Raymond van Barneveld ’s retirement from darts in 2019 sent him into a bout of depression that has only recent come to an end thanks to his new relationship.
Barney had announced earlier in the year that he would be calling it a day after one last crack at the tournament he won back in 2007, but his final attempt at glory couldn’t have gone much worse. “I played really bad,” an emotional Barney told Sky Sports after a comprehensive 3-1 defeat to the former postman. “I was surprised, nothing more.
Darin played really good, all credit to him. I lost first round, in my disaster year. I will never forgive myself, never ever.” Some spectators may have seen those comments as little more than a frustrated five-time champion of the world, but in
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