Ten years on, Phil Taylor reckons his historic two nine-darters in same TV final WILL be repeated
PHIL TAYLOR reckons his historic feat of two nine-darters in the same TV final will be repeated post-lockdown.
The Power hit two perfect legs exactly ten years today when he beat James Wade 10-8 in the 2010 Premier League final at Wembley Arena.
It was the night England’s World Cup warm-up win over Mexico was overshadowed and famous TV star Stephen Fry was in the darts comms box.
But Taylor, who received a souvenir bottle of whisky for his efforts, believes it will one day be repeated.
The 59-year-old said: “Could it happen? 100 per cent. Of course it can – maybe even three nine-darters!
“Peter Wright could do it. Gerwyn Price could do it, especially the way he’s been practising.
“Gary Anderson definitely could and Michael van Gerwen as well. Adrian Lewis could. It all depends on the day and how they feel.
“Now they’ve had a rest, you will see the best darts coming out now.
“I know we’ve still got exhibitions and we’ve sold out which are scheduled for September and October, so people are still wanting to come and watch the darts.
“It depends on fans and the atmosphere. It’s like if you pay football behind closed doors, it just doesn’t seem the same.”
Following that unprecedented display, Taylor ended the year finishing second behind jockey Tony McCoy in the BBC SPOTY Award.
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He said: “Barry Hearn used to tell me off and say: ‘You don’t realise how famous you are.’
“You know when you’ve done well you get 10 times more text messages than normal!
“Until this week, I’d never previously watched it back. I’ve seen bits when I hit the nine-darters but if it came on the TV I’d get up and make a cup of coffee or something.”