The 2008 Whyte & MackayPremier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The prize money was increased by £75,000 compared to 2007. The overall fund was £340,000 with the eventual winner taking home £100,000.
Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the fourth year in a row despite losing for the first time in 44 matches, losing the opening game 8–6 to newcomer James Wade and going on to lose twice more in his first four matches. Taylor beat Wade 16–8 in the final.
Sky Sports secured television coverage of the event until 2010, and Whyte & Mackay sponsored the tournament for the same duration – taking over from Holsten who sponsored the event in 2006 and 2007.[1]
The World Grand Prix in October 2007 was the cut-off point for automatic qualification for the event. The top six players in the World Rankings after the tournament received an automatic place in the Premier League. The qualifiers were thus:
The prize fund increases for 2008 – with the top prize of £100,000 matching the amount that the 2008 PDC World Champion received. The guaranteed prize for reaching the Premier League is now £20,000.
† = Terry Jenkins replaced Adrian Lewis on 27 March show against Phil Taylor because Lewis was too ill to play. The next week, Lewis played his match against Taylor and James Wade, giving Jenkins the night off.
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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2008 Whyte amp Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation The prize money was increased by 75 000 compared to 2007 The overall fund was 340 000 with the eventual winner taking home 100 000 2008 Whyte amp Mackay Premier League DartsWinnerPhil TaylorRunner upJames WadeScore16 8Date31 January 26 May 2008Edition4thNumber of players8Venues15Premier League Darts lt 2007 2008 2009 gt Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the fourth year in a row despite losing for the first time in 44 matches losing the opening game 8 6 to newcomer James Wade and going on to lose twice more in his first four matches Taylor beat Wade 16 8 in the final Sky Sports secured television coverage of the event until 2010 and Whyte amp Mackay sponsored the tournament for the same duration taking over from Holsten who sponsored the event in 2006 and 2007 1 Contents 1 Qualifiers 2 Venues 3 Prize money 4 Results 4 1 League Stage 4 1 1 31 January Week 1 4 1 2 7 February Week 2 4 1 3 14 February Week 3 4 1 4 21 February Week 4 4 1 5 28 February Week 5 4 1 6 6 March Week 6 4 1 7 13 March Week 7 4 1 8 20 March Week 8 4 1 9 27 March Week 9 4 1 10 3 April Week 10 4 1 11 10 April Week 11 4 1 12 17 April Week 12 4 1 13 24 April Week 13 4 1 14 1 May Week 14 4 2 Play offs 26 May 5 Table and Streaks 5 1 Table 5 2 Streaks 6 Player statistics 6 1 Phil Taylor 6 2 James Wade 6 3 Raymond van Barneveld 6 4 Adrian Lewis 6 5 Wayne Mardle 6 6 Peter Manley 6 7 Terry Jenkins 6 8 John Part 7 References 8 External linksQualifiers EditThe World Grand Prix in October 2007 was the cut off point for automatic qualification for the event The top six players in the World Rankings after the tournament received an automatic place in the Premier League The qualifiers were thus Phil Taylor Raymond van Barneveld James Wade Terry Jenkins Peter Manley Adrian Lewis John Part PDC wildcard Wayne Mardle Sky Sports wildcard Venues EditFifteen venues were used for the 2008 Premier League including a first trip to Northern Ireland for a night in Belfast Glasgow Plymouth Manchester Coventry Bournemouth Nottingham Sheffield Brighton Birmingham Aberdeen Liverpool London Belfast Newcastle Cardiffclass notpageimage Locations of the 2008 Premier League venues in the United Kingdom Glasgow Plymouth Manchester Coventry BournemouthSECC31 January Plymouth Pavilions7 February MEN Arena14 February Ricoh Arena21 February Bournemouth International Centre28 February Nottingham Sheffield Brighton Birmingham AberdeenTrent FM Arena6 March Sheffield Arena13 March Brighton Centre20 March National Indoor Arena27 March AECC3 April Liverpool London Belfast Newcastle CardiffEcho