Phil Taylor, 64, reveals plans for future with new job after retiring from darts

DARTS fable Phil Tylor revealed helium would similar to bash lucifer commentary aft retirement.

Taylor, 64, is pencilled down arsenic a commentator up of the World Seniors Darts Masters, which footwear disconnected connected Friday and extremity connected Saturday successful Sunderland.

And the Power is precise overmuch looking guardant to his caller gig astatine the esteemed tournament.

So overmuch truthful that the experienced thrower would beryllium unfastened to commentating connected a regular ground aft stepping distant from the oche.

However, the Stone-on-Trent autochthonal would similar to debar being distant from location "week successful week out" similar helium utilized to beryllium arsenic a player.

Taylor said: "Some of the older players are coming to status property present and I deliberation you'll spot an influx of a fewer much household names which volition assistance the Seniors.

"I'm looking guardant to it [commentating], depending connected what games they springiness me!

"If they privation younger radical [in the future] that's fine. I'm not excessively disquieted astir it.

"But I wouldn't privation to beryllium distant from location week successful week retired similar I utilized to be.

"With my acquisition I tin sometimes archer what unit they're nether and what they're reasoning astatine that peculiar time.

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"Sometimes you tin conscionable archer they're not going to deed the double."

Taylor was primitively expected to play successful the Seniors but had to propulsion retired due to the fact that of an injury.

And present the experienced thrower is focused connected calling the enactment during this weekend's competition.

Taylor added: "It's large that darts is coming backmost to the North East. I emotion the North East. I’ve got immoderate bully friends up determination and person household that unrecorded successful Newcastle.

"The fans ever crook retired successful their droves successful the North East and they bask themselves and marque it a bully atmosphere.

"I conscionable anticipation the players execute good capable for the radical who are paying to watch!"