Michael Smith reveals he wants to buy a BULL after winning the World Darts Championship

Michael Smith has revealed he wants to dwell up to his well-known darts moniker by shopping for a BULL for his farmyard after winning the World Championships.

Smith bought the higher of an enthralling closing in opposition to Michael van Gerwen on Tuesday, carving out a 7-4 victory in opposition to the three-time world champion at Alexandra Palace to declare his first title and £500,000 in prize cash.

The 32-year-old additionally hit a nine-darter followers have been hailing as the biggest of all time, which noticed Van Gerwen narrowly miss out on the uncommon feat himself earlier than his opponent stepped in and produced a good leg.

Michael Smith plans to dwell up to his nickname by shopping for a bull for his ever-expanding farm

Smith bought the higher of an enthralling WDC closing in opposition to Michael van Gerwen (R) on Tuesday 

It was a sensational victory for Smith, who admitted he stared at the well-known Sid Waddell trophy for ‘seven hours’ in a sleepless evening after his triumph.

And now the new world champion is planning to dwell up to his ‘Bully Boy’ nickname by including a bull to his ever-expanding farmyard, which already consists of geese, chickens, swans, geese, turkeys and canine.

‘I’ve mentioned if I win the World Championship, I’m getting a bull for my backyard,’ Smith instructed reporters, by way of The Sun.

‘We’ve bought tenants in the entrance discipline with two horses. I am unable to simply return and inform them to get their horses out.

Now he wants to use his £500,000 prize cash on a bull named ‘Ferdinand’ for his farmyard

Smith already has a enormous assortment of animals on his farm, which incorporates a number of horses

He additionally has a coop with 5 cockerels and over 17 hens on the farm at his St Helens property

‘But there might be a bull coming. It might be known as Ferdinand from the movie. It’s a cartoon me and the children like.

‘Ferdinand is the just one to survive the bullfighting and beat the matador. So me and the children at all times mentioned we might name the bull Ferdinand.’

Smith lives on a dream property in St Helens with spouse Dagmara and their sons, Michael Jr and Kasper, however additionally they share the area with a enormous assortment of animals.

Along with geese, chickens, swans, geese, turkeys and SIX canine, additionally they have a coop with 5 cockerels and over 17 hens on their farm, in addition to a variety of horses and two tortoises.

Contrary to perception, Smith didn’t earn the nickname ‘Bully Boy’ by means of his capacity to hit the center of a dartboard, however as an alternative from his time on the farm as a teen.

Contrary to perception, Smith was named ‘Bully Boy’ due to his work on the farm as a teen

His proud mum Sandra Woods instructed The Mirror: ‘He bought his identify when he was about 15, my sister had a pub in Rochdale and there have been a lot of farmers spherical there and considered one of them used to take Michael on his farm.

‘He had bulls and Michael used to wrestle the child bulls to tie them down and and it was the farmer who known as him ‘Bully Boy’ and it caught.’

Smith lastly bought his palms on the WDC title at the third time of asking after struggling defeat in his earlier two closing appearances.

The World No 1 was satisfied to make it third time fortunate on Tuesday, telling talkSPORT the morning after his victory: ‘Finally getting over that line was a enormous reduction, it was one thing that I at all times knew I’d get. It’s laborious to sum it up in phrases. 

‘When I win, all of us win – I do it for my children and spouse as nicely. We’ve labored so laborious for this and to lastly get it’s superb. 

‘I’ll undoubtedly be in a few folks’s faces telling I’m the new world primary.

‘[My kids] are much more satisfied than I’m, I assumed they would not need to go to faculty in the present day however they needed to be in to inform everybody about it – all their mates, their lecturers, everybody.’