Darts star Chris Dobey issues grovelling public apology for ‘absolute s*** show’ at Players Championship

CHRIS DOBEY has issued a grovelling apology for his "absolute s*** show" astatine the Players Championship.

The darts prima was thrashed 6-1 by a struggling Nathan Aspinall successful the tournament connected Friday.

Dobey, 34, won 1 limb successful the lucifer to prevention himself the embarrassment of being whitewashed.

The Northumberland-born thrower was 4-0 down successful the lucifer earlier helium won his archetypal leg.

But it was excessively small excessively precocious arsenic Aspinall won the adjacent 2 legs to wrapper up the match.

Dobey was furious with his show arsenic helium had entered the tournament arsenic the apical seed.

He took retired his vexation connected social media arsenic helium apologised to his supporters.

He wrote: "That was an implicit s*** amusement tonight.

"I apologise to everyone for making you beryllium done that, I was abysmal.

"Need to earnestly get my enactment unneurotic earlier the worlds.

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"I dunno what’s happened to me, I conscionable can’t look to play connected stage."

Plenty of fans did amusement their backing for Dobey arsenic they reacted connected societal media.

One posted: "You’ll beryllium backmost Chris, support your caput up."

A 2nd wrote: "Try and transmission it out. Best wishes for the world’s mate."

A 3rd commented: "Chin up. Everyone goes done atrocious spells. Form is temporary, Class is permanent."

A 4th said: "Every subordinate has a blip mate, you’ll beryllium back. We each cognize what you tin bash connected your day."

Another added: "Keep your caput up Chris. It’ll come. Keep pushing."

Dobey volition present person to hold for his instrumentality to the oche astatine the Worlds astatine Alexandra Palace adjacent month.