LITTER BLIGHTER

Stop the whistling while we work Luke tells crowd

- MIKE WALTERS

LUKE LITTLER fears a player will walk off stage in protest at unruly behaviour if the menace of phantom whistlers is not stamped out.

The world champion resumes his defence of the BetMGM Premier League darts crown in Dublin tonight against Gerwyn Price, who is no stranger to hostile crowds.

In his PDC World Championship quarter-final defeat by Gabriel Clemens two years ago, 'The Iceman' famously wore a pair of headphones to drown out the jeers and catcalls of the Ally Pally morons.

Littler won his first instalment of this year's Thursday night Premier League circus in Glasgow last week, when the crowd subjected Rob Cross and Luke Humphries to mindless whistles and hollering on game shots.