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GARY ANDERSON remains on course for an historic Ally Pally hat-trick after winning his heavy- weight battle against Michael van Gerwen. But the Tartan icon emerged from his 4-1 victory and claimed he was “rotten.” The 55-year-old smacked 11 maximums as he traded blows with the three- times champion before having his hand held in the air. Anderson and Van

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BY CRAIG SWAN when he addressed his assailants and said: “I'm not bothered.

“Can I say one thing - you guys pay for tickets that pays for my prize money, so thank you. Thank you for my money, thank you for booing me, thank you come on!”

That speech has gone down like a lead balloon and Littler accepts he might now get it again on New Year's Day when he faces Poland’s Krzysztof Ratajski in his quarterfinal clash.

When asked later if he regretted the comments after the win over Cross, Littler replied: “Yeah.