HUMP THANKS NANDO’S FOR OCHE SUCCESS!
02/05/2025 By Aaron Nijjar
By Aaron Nijjar
LUKE HUMPHRIES is eyeing up a £100k McLaren and thanks NANDO’S for his oche success.
World No. 1 Humphries has revealed his go-to pre-match meal is a trip to the chicken chain before stepping up on the big stage.
Former World champion Humphries admitted to Red Dragon Darts his ritual before playing never changes.
He said: “Usually, it’s chicken butterfly with rice and chips, Peri Tamer.
“Sometimes it can be medium heated, four chicken thighs, mash and broccoli.
“My pre-match meal before every time I play is Nando’s. I have some good rewards.”
The peri-peri routine seems to be paying off.
Cheshire thrower Humphries has reached SIX nightly finals in this year’s Premier League and sits second in the table, a safe seven points clear of fifth.
That’s despite suffering a 6-5 defeat to Gerwyn Price in the quarter-final on Night 13 in Birmingham — even with a monster 107 average in the loss.
Off the oche, Humphries is thinking fast — literally — and plotting a serious upgrade to his garage.
He added: “There’s a few cars I like and want to get next year.
“I like the McLaren 540C, Ferrari California and the Aston Martin Vantage as well.
“Hopefully one of them is my next car.”
‘Cool Hand’ also opened up on the hardest player to play against mentally on tour and singled out big rival Price and James Wade.
He confessed: “James Wade and Gerwyn Price they are tough people to play against because they are sort of in your face a little bit.
“Gerwyn is hard because when he celebrates you just want to do something to celebrate back.
“He drags you into that a little bit. But he is not off putting just hard to play against.”
And things got even hairier in a running bet with Michael van Gerwen over chest fuzz.
He said: “Apparently we made a bet that I was going to have to shave it off if I won the World Championships.
“It’s the maintaining, I can’t be bothered with that. He thinks he is like God because he shaves his chest hair.”
Seven-time major winner Humphries returns to action tomorrow (Saturday) at the European Grand Prix in Sindelfingen, Germany.
Image by Taylor Lanning.
