Luke Littler’s unique pre-match meal revealed after stunning Grand Slam of Darts win

Luke Littler produced an unthinkable tally to the Grand Slam of Darts title, made each the much singular by what helium was fuelled by connected his mode to the trophy.

The 17-year-old was successful stunning signifier passim the event, averaging implicit 100 successful each 7 of his matches successful Wolverhampton.

The knockout stages saw him borderline Mike De Decker 10-9, thrash Jermaine Wattimena 16-2 and past compression past Gary Anderson 16-15 successful a classical semi-final.

This set-up a clash with astonishment finalist Martin Lukeman successful the showpiece and helium romped to a 16-2 win, averaging 107 connected his mode to the £150,000 apical prize.

Lukeman was successful awe of the teenage endowment aft the dense defeat, stunned by the level of show helium enactment in, particularly aft watching him earlier the lucifer and astatine the break.

‘He is simply a joke. That’s however bully helium is, it’s perfectly ridiculous,’ said Lukeman. ‘He has a Boost, a repast deal, a curry, walks up determination and smashes maine similar that. I’m like, what?

‘He’s virtually had a curry, a Boost and a mates of them small sweets that are fractional pink, fractional white, what are they? Squashies! He’s eating squashies astatine half-time. I’m having a fag, having a water!

‘I instrumentality my chapeau disconnected for him, he’s perfectly awesome and I privation him the best, him and his family.’

Lukeman was playing successful his archetypal televised last and won £70,000 for his efforts successful a superb week for the 39-year-old.

Unsurprisingly helium sees Littler picking up a batch much titles successful the future, possibly adjacent much than the legendary 16-time satellite champion Phil Taylor.

‘It’s conscionable different, man,’ helium said. ‘If helium gets his caput on, hide astir Michael van Gerwen’s records he’s going to bushed Phil Taylor’s records.

‘If helium keeps his caput right, stays distant from drink, girls, whatever, that lad is going to spell very, precise far. He’s going to interruption records ridiculously.

‘How tin you vie with that? It’s similar Godly. Can you permission off? Give maine a mates of legs to get into it! He’s conscionable relentless, he’s truthful good. Ridiculous.’

Littler gave a typically down to world effect erstwhile asked however helium plans to observe his win.

‘I’ll astir apt conscionable spell location and play connected my X-box,’ helium said. ‘Just chill.’

The teen is present up to fig 5 successful the satellite rankings aft claiming his 10th rubric of the year, becoming lone the 4th subordinate to execute that feat aft Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright.

Next up is the Players Championship Finals, starting connected Friday, earlier attraction turns to the World Championship adjacent month.

‘I knew coming into the tournament, if I did get my hands connected the trophy I’d beryllium up to fig 5 successful the world,’ helium said.

‘There’s inactive much ranking tournaments to spell this year, truthful hopefully I tin spell a spot higher than fig five!

‘I cannot hold to play successful some events. Hopefully I tin person a heavy tally successful Minehead, and past it’s each eyes connected the large 1 – the World Championship!’