Lawrie left “frozen” after fan recognises him in toilet at Ibrox

MITCHELL LAWRIE was left “frozen” after a young fan recognised him in the TOILET at Rangers’ Ibrox stadium.

The teen sensation was enjoying a trip to see his beloved club when a boy suddenly stopped and stared at him before identifying him as a darts player.

Lawrie, 15, admitted he did not know how to react before his friend encouraged him to pose for a photo with the youngster.

He told Oche180: “I was at the Rangers game at Ibrox earlier today and I was in the toilet and a boy just stopped and stared at me and went, that is Mitchell Lawrie.

“His dad was like, I don’t know who that is. He was like, no, he is a dart player. I kind of froze, to be honest.

“I didn’t know what to say. I was with my friend. He was like, go take a photo with the wee boy. I was like, fine.

“It’s just stuff like that you get used to it. When you walk down the street and people want photos, it is going to happen.

“It is going to be a thing now with darts being that big. You have to get used to it.”

The Scot shot to prominence last December after becoming the first teenager to reach the WDF World Championship final.

Wee Sox dropped just one set on his run to the showpiece before going on to become the youngest player to reach No1 in the WDF rankings.

He has since added the Irish Classic, World Masters, Scottish Open and Welsh Open to his JDC World Championship crown at Ally Pally.

But his remarkable rise is now bringing a new experience for Lawrie as he gets used to being recognised away from the oche.

Mitchell Lawrie is an ambassador for Target Darts.

Words: Aaron Nijjar

Image: Taylor Lanning