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Phil 'The Power' Taylor coming to Walsall this year

Darts legend Phil Taylor is coming to Walsall Football Club later this year, it has been announced.

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The Power will be at the Banks's, The Venue, on Friday, October 5, for an 'Evening with...' show.

The 57-year-old bowed out of darts earlier this year on the back of defeat in the PDC World Championship final.

He retired as the most successful player to throw a set of arrows having racked up 16 World Championships, 16 World Matchplay wins and 11 World Grand Prix titles.

Taylor, from Stoke, won his first World Championship in 1990 defeating his mentor Eric Bristow in the final

He went on to utterly dominate the sport bagging eight consecutive wins in darts' most prestigious competition between 1995 and 2002.

Taylor also threw the PDC's first lived televised nine-dart finish in 2002.

Tickets cost £60 per person and include a three-course meal.

Visit www.eticketing.co.uk to book.