Tommy Martin: We should love our children unconditionally, but it would be easier if they were playing in the Prem

While the exploits of Luke Littler were among the delights of the festive season just gone, there was one faction for whom the 16-year-old arrowsmith’s rise to fame was less than ideal.
Tommy Martin: We should love our children unconditionally, but it would be easier if they were playing in the Prem

THE PRODIGY: Luke Littler of England celebrates during the 2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship Final with Luke Humphries. Pic: Tom Dulat, Getty

While the exploits of Luke Littler were among the delights of the festive season just gone, there was one faction for whom the 16-year-old arrowsmith’s rise to fame was less than ideal.

I am talking about his fellow minors; those also legally unable to vote; that section of the population cherubic of face and innocent of outlook but not, at that moment, taking the world of darts by storm. 

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