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

Michael Smith has revealed he wants to live up to his famous darts moniker by buying a BULL for his farmyard after winning the World Championships.

Smith got the better of an enthralling final against Michael van Gerwen on Tuesday, carving out a 7-4 victory against the three-time world champion at Alexandra Palace to claim his first title and £500,000 in prize money.

The 32-year-old also hit a nine-darter fans have been hailing as the greatest of all time, which saw Van Gerwen narrowly miss out on the rare feat himself before his opponent stepped in and produced a perfect leg.

Michael Smith plans to live up to his nickname by buying a bull for his ever-expanding farm

Smith got the better of an enthralling WDC final against Michael van Gerwen (R) on Tuesday 

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

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

‘I’ve said if I win the World Championship, I’m getting a bull for my garden,’ Smith told reporters, via The Sun.

‘We’ve got tenants in the front field with two horses. I can’t just go back and tell them to get their horses out.

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

Smith already has a huge collection of animals on his farm, which includes several horses

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

‘But there will be a bull coming. It will be called Ferdinand from the film. It’s a cartoon me and the kids like.

‘Ferdinand is the only one to survive the bullfighting and beat the matador. So me and the kids always said we’d call the bull Ferdinand.’

Smith lives on a dream property in St Helens with wife Dagmara and their sons, Michael Jr and Kasper, but they also share the space with a huge collection of animals.

Along with geese, chickens, swans, ducks, turkeys and SIX dogs, they also have a coop with five cockerels and over 17 hens on their farm, as well as a number of horses and two tortoises.

Contrary to belief, Smith did not earn the nickname ‘Bully Boy’ through his ability to hit the middle of a dartboard, but instead from his time on the farm as a youngster.

Contrary to belief, Smith was named ‘Bully Boy’ because of his work on the farm as a youngster

His proud mum Sandra Woods told The Mirror: ‘He got his name when he was about 15, my sister had a pub in Rochdale and there were a lot of farmers round there and one of them used to take Michael on his farm.

‘He had bulls and Michael used to wrestle the baby bulls to tie them down and and it was the farmer who called him ‘Bully Boy’ and it stuck.’

Smith finally got his hands on the WDC title at the third time of asking after suffering defeat in his previous two final appearances.

The World No 1 was chuffed to make it third time lucky on Tuesday, telling talkSPORT the morning after his victory: ‘Finally getting over that line was a huge relief, it was something that I always knew I’d get. It’s hard to sum it up in words. 

‘When I win, we all win – I do it for my kids and wife as well. We’ve worked so hard for this and to finally get it is amazing. 

‘I’ll definitely be in a few people’s faces telling I’m the new world number one.

‘[My kids] are even more chuffed than I am, I thought they wouldn’t want to go to school today but they wanted to be in to tell everyone about it – all their friends, their teachers, everyone.’