“I said to Robbie [Taylor is friends with Robbie Williams], ‘when you played at Knebworth in front of 150,000, the Premier League was like that for me’.
Phil Taylor didn’t get a lot wrong during his darts career – but he missed the board completely with his prediction before the first-ever Premier League season.
“The Premier League, to me, is the hardest one,” insists Taylor, who won the first four editions of the tournament.
It’s 20 years since the annual darting roadshow was launched, with its maiden night taking place at the King’s Hall in Taylor’s home city of Stoke-on-Trent on January 20, 2005.
With the Premier League, you’ve got to be good for 17 weeks now.
