EMMA PATON quickly deleted a tweet after sending a message to fans during last night’s Premier League Darts nightmare.
The Sky Sports presenter hosted coverage from Brighton.
But after she was finished presenting the start of Night 5, the broadcaster encountered technical difficulties.
A white screen with the Sky Sports logo was shown alongside a message which read: “We’re really sorry for this temporary fault.”
The error, which lasted for two minutes, meant fans missed the first leg of Gerwyn Price‘s clash with Michael van Gerwen, won 6-3 by the Dutchman.
The issues persisted into the second match of the night between Chris Dobey and Luke Littler, with the game going to adverts during the second leg of the clash and marking the third time the error screen came up.
It threatened to go off again later in the game with the screen flickering to black.
Throughout the game there was a myriad of technical issues with the screen cutting to black and green before returning.
Fortunately the issues were resolved by the time Luke Humphries hit a nine-darter against Rob Cross.
Paton then tweeted: “I REALLY HOPE YOU ALL SAW THAT 😂😂😂😭😭😭”
She then appeared to have second thoughts about the jokey tweet and hastily deleted it as commentator Wayne Mardle issued an apology for the glitches on screen.
Cross went on to hit a nine-darter of his own against Nathan Aspinall, but still ended up losing 6-5.
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Sky Sports declined to comment.
Night 1 – Belfast: Humphries beat Dobey 6-1
Night 2 – Glasgow: Littler beat Humphries 6-5
Night 3 – Dublin: Price beat Aspinall 6-3
Night 4 – Exeter: Humphries beat Littler 6-4
Night 5 – Brighton: Littler beat Aspinall 6-3
Night 6 – Nottingham: Price beat Littler 6-3
Night 7 – Cardiff: Littler beat Van Gerwen 6-4
Night 8 – Newcastle: Littler beat Humphries 6-1
Night 9 – Berlin: Bunting beat Price 6-5
Night 10 – Manchester: Aspinall beat Humphries 6-4
Night 11 – Rotterdam: Dobey beat Bunting 6-2
Night 12 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – Thursday April 24
Night 13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, Thursday May 1
Night 14 – First Direct Arena, Leeds – Thursday May 8
Night 15 – P&J Live, Aberdeen – Thursday May 15
Night 16 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield – Thursday May 22
Play-Offs – The O2, London – Thursday May 29