Humble darts sensation Luke Littler, 18, poses for photos with youngsters as he watches local youth team
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LUKE LITTLER stunned fans and players of his local football club when he made a surprise appearance at their match on Tuesday.
The darts sensation watched a match between Eagle Sports FC's development squad and took time to take pictures with the young players.
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Luke Littler was spotted at a youth match of local team Eagle Sports FC
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The Warrington native posed for pictures with the players
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The teenage darts star watched a 2-2 draw for the development squad
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Eagle Sports FC, based in Littler's hometown of Warrington, play their senior football in the Cheshire Football League, step seven of the English game.
The local sporting legend chose a match between the team's development squad and Bruche Athletic to make his appearance.
The players were thrilled to see the Nuke in attendance, and he took time to get photos with them outside of the ground.
He was not quite the lucky charm the team would have hoped for though, as they secured a 2-2 draw on the day.
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Littler is known to be a football fan, being an outspoken Man Utd supporter and FIFA player.
The teenage star had only just returned from his successful trip to Australasia for the World Series of Darts.
Littler took the trophy in the Australian Darts Masters two weeks ago, beating Mike De Decker in the final.
He was straight back into action at the weekend as he saw off rival Luke Humphries in New Zealand to make it back-to-back tournament wins.
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List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once - Barney also won four BDO titles - and none of Eric Bristow's five BDO titles are included. 1994 - Dennis Priestley
1995 - Phil Taylor
1996 - Phil Taylor (2)
1997 - Phil Taylor (3)
1998 - Phil Taylor (4)
1999 - Phil Taylor (5)
2000 - Phil Taylor (6)
2001 - Phil Taylor (7)
2002 - Phil Taylor (8)
2003 - John Part
2004 - Phil Taylor (9)
2005 - Phil Taylor (10)
2006 - Phil Taylor (11)
2007 - Raymond van Barneveld
2008 - John Part (2)
2009 - Phil Taylor (12)
2010 - Phil Taylor (13)
2011 - Adrian Lewis
2012 - Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 - Phil Taylor (14)
2014 - Michael van Gerwen
2015 - Gary Anderson
2016 - Gary Anderson (2)
2017 - Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 - Rob Cross
2019 - Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 - Peter Wright
2021 - Gerwyn Price
2022 - Peter Wright (2)
2023 - Michael Smith
2024 - Luke Humphries
2025 - Luke Littler
Most World Titles 14 - Phil Taylor
3 - Michael van Gerwen
2 - John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 - Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
The victories mark more money in Littler's considerable pot of career winnings.
He is second to Humphries in the PDC earnings table over the last two years, netting himself just over £1.5million in that period.
Luke Littler defeats Luke Humphries 8-4 to clinch the SkyCity New Zealand Darts Masters title
He will now have his eyes on preparing for the World Series of darts final in Amsterdam in mid-September.
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