DUTCH MASTER V BOY WONDER

Barney victory sets up the dream clash between five-time world champ and teen sensation Littler

- MIKE WALTERS

IT'S on - the biggest Saturday night generation game since the fondu set and cuddly toy on Bruce Forsyth's conveyor belt of tat.

Raymond van Barneveld, 56, a five-time world champion and former postman, will meet 16-year-old Luke Littler, the kebab-scoffing boy wonder of darts, in the Paddy Power PDC World Championship fourth round.

Not since Rupert Murdoch married Jerry Hall has there been such an eye-catching age gap.

If Luke the Nuke slays the Barney Army's field general at Alexandra Palace, it will be a sporting feat for the ages.

Matinee idol Van Barneveld clinched his date with Destiny's child after a 4-1 win against Jim Williams on a memorable Friday afternoon and joked: "At 16 years old, I was playing with Lego."

Littler was born 20 days after the last of Barney's five world titles the sudden-death cliffhanger against Phil Taylor on New Year's Day in 2007.