CLAYTON SLAMS KEYBOARD WARRIORS AND WHISTLING FANS
13/03/2026 By Aaron Nijjar
JONNY CLAYTON has slammed “keyboard warriors” and disruptive whistlers in the crowd after Premier League action was again disrupted.
World No.5 Clayton insisted he refuses to let the noise affect him and says he simply focuses on letting his darts do the talking.
‘The Ferret’ recorded his SECOND Nightly win in Nottingham after thrashing Luke Humphries 6–1 in the final to extend his lead to eight points at the top of the table.
Luke Littler had earlier hit out at fans during his 6–5 quarter-final win over Gerwyn Price as spectators tried to put him off.
The teen sensation raised his arms up and down towards the crowd after landing a crucial checkout in the bout as whistles rang around the arena.
Clayton is baffled by the disruptive behaviour of some spectators and believes there is no way to put a stop to it.
He said: “At the end of the day we all have haters and keyboard warriors. I am just up there letting my darts do the talking. There is nothing else I can do.
“It’s a small group of people that do it. When you have everybody singing, chanting, or booing, whatever it is.
“If everybody is the same and the whistle comes across because it is a totally different noise, it seems to echo more as if he is stood right next to you.
“There was whistling going on there tonight, but you try and put it out of your mind.
“I was concentrating more on my foot rather than whistling tonight, to be honest.
“But there are whistles going on, and I don’t get why. They are there to watch great darts, and if you are going to put somebody off, you ain’t going to get great darts.
“You can’t stop it. If they want to whistle, they are going to whistle. If you told them not to, they’ll probably get worse.”
Clayton was also visibly struggling with a limp during the action and revealed he suffers from gout, though he admits the condition comes and goes.
He added: “I try not to fail and I give it everything. I’ve got gout tonight in my left ankle, but you’ve still got to soldier on. My arm’s okay.
“I hit doubles tonight; that is all that counts, so I am happy.
“It all depends. You take your medication and I can go to bed tonight and wake up tomorrow as if nothing is there.
“It is weird, proper weird. When it comes on, it gives you little warning, and if you don’t catch it in time, then you know all about it.”
Image by Taylor Lanning.
