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Phil Taylor shrugged in disbelief as bizarre miscount had rival cracking up
To make it to the top in darts you don’t only have to have a good arm, but you have to be a mathematician too. Considered by most as the best to ever do it, Phil Taylor certainly ticks both those boxes, which made one slip up in 2014 all the more remarkable. Taylor was trying to fight back against critics in 2014Alamy But one mishap that year left even himself baffled and his opponent laughingPDC ‘The Power’ was coming to the end of his era of dominance at the time, losing in the second round of the PDC World Championships after the sad loss of his mother. He then lost in the UK Open to television debutant Aden Kirk and opened his Premier League campaign with 7-0 defeat to Michael van Gerwen. Taylor would recover to make the play-offs of the high-profile event, but along the way even he ended up laughing about his struggles. During a match against Gary Anderson in week 12 the pair were jostling for the lead in their tie with the score 3-3. Taylor had the advantage of a lower checkout of 129, but as he started his throw it quickly became clear something was wrong. As expected he began with a treble 19, but when his next shot hit the bullseye, commentator Wayne Mardle was in shock. “He’s miscounted! Phil Taylor has miscounted!” the former pro said. Taylor then hit a double 16, which would have been the perfect checkout, had he been aiming for Anderson’s score of 139. “He’s bust, he’s taken out 139!” Mardle said. “You can look at it all you like Phil, you’ve miscounted, my man! “The irony is Gary Anderson wants to take exactly that shot, 57, bull, 32.” Anderson chuckled along in the backgroundPDC Taylor soon saw the funny sidePDC As Taylor hit the double 16 he would have been well aware of an unexpected noise at the Manchester Arena, as no one cheered his feat. Then referee Paul Hinks announced ‘no score’ only to be met with a look of disbelief from Taylor. The crowd then cheers as the realisation set in, while in the background Anderson could only giggle as he took a swig of water. Taylor folded his arms staring at the board, before the penny finally dropped, and he walked back sharing a laugh with Anderson. His Scottish rival then failed to make the same checkout, letting Taylor back in. Upon hitting the treble 19 again, he even had to stop himself and enjoy a brief laugh so that he didn’t make the same error. Taylor had to stop mid throw when he realised he might do the same againPDC “If anyone can get it again it’s Phil,” Mardle chimed in. “72 Phil, 72!” Taylor couldn’t complete the feat though, and Anderson then checked out with a double ten, taking a 4-3 lead in a match that eventually finished in a 6-6 draw. Facing questions over his form at the time, the slip up gave even more ammunition to his critics who went as far as using his dramatic weight loss against him, suggesting it played a part in his struggles. Yet Taylor was defiant, arguing: “I think people have been a little bit odd. “I won six or seven majors last year and as soon as I lose something, bang – they’re on me. ‘You’re the worst player.’ And that’s not right.” Taylor would indeed prove them wrong, with a remarkable upturn in form in the Premier League booking him a play-off spot after 11 games without defeat. Taylor’s weight loss from the previous years was blamed for his strugglesGetty But he put those concerns behind by making the Premier League play-offsGetty He lost in the semi-finals 8-5 to Raymond van Barneveld, but recovered by taking home World Matchplay and Grand Slam trophies to end the year. Taylor’s drop off did indeed start in 2015 before his 2018 retirement, but he at least proved his doubters wrong, even if he gave them an almighty chuckle in Manchester with his miscount.
To make it to the top in darts you don’t only have to have a good arm, but you have to be a mathematician too.
Considered by most as the best to ever do it, Phil Taylor certainly ticks both those boxes, which made one slip up in 2014 all the more remarkable.
‘The Power’ was coming to the end of his era of dominance at the time, losing in the second round of the PDC World Championships after the sad loss of his mother.
He then lost in the UK Open to television debutant Aden Kirk and opened his Premier League campaign with 7-0 defeat to Michael van Gerwen.
Taylor would recover to make the play-offs of the high-profile event, but along the way even he ended up laughing about his struggles.
During a match against Gary Anderson in week 12 the pair were jostling for the lead in their tie with the score 3-3.
Taylor had the advantage of a lower checkout of 129, but as he started his throw it quickly became clear something was wrong.
As expected he began with a treble 19, but when his next shot hit the bullseye, commentator Wayne Mardle was in shock.
“He’s miscounted! Phil Taylor has miscounted!” the former pro said.
Taylor then hit a double 16, which would have been the perfect checkout, had he been aiming for Anderson’s score of 139.
“He’s bust, he’s taken out 139!” Mardle said. “You can look at it all you like Phil, you’ve miscounted, my man!
“The irony is Gary Anderson wants to take exactly that shot, 57, bull, 32.”
As Taylor hit the double 16 he would have been well aware of an unexpected noise at the Manchester Arena, as no one cheered his feat.
Then referee Paul Hinks announced ‘no score’ only to be met with a look of disbelief from Taylor.
The crowd then cheers as the realisation set in, while in the background Anderson could only giggle as he took a swig of water.
Taylor folded his arms staring at the board, before the penny finally dropped, and he walked back sharing a laugh with Anderson.
His Scottish rival then failed to make the same checkout, letting Taylor back in.
Upon hitting the treble 19 again, he even had to stop himself and enjoy a brief laugh so that he didn’t make the same error.
“If anyone can get it again it’s Phil,” Mardle chimed in. “72 Phil, 72!”
Taylor couldn’t complete the feat though, and Anderson then checked out with a double ten, taking a 4-3 lead in a match that eventually finished in a 6-6 draw.
Facing questions over his form at the time, the slip up gave even more ammunition to his critics who went as far as using his dramatic weight loss against him, suggesting it played a part in his struggles.
Yet Taylor was defiant, arguing: “I think people have been a little bit odd.
“I won six or seven majors last year and as soon as I lose something, bang – they’re on me. ‘You’re the worst player.’ And that’s not right.”
Taylor would indeed prove them wrong, with a remarkable upturn in form in the Premier League booking him a play-off spot after 11 games without defeat.
He lost in the semi-finals 8-5 to Raymond van Barneveld, but recovered by taking home World Matchplay and Grand Slam trophies to end the year.
Taylor’s drop off did indeed start in 2015 before his 2018 retirement, but he at least proved his doubters wrong, even if he gave them an almighty chuckle in Manchester with his miscount.
