LUKE LITTLER was dreaming of a White Christmas but tomorrow night he will run into a seasoned campaigner who used to beat his grandad at darts regularly.
In a tungsten version of the generation game, Luke the Nuke faces Ian White in the third round at the Paddy Power PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace.
And following the boy wonder's outrageous tournament record set average of 140.91 against Ryan Meikle last weekend, 'Diamond' White will jog his memory and remind him he used to turn over a Littler every week in the Runcorn pub league.
White, No.57 on the PDC order of merit, is relishing his prime-time slot in the limelight, saying: "When I first started in darts, I played against his grandad, Phil Littler, in Runcorn. I used to beat him all the time when he played for the Albion.
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