PHIL Taylor's bid for world title number 14 starts at Alexandra Palace this month starts with a trip into the unknown.
Yesterday's draw for the first round of the PDC Ladbrokes.com world championship pitted Bradwell thrower Taylor against Steve Grubb, while Cross Heath's Adrian Lewis meets veteran Russell Stewart from Australia and Talke Pits publican Andy Hamilton takes on Michael Barnard in the event, which starts a week on Friday.
Taylor and Grubb have never met in competition before and while the publican from Radstock in Somerset is ranked 89th in the latest PDC listings, he showed his capabilities by reaching the last 16 of the PDPA Players Championship in Ireland in October and claiming the scalp of Gary Mawson, who reached the final of the Blue Square UK Open final in June. (full article...)
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