2009 Premier League Darts
Liverpool Edinburgh Coventry Belfast Newcastle
Echo Arena Liverpool 5 February Royal Highland Showground 12 February Ricoh Arena 19 February Odyssey Arena 26 February Metro Radio Arena 5 March
Manchester Brighton Birmingham Glasgow Exeter
Manchester Evening News Arena 12 March The Brighton Centre 19 March National Indoor Arena 26 March Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 2 April Westpoint Arena 9 April
Nottingham Aberdeen Sheffield Cardiff London
Trent FM Arena 16 April Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre 23 April Sheffield Arena 30 April Cardiff International Arena 7 May Wembley Arena 25 May
The 2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament kicked off at the Echo Arena Liverpool which hosted the biggest ever crowd for a PDC event of almost 8,000 in 2008. New venues in Edinburgh and Exeter joined some of the UK's biggest arenas, including Belfast's Odyssey, the Manchester Evening News Arena, Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, the Sheffield Arena and Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena. The tournament came to a conclusion with the play-offs on Monday 25 May at the Wembley Arena - coinciding with the Football League play-offs at the neighbouring Wembley Stadium over the same weekend. Phil Taylor was defending his Whyte & Mackay Premier League title once again, however he failed to retain it after losing to Mervyn King 10-6 in the semi-finals. James Wade beat King 13-8 in the final, to claim the £125,000 first prize and the first Premier League not to be claimed by Taylor.