Luke Humphries makes gesture to rowdy Ally Pally crowd after he’s mercilessly booed walking to stage for final

LUKE HUMPHRIES couldn't help reacting as a rowdy Ally Pally crowd booed his stage walk before his brilliant World Championship final win.

Darts' world No1 showed he was up for the cupp-ing as he put his hands to his ears ahead of a thrilling 7-4 triumph over Luke Littler.

In response, 16-year-old Luke the Nuke smiled, looked down and focused on warming up.

Amazingly, Littler strode out as the bookies' favourite to beat Humphries.

He was a 50/1 title shot before the tournament and the youngest player ever to reach the last 16 - let alone get this far.

And Humphries, 28, appeared to take the crowd's preference for the Warrington whizkid in good heart.

He turned to clap all parts of the audience - but also cupped his ears.

Viewers enjoyed the build-up to what was a cracker - Littler starting slowly, then leading 4-2 before his English rival fought back to win.

One posted: "Luke Humphries in the spotlight! Let's see what he's got in store for us tonight!"

And as the frenzied atmosphere grew, another darts lover wrote: ";Might be too much for The Nuke this!"

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Humphries had also been booed during his third-round win over Germany's Ricardo Pietreczko.

But that was due to a large German influx backing their compatriot.

And before walking out to face Littler, Humphries had predicted: "I don't think that I'll get the same number of boos as I did against Ricardo.

"I think they'll want a fair game the crowd. They're going to want to see an amazing final, why wouldn't you?”