LUKE LITTLER has pushed back on Gary Anderson’s comments labelling young darts stars as ‘boring.’
Anderson, 54, lashed out at young players’ attitudes in his post-match interview after beating Luke Woodhouse at the World Matchplay last Sunday.
GettyTwo-time world champion Gary Anderson lamented young darts stars’ ‘boring’ nature last Sunday[/caption]
GettyDarts sensation Luke Littler, 18, was the indirect target of the jibe aimed at young darts players[/caption]
Anderson said: “The youngsters are boring. Absolutely boring.
“You talk to them, they’re too busy looking at their phone.
“They’re sitting on their phones with their bloody earphones in. Don’t talk to you. It’s a completely different life.”
Littler gave his blunt, tongue-in-cheek response in a press conference at the World Matchplay.
He said: “A lot of us players, we just get on with our thing.
“Like Gary Anderson said, we’re boring so that’s what we do.”
Littler, the young prodigy of modern darts, was clearly stung by the comments but managed to take them in good sport.
Since Anderson’s jibe, the two-time world champion has been knocked out of the World Matchplay by Englishman Stephen Bunting.
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GettyLittler’s next opponent Josh Rock, 24, is also one of the sport’s younger stars[/caption]
Littler has battled his way into the final four with a victory over Andrew Gilding, spurred on by his new girlfriend.
He now faces Josh Rock in the semi-finals at the Winter Garden later today.
Should he win, he will face either James Wade or Jonny Clayton in the final, for a chance to add to his already incredible pool of prize money.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
1994 – Dennis Priestley
1995 – Phil Taylor
1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
2003 – John Part
2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – John Part (2)
2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
2011 – Adrian Lewis
2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
2014 – Michael van Gerwen
2015 – Gary Anderson
2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 – Rob Cross
2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 – Peter Wright
2021 – Gerwyn Price
2022 – Peter Wright (2)
2023 – Michael Smith
2024 – Luke Humphries
2025 – Luke Littler
Most World Titles
14 – Phil Taylor
3 – Michael van Gerwen
2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
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