"It's just all darts, darts, darts for me" - Luke Littler denies he has school in the morning after viral Ally Pally chant
PDCFriday, 22 December 2023 at 14:00
Luke Littler has been the breakout star of the 2024 PDC World Darts Championships so far. Stunning wins over former Lakeside champion Christian Kist and reigning UK Open champion Andrew Gilding have seen the 16-year-old ensure a post-Christmas return to the Ally Pally.
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"The experience has been unbelievable. Social media has been popping off everywhere, I've had loads of new followers and it's just been a great experience these past 48-72 hours," Littler reflects in conversation with Sky Sports News. "My Snapchat is popping off with all my mates and it's so good to have the support of all my mates back home because obviously, not everyone can come and watch me, but I know the support and backing is there back home."
Quickly becoming a fan favourite with the Alexandra Palace crowd, Littler has subjected to a number of chants in his two matches so far. One of these was, 'He's got school in the morning'. Whilst live on Sky Sports News, the darting prodigy wanted to address this song in particular.
"I've done a few of my GCSE's and then I never got into college because I got my Pro Tour card off the Development Tour. I've never got into college so I don't know where they've got that from but it is funny to listen to them knowing that I've not got school in the morning and that from the start of next year, it's just all darts, darts, darts for me."
Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
In his reporting, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles when new, verified information becomes available.
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- 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
- 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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