He is a sporting hero and he's currently touring the country as part of one of the biggest darts events ever. Phil 'The Power' Taylor meets Dave Fowler to discuss his triumphs, tough times and how he became king of the arrows.

It's 10: 00pm on Thursday 17 February, 2005. Two thousand pumped-up punters are packed into the sold-out Wellsprings Leisure Centre, Taunton for the third leg of 888.com's Premier League Darts tour, live on Sky TV.



So far, they've howled abuse at Peter 'One Dart' Manley, donned orange wigs for Dutchman Roland 'The Tripod' Scholten, and gone cider-loopy for West Country pin-up Mark 'Flash' Dudbridge.