couldn't attribute such swelling to being drunk. Hope the strokes not serious enough to cause permanent damage to his game.

Im sorry you wernt drunk Ted.

I also refrained from posting a comment earlier on in this thread. My first thought when i saw the clip though was that Ted was drunk, but then i thought sh*t he's having a stroke. The eye and face dramatically changes during the match. Personally I am not sure why an official didn't intervene. I am sure the PDC is probably required to have a physician/paramedic on hand. Most large events require first aiders of some kind. Why weren't they consulted? Could have been a lot worse. Wonder if anyone attended to him after the match? Stroke reversal is time crucial as is recovery. The longer you wait the less chance of either.
I also think that there are a lot of players drinking and/or taking drugs such as Beta Blockers, Pseudoephadrine, Pot, Cocaine etc that we will never know about... That's for a different thread though.

well I was not sure if he was drunk or not, just some said that mvg said he smelt like a brewery so thought he maybe was.

But when I watched the match on youtube at first he seemed a little wobbly then I thought he must have something wrong with his eye, but thought it strange why he had that strange twist to his mouth.

But if he had been taking some medication and had a little drink too then who knows what that combo may have done.

Looks like he has had a Mini stroke though, my Dad had one last year and he felt weak and said his eye had gone a little blurry but we never knew at that moment it was a mini stroke.

Thats the problem with these things though unless you are trained to know the signs it is not easy to know, many people have these mini strokes without even knowing it.

Not a nice thing to have, I am sorry we made light of Teds situation and hope he gets back to good health soon!

Good Luck Ted!

Winmau wrote:

Dr's confirmed a stroke.

Look back on these last 2 pages.

Some apologies are in order...

It's not nice to jump on bandwagon's.

+1

Speaking of banning, or fines, etc... I think he should of definitely been attended to. Why didn't they stop the match for a bit and find out what the problem is? Surely there had to be a few trained eyes watching and could tell something was horribly wrong.

SilverSaber wrote:

watched it and don't think the man was that intoxicated. His eye was definitely giving him problems as I observed a big difference between eyes. Once your eye is irritated and then rub it your done. Not saying he wasn't drinking though.

Hmmm have to agree with JD on this one. This man should have been seen by a Doctor. Any news on how he's doing? I had only watched a leg or two and felt something was up.