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The beeb article signals his coronation, amazing article that highlights a lot of his greatest moments
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i'll post it
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Littler wins Grand Slam to go fifth in world rankings
Teenager Luke Littler continued his sensational maiden professional year by winning the Grand Slam of Darts with a 16-3 thrashing of qualifier Martin Lukeman in Wolverhampton. The 17-year-old trailed 2-0 after his throw was broken in the second leg but then won an incredible 15 legs on the spin to lead 15-2. Lukeman broke the sequence and celebrated emphatically, with the crowd cheering and singing for the world number 45, who had to win four qualifying games just to reach the tournament proper. Littler then broke Lukeman's throw in the 19th leg to win the Eric Bristow trophy and his first major ranking title. He was serenaded in the warm-up - the crowd singing 'walking in a Littler wonderland' - and offered an apology after cheers turned to boos when spectators realised he had thrown 140 rather than 180 in one visit. The win sees Littler move to fifth place in the PDC's Order of Merit, having been ranked 164 a year ago. Littler takes home £150,000 for winning the title, plus £3,500 for winning this group, taking his prize money to £558,500 for the Order of Merit, which is calculated over a two-year period. He has picked up £355,000 for winning the Premier League of Darts and World Series finals but, as those are invitational events, they do not count towards the rankings. "I'm so glad to win it. I've been playing well all week. It's been a long week but it's paid off," Littler told Sky Sports. "This is one of the ones I wanted to win. My major record isn't the best but I just wanted to go deep. Obviously, it's even better now I've won it and it shows I'm still here." Littler becomes just the third player, after Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen, to average over 100 in every match of a Grand Slam. He finished with an average of 107.08 - the third highest in a Grand Slam final - and a breathtaking 12 180s and another 15 140s. Lukeman, who was the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final and started the tournament as a 150-1 shot, could not match Littler’s scoring power. During the first 13 legs of Littler’s 15 in a row, Lukeman only had one dart at a finish and that came on an attempted 142 checkout. The pair embraced at the end, with Lukeman, who wins £70,000 for finishing second, full of praise for Littler and his impact on the sport in his post-match interview. "He [Littler] is just different gravy. He's brilliant, isn't he?" Lukeman said to Sky Sports. "He's done great for the PDC, great for the sport, bringing loads of new fans and sponsorships." Littler, who was only 10 months old when the first Grand Slam event was played in 2007, took a deep breath before raising the trophy to the crowd. A huge smile followed and a gesture to his family as the darts sensation revelled in his 10th trophy of 2024. Littler won all of his matches in the tournament but has not had it all his own way. He trailed 8-4 in the second round to World Grand Prix winner Mike de Decker and was 11-7 and 13-9 down in the first-to-16 semi-final against Scotland’s Gary Anderson. He was also 15-14 down and a leg away from an exit, but Littler broke Anderson's throw and then held on to secure his final place. An appearance in next weekend's Players Championships final (22-24 November) will conclude Littler's first cycle as a professional. He will then take part in the World Championships from 15 December, with the draw scheduled to take place on 25 November. Littler, who finished runner-up on his debut last year, has been installed as the favourite by bookmakers after winning the Grand Slam. The past two winners of the Grand Slam - Michael Smith and Luke Humphries - have gone on to win the World Championships. Timeline: Luke Littler’s brilliant maiden year 2023 3 March: Made senior debut at 2023 UK Open, reaching the round of 64, earning a PDC merit ranking 26 November: Won the PDC World Youth Darts Championship final 17 December: Retained JDC World Darts Championship 20 December: Wins on senior World Championship debut, beating Dutchman Christian Kist, averaging 106.12 2024 3 January: Beats former champions Raymond van Barneveld and Rob Cross on his way to reaching the World Championship final, where he lost 7-4 to Luke Humphries in final 19 January: Hits first televised nine-darter during World Series darts debut against Nathan Aspinall 19 January: Beats Michael van Gerwen to win Bahrain Darts Masters and earn his first PDC senior title 12 February: Hits a nine-darter against Michele Turetta and beats Ryan Searle to win PDC Players Championship final on debut 20 March: Wins Belgian Darts Open, beating Cross in the final, hitting his third nine-darter of the year 18 April: Won first Premier League Darts night in Belfast, beating Aspinall 6-4 in the final. Later went on to win in Manchester, Liverpool and Aberdeen 28 April: Wins the Austrian Darts Open, beating Joe Cullen in final 16 May: Ended the 2024 Premier League regular season with a record-equalling 40 points to top table 23 May: Wins the Premier League Darts title with an 11-7 win over Luke Humphries for his first major PDC title 15 June: Wins Poland Darts Masters, beating Cross in final 15 September: Wins the World Series of Darts title, with a 11-4 win over Michael Smith October: Knocked out of Grand Prix in first round by Cross before an opening-round exit in the European Championship 17 November: Wins Grand Slam of Darts at first attempt to move into top five in world |
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The forums new end of year awards which will be chosen by moi, is called the MOTY (mug of the year)
Current prospects for this newly anticipated award are: Mug 1 Clydebank Mug 2 Hibore mug 3 stu |
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How's the rankings if he doesn't win? :)
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Litter p1sses it brushy, wins by a landslide i wouldn't worry too much about being the 1st MOTY
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I'm hardly picking myself
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btw Cylde is number 1 as it stands, coz he professes to know more than all of us about darts
 hibore is just ingnorant and knows f all about darts or even how SPOTY works so to come into my domain and tell me who is winning what is highly muggy. stu is just stu, plain stupid but at least he's not in hiding like the other two and is not red |
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The only concern remains if he misses the list.
