Later this Monday evening, Stephen Bunting continues his quest to win the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship title as he takes on Luke Woodhouse for a place in the quarter-finals. As the big names continue to fall, Bunting’s hopes of winning the Sid Waddell Trophy are looking more and more realistic.
If “The Bullet” were to be the one celebrated on January 3, there would be one place in particular where Bunting would dream of showing off his title, Anfield, home of Bunting’s beloved Liverpool Football Club. “I would love to do that,” says the 8th seed in a chat with talkSPORT. “When I won the Lakeside title in 2014, I got to ride it on the pitch when we played Aston Villa. All the Villa fans were chanting, “There’s only one Phil Taylor.” »
Although the Aston Villa faithful acted as if they didn’t know who Bunting was in 2014, given the growing popularity of darts over the past year and ‘The Bullet’s’ new status as champion of the people, it is possible that he would get a very different reception from the supporters outside Anfield if he returned with the Sid Waddell Trophy.
“I hope this time people will know who I am. That would be really good,” he explains again. “I would love to do that, especially against Manchester United. There is no football match more important to me than this one.
