LUKE LITTLER has won several of darts’ biggest titles and he has been supported by his parents every step of the way.
His dad Anthony Buckley and mum Lisa Littler are often shown on TV as they cheer on their son from the crowd.
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Luke Littler alongside his parents Anthony Buckley and Lisa LittlerCredit: PA
His parents have been there at all of his biggest matchesCredit: Reuters
Who are Luke Littler’s parents?
Littler‘s parents are Anthony and Lisa.
They have supported Luke in his darts career since he was in nappies.
Luke’s parents helped him progress in the sport by driving him around the country for tournaments as a youngster — and taking him to the pub to practice.
What do Anthony Buckley and Lisa Littler do?
Luke’s dad Anthony is a taxi driver from Warrington, Cheshire.
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And his mum Lisa is employed at a shop selling scented candles.
Speaking about Luke’s progression in the sport, Buckley told The Times: “He was a good footballer. He loved football. All kids do. But I said to him at nine, hang your boots up.
“Concentrate on darts. You can still play football here and there. But if there’s a darts comp on at the weekends, go to darts first.
“Make that your priority, because I thought he could make it at darts — and he has done.”
“When I said to him, you need to keep playing darts, he was OK with it. We put him in every competition that was online.
“Sometimes you’re getting up at 7am on a Saturday — my only day off — just to play darts. There were no lie-ins.”
Lisa’s social media is like a shrine to her son’s incredible achievements at the oche.
She was the one who released the brilliant video of 18-month-old Luke giggling and throwing darts at a board while wearing a nappy.
How did Luke Littler get into darts and who is his coach?
In December 2023, footage emerged of Littler as an 18-month-old toddler throwing darts at a magnetic board.
It was bought for him by his dad Anthony, who was also a casual darts player himself.
Littler’s technique was there for all to see — even as a nappy-wearing youngster.
Just over seven years later he began training at the famous St Helens Darts Shop — which has helped improve professional darts players including Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall and Stephen Bunting.
Luke has been playing darts since he was a nappy-wearing one-year-old
Luke’s boyhood coach Karl Holden, who trained him at the shop located northeast of Liverpool city centre, revealed he was obliterating his opponents from the age of nine.
He said: “He has been coming here since he was nine. We are all very proud.
“When he first came as a kid you could see he was very special and he just got better and better. Every year he was a bit better than the last.
“We put him up to the U14s when he was nine, but three months after that he was smashing all them to bits.”
He added: “At nine he was good. Before he was 11 he was extremely good.
“He’s a freak of nature, honestly, he really is. I’d say he’s the Ronaldo of darts.
“He is one of the best players in the world at the age of 16.”
By the age of 11 he was playing against grown men and beating them.
Discussing his remarkable success with the BBC, Littler said: “By the age of four I got on to the proper board. From 18 months on I have been non-stop.
“When we moved to Warrington when I was eight or nine we started going out to pubs four to five times a week.”
The Littler family hail from WarringtonCredit: Twitter
