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Daily Record
5 days ago
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- Daily Record
Rock 'n' roll world of darts steals limelight from football elite as The Asp wants the robots to stay away
Nathan Aspinall shocked at attention ahead of football icons and TV stars Gobsmacked Nathan Aspinall was left aghast at darts' rock n'roll status after stealing the limelight from actors and football icons James Maddison and John Terry. And the Stockport slinger has urged chiefs to keep the characters in the game or face turning the sport's new-breed of stars into boring robots. Aspinall feels there's an obsession with darts after his latest experiences at Spurs star Maddison's recent charity golf day. He teed it up with celebrities prior to Premier League Finals night and was taken aback at the attention he received amid footballing legends and TV faces. Aspinall said: 'Everyone is obsessed with darts. I was at this golf day and everyone wanted to talk to me about darts. I'm looking around, all these footballers and actors and stuff. Everyone was speaking to me. 'Oh my god, John Terry shot four under gross. And he plays off five. Nine under. So no-one had a chance. 45 points he got. I played off 12 and I shot 34 points. Honestly, all of them came over to me, it was quite surreal. Everyone loves darts. Whatever you are a celebrity, own a company, from a council estate, whether you are a kid. Woman, male, everyone is obsessed with darts at the moment. We all know we owe a lot of it to Luke [Littler]. But also the rest of the guys that turn out week-in, week-out. 'It was a brilliant day. Lots of people: Nice to meet you. It was good. I played half decent. Only the second round I played. Because I have had all these injuries, so not been able to play golf for 18 months, two years, but really enjoyed myself yesterday. Joe Cullen played. Littler doesn't play. [Luke] Humphries plays and he got asked to play in it but he didn't want to risk injuring myself. Whereas I couldn't give a s**t. I went and enjoyed myself. Maddison was there. He was supposed to be at the hospital but he said he would try to change it and come [to Premier League Finals]. I got all the support from all the lads. It was nice to have them in your corner.' Aspinall is a character of the game and he hopes darts keeps such traits within their future heroes as he expanded: 'This is the problem they are going to have. You see it with footballers when they do their interviews, they are robots. They get told what to say and they are all the same answers all the time. 'I think people like myself, I just say as it is. It gets me in trouble a lot of time. I have had no media training earlier in my career. I was thrown into the deep end. I don't want darts to get that to level because you do need those characters in the game. If everyone turns up and they are all the same, they all throw the same, no-one celebrates, do the interviews the same, it would get boring. Hopefully that doesn't happen. Come to my exhibitions what is not boring.' Aspinall is savouring life at the top, but has an age for quitting as he said: '45 I am off. Skint or not. I have said to my partner, that is my aim: 45. If it is earlier than that, we start making golfer's money and I have £30 million in the bank, happy days. I will be off sooner. 'I don't think it can happen that quickly in my era, but 45 is when I would like to bugger off. I am not as obsessed as the other lads with darts. I don't watch it. I don't particularly like it. It's my job. I am a darts fan. 'This is why I got into the game but generally speaking now, I don't watch it. I get bored when I practise. 'When I get a bit fed up and bored, that is when I take a break. I find it repetitive simple as that. I spend my whole life throwing three pieces of metal at the same target for seven hours a day. It does get a bit boring. 'If I retire at 45, I will hopefully sell my house, get a nice villa abroad and open up a bar. That is my plan. No dartboard! A golf simulator. No Mr Brightside. That is not on my Spotify list anyway. I took that off it. That cannot come on in the car.'
The Irish Sun
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Proper ick' – Gerwyn Price's on-stage antics divide fans as former World Darts champion torments Luke Littler again
GERYWN PRICE played up to his pantomime villain role at the Premier League Finals - but was no match for Luke Littler. The Ice Man rattled The Nuke early on at the O2 and let rip with his 3 Gerwyn Price fell just short against Luke Little at the O2 - despite his trademark roar Credit: PA 3 The Welshman led 6-4 at the break but was reeled in by the world champ Credit: Getty 3 Littler is looking to defend the title he won last year Credit: Reuters Price belted out regular roars as the two players traded breaks, with the Welshman taking a shock 6-4 at the break. But reigning champ The 2021 world champion's emotional on-stage persona is a divisive subject among darts fans. He infamously wore headphones on stage in READ MORE ON DARTS And he was met with a chorus boos from some among the 12,000 sell out at London's O2 on Thursday. Price wasted no time in breaking the Littler throw, letting out a huge roar and a fist bump towards his entourage. One fan immediately complained on X: "That scream Gerwyn Price does is a proper ick ur[sic] 40 bro." Another agreed: "Does anyone else feel as though Gerwyn Price was screaming well over the top in that game? I found it quite annoying tbh." Most read in Darts BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK But a third countered: "I have been sick in bed for 24 hours. When I just heard that Gerwyn Price Roar I felt better. Some sort of energy transfer went on." And a fourth said: "The Price roar is mega int it." Luke Littler and Luke Humphries play out 'best darts match ever' as Wayne Mardle says 'even they're finding it funny' Littler admitted after the match he "stormed off stage" after his slow start to the contest. He told Sky Sports: "When he hit the double five to go 6-4 up I took myself straight off stage, I needed to get myself up for it. "The first five or six legs I was nervous and going into the break 6-4 down was not what I wanted. Premier League Darts 2025 THE Premier League Darts is back with eight players vying for massive prize money and Luke Littler's crown. The teenager, who went on to win the world title in December, won the Premier League in 2024 and will be looking to defend his crown over 18 thrilling weeks. There were two new entries this season, with Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey replacing Peter Wright and Michael Smith. Luke Humphries, Rob Cross, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Nathan Aspinall keep their place in what will be a hotly-contested title race. INFORMATION Full schedule and results, dates, TV and live stream info Latest standings as we head to Finals night How much prize money is on offer in the Premier League? LATEST DARTS NEWS Moment darts star awkwardly falls off stage SEASON SO FAR Night One - Belfast Night Two - Glasgow Night Three - Dublin Night Four - Exeter Night Five - Brighton Night Six - Nottingham Night Seven - Cardiff Night Nine - Berlin Night 10 - Manchester Night 11 - Rotterdam Night 12 - Liverpool Night 13 - Birmingham Night 14 - Leeds "I knew, especially after last year, that I love coming on after a break so I relaxed myself and I got the job done. "I stormed off stage but that was just in my own head. I just had to. "I sat down and had a drink and cooled myself down and said 'You can do it'. I got the job done."
