Adrian Lewis faces a fight for a Betway Premier League play-off place after a fourth straight defeat in Manchester.

 

Lewis was beaten 7-3 by Ray van Barneveld and that sends him into his final three matches against Peter Wright, Robert Thornton and Dave Chisnall four points adrift of Phil Taylor in fourth.

 

Taylor's 6-6 draw with Anderson means he stays fourth – and the 16 time world champion says his play-off hopes will depend on next week's matches against Barneveld and Dave Chisnall in Birmingham.

 

"If I lose those two, I can forget it," said 53-year-old Taylor after his see-saw match with Anderson.

 

"It's all about getting to (the play-offs) at the O2 Arena. We are all pushing for that."

 

Both Taylor and Anderson went into their match in form.

 

Taylor had captured the German Masters at the weekend – beating world champion Michael van Gerwen along the way – and Anderson was unbeaten in his previous four Premier League games.

 

In the practice room, Taylor had thrown a nine-dart leg in front of Anderson, but the Scot was unaffected and raced to the opening leg in just 11 darts.

 

Taylor, from Wychwood Park near Crewe, won the next three legs, but from 3-1 up, Taylor found himself 4-3 down.

 

He won the next two legs in 12 and 11 darts respectively, but couldn't shake Anderson off.

 

The Scot broke in the 10th leg to level the match at 5-5, then held in the next, leaving Taylor to hold his throw in the 12th and deciding leg to grab a point.

 

He did just that with a 71 check out, but 'The Power' knows that had he not made mistakes earlier he surely would have won the match.

 

Taylor missed three darts at a double for a 4-1 lead, then miscalculated in the seventh leg and instead of taking out 129, he finished 139.

 

He regrouped and looked set for at least a point when he broke Anderson's throw in the ninth leg for a 5-4 lead, but Anderson broke straight back to level the match again.

 

Taylor admitted the fifth leg was crucial.

 

He left himself 16 after nine darts for a break and a 4-1 lead, but missed and that let Anderson back into the match.

 

Taylor said: "I shouldn't have missed double eight, but I thought I had Gary and was a bit too relaxed."

 

Lewis was then well-beaten by Barneveld.

 

The crucial first break went the Dutchman's way in the fourth leg after Lewis missed a dart at double top.

 

That left Lewis, from Cross Heath, chasing the game and he had a chance to break back in the seventh leg.

 

Again, he was off target with a dart at double top for the leg and from 5-2 down, it was a long way back for Lewis, pictured.

 

He has shown impressive recuperative powers in the league this season – notably when he came from 6-3 down to snatch a point against Anderson – but Barneveld didn't let him back in.

 

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Brustol darts star Steve Brown has received a major boost after signing a sponsorship deal with Blackthorn Cider.

 

The 33-year-old, who has qualified for the last five Professional Darts Corporation World Championships, has signed an initial one-year agreement with the cider-maker.

 

The deal will see Brown wear Blackthorn-branded playing shirts at all televised and non-televised events until at least March 2015.

 

Blackthorn is also set to use Brown's profile to promote darts on a local and national level, including the return of the popular Blackthorn Bomber's Challenge later this year.

 

"I'm delighted to have agreed a sponsorship deal with Blackthorn," said Brown. "It's an iconic West Country cider, and, being a local lad myself, I think the partnership is perfect.

 

"Blackthorn is a winning cider and I feel it's the right brand to support me to even greater success."

 

Andy Cross, marketing manager at Blackthorn, said: "Darts is a sport which is continuing to grow in popularity and capture the nation's interest.

 

"Blackthorn has developed close ties with the game and that has led to our association with Steve, which we're delighted to announce."

 

Brown, who founded the hugely successful Steve Brown Darts Academy, is ranked 47th in the world.

 

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Phill Taylor and Adrian Lewis are aiming for Betway Premier League Darts success – and you could be there to cheer them on.

We've got two pairs of tickets to give away for Thursday's latest round of fixtures at Birmingham's NIA Arena.

 

Taylor plays twice in Birmingham, facing old rival Raymond Van Barneveld and Dave Chisnall.Lewis will be looking to get past the challenge of Peter Wright.

 

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Local promoter Barrie Cox has brought together a star-studded line-up for a 'Legends of the Oche' event in New Milton later this year.

 

Cox has booked golden greats Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Bobby George and Keith Deller for a one-off feast of darts on Friday, August 1.

 

Bristow, Lowe and Deller won nine world titles between them, while George, one of the game's biggest personalities, was runner-up on two occasions.

 

The quartet will take to the oche at New Milton Memorial Centre in Whitefield Road for what is expected to be a sell-out.

 

Bristow, affectionately known as the Crafty Cockney, helped transform the sport in the 1980s and was awarded the MBE for his services to darts in 1989.

 

Still one of the biggest names in the sport, he won the world title on no fewer than five occasions, while Lowe is one of only five players to have won it three times - in 1979, 1987 and 1993 - and the first to triumph in three separate decades.

 

Deller won the Embassy World title in 1983 as a qualifier, with his victory over Bristow in the final still regarded as the biggest upset in the history of the competition.

 

Organiser Cox told the Daily Echo: "This is another massive coup and it promises to be a memorable evening. Eric Bristow is one of the most well-known and well-respected players in the world of darts and he is a huge pull on his own.

"During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, these guys helped put darts on the map and they were, and still are, box office."

 

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