Premier League
About Premier League 2005
Phil Taylor
In 2005, when the Premier League has its first edition no one knows what to expect from this new tournament. The first season all the British players get a 'home match' and the tournament is played in venues that hold between 500 and 1.000 spectators. The first year seven players participated in the first edition of the Premier League. Phil Taylor, Colin Lloyd, Wayne Mardle, John Part, Peter Manley, Mark Dudbridge and Dutchman Roland Scholten. Four games per night are on the schedule, which means that there is one player that plays two games a night.
Phil Taylor remains unbeaten in the first season, only Colin Lloyd in the first week gets a draw against The Power. Lloyd finishes second himself in the league followed by Manley in third. Only in the last game of the year the fourth place is secured by Roland Scholten. In the semi-finals, Lloyd beats Manley and Scholten plays against Taylor in what would prove to be a classic. The Dutchman takes the lead at 4-1 and 11-7. He then only needs 2 more legs to beat Taylor but The Power wins the last six legs of the match and secures a place in the final. That final will be played a day later and convincingly won by Taylor with 16-4. Taylor becomes the first Premier League champion.
Competitors Of Premier League 2005
Callers Of Premier League 2005
Premier League 2005
