Does Luke Littler have the answer to stop crowd whistling? "If a player walks off stage, then the security have got to do their job"

Night Three of the 2025 Premier League Darts will be completed in Dublin later tonight. For both players and fans, the hope is there will be a better reception than in Glasgow last time out, when whistling derailed the entire night's action.

Last week, Night Two of the Premier League saw the players travel to the OVO Hydro in Glasgow. As mentioned, throughout the night though, players had to deal with whistling from the crowd. "Obviously, we wouldn’t want it to happen to anyone," world champion Luke Littler assesses in quotes collected by Oche180. "But if that was the worst case, then I am sure a player…I don’t know, has he got the right to walk off stage? Maybe. Or maybe not.”

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Would Littler himself walk off stage though? “Well, if a player does walk off stage, then I’m sure, obviously the security have got to do their job and obviously kick whoever is, whoever’s whistling or what they are doing, just kick them out. And then I’m sure us players, we can get on with it," he says thoughtfully. “Obviously, it’s not a good thing for any fans to be whistling, whether it’s me or my opponent."

Luke 'The Nuke' Littler in action

Littler saw the benefits of the crowd getting on his opponent's back last week, as he fought backnfrom 5-1 down to defeat Rob Cross in the quarter-finals. "But, for example, Rob Cross, when he missed two at double 18, then they whistled, he missed. Obviously, I’d probably say it was the crowd’s fault that he did miss those doubles because you never see Rob miss double 18. And then I just had to take my chance and go five each," Littler assesses. "So just looking back on it for myself to come back against an in-form Rob Cross with a 110 average, it just goes to show how well I did play. I finished the match on a 104 and, obviously, Rob dropped off a bit and that’s when I did pounce on him.That could be the turning point in qualification for the top four. For example, I could finish four joint points with someone and I could go through on nights won."

In Dublin, Littler will take on Gerwyn Price in the quarterfinals. The 18-year-old Englishman has lost his last four matches against Price. However, Littler is not bothered by the statistics. He added: "I wouldn’t say he’s my bogeyman. Obviously, he played out of his skin in Bahrain. I couldn’t do much against him. Obviously, he’s played brilliant against me near enough every time," he concludes. “For myself, I’ve just got to make sure tomorrow night win that first game and guarantee myself some more points on the board.”

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