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The 2009 stanjames.com World Matchplay begins on Sunday July 19, with Phil Taylor bidding for a tenth title in the event at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.

The tournament will feature 32 players battling for a record £400,000 in prize money – including £100,000 to the winner – over eight days in Blackpool, live on Sky Sports.

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Phil Taylor was left in tears after winning the Stan James World Matchplay for a ninth time with an 18-9 destruction of James Wade.
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(Article sent in by Peter Gillatt. Online version at the Blackpool Gazette Website.)

Fans reacted angrily when the PlanetDarts.tv Subscription package allows new subscribers the ability to obtain tickets a week before they went on general sale. This meant there were no tickets left for many long time dart fans who queued overnight.

No final, Semi-final or and very few season tickets were held over and made available to the public yesterday when they went on General sale.
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Once again Phil Taylor, unquestionably the most dominating dart player ever, has taken the Stan James title. After having been knocked out of last year’s World Matchplay, Phil was happy to have gotten the title back from Colin Lloyd.

Final Scores and statisticd:

Phil Taylor V James Wade
501 Score 501
18 Legs 11

5 180s 5
18 140s 17
46 100s 38
55% Doubles Hit 42%
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James Wade saw off another top ranked player today with his 13-9 win over Kevin Painter.
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Colin Lloyd faces upset loss at the hand of Steve Maish in a dramatic darts thriller.
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