WADE LETS RIP AGAINST WRIGHT!
18/06/2025 By Aaron Nijjar
By Phil Lanning
JAMES WADE was involved in yet another dart ‘fartgate’ incident in Players Championship 17.
The World No.10 kicked up a stink in a clash with fellow veteran star Peter Wright in Leicester.
Wade let rip during his 6-5 win over ‘Snakebite’ to reach the quarter-finals on Wednesday afternoon.
Wright stepped back and laughed uncomfortably, but Wade’s joke quickly backfired when the match caller told him the clash was being televised.
Referee Owen Binks then informed the players: “Oh boy, okay then… This is a streamed match guys.”
Wade claimed: “It slipped out.” And then added: “Give it a second.”
Wright thought it needed more than a second though, and Wade tried to prompt him back onto the oche, saying: “Go ahead. Do you want nine more arrows?”
It’s not the first time the 42-year-old has passed wind during a match.
He did the same less than a year ago in September 2024, also at the Players Championship. On that occasion he claimed it was his SHOES that made the noise.
He wrote on social media: “I feel I must address a situation following my run to the semi-finals of PC22 today.
“Footage has emerged of me doing what appears to be a ‘shart’ at the end of one of my matches.
“It was actually the Velcro on my new trainers. I now consider this matter put to bed as don’t wish to talk about it again.”
Image by Taylor Lanning.
