Darts legend retires from Premier League Darts immediately after Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries final
DARTS icon George Noble has retired from the Premier League.
The referee has stepped down after officiating the 2025 final between
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Referee George Noble has quit Premier League Darts
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His last Premier League match was the final between Luke Humphries and Luke Littler
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Noble, 56, has been one of the top callers in
darts
for the last three decades.
He has worked on the PDC Tour since 2007 - prior to that he was part of the BDO team.
That means he has witnessed the best in the world over the past three decades, culminating in the two biggest stars fighting it out to win the Premier League.
Noble began his career as a referee in 1992 and he has been a regular caller on the Pro Tour ever since.
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He called every BDO World
Championship
final between 1995 and 2007.
He joined the PDC Tour later in 2007 , where he called the first ever nine-dart finish in PDC World Darts Championship
history
when
Since then he has been
the voice
of a total of 21 televised nine-darters - more than any other referee.
While he has taken part in 18 World Darts Championships.
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'The Puppy'
already called time on his work as a referee on the European Tour, stepping away after the
Dutch Darts Championship
last week.
After confirming his retirement plans, Noble spoke about the
future
of
refereeing
, saying: "I think it's time we had the first female referee at a major tournament…and maybe even the first non-British one, too."
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