Luke Littler has hit back after being accused of parking his £39k custom plate BMW "like a t***". The 19-year-old's car was spotted parked outside Wigan's Robin Park Leisure Centre on October 4 - the day before he played at the World Youth Championship.
Facebook Post Sparks Exchange
Jackson King, 18, who is part of the PDC's Development Tour, took a picture of Littler's BMW and posted it to the "Parking/Driving Like A T*** in Wigan" page on Facebook. King wrote: "Park like a t*** Luke Littler edition."
But Littler snapped back at King's comment in a jokey fashion, saying: "Class that," before explaining in a reply: "No spaces mate so seen the car in front was on the gravel so thought I would join."
Mixed Reactions From Fans
Other Facebook users were divided on their opinion of Littler's off-street parking. One wrote: "The champ can park where he wants." But another said: "Did he park or land it?"
Littler's 2025 BMW 120 M Sport, which he reportedly purchased for £39,000, has a top speed of 140 mph and can go from 0 to 60 in 7.8 seconds.
Rival's Praise for Littler
King, who has been playing darts since he was aged three, said he would advise the darts champ to stick to official parking spaces in the future – but added that Littler has been great for the sport of darts. He said: "I grew up with him, so all the junior players at my level, when Luke was young, we were trying to copy the best at the time. Luke was the best."
"We were all trying to copy Luke Littler at the time, and I was lucky enough to play a couple of tournaments with him." Littler was crowned the youngest world champion in darts history back in 2025, when he was aged just 17. His representatives were approached for further comment.
Littler had competed in the World Youth Championship and reached the semi-final before losing to upcoming London-born star Cam Crabtree 6-5. Had he won the tournament, Littler would have become the first player to hold both the World Championship title and the world youth crown at the same time.
It came a week after Littler's defence of the World Grand Prix was ended at the first hurdle as he lost 2-1 to Luke Woodhouse. That marked a second successive defeat for the two-time world champion, following his quarter-final defeat to Jonny Clayton eight days before.
Despite losing to Woodhouse in Leicester, Littler remained classy and he shook his opponent's hand before putting aside his past crowd struggles by clapping the fans as he walked off the stage. He then took to Instagram to send a message to Woodhouse post-match. "Well played Luke Woodhouse, was a good game [and] and a good one to be a part of as well," Littler said. "[We] both hit and both missed but Luke took his chance. Nice week off now. All the best to Luke for the rest of [the] tournament."
Luke Humphries, Littler's darting rival, went on to win the World Grand Prix by beating Gerwyn Price in an enthralling final on Sunday. Next up for Littler is the European Championship in Dortmund later this month. He has decided to skip the Swiss Darts Trophy this weekend, instead opting for the World Youth Championship.
