One-hundred-and-eighty PINTS! Darts fans dress as Batman and Robin, leprechauns and Mario Brothers to enjoy sport’s annual shindig at Ally Pally (and even one of the players dresses up as The Grinch)
- It’s Day 2 of the PDC’s World Darts Championship in Ally Pally, north London
- Fans braved rail strikes and sub zero temperatures to make their pilgrimage
- Many attended the event in fancy dress, including Batman and Robin
Hundreds of sports fans donned their fancy dress for their annual pilgrimage to London’s Alexandra Palace for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship.
While many revellers are heading to their Christmas parties, groups of friends braved the sub-zero temperatures, donning spandex and other man-made fibres to watch the sporting titans do battle at the oche.
The world’s greatest players will face each other over the next fortnight, but for many of those attending, the sporting contest is a secondary consideration in comparison to the camaraderie of appearing in public as a super hero.
Fans walked up the hill to the venue, having made it to north London despite the rail strikes and weather delays afflicting the nation.
Anyone looking for a late ticket for the event is likely to be disappointed as the tournament has been sold out for weeks.
Darts fans dressed up early in fancy dress to watch the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in north London, including Batman and Robin, pictured next to a smiling penguin
Here, more than a dozen revellers were kitted out in elf outfits, ahead of a group of friends dressed as traffic cones – a firm Ally Pally favourite
These fans who splashed out on a table seat so they have a solid surface to leave down their pitchers of beer, were dressed as the Super Mario brothers. This must be proof that being a cartoon plumber is a lucrative profession
Defending champion Peter Wright took to the oche dressed as The Grinch in his first round match last night where he beat Mickey Mansell from Northern Ireland
This fan dressed up with a festive santa hat and a purple and yellow outfit
While there is a crisis in the NHS, this man dressed up as a nurse to watch the darts
Attending Ally Pally and seeking inspiration for an outfit can be difficult, so these three fans decided upon turning up as a dart board
When asked, Where’s Wally? This darts fan provided a more than satisfactory answer
While some of the action is expected to be ‘out of this world’, these aliens have come to see for themselves
Hopefully for children around the world, Santa has given these elves the day off and they haven’t decided to wreck Christmas by going on strike
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