Arena Liverpool10 April Wembley Arena17 April Odyssey Arena24 April Metro Radio Arena1 May Cardiff International Arena26 May Prize money EditThe prize fund increases for 2008 with the top prize of 100 000 matching the amount that the 2008 PDC World Champion received The guaranteed prize for reaching the Premier League is now 20 000 Stage Prize MoneyWinner 100 000Runner up 50 000Semi finalists x2 40 0005th place 27 5006th place 25 0007th place 22 5008th place 20 000High Checkout per night 1 000Total 340 000Results EditLeague Stage Edit 31 January Week 1 Edit SECC Glasgow Player Legs PlayerRaymond van Barneveld 91 24 8 4 Wayne Mardle 90 91Adrian Lewis 87 97 8 5 Terry Jenkins 86 76Peter Manley 90 90 7 7 John Part 94 33Phil Taylor 93 76 6 8 James Wade 94 77High Checkout John Part 157 7 February Week 2 Edit Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Player Legs PlayerJohn Part 91 81 4 8 Raymond van Barneveld 94 34James Wade 88 29 8 6 Terry Jenkins 89 34Phil Taylor 95 71 8 4 Adrian Lewis 96 79Peter Manley 94 47 7 7 Wayne Mardle 96 12High Checkout Terry Jenkins 104 14 February Week 3 Edit MEN Arena Manchester Player Legs PlayerTerry Jenkins 96 49 8 5 Phil Taylor 96 76Raymond van Barneveld 96 58 8 4 Peter Manley 91 56Wayne Mardle 91 35 6 8 John Part 95 90Adrian Lewis 93 81 7 7 James Wade 92 09High Checkout Adrian Lewis 146 21 February Week 4 Edit Ricoh Arena Coventry Player Legs PlayerJohn Part 88 57 4 8 James Wade 96 51Wayne Mardle 84 92 6 8 Adrian Lewis 91 70Peter Manley 102 02 8 3 Phil Taylor 94 96Terry Jenkins 92 51 8 5 Raymond van Barneveld 91 88High Checkout Terry Jenkins 156 28 February Week 5 Edit Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Player Legs PlayerAdrian Lewis 84 17 7 7 Peter Manley 85 70Phil Taylor 96 97 8 0 Wayne Mardle 88 43James Wade 89 54 6 8 Raymond van Barneveld 91 09John Part 95 66 2 8 Terry Jenkins 98 28High Checkout Peter Manley 160 6 March Week 6 Edit Trent FM Arena Nottingham Player Legs PlayerWayne Mardle 91 92 7 7 James Wade 92 61Adrian Lewis 85 58 6 8 John Part 85 20Terry Jenkins 93 28 7 7 Peter Manley 87 75Raymond van Barneveld 94 10 3 8 Phil Taylor 111 14High Checkout Phil Taylor 167 13 March Week 7 Edit Sheffield Arena Sheffield Player Legs PlayerWayne Mardle 88 68 8 5 Terry Jenkins 91 08James Wade 97 60 8 5 Peter Manley 91 53Raymond van Barneveld 93 42 8 2 Adrian Lewis 87 64Phil Taylor 107 39 8 3 John Part 102 74High Checkout Phil Taylor 164 20 March Week 8 Edit Brighton Centre Brighton Player Legs PlayerTerry Jenkins 96 43 3 8 Adrian Lewis 101 81Wayne Mardle 94 88 8 5 Raymond van Barneveld 94 78John Part 96 68 8 5 Peter Manley 90 88James Wade 102 13 4 8 Phil Taylor 104 45High Checkout Phil Taylor 164 27 March Week 9 Edit National Indoor Arena Birmingham Player Legs PlayerTerry Jenkins 88 63 4 8 James Wade 101 77Raymond van Barneveld 93 38 8 6 John Part 89 33Wayne Mardle 89 30 8 5 Peter Manley 90 90Phil Taylor 101 41 7 7 Terry Jenkins 92 46High Checkout Wayne Mardle 114 Terry Jenkins replaced Adrian Lewis on 27 March show against Phil Taylor because Lewis was too ill to play The next week Lewis played his match against Taylor and James Wade giving Jenkins the night off 3 April Week 10 Edit AECC Aberdeen Player Legs PlayerAdrian Lewis 89 11 3 8 Phil Taylor 104 38Peter Manley 88 99 8 6 Raymond van Barneveld 93 40John Part 94 89 5 8 Wayne Mardle 98 35James Wade 103 15 8 1 Adrian Lewis 76 09High Checkout James Wade 121 10 April Week 11 Edit Echo Arena Liverpool Player Legs PlayerJames Wade 101 45 8 5 Wayne Mardle 97 57John Part 92 33 2 8 Adrian Lewis 98 96Peter Manley 102 96 8 5 Terry Jenkins 98 74Phil Taylor 103 02 8 2 Raymond van Barneveld 94 96High Checkout Adrian Lewis 170 17 April Week 12 Edit Wembley Arena London Player Legs PlayerTerry Jenkins 83 84 7 7 Wayne Mardle 85 61Peter Manley 89 67 6 8 James Wade 92 61Adrian Lewis 96 25 4 8 Raymond van Barneveld 92 59John Part 103 66 3 8 Phil Taylor 111 74High Checkout Phil Taylor 139 24 April Week 13 Edit Odyssey Arena Belfast Player Legs PlayerPeter Manley 89 79 7 7 Adrian Lewis 91 04Wayne Mardle 85 54 1 8 Phil Taylor 107 21Raymond van