Kalvin Phillips loves the darts: Leeds United and England star enjoys Premier League night out
Phillips was among a packed house at the FD Arena as seven of the world's top players battled it out on the oche.
The England midfielder, who waved a sign reading 'KP loves the darts', was among 9,000 raucous fans at the mini-tournament on Thursday.
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Hide AdHe watched on as world champion Peter Wright, wearing blue and yellow in tribute to Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow, beat Michael Smith, a St Helens fan, 6-2 in his first match before losing 6-3 to Michael van Gerwen.
Yorkshireman Joe Cullen, from Bradford, was beaten 6-1 in the first phase by Jonny Clayton, who bowed out in at the semi-final stage after a 6-4 loss to James Wade.
Wade beat Gerwen Price 6-5 in a first round thriller, but lost the final 6-1 to van Gerwen, who had a bye into the last-four after his scheduled opponent Gary Anderson withdrew following a positive test for Covid.