SCHINDLER RECALLS BUM MIX-UP AT EUROPEAN DARTS EVENT

MARTIN SCHINDLER was once accused of staring at a woman’s BUM while working as a PDC steward.

‘The Wall’ revealed the lengths he went to as a 17-year-old to chase his darts dream, working for FREE at PDC events just so he could afford to play in European Tour qualifiers.

World No15 Schindler struck a deal with PDC Europe that saw him stewarding tournaments in exchange for entry into qualifiers.

Schindler revealed he policed wristbands after losing to Raymond van Barneveld in round one of the European Darts Open in Dusseldorf back in 2014.

He told the Tops and Tales podcast: “I wanted to play the European qualifiers back in the day, and they were quite expensive.

“So I made a bargain with the PDC, saying, let’s say, I work for free as a steward in your events, so I can play in your qualifying tournaments.

“I worked as a steward for free, with no payment for me, because my payment was obviously playing in the European qualifiers.

“I was 17 back then, so I was still going to school.

“I didn’t have any work either, so obviously money was tight back in the day for me. And yeah, it was a very nice offer from one guy at PDC Europe.

“I started in 2014 because I still remember that I qualified for one of these, played against Raymond van Barneveld, and lost that one.

“And like an hour later, I needed to stand at a door and make sure nobody could pass through who didn’t have the right wristband.

“I can tell you, you can ask the people of Düsseldorf. I think I took like four or five hundred pictures that day. So, I really left an impression back there.”

The most awkward moment came for the German while he was overseeing the smoking area.

He added: “I was outside and was checking for somebody coming out of the smoking area into the venue again, and I needed to check the wristbands. There was a couple walking in, let’s say, both about 40 years of age.

“So the woman walks past me, and I’m looking down at her wristband, and she thought I was looking at her bum.

“She was walking past me and was looking at me really disgusted, like, ‘Oh no. Why would he look at me like that?’ And then her husband told her, ‘He was looking at your wristband.’

“I mean, literally, I was 17, 18 years of age. And I don’t want to be disrespectful to the woman, but she was about 40 or something. So, okay, definitely not my age, if you know what I mean.”

Image by Taylor Lanning.