CHRIS DOBEY has issued a grovelling apology for his “absolute s*** show” at the Players Championship.
The darts star was thrashed 6-1 by a struggling Nathan Aspinall in the tournament on Friday.
Dobey, 34, won one leg in the match to save himself the embarrassment of being whitewashed.
The Northumberland-born thrower was 4-0 down in the match before he won his first leg.
But it was too little too late as Aspinall won the next two legs to wrap up the match.
Dobey was furious with his performance as he had entered the tournament as the top seed.
He took out his frustration on social media as he apologised to his supporters.
He wrote: “That was an absolute s*** show tonight.
“I apologise to everyone for making you sit through that, I was abysmal.
“Need to seriously get my act together before the worlds.
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“I dunno what’s happened to me, I just can’t seem to play on stage.”
Plenty of fans did show their backing for Dobey as they reacted on social media.
One posted: “You’ll be back Chris, keep your head up.”
A second wrote: “Try and channel it out. Best wishes for the world’s mate.”
A third commented: “Chin up. Everyone goes through bad spells. Form is temporary, Class is permanent.”
A fourth said: “Every player has a blip mate, you’ll be back. We all know what you can do on your day.”
Another added: “Keep your head up Chris. It’ll come. Keep pushing.”
Dobey will now have to wait for his return to the oche at the Worlds at Alexandra Palace next month.
BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
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