Peter Manley sure knew how to wind up opposition players.From issuing a four-word sledge that prompted Adrian Lewis to storm off stage to his antics a
Unfortunately for Colin Lloyd , he was the victim of a cheeky ploy from Manley at the 2002 World Championship.However, Lloyd more than held his own as the contest was four sets apiece when Manley brought out the dark arts.
Gerwyn Price lands stunning nine-dart finish but incredibly loses Premier League match"When you're playing on a hot stage, the stem would open up a little bit. Of course, my flight kept popping out. I had a flight on the floor, I picked it up and put it in."Manley thought he'd have a word with iconic referee Russ Bray about Lloyd's flights. And when Bray had to remind Lloyd to take extra care with those flights, it left the latter seething as he knew exactly why he'd been asked.Gerwyn Price could make unexpected major change ahead of Premier League night 15Phil Taylor shrugged in disbelief as bizarre miscount had rival cracking up "Russ Bray comes down and goes, 'Lloydy, can I just say, can you just watch your flights,'" Lloyd said on"I said, 'What do you mean, watch my flights?' He goes, 'Well, you've been walking up to the board and it's putting Peter off because you have to keep picking up your flights.'"I turned and looked at Peter, I just wanted to go up there, smash my fist into the middle of his face and push him off the stage. He got me. He knew he got me. "I said to him afterwards, 'If that's what you have to resort to to beat me, that's pretty sad, actually'. Bearing in mind I'd only been on the scene for three years.If Manley thought his mid-match request to Bray would work as a distraction technique, it did just that.However, Lloyd perhaps enjoyed a sense of justice when Manley faced off against Taylor in the final. 'The Power' thrashed Manley 7-0 to win his 10th world title, with Taylor dropping just two sets the entire tournament. But for Lloyd, his everlasting memory of the 2002 World Championship was one of frustration and fury as he fell foul of Manley's dark arts for the first time.
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