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Please lay my 2.06 someone
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Misses the list
number 4 is now brushy after that statement Don't be so fecking daft |
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It's terribly unlikely he gets shortlisted, please lay my 2.06 t3 :)
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oh i'm with you, good luck with that lol
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Littler's VT begins Nov 30th and is scheduled to last 3 weeks, no idea yet when Keely's is getting her 5 mins
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Gotta hope she turns up for the vt, she hasn't turned up for anything since august
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Flip/Flop prediction Dec 8th
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Well, within a few hours of the shortlist whenever that is. It will really focus minds, and the casual crew all can't belive anyone else can win
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Best hs 4/1 now
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98% of casuals ive spoken to about SPOTY say Littler, and that was before he won the slam
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benjiman77
Posts: 126 Forum Member ✭ 18/11/24 - 09:29 #560 PunksNotDead wrote: » show previous quotes Sporting story of the year in my book. Incredible what he has achieved. Pub story of the year maybe. |
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the two £2 punters i know had their minds blown when i said you could get 7/1
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The w/o price quite attractive now
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From DS that, and thats why you can still get the best bet thats ever been available. People who have money and bet with the attitude, SPOTY voters are all snobs and only a premium sport can win.
Pub folk will be tuning in this year and you can put ya last quid on that, the SM 50 and under vote will completely swamp the oldie 60+ stalwarts vote. Which the market clings to like a bit of sh1t stuck to the hairs around your bumhole |
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I have a bidet
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James arthur paid for it
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Didn't paste all of his reply
Pub story of the year maybe. Many more deserving candidates in my opinion. Hodgkinson, Root, Pidcock, Finucane, Bellingham, Page, Yee, Draper, Norris, Cockroft, Hewitt, Tai, Maskill and Storey. I actually think even Humphries deserves it more. |
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ben77 sounds like hibore
humpy deserves it more, even though littler has smashed him on every stat this year |
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lol nice and clean i think i'll get one with Littler dosh, be a step up from wet wipes
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malcy30
Posts: 7,891 Forum Member ✭ 18/11/24 - 10:02 #561 Surely a lot of this comes down to is it a Personality award (as it’s actually called) or an Achievement award. If Personality then Littler is the stand out. Look at all the column inches he’s generated for darts. Loads more than other darts players. Even someone like Phil Taylor in his pomp. He’s also created a massive interest in children starting to play darts, along with Beau Greaves the standout female darts superstar. However, agree darts Achievement this year is Luke Humphries the World and Matchplay champion. But in sporting achievement this year there’s many names ahead of both as others in this thread have noted. |
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Another DS poster, the ignorance and lack of basic darting knowledge is why you can still get 4/1 !!
People who post on topics without the facts of every person, especially leading contenders of an award, this goon doesn't even know the criteria for SPOTY. These people actually bet  |
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hibore has all the attributes of DS
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Well done Littler. Should have Young Spoty in the bank now
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Players with a winning record against Littler on the senior tour
Callan Rydz Jitse van der Wal Robert Grundy All 1-0 against him |
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Littler 7/2 BP now - He's coming for you non believing REDS
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stu is just stu, plain stupid
Coming from the vast range of army insults he hurls around here, I think that's a compliment. Not sure how a guaranteed no loser (presuming you're right on Littler) makes me stupid though, with a free bet on the favourite.... |
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tbf i put you in as a token 3rd coz i had to have a top 3, you won't be getting MOTY coz you're not RED
i realised the pun afterwards, should of been stupid |
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or stupid
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you won't be getting MOTY coz you're not RED
I will sleep at night now, thanks |
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poor reds
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