Luke Littler leaves fans in stitches with ‘box office’ antics in World Darts Championship clash with Brendan Dolan

LUKE LITTLER had fans in stitches with his “box office” antics in his World Darts Championship clash against Brendan Dolan.

Littler attempted a Big Fish – which is a score of 170 to end a leg – and turned to the crowd to rile them up.

had fans in stitches with his ‘box office’ antics

But it was not just supporters in the Alexandra Palace who loved the teen sensation’s “showboating”.

One fan posted on X, formerly Twitter: “Littler is absolute box office, he has everything.”

Another said: “Littler showboating there asking the crowd if he should go for bull… is this like the darts equivalent of when we started to see footage of Neymar at Santos.”

One added: “Luke Littler is an entertainer.”

Another hailed: “Littler turning to the crowd asking for the 170. What a personality.”

Littler – playing 50-year-old Dolan from Northern Ireland in the quarter-finals – has far exceeded his pre-tournament ambitions but his story is not over yet.

At present, he has banked £50,000 for knocking out Christian Kist, Andrew Gilding, Matt Campbell and his hero Raymond van Barneveld, dropping only three out of 17 sets.

Should he prevail over the best of nine sets, he will secure a £100,000 payday for making the last four.

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Only six years ago, he was dreaming of a being a Premier League footballer until he was forced to make a choice.

Littler said: “It was my dad who told me to stop playing football, arguing that my darts were more important.

“I just looked at him and said: ‘I love football.’ That’s every kid’s dream.

“But I also had darts on the side of it. I was missing football matches to play darts and luckily it has all paid off.

“I found myself a good management and good sponsors before lockdown. That has been massive.

“I was a centre-back. No-one was getting past me!”

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