The 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The prize money was increased by £75,000 compared to 2007. The overall fund was £340,000 with the eventual winner taking home £100,000. Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the fourth year in a row despite losing for the first time in 44 matches, losing the opening game 8–6 to newcomer James Wade and going on to lose twice more in his first four matches. Taylor beat Wade 16–8 in the final. Sky Sports secured television coverage of the event until 2010, and Whyte & Mackay sponsored the tournament for the same duration – taking over from Holsten who sponsored the event in 2006 and 2007.

Qualifiers

The World Grand Prix in October 2007 was the cut-off point for automatic qualification for the event. The top six players in the World Rankings after the tournament received an automatic place in the Premier League. The qualifiers were thus:

Venues

Fifteen venues were used for the 2008 Premier League, including a first trip to Northern Ireland for a night in Belfast.

Prize money

The prize fund increases for 2008 – with the top prize of £100,000 matching the amount that the 2008 PDC World Champion received. The guaranteed prize for reaching the Premier League is now £20,000.

Results

League stage

31 January – week 1

SECC, Glasgow

7 February – week 2

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth

14 February – week 3

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 MEN Arena, Manchester

21 February – Week 4

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricoh Arena, Coventry

28 February – Week 5

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth

6 March – Week 6

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Trent FM Arena, Nottingham

13 March – Week 7

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield

20 March – Week 8

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brighton Centre, Brighton

27 March – Week 9

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham † = ''Terry Jenkins replaced Adrian Lewis on 27 March show against Phil Taylor because Lewis was too ill to play. The next week, Lewis played his match against Taylor and James Wade, giving Jenkins the night off''.

3 April – week 10

AECC, Aberdeen

10 April – week 11

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Echo Arena, Liverpool

17 April – week 12

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wembley Arena, London

24 April – week 13

Odyssey Arena, Belfast

1 May – week 14

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne

Play-offs – 26 May

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

Table and Streaks

Table

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost N/A = Did Not Play

Player statistics

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor

James Wade

Raymond van Barneveld

Adrian Lewis

Wayne Mardle

Peter Manley

Terry Jenkins

John Part