Listen to the Love the Darts podcast on Spotify as Emma Paton, Mark Webster and Devon Petersen review the 2023 Premier League season; We’re back for the World Cup of Darts at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt from June 15-18 as Australia defend their title
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Mark Webster and Devon Petersen tell Emma Paton who wins their 2023 Premier League end-of-season awards.
Mark Webster and Devon Petersen tell Emma Paton who wins their 2023 Premier League end-of-season awards.
As the Premier League season draws to a close, Mark Webster and Devon Petersen join Emma Paton on the Love the Darts podcast to pick their end-of-season awards.
It comes after Michael van Gerwen became Premier League champions for a record seventh time at The O2 on Thursday night as he held off world champion Michael Smith before beating the fearsome Gerwyn Price in the final.
Favorite night
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Cheering fans welcome Gerwyn Price to a ‘cauldron of noise’ ahead of his game against Chris Dobey on Premier League Night 2 in Cardiff
Webster: “I’m going to go with Gezzy (Gerwyn Price) winning in Cardiff, I thought the atmosphere was good, it was a bit upsetting for Gezzy, he was a bit emotional at the end saying it was good to have the fans on his side. I think he won people over this year.
Peterson: “I think seeing Chris Dobey win at Newcastle was great, he’s a local lad, he’s Newcastle through and through.
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Jonny Clayton beat three former world champions en route to securing his first victory of the season in the Premier League’s Week 9 in Berlin
Webster: “I really like Berlin. The first time we went there I thought ‘it’s not the best’, but the final was amazing, it was a good night.
“The German fans, when we go there and play Euro Tours, it’s a great atmosphere, they really enjoy it.
Peterson: “Berlin too. The way the game has transformed and moved to Europe as well, they have overwhelmingly accepted that.
“They find themselves in a position where it’s all about the darts, just the way they interact with the players on stage is fantastic.”
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Find out how MVG won a record seventh Premier League title in style at London’s O2 on night 17
Webster: “I liked Dobey’s 170 on Night One, just to say ‘I mean business’. He also did it in a final against Michael van Gerwen.
“It’s been a roller coaster week for Chris Dobey, we would have forgiven him if he had gone to Belfast and gone through the stages without winning.
“He only won the Masters on Sunday and was picked on Monday, to win the night and with a 170 it was fantastic.
Peterson: “I think the Van Gerwen 170 on the last night, the 139 and 170 were the ones that won the game because Price obviously never came back from there.”
funniest moment
Webster: “I think when Jonny (Clayton) got this bear from Berlin and said he looked like me, low blow. I got my revenge on social media last week.
“I also liked when they were doing the introductions on the night of the finals, and they were like, ‘I’m Gerwyn Price, I’m Michael Smith, I’m Jonny Clayton’ and Michael was like, ‘You know who I am.
Peterson: “Jonny too, doing the ax throwing and looked so surprised when he was able to hit the board.”
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Speaking on Love The Darts, Mark Webster and Devon Petersen reflect on Michael van Gerwen’s record seventh Premier League title
Game of the season
Webster: “I think when Price beat Dobey at Brighton you see something phenomenal.
“It was one of those where if he had 150 left you’d think he just hit three miles. It was unbelievable. For me it was thinking ‘how do these guys play- they like that?’.
Peterson: “I think the semi-final against Michael Smith, it feels like a rehearsal of the World Championship final every time, it’s like a practice session.”
What’s next on Sky Sports?
Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta will defend their World Cup of Darts titles
The annual World Cup of Darts will expand to 40 teams from the previous 32 in a revamped format that will include a group stage and doubles matches throughout four days of action at Frankfurt’s Eissporthalle from 15 to June 18 as Australia defend the title.
In a dramatic change from previous years, the tournament will see Iceland, Ukraine and Bahrain set to make their debuts.
Watch all the World Cup of Darts action from June 15-18 – live on Sky Sports.
