Thread 149966634

The 2025 Betfred World Matchplay semi-finals will take place on a blockbuster Saturday night at Blackpool's Winter Gardens, with James Wade the solitary former champion left in the field. The 2007 champion will take on 2023 runner-up Jonny Clayton in the evening’s opener, before World Champion Luke Littler and World Cup winner Josh Rock take centre stage at the Empress Ballroom.

Coverage starts at 7:30pm UK time on Sky Sports +.

>Tonight’s matches (8:00pm start, best of 33 legs [first to 17])
(9) James Wade v (5) Jonny Clayton
(2) Luke Littler v Josh Rock

All matches must be won by 2 clear legs, with up to 5 extra legs played to decide a winner. If the match is tied after 5 extra legs, a final sudden death leg will be played.

>Day 7 roundup
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2025/07/25/littler-rock-set-fascinating-betfred-world-matchplay-semi-final

>>149966634 (OP)
Alri, missed all of the action so far. But at least here we are now, all the lads.
>LittlerWinsLOL

Josh Fat is going to put him away

>History repeats itself!

>This year's Betfred World Matchplay semi-finalists were also the final four in March's UK Open!

>That's the first time in PDC history that this has happened in successive Premier ranking events!

Quite astonishing it's never happened until now

Whoever wins the frist match needs to win the title.

>>149967654
>Quite astonishing it's never happened until now
And that in times where nothing is guaranteed, and Gilding, de Decker and Edhouse became major winners.

>>149967271
Hi Austriabro!

Evening lads, what are we drinking?

>>149966634 (OP)
State of this picture btw

>>149968178
For me, it's beer. Simple as.

>>149968023
Alri, based Germanbro. Good to see you.

Wait where the fuck is bumphries

Need both these rusty old farts to kick the bucket quick so we can get on to the based zoomer match

Rocky and Wadey winning.

>>149968246
Delivering Red Dragon Darts in adverts they must wish they hadn't spunked so much cash on to be in every bumper

>>149968190
YJK he's getting a celebrity girlfriend and a makeover and losing his edge

>>149968190
>Boohoo Man
morelike jacamo

>>149968351
Red Dragon Darts?

How the fuck is Clayton 8 years older than Wade

>>149968351
Fair enough didnt he win the matchplay last year anyways

>>149968397
More like Red Dragon Farts lmao

>>149968404
Swarthy welsh genes and eating raw sheep testicles vs English alcoholism mixed with takeaways

>>149968246
Lost in R1 to van Chud

THAT WADE 161

Wade has the 'aura' to win this, as the kids would put it

I'm all for Wade getting to the final, but you know he's just going to turn up for the check if he's facing Littler. He's a good company man.

>>149968617
Wade is anything but that

Irrelevant match in terms of the outcome of the final but you know, it's nice to see the old folks still giving it a go

>>149968617
In the end everyone bows down to Shittler.

Great, Huw just called with my Dragon order

>>149968787
lol, lmao

>>149968787
Kek.

Ferret getting mangled, Wade looking unstoppable.

>>149968891
Ferretfans, I don't feel so good

DAT 161

Wade repeats this performance tomorrow doesn't matter who he plays, he's winning it

That was a short break

>>149966634 (OP)
ferretbros..

clayton is kind of like gary anderson-lite
they have the same walk up to the oche and reactions to bad visits. And they're both fat

is the pot belly for balance? N8G8A

Surely not?

>>149969220
Funny that you think Wade is winning this let alone winning tomorrow

>>149969514
The red dragon cabal shall turn things around.

DAT SHANGHAI

You're in Claytown now wadey

wew
wew
WEW

GWAN FERRET

Where the fuck did this come from

I always tune in exactly when the comeback shenanigans happen.

Today it was at like 11-16. Now its 16 all.

Someone screencap the blonde

GREAT DARTS

DAT COUNTER 161

Loving the mirrored darting

The ferret wriggles through

They should throw for bull again before sudden death

Past 17 legs each, 15 maximums altogether.
Meanwhile Littler got 18 in his 16-15 win yesterday. Boomer bros...

Great match, this.

>sky scorebug displayed "sudden death" at 18-18
DEI hires amateurs

>>149970010
Don't think Keith Deller on his seventh can of Madri this evening counts as DEI

Wading all the way to the final... to get clobbered by the Rock

corr, is polly into anal or would she be pegging someone

Great game of arrers

>>149970055
kekked out loud
anyway wade better not job to shittler in the final

Great stuff from both.

>>149970099
Imagine Wade romping through until the final, only to lose 18-5 to Littler with a 92 average.

>that match
Incredible stuff from both

To putt my Scott Mackenzie hat on, very strange that it ended Wade 20-18 Clayton with Clayton missing 20 (D10) to stay in and Wade hitting 18 (D9) to win.

The Gordon Ryan of darts

>>149970155
Have a feeling he'll get blitzed 8-2 in 25 minutes by either of them and start throwing completely shit darts. If chud wasn't mentally weak he would've folded him.

20-18, now that was a year

Laura woods looks like an HR lady

Emma and Laura should swap outfits

>>149970316
>Woods
Did you mean Turner? Woods hasn't done darts for years.

>>149970219
Realistic scenario, unfortunately.

