Tony Docherty reveals Aberdeen FC darts stitch up that put cocky Greg Stewart in his place with star ringer's help

Tony Docherty has hilariously revealed he once won £50 off Greg Stewart after enlisting the help of local hero John Henderson to smash his former player's claim that no one at Aberdeen could beat him at darts.

Stewart, who penned a return to Kilmarnock back in January on a short term deal until the end of the season, was first acquainted with Dundee boss Docherty when he arrived at Pittodrie on a season-long loan from Birmingham City in 2017. The 34-year-old re-joined the club for a second spell on a six-month loan 18 months later, but struggled to consistently perform in the Granite City

But it was during that second loan stint that forward Stewart - who later picked up a Premiership winners medal with Rangers in 2021 before a two-year spell in India with Jamshedpur and Mumbai City - found himself out of pocket thanks to some shrewd thinking by Docherty, who worked as manager Derek McInnes' no. 2 at Aberdeen between 2013 and 2021.

The former Cowdenbeath youngster took on all comers on the oche at Pittodrie, but was stunned to see local darts star and 2021 World Cup of Darts winner Henderson rock up and beat him at the behest of Docherty. Recalling the hilarious incident in an interview with Open Goal, Docherty said: "Greg was a proper good darts player who was seeing off everybody.

"He said to me 'Doc, there is nobody at this club who will beat me' but I said to him 'No, I'll find one person who will beat you for £50' and he said 'okay'. So I've then got it in my head that I have got to win this bet.

"I knew the stadium manager up at Aberdeen, Paul Hendry, who is really good friends with the "Highlander" John Henderson. So I said to Paul 'this Greg Stewart has got me on toast, I need someone to beat him'. He said