Gerwyn Price will begin his bid for back-to-back nightly wins against his World Cup partner Jonny Clayton on Thursday evening, as the BetMGM Premier League rolls into Glasgow.Night Three of the darting roadshow will take place at the OVO Hydro. League leader Michael van Gerwen and World Champion Luke Littler were scheduled to go head-to-head on Scottish soil, but Littler has received a bye to the semi-finals due to the withdrawal of van Gerwen this morning through illness.Van Gerwen boasts a three-point lead at the Premier League summit after featuring in successive nightly finals, although he was beaten 6-3 by an imperious Price in Antwerp last week.Coverage starts at 7:00pm UK time on Sky Sports Action.>Tonight's matches (7:00pm start, all games best of 11 legs, first to 6)Stephen Bunting v Gian van VeenLuke Humphries v Josh RockLuke Littler w/o Michael van Gerwen (van Gerwen withdrawn due to illness)Jonny Clayton v Gerwyn PriceSemi-FinalsBunting/van Veen v Humphries/RockLittler v Clayton/PriceFinal>PDC statement on Michael van Gerwen's withdrawalhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/february/19/van-gerwen-withdraws-from-betmgm-premier-league-action-in-glasgow/>Night 3 previewhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/february/18/2026-betmgm-premier-league-night-three-preview/>Night 2 rounduphttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/february/12/2026-betmgm-premier-league---night-two-latest/
Story of the week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/articles/cdjmly9zjv7o>Josh Rock blamed his error-strewn display in last week's 6-2 Premier League defeat by Michael van Gerwen in Antwerp on the soap he used in the bathroom before going on stage.>The 24-year-old was seen wiping his hands on his trousers multiple times and licking his fingers at one stage during the quarter-final contest, where he averaged just 79.34.>Northern Ireland's Rock believes his inability to grip the darts properly was caused by the soap and he has now sought to guard against it happening to him at future events by packing his own chalk and wax.>"I went to the toilet just before I went on stage and obviously you wash your hands after going to the toilet, so I put the soap all over my hands and the next minute I'm up there, and I was like, 'This isn't going to go well'," he said.>"I just could not feel it at all. So now we've got a plan B, I've got a bit of chalk and wax in the case from now on. I didn't have to use it this week at the Players Championship, it was fine, but it must have been the soap I used. That was the first time it's happened. It must be just whatever soap was in the toilet at Antwerp that I used and it just obviously took all the oils out of my finger and lost all grip."Sensational stuff.
MVG skiving
>>153546941Sounds like he's trying to rationalise around what was just a mental breakdown.
You guys left me all alone during the last two player's championships.
>>153546941The first thing I do when I have something that may be toxic on my fingers is to lick them.
Adolf Littler is a cunt
>>153547359Very pleased to see Humphries twat Matchfixer in the way he did.
another big showing for dey pypos champ tonight lads?
good evening dear frens
>>153548081Also loved him getting humbled by Dobey on Monday. 85 average in the final and won 1 leg.
>>153548081Hoping Rock beat a Luke to keep Burnting to stay at Zero
>nickname Bullet>Walk-on song lyrics are "I'm bullet proof"He's not the sharpest tool in the shed is he
WHAT was that thing with a tash in the crowd
echoing shoots… kind asmrish
sky scoreboard broke on the first dart
lel
>bunting already jobbing 1 leg in
At least Bunting will never have to worry about soap affecting his hands, he does not use any.
Thank you based Chud
needs gassing ASAP!
is he getting cheered or booed
>>153549662Roooooooooooooooooouk
Just turning on now, see bunting has already jobbed and fucked off. How’s Emma looking tonight?
>Josh Rock (right)
>>153549662Boo urns
>>15354966250% Rangers fans and 50% Celtic fans so both
>>153549963Celtic are playing in 5 minutes. Half the tables to fuck off?
>>153550006Probably
>>153549963Darts seems more like a sport for Rangers fans.
Humph going full rape now, shame for Rock
>>153550144you can say the win slipped right out of Rock's hands.
>interview the natives >all mongs Topkek
where can I watch a stream of this?
>>153550250vipleague?Not, sure.
>>153550350it's working thanks
>>153550250ppv to
THE 121 MAN STRIKES AGAIN
why stream just skipped the entire first leg. Weird
>Gezzylol, played like shite3 different winners in 3 weeks guaranteed
why was he so SHIT at the worlds
uhh, wow, sky put the graphic upside down. what a bunch of idiots.
Can’t understand a word Scottish people say
>>153551399Bunting and Rock already cut adrift after 3 weeks, takes some doing that. They play each other on Night Six so in theory they could be 10 points behind everyone else.
Watching at the pub with a bowl of dried meat and a pint
lmao
>>153549786Oh no, not a fan of this pinstripe suit at all.
>>153551673Humphries will never have aura
Chuddy broken already
>Chud failing to hold in 7 visitsFuckwit
fluffed that 122 hard
>>153551494Meat should juicy, not dried. Is this South African pub? Pint glass looks tribal.
>>153546941Completely forgot Josh rock was in this WTF
>>153552188Yeah he got blitzed tonight, jobbed last week and got blitzed opening night
THANK YOU BASED CHUDHUMPHRIES LOSES TO HIM AGAIN LOL
we are so back
KEK
Thank God Gian seen that mixed race couple in the 7th leg.
>*in a perpetual state of being back and being over*
>>153552625
>those numbers#Chudding (the Dutch equivalent of #Wading)
>>153552822Nice doubling, Luke.
>>153552822>repeating digits on a post about doubles
>leaving 27ok then
>>153553099>repeating digits on a post commenting about repeating digits on a post commenting about doubles
>>153553168could've done with a treble therecheck em
110 and 106 to pull 2 legs aheadgo jonny go
>>153553330OFF BY 3>>153553377BUT THERE WE GO
lmao shittler
4-1 but hes not bothered, right?
>bounceout on a potential 9HA HATWAT
>>153553401Trebles (or quads) for show, doubles for dough
Raped
BASED ALL GOOD GUY FINAL
>>153553330corr picked up a set of the wolfie datadarts today and they're LUSH
warra performance from the welshman tbf
and to think some people doubted if Jonny should be in this stupid exbo
Bad night for Lukes.
>>153549786Kind of plain. Low ranking
>>153553619>3 weeks in>neither Luke has made a final>neither Luke will be in the Top 4 at the end of the night>MVG has had a night off sick and the worst he will finish at the end of the evening is 2ndlmao
>>153553859Yeah not a fan this week. Do you think she gets to pick her outfits or is told what to wear?
what did he mean by this?
Jonny be good
>YEAR OF THE FERRET
156 TO WIN THE NIGHT
masterclass by ferretI think he had taylor in his shirt though.
ferreted
>>153554417Depends if she's going out after
>>153554417just needs green hair and she can dress up as an oompa loompa
So we have three different winners of the first three weeks of the 2026 Premier League and incredibly none of them have been the World's Top 3 as Jonny Clayton wins his first PL night since April 2023. The Ferret improved as the night went on, with his long overdue ending of the Gerwyn Price curse the catalyst for a 6-1 battering of Luke Littler and a 6-2 hammering of Gian van Veen, the latter sealed with a superb 156 checkout. More of this standard and Jonny will surely be in contention for a lot this year.The 2026 European Tour starts tomorrow in Poland with the next PL action from Belfast same time next Thursday.
Little with the second bye in as many days
>bottom 4 all English playersits not coming home...
>>153555877OOPS i forgot about josh wok again
