Luke Littler reveals Sir Alex Ferguson’s three-word message to him even though he ‘didn’t understand’ Man Utd legend

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LUKE LITTLER has revealed the three-word message he got from Sir Alex Ferguson.

The darts sensation met the Manchester United legend during a trip to Old Trafford.

Luke Littler met Sir Alex Ferguson during a visit to Old Trafford[/caption]

Ferguson signed a Man Utd shirt for Littler[/caption]

Littler, 17, is a boyhood fan of the Red Devils and insisted that he got a message of encouragement from the retired manager.

However, the teenager admitted that he struggled to “understand” the 82-year-old Scotsman.

He told The Telegraph: “I didn’t really understand him.

“I did hear him say, ‘stick at it’.”

Ferguson is not the only Man United icon that Littler has dealt with since he emerged onto the darts circuit.

He has also received messages from David Beckham who has slid into his DMs.

The darts star also encountered F1 driver Lando Norris, who drove him around Silverstone.

Littler has insisted he is trying to be himself despite being in the spotlight.

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He said: “No one has really told me how to be me – I’m just myself.”

Littler will have extra focus on him this week as he has been shortlisted for the SPOTY award.

Darts World Championship full draw

Second round draw (seeded vs first-round winner)

Luke Humphries vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito

Raymond van Barneveld vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz

James Wade vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont

Peter Wright vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto

Stephen Bunting vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt

Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Madars Ramza or Christian Kist

Damon Heta vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb

Mike De Decker vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

Luke Littler vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock

Ritchie Edhouse vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing

Danny Noppert vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas

Ryan Searle vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell

Rob Cross vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer

Gian van Veen vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong

Nathan Aspinall vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates

Andrew Gilding vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

Michael Smith vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Krzysztof Ratajski vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo

Chris Dobey vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx

Josh Rock vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin

Jonny Clayton vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto

Daryl Gurney vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan

Gerwyn Price vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry

Joe Cullen vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

Michael van Gerwen vs James Hurrell or Jim Long

Brendan Dolan vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee

Gary Anderson vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting

Ross Smith vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida

Dave Chisnall vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers

Gabriel Clemens vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen

Dimitri Van den Bergh vs William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin

Martin Schindler vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac

He is up against the likes of England and Real Madrid football Jude Bellingham, England cricketer Joe Root, Olympics stars Keely Hodgkinson and Alex Yee as well as Norris.

Littler will have to regain his focus quickly as the PDC World Darts Championship starts on Sunday.

He is among the favourites to lift the title at Ally Pally after being beaten by Luke Humphries earlier this year.

List of all-time Darts World Champions

BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.

The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.

That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.

1994 – Dennis Priestley
1995 – Phil Taylor
1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
2003 – John Part
2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – John Part (2)
2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
2011 – Adrian Lewis
2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
2014 – Michael van Gerwen
2015 – Gary Anderson
2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 – Rob Cross
2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 – Peter Wright
2021 – Gerwyn Price
2022 – Peter Wright (2)
2023 – Michael Smith
2024 – Luke Humphries

Most World Titles

14 – Phil Taylor
3 – Michael van Gerwen
2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries

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