"I was in the toilet and the boy just stopped at me and stared at me" - 15-year-old Mitchell Lawrie recalls strange fan encounter
PDCMonday, 14 September 2026 at 16:00
Mitchell Lawrie is becoming a very prominent young talent in darts following his impressive results in the early stages of his darting career. Tipped to be among the best darters in the world, he is already becoming a familiar face to many as he reveals one of the strangest places he has been recognised.
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The 15-year-old is coming into darts at a very prosperous time with the sport's popularity having increased to new heights since the emergence of Luke Littler. Lawrie will be wanting to follow in 'The Nuke's' footsteps and has already achieved a lot in the sport.
Last year at Lakeside, he became the first teenager to reach the WDF World Championship final, dropping just two sets in the process before Jimmy van Schie managed to take him down. The Scot would later become the youngest player to reach the number one spot in the WDF world rankings.
A number of historic feats with many darts fans keeping close tabs with Lawire, following his progress with intrigue and expectation.
With all of this comes fame, and now Lawrie is starting to get recognised more. He shared the weirdest place he had ever got recognised: in the toilet at Ibrox while watching his beloved Rangers.
Mitchell Lawrie is one of darts' brightest talents
"I was at the Rangers game at Ibrox the other day and I was in the toilet and the boy just stopped at me and stared at me and went, 'there's Mitchell Lawrie'," he told Oche180. "His Dad was like, 'I don't know who that is'."
Lawrie did not know initially what to do. "I kind of froze to be honest I just didn't know what to say. I was with my friend and stuff and my friend was like, 'go and take a photo with the wee boy'."
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Getting used to the fame
Lawrie has been touted to win the biggest accolades the sport has to offer. With that comes more recognition amid a growing profile. This has given Lawrie the realisation that this is his life now, somethign he will need to get used to.
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"When you're walking down the street and people want photos, it's going to happen and it's going to be a thing now," he commented, acknowledging the sport's rapid rise in recent times.
"Darts is that big that if you're walking down the street you're going to get noticed so you just need to get used to it."
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- He wasn't "offered £501,000 to face Luke Littler". He was allowed to audition for the chance. That's not the same. Literally like saying I was offered a no.1 single, when actually I decided not to attend an open casting for the X factor.BandB13-09-2026
- I loved Jan and loved his walk on music "Explode" by Jordan & Baker. I think if he stuck around the BDO he definitely would have been World Champion, should have won in 2014, he never really showed any of his talent in the PDC. I remembered he worked in a bank or in finance and maybe that was his priority, he was also a fan and interested in magic. Definitely should have achieved much more in darts than he did. Wherever you are nowadays Jan, hope all is well and I was always a fan.richieburnettrocks11-09-2026
- Not much of a tournament really,is it? Now they've all pulled out,it's open for everyone. I'm sure if you bought tickets,you'd be disappointed. Doesn't that seem to bother the withdrawals? Not at all!!rick6710-09-2026
- Need to see her take part in the womens tour. She'll break the inernet.medinabello08-09-2026
- If he can be bothered? He won't play darts in Germany yet he'll go over and get an award!??rick6702-09-2026
- Why is this the main story? He chose not to compete in loads of tournaments,yes he's number 1 in the world,but he does have to turn up at tournaments! Play the next world championship in Dortmund and see if he turns up!!rick6727-08-2026
- This is exactly what I mean,littler survives the 1st round,I think you'll find a lot of other players did. Can you just report on the real sport,and not just 1 person. I like Luke,but this is getting boring now,as Kevin painter once said to Taylor!! The sport is about every player,not 1 who everyone seems to have put the sport on the map.,which he hasn't,he's just got in when the money is massive. Great as he is,it seems like what's the point in anyone trying,he's going to win everything,unless it's in Germany or Australia!!!rick6726-08-2026
- I mean look, Littler's picture is first,wattimena is second and he won! Level it up. I know littler is fantastic,but the sport was here before him,and will be when he's retired. Any player in the top 64/128 can beat each other,it's not big news. Poor Jermaine,wins it,and not even the headline!!rick6726-08-2026
- I appreciate that littler is a fantastic player,but the top 3 articles are about him. Before he'd thrown a dart in the tournament. Level it out a bit, Taylor and van gerwen soon got disliked as the media could only see them,and nobody else seemed to matterrick6725-08-2026
- The two-point Lucky Loser qualifiers are Ross Smith, Robb, Whitlock, Sakai, Ilagan and Toylo. Jermaine is not on the entries list on Dartconnect for the TCH qualifier so the four from the main OoM are probably Searle, Nijman, Dobey, Wattimena.Scoobedybop24-08-2026
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