>>149970333
Turner yeah
I like Woods

>>149970155
>>149970188
>trying to hype up washed jobbers this hard
17 maximums combined in 38 legs
18 maximums from Littler in 30 legs... get ready to bend over

>>149970316
She sounds so middle-class, it's off-putting

>>149970316
From a long lineage of HR managers

I apologise on behalf of all zoomer walk ons with shite music

Is rock's walk on song chvd coded? He signed a red hand of ulster flag as well

>>149970480
Insofar as prods are all chuddy by default, yeah

>>149970475
The walk on feels like they are missing personalities and just feel like 'randommusic.mp3'

Eerily similar chouce of colors.

Rock has gotten so fuckin fat since he csme up...

Some slap head Dutchie at Old Trafford today

>>149970531
Yeh not all pop music but majority

Fucking fat cunts fallen off

Pretty good from Rock

>45
>S25
Wat?

Well atleast if Rock bottles it he will be called Rockimena from there on.

>>149970712
Sky fucked up the score, Littler was on 65. Would have been laffs if he'd actually tried 25 D10.

>>149970712
Was on 65, they fucked up the scoreboard again

>>149970537
The NEW littler??? :0

>>149970561
Unlocking the darting formula for success (unless youre a certain red dragon delivery man)

>>149970768
>>149970773
Thanks lads, just came back from the kitchen and thought Littler was already throwing rage darts at 0-4.

NINE
NINE
NINE WEWWWWWWW

6-1 down and hits a 9 darter bruh

i cant spake

I CANT SPAKE

THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE THE NINE

>180
>180
>180
>180
>141 checkout
Was that the first ever perfect leg? Zero misses from either

Unleash the wunderwaffen

FUCK

>stream buffered in the exact leg he's hit a 9
why couldn't it have happened during wright wattimena

He’s about to cry ahah

I wonder is that the first ever perfect leg for both opponents??(

>>149970912
Nah, Blubber and Autism had the same I think.

>>149970997
How new are you? Smiff vs MVG

This is one of those matches that is impossible to understand what you're exactly seeing

Wait, that leg was Autism first, he blew it, and Blubber made the 9. So it could still be first time.

>>149971024
MVG missed D12 in that leg. They were 17/18, Rock/Hitler went 15/15

>>149970912
>>149970997
Incredibly not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCT-V3CSvgY

That's the first in a major tournament, but Niko Springer & Manfred Bilderl did it in the 2023 German Super League. Even more astonishing is Springer dropped dart 9 before hitting it.

>>149971006
>>149971024
Autism missed dart 9.

>>149970983
guess kebabs, tiktok lives and fifa with angryginge isn't the winning recipe anymore

>>149970997
Probably for a major semi final

>>149971058
>Manfred Bilderl
I didn't expect to hear that name on /180/ on the night of a major semi.

Littler can now take his place among WES NEWTON in the pantheon of Matchplay nine-darters

>>149970983
39 yr old nonce cabal stay mad

>>149971063
>kebabs, tiktok lives and fifa with angryginge
GIWTWM

>21 and 30 percent on the doubles
Bobby George is rolling in his grave

You've got to appreciate a guy like Josh Rock who is willing to kill himself for his craft. The change in appearance over the last 5 years is very admirable. 10 pints a day, every day.

Gradually losing all sympathy for Littler, bottling every chance to get back in the match since the 9

>>149971131
Proper Brexit dartist was Wes Newton. None of this 100+ average nonsense. See also, Terry Jenkins.

The Rock bottlejob has arrived

Personally love the 180s

Phwoarrrr it’s been proper arrers tonight.
This tournaments been the most I’ve enjoyed watching darts in a long while desu, feels good

>>149971339
I think a lot of the upsets at the start helped. Cleared out some of the top 20 cloggers.

>>149971131
>WEZZZZ mentioned

>>149971131
>>149971396
>The Warrior
CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS

>>149971339
Humphries not being here definitely helps

>>149971448
>>149971396
>>149971279
Can't imagine any top 64 player in the world nowadays writing to their local newspaper to complain about a water park not giving him a discount.

>>149971339
I think practically every match i've seen has been a fairly good watch and surprisingly competitive, which i didn't expect considering the crowd, at some times.

>>149971497
Scott Williams

>>149971458
lmfao you've got a point there

Littler has locked in, as the kids say.

>Mr Porter, a second whitewash session has hit the Winter Gardens

Rock looked fucked in that session

oh right the women play as well

>Goes behind early on
>Rockets past opponent halfway through
>Falls asleep at the end and just about wins it
Truly a littlel performance

Mar-dell saying "dart ja vu" is giving me misophonia

Hopefully Rock and Littler have agreed behind closed doors to take it to sudden death so we get 40+ one-eightys by the time it's over

>>149971759
Would rather watch the women’s footy than the women’s darts.
Will be watching neither though

beyond over

BIGFISH

SO BACK

YOU CANNOT HOLD PROTESTANTS DOWN

Corr they've shown one of the most top quality slags I've ever seen after that 170

Total attacking darts.
Proper darts.

Sudden death leg + 9 darter + S tier slags

This fat little cunt is gonna be the actual GOAT. Fucks sake.
Incredible game.

2 dart finish to fend off a formidable Rocky. Sublime performance.

As long as Josh Rock becomes world #2...

Second highest combined avg by 0.06 lol

>>149972382
The new generation of the "i cant spake" derby

Do we need Wadey on or off his meds tomorrow?

>>149972493
Fully on after the first break

Well that was a great three hours. 29 180s in the latter match, a new Matchplay record.

Tomorrow:

>Afternoon: Women's World Matchplay
>Evening: James Wade v Luke Littler