Mardle quashes recent comeback rumours: "I can just about hold it together when I'm in my own practice room, let alone under pressure"

Mardle was subject to a social media storm in the darting world recently when a tweet gained traction regarding a potential comeback. The five-time World Championship semi-finalist retired from the sport in 2012 but still maintains his popularity which got many tweeting him including Premier League leader, Glen Durrant about a comeback.

'Hawaii 501' though said that it was frustrating for him which could be seen even by his wife, Donna as he further denied this once and for all.

"They really riled me," he quipped. "Someone on Twitter - I think he had about 300 or 400 followers, just typed back from nowhere saying: 'Ah so the comeback is on. Good stuff.'

"Then three or four people were saying things, then it turned to like 20 and I'm thinking, 'I have got to stop this', there is no comeback. This has all snowballed out of control

"Well with that, people were being sarcastic in their answers: 'Ah right so the comeback is on, ah great'. 'No, no it's not', but then people were reading everybody else's replies that were sarcastic."

"In the end Donna looked at me as I was slumped in the corner in the lounge room and she said: 'What's the matter with you?'

"She said 'you look stressed?' I went: 'I am.' I said 'they think there's going to be a comeback'. It couldn't be any further from the truth.

"I went: 'I can just about hold it together when I'm in my own practice room, let alone under pressure, I don't want any of that malarkey.'"

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