{"id":28430,"date":"2025-01-04T12:56:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=28430"},"modified":"2025-01-04T12:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T12:56:49","slug":"luke-littler-old-trafford-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/luke-littler-old-trafford-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Littler Wants To Parade The PDC World Darts Championship Trophy At Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Luke Littler has revealed that he hopes to parade the PDC World Darts Championship trophy at Old Trafford.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The boyhood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/liverpool-vs-manchester-united-preview-prediction-team-news-and-predicted-lineups\/\">Manchester United<\/a> fan created history on Friday night after he thrashed three-time winner Michael van Gerwen in the Ally Pally final.<\/p>\n<p>Littler&#8217;s 7-3 win means he is the youngest player to land the coveted Sid Waddell Trophy at just 17-years-old. Furthermore, the brilliant teenager scooped a cool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/world-darts-championship-prize-money-2025\/\">\u00a3500,000 for beating &#8216;The Green Machine<\/a>.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Nuke&#8217; capped off a marvellous 12 months after he etched his name into sporting history. His meteoric rise began at the Worlds in 2024 whereby he finished runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Littler has gone on to win a number of titles including the Grand Slam, the Premier League and the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/luke-littler-vs-michael-van-gerwen-world-darts-championship-final-highlights\/\">Van Gerwen in London<\/a>, Littler averaged 102.73 and hit an impressive 12 180s during his herculean display in front of a vibrant Ally Pally crowd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LUKE LITTLER WINS THE 2025 WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vvnR2g2wzN\">pic.twitter.com\/vvnR2g2wzN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky Sports Darts (@SkySportsDarts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsDarts\/status\/1875299547389563107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Luke Littler Reveals Old Trafford Trophy Wish<\/h2>\n<p>Although Manchester United aren&#8217;t doing too well at present, Luke Littler intends to showcase the PDC World Darts Championship trophy in front of thousands of Red Devils supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>If they allow me to then I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll go to Old Trafford<\/em>,&#8221; Littler explained to Sky Sports reporters after his historic triumph.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Yeah [it&#8217;s an honour] I&#8217;m glad I beat Stephen [Bunting] yesterday as I&#8217;m pretty sure he was going to take it to Anfield on the weekend<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rivals Liverpool and United go toe-to-toe on Sunday in a pivotal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/premier-league-barclays-era-deep-dive\/\">Premier League<\/a> clash for both sides. 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