Barneveld 98 81 8 6 James Wade 93 86Terry Jenkins 93 13 5 8 John Part 92 50High Checkout Terry Jenkins 161 1 May Week 14 Edit Metro Radio Arena Newcastle upon Tyne Player Legs PlayerJames Wade 95 32 8 5 John Part 97 68Raymond van Barneveld 93 51 8 1 Terry Jenkins 81 16Adrian Lewis 92 23 7 7 Wayne Mardle 87 75Phil Taylor 107 21 8 1 Peter Manley 101 59High Checkout Phil Taylor 167 Play offs 26 May Edit Cardiff International Arena Cardiff ScoreSemi finals best of 21 legs Phil Taylor 112 68 11 1 Adrian Lewis 97 33James Wade 89 62 11 8 Raymond van Barneveld 90 65Final best of 31 legs Phil Taylor 108 36 16 8 James Wade 100 14High Checkout n aTable and Streaks EditTable Edit Pos Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA LWAT 100 140 180s A HC1 Phil Taylor W 14 10 1 3 21 101 55 46 31 208 133 46 102 58 1672 James Wade RU 14 9 2 3 20 102 76 26 40 255 145 42 95 84 1613 Raymond van Barneveld 14 9 0 5 18 93 77 16 37 213 111 35 93 77 1574 Adrian Lewis 14 4 4 6 12 80 92 12 30 197 102 38 90 94 1705 Wayne Mardle 14 4 4 6 12 82 96 14 31 218 139 32 90 76 1236 Peter Manley 14 3 5 6 11 85 97 12 30 288 147 21 92 84 1607 Terry Jenkins 14 3 3 8 9 79 97 18 23 269 109 28 91 72 1618 John Part 14 4 1 9 9 73 101 28 28 190 116 31 94 38 157NB LWAT Legs Won Against Throw Players separated by leg difference if tied Streaks Edit Player Week Play Offs1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F Phil Taylor L W L L W W W W D W W W W W W W James Wade W W D W L D W L W W W W L W W L Raymond van Barneveld W W W L W L W L W L L W W W L Adrian Lewis W L D W D L L W L L W L D D L Wayne Mardle L D L L L D W W W W L D L D Peter Manley D D L W D D L L L W W L D L Terry Jenkins L L W W W D L L L D L D L L John Part D L W L L W L W L L L L W LNB W Won D Drawn L Lost N A Did Not PlayPlayer statistics EditThe following statistics are for the league stage only Playoffs are not included Phil Taylor Edit Longest unbeaten run 10 Most consecutive wins 5 Most consecutive draws 1 Most consecutive losses 2 Longest without a win 2 Biggest victory 8 0 v Wayne Mardle Biggest defeat 3 8 v Peter Manley James Wade Edit Longest unbeaten run 4 Most consecutive wins 4 Most consecutive draws 1 Most consecutive losses 1 Longest without a win 2 Biggest victory 8 1 v Adrian Lewis Biggest defeat 4 8 v Phil Taylor Raymond van Barneveld Edit Longest unbeaten run 3 Most consecutive wins 3 Most consecutive draws 0 Most consecutive losses 2 Longest without a win 2 Biggest victory 8 1 v Terry Jenkins Biggest defeat 2 8 v Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis Edit Longest unbeaten run 3 Most consecutive wins 1 Most consecutive draws 2 Most consecutive losses 2 Longest without a win 3 Biggest victory 8 2 v John Part Biggest defeat 1 8 v James Wade Wayne Mardle Edit Longest unbeaten run 5 Most consecutive wins 4 Most consecutive draws 1 Most consecutive losses 3 Longest without a win 6 Biggest victory 8 5 v Terry Jenkins v Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Manley and v John Part Biggest defeat 0 8 v Phil Taylor Peter Manley Edit Longest unbeaten run 3 Most consecutive wins 2 Most consecutive draws 2 Most consecutive losses 3 Longest without a win 5 Biggest victory 8 3 v Phil Taylor Biggest defeat 1 8 v Phil Taylor Terry Jenkins Edit Longest unbeaten run 4 Most consecutive wins 3 Most consecutive draws 1 Most consecutive losses 3 Longest without a win 9 Biggest victory 8 2 v John Part Biggest defeat 1 8 v Raymond van Barneveld John Part Edit Longest unbeaten run 1 Most consecutive wins 1 Most consecutive draws 1 Most consecutive losses 4 Longest without a win 4 Biggest victory 8 5 v Peter Manley and v Terry Jenkins Biggest defeat 2 8 v Terry Jenkins and v Adrian Lewis References Edit Whyte amp Mackay sign three year sponsorship deal Archived 3 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine planetdarts tvExternal links EditPDC confirm 2008 2010 Premier League Fixtures 2008 planetdarts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Premier League Darts amp oldid 1125724349, wikipedia, 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