‘It’s been a s*** few years’ – Nathan Aspinall collapses to his knees as he wins first ever European darts tour trophy
NATHAN ASPINALL admitted it had been a “s*** few years” after winning his first ever Euro Tour title.
The Stockport ace beat Ryan Joyce 8-4 to take the European Darts Trophy in Gottingen, Germany on Sunday night.
The Asp, 33, had delivered a sensational 170 Big Fish finish to beat Gary Anderson 7-6 in the semi-final.
Having endured several injuries, Aspinall revealed at the end of last year that he was also battling dartitis.
He said: “It’s only took ten years. I had some unbelievable games, that 170 against Gary was something else.
“When I went off after beating Gary my hands were shaking, I only had fifteen minutes to prepare.
“It’s been a s*** few years for me, this means a lot to me. I can’t wait to come back next year and defend it. For me personally, this is my proudest moment.
“Thank you so much to everyone [to the fans].”
Joyce had KO’d Michael van Gerwen 7-5 in the semi-final.
Aspinall earlier smashed World No.1 Luke Humphries 6-1 in the quarters with a 106.7 average.
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Scot Cameron Menzies was admitted he had a “massive brain fart” as he miscounted and hit the wrong double with match darts against Mike De Decker.
The Scotsman beat ‘The Real Deal’ 6-5 in a last leg thriller to enter the last eight, before losing to Joyce.
World Grand Prix champion De Decker hit a stellar 102 checkout in the match and led the match 5-4 before Menzies fired back to take the match to a decider.
De Decker then missed five match darts in a chaotic final leg and Menzies needed just D9 to seal the win against the Belgian.
‘Cammy’ missed the outer ring three times and went to split with single 6 and D6 but miscounted and went for D4.
World No. 39 Menzies did spare his blushes and eventually got over the line smashing in D2 to advance.
Following his victory the Menzies revealed he had a “brain fart” and felt lucky to beat De Decker.
He said: “I b******d that. If I spoke the words I want to say then I would be fined.
“I don’t know, man. I had a massive brain fart.
“Counting is usually one of my strong points but I screwed that massively.
“Lucky to win but I made an a**e of it.
“This absolute crowd is amazing. I spoke to my friend earlier this is why we do European Tours.”