Clayton silences the doubters

Before the 2026 Premier League, Clayton was the firm outsider with bookmakers to win the competition.

‘The Ferret’ made a mockery of those pre-tournament odds as he extended his 100% record of reaching finals night in the showpiece event by finishing second in the league phase.

The 51-year-old – who won the tournament on debut in 2021 – has taken huge pride from silencing his doubters.

“I was gutted to hear that,” he mentioned of discovering in early February that he was the least-fancied to taste glory in the Premier League.

“Being world number five, having not won any big majors to get me up there, so I’m pretty consistent, and then they reckon I’d finish bottom.

“Obviously they weren’t drinking the same tea as I was drinking. But to be fair, I’ve put a lot of people quiet.

“I think being out of the Premier League last year, that really hurt when I should have been in.

“But I’ve proved my point, I’m back in the top four. Look out. Hopefully I can win tomorrow.”

Price’s painful World Cup withdrawal

The darting world was left stunned earlier this month as it was verified Price would not feature at the World Cup in June.

Alongside Clayton, the 41-year-old has twice led Wales to glory in the competition but has been replaced by Nick Kenny for this year’s tournament in Frankfurt.

It is one of a number of events – including the UK Open Pool Championship – that Price has withdrawn from of late due to unspecified health issues.

On the eve of Premier League finals night, Price verified he had received positive news regarding his health.

“It frees me up to go back and play a lot more ranking tournaments,” he mentioned.

“After the Premier League’s over, I’m going to take the next European event off and Pro Tours next week and have a little bit of a holiday which I haven’t had for quite a while and then after that, it sets me back up to hit the ranking events.

“I pulled out of a couple of darts events and to go and play in a pool event would have been a little bit naughty.”

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Price is the only semi-finalist yet to win the Premier League in his career, although having had more time to recuperate of late, the Welshman feels primed to do the business this time around.

“I’m feeling like I’m in a good place. I think my game’s in a good place,” he mentioned.

“It’s one of the ones that I haven’t won, so just to tick that off and get that one in the bag, it would ease the pressure.

“But until you win a major then it’s always added pressure every year.”

Despite his disappointment at having to pull out of the World Cup, Price says Wales are in safe hands with Clayton and Kenny wearing the red jersey.

“Nick’s a fantastic player and he wears his heart on his sleeve,” added former world champion Price.

“He’s similar to me. He’s a proud Welshman and I know him through the BDO and he still plays county so he’ll give 110%.

“For Jonny to be playing with Nick, there’s no better partner that could have slotted in there.

“I wish them all the best and I think they’ll play for Wales and carry the badge well. Fingers crossed they can go on and win it.”

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