Fans discover old Luke Littler tweet about his darts final opponent Luke Humphries

When someone is thrust into the spotlight, you best believe that social media sleuths will do some digging into their history online - and Luke Littler is no different.

The 16-year-old darts prodigy is absolutely killing it right now and has impressively earned himself a spot in the PDC World Darts Championship final - and the icing on the cake is, he is the youngest-ever player to do so.

The nation has really got behind Littler, from Cheshire, and people have loved watching him expertly triumph over players who have years more experience than he does at his tender age.

He will take on Luke Humphries tonight (3 January) at Alexandra Palace after coming out on top against Rob Cross in the semi-final yesterday, much to the glee of the entire country.

And it seems Littler might have an old score to settle, as darts devotees have unearthed one of his tweets about his final opponent and current world number one Humphries.

The 28-year-old is the only thing that stands in the way of the young star bagging a historical win and taking home the crown as well as the coveted Sid Waddell Trophy later this evening.

Hopefully Littler has some tricks up his sleeve which he might of picked up when he came up against Humphries back in November 2019 - when he would have been just 12 years old.

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Despite being beaten by his opponent as a pre-teen, 'Luke The Nuke' told his Twitter - now X - followers that he had still managed to give Humphries 'a great game'.

The post, which was shared four years ago, read: "Lost out in quarterfinals last night at Hayling Island comp to @lukeh180 missed a few chances to go ahead and a bull for a 164 but gave him a great game.

"Two Youth comps today Under 14’s and Under 18’s hopefully make tomorrow’s finals on stage."

He also shared a snap of them both - obviously in front of a dart board - and supporters couldn't believe how baby-faced he looked in comparison to now.

Humphries jokingly replied to the tweet all those years ago and referred to his half-shut eye by saying: "Am I asleep there or something??"

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People reckon the pair have already got a good rapport and loved looking back on the impressive duo's earlier days ahead of the epic darts showdown tonight.

One social media user said: "Now they play in a world championship final. Unreal."

Another commented: "Time to settle the score tomorrow Luke! Good luck, you got this fella."

A third joked: "This is what I thought a 16 year old Luke Littler would look like."

Someone else added: "Let’s hope for a repeat tomorrow."

Humphries - aka 'Cool Hand Luke' - is the reigning World Grand Prix champion, Grand Slam of Darts champion and Players Championship Finals champion, who was initially pegged as the pre-tournament favourite.