PATRICK KIDD

DREAM TEEN

LUKE LITTLER MAY HAVE DISCOVERED that sudden fame has a downside. A month ago, the 16-year-old darts player would have been able to buy a pint underage thanks to a mature physique that had been well honed at the kebab vans of Merseyside. Now, having reached the final of the world darts championship, watched by 4.8 million, a record on Sky for a sport other than football, he has been rumbled. It’s Fanta for you, sonny. Littler’s prodigious talent — and to those who scoff at darts being called a sport, I invite you to hit a 170 finish with £500,000 on the line while being bayed at by a hall full of Smurfs — was developed over hours of practice on the oche of The Windle in St Helens,…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2024

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