"That's what I grew up watching": Luke Littler calls for Premier League Darts to return to old format including Judgement Night

Luke Littler will vie for the Premier League Darts crown later tonight at The O2 but he has became one of many players who have called for the format to be changed whether back to the 10 player format or entirely.

Michael van Gerwen said earlier today that he thinks it should change but doesn't think the PDC will do so. Matt Porter, Chief Executive of the PDC himself has said watch this space but has often troped the lines that the fans want a winner in the arena.

But the nights do sell out before the line-up is announced and often those who complain are those watching on TV and Porter has including this week understood that there are multiple schools of thinking and that while people care about it, it must matter

For Littler, he wants it to go back to the format that he watched as a child, which ironically got the death knell due to being perceived as boring. That features 10 players over the 8 now, and it is being an actual league with relegation, fixture list over likely Littler v Humphries 50 times, which Littler admitted he knows people find boring.

As well as a judgement night and the relegation system instead of the tournament in place now and given Littler is the poster boy of the sport, it perhaps adds credence to the argument.

"I'd like to see a change. I'd like to play in the Premier League where it's just one game a night. Get an extra two players in, get a Judgement Night back in as well, because that's what I grew up watching,” Littler told SportsBoom.

But while he says that, he admits that he is pragmatic in respecting the PDC's wishes regarding whether they want to keep the format the way it is or massively change it.

He said that it was very interesting for him as a spectator and a long time fan of darts to watch the players get relegated then the rest fight it out and wants to see it return.

“It was very, very interesting to see obviously two Premier League players go with your 10th and 9th, and then the other eight can battle it out. If it's not working, then change it, but if it's working for the PDC, then just keep it in place,” he concluded.

As the end of the Premier League season comes tonight, he might walk away with the title, but then again might defend it in a completely new format come next season. He opens up tonight against Gerwyn Price.