Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Wales Online
Wales Online
Sport
Dylan James

Sky Sports forced to lower TV volume after Gerwyn Price subjected to X-rated abuse

Welsh darts star Gerwyn Price was subjected to more shocking abuse during his PDC World Darts Championship match against Luke Woodhouse.

The 37-year-old came back from a set down to defeat world number 50-ranked Woodhouse 3-1 at Alexandra Palace, after initially missing five doubles in the opening set.

Despite the former rugby player's victory, Sky Sports were forced to turn down the TV master volume as members of the crowd hurled abuse at him, as the crowd chanted "You're just a s**t Gareth Bale".

READ MORE: Why is Gerwyn Price being booed at the PDC darts?

He responded to the crowd by flexing his biceps in classic 'Gezzy' style.

However, this is not news to Price. The world number one has been the centre of abuse on the darts stage for quite some time now, and is perceived as a villain character by many darts fans at the events.

Back in March, 'The Iceman' appeared to be on the verge of tears in an Instagram post following the abuse he received after losing to Michael Smith at the UK Open in Minehead. The picture he posted was captioned: "That hurt but I'll be back".

Price even shared private texts with Smith after the incident, where his opponent apologised and explained that he didn't want to win like that with the fans targeting Price.

Fellow Welsh darts player Robert Owen was also the subject of crowd abuse on Monday. X-rated chanting was aimed at him, according to dartsnews.com. Owen's partner Robyn explained that her daughter made her aware of it, and says she "won't be taking them again in a hurry".

According to darts commentator Chris Murphy on Twitter, the crowd chanted "sheep sh*****g b*****d" at the Welshman during his game. Robyn replied to this tweet saying that disabled chanting was also aimed at her partner.

Price next faces Raymond van Barneveld in the last 32 of the PDC World Championship, while Owen was knocked out by Andrew Gilding on Monday.

Read next:

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.