Josh Rock’s walk-on music could ruffle a number of feathers at tonight’s Premier League of Darts occasion within the football-mad metropolis of Glasgow.
Josh Rock is digging his heels in (Picture: Getty)
Josh Rock has vowed to not ditch his Rangers-themed walk-on music in Glasgow, regardless of the specter of a hostile reception from Celtic soccer supporters. The Northern Irishman remains to be chasing his first win on this season’s Premier League Darts after quarter-final exits on Nights 1 and a couple of. He returns to motion on Night time 3 in Glasgow, the place he faces former world champion Luke Humphries within the opening spherical.
A lifelong Rangers fan, Rock walks on to “Welcome to the Celebration” by DJ Krissy – a tune carefully related to Rangers’ march to the 2020/21 Scottish Premiership title. With the Glasgow crowd prone to embrace loads of supporters of Rangers’ fierce rivals, Celtic, the selection may spark stress inside the world. However Rock insists he has no issues concerning the response and says he has no intention of fixing a factor.
“Fortunately, Celtic are taking part in within the Europa League [on Thursday] so hopefully they [Celtic fans] are all out of there and it’ll all be Rangers followers [in the arena],” Rock laughed. “I’ve no plans to vary my walk-on… I am not going to vary it as a result of my children love my walk-on tune.”
With no Scottish gamers on this yr’s Premier League line-up, Rock was requested whether or not his Rangers affiliation would possibly make him the hometown favorite within the OVO Hydro. “I hope so,” he mentioned. “It has been two or three years because the final Scottish participant took half within the Premier League.
Rock has managed to win simply 4 legs in his debut Premier League Darts marketing campaign to this point. He was crushed 6-2 by Jonny Clayton on Night time 1 in Newcastle earlier than struggling an an identical 6-2 defeat to Michael van Gerwen in Antwerp on Night time 2.
With Luke Humphries awaiting him in Glasgow, Rock will probably be effectively conscious that he has misplaced his final three conferences with Cool Hand. Nevertheless, he can draw confidence from the actual fact he beforehand loved a run of three consecutive victories over Humphries between 2022 and 2024.
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