LITTLER TO PARADE WORLDS TROPHY AT OLD TRAFFORD
18/01/2025 By Phil Lanning
By Phil Lanning
LUKE LITTLER will fulfil a dream and parade the World Championship trophy on Sunday in front of Manchester United fans at Old Trafford.
The teen sensation will be guest of honour for the Premier League clash with Brighton.
The 17-year-old Man U fan will show off the Sid Waddell trophy, which he won on January 3 by beating Michael van Gerwen in the Ally Pally final, to the 75,000 crowd at half-time.
It has been moved from pre-game to avoid a clash with the emotional tributes to former United and Scotland striker Denis Law, who died on Friday aged 84.
Littler will not see Ruben Amorim’s players before the game against the Seagulls but he is set to meet with them post-match.
At the Ally Pally, prior to taking the title, The Nuke stated: “If they allow me to then I’m sure I’ll go to Old Trafford.
“Yeah [it’s an honour] I’m glad I beat Stephen [Bunting] yesterday as I’m pretty sure he was going to take it to Anfield on the weekend.”
On Tuesday, he will turn 18 and then a few days later, he will travel to Den Bosch in Holland for the two-day Dutch Darts Masters.
The World No.2 flew home on Saturday from the Middle East after losing to Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals of the Bahrain Darts Masters.
Littler has already mixed with the United players since his fairytale run to the World final a year ago.
He has met legendary boss Sir Alex Ferguson and posed for a photo.
He has also made trips to the Carrington training ground and took part in a nine-dart challenge with United players Harry Maguire and Christian Eriksen.
Images by Taylor Lanning.
