LUKE LITTLER made the day of young fans with a surprise visit to a darts club in Dublin.
Littler, 18, is in Ireland for the next leg of the Premier League of Darts which takes place at the 3Arena on Thursday night.
On Wednesday, however, the reigning world champion paid a visit to the D7 Youth Darts Academy at Naomh Fíonnbarra GAA Club in Cabra.
The moment was captured on film by RTE, with a countdown proceeding the teenage sensation’s arrival.
He is then flocked by kids for autographs and photographs before throwing a few darts himself.
It was a moment that went viral on social media, with fans praising Littler for a moment that the kids are unlikely to ever forget.
Reacting to RTE’s video, D7 Youth Darts Academy posted: “What a day for us !! 
”
Clonliffe House Pub tweeted: “Fantastic 
Pint on the house here for Luke anytime”
Robbie remarked: “Mad how a 17 year old has changed darts 
” and David hailed: “Luke littler is a hero”
Niall joked: “The GAA is f***ed. Little lads throwing darts now 
”
Littler goes into the Dublin leg off the back of victory over previous world champion Luke Humphries in Glasgow last week.
The game was marred by whistling supporters, with ‘The Nuke’ hopeful that history won’t repeat itself at the 3Arena.
The 18-year-old said: “Obviously, it’s not a good thing for any fans to be whistling, whether it’s against me or my opponent.
“For example, Rob Cross missed two at double 18 and then they whistled, and he missed.
“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.
“We wouldn’t want it to happen to anyone.
“If a player does walk off stage, then the security have got to do their job and whoever it is, whoever’s whistling or whatever they are doing, just kick them out. And then I’m sure us players, we can get on with it.”
Littler battles Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals in the Irish capital but while he denies the Welshman has become his bogeyman, the stats tell a different story.
The Iceman, 39, has won the past FOUR matches against Littler and is unbeaten since a meeting in Liverpool 10 months ago.
Littler – who is second in the table with five points from the opening two nights – said: “He played out of his skin in Bahrain.
“I couldn’t do much against him.
“He’s played brilliantly against me near enough every time we have played.
“For myself, I’ve just got to make sure I win that first game and guarantee myself some more points on the board.
“See how it goes from there.”
