Luke Littler says watching re-run of last year’s final helped him clinch title
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Luke Littler says he had premonitions of winning the World Championship title after watching a re-run of last year’s final defeat to Luke Humphries. Littler became the youngest world champion ever when he demolished Michael van Gerwen in a one-sided final at Alexandra Palace to avenge the heartache of 12 months ago.
The 17-year-old, who justified his status as the brightest name in the sport, prepared for Friday night’s blockbusting clash with the three-time champion by reminding himself of where it went wrong against Humphries. “No one will know this, but earlier today, I watched all of the game back against Luke and I just had the visions,” he said.
“There was a live stream on YouTube, I just thought there were only going to be highlights but they streamed the full game. “It was around dinnertime. I kind of knew what went wrong last year but just to recap and just go over what I did wrong, it was the right thing to do for myself.”.
Littler has spent the last 12 months proving that breakthrough run was not a fluke, winning 10 titles in 2024, including the Premier League and Grand Slam of Darts. But this was the big one he wanted and it validates all the hype that has surrounded him over the last 12 months.
The rest of the darting world will be strapping themselves in for years of Littler domination and it is not outlandish to think he could one day surpass Phil Taylor’s record of 16 world titles. The way he got the better of three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen showed he is the real deal.
