Anderson Chasing Sheffield Double

GARY ANDERSON is looking to double up at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on Thursday in his bid to retain the McCoy's Premier League Darts title.

The Scot sits sixth in the Premier League Darts table as the battle for places in next month's Play-Offs begins to hot up going into the tenth league night.

Anderson will play twice in Sheffield after missing the recent league night in Cardiff to attend his father's funeral in Scotland - and knows that two victories could turn around his season.

Although he sits level bottom on six points, a pair of victories when he faces James Wade and Andy Hamilton could even lift Anderson to second place.

"I need to win at least one of the two games," said Anderson. "I've got a game in hand so if I win one game I'll be on eight points and if I can pinch another one I'll be on ten.

"Two or three wins will put me back up the table, so if I can win the two games in Sheffield it will lift me - I'm not holding up the table yet!"

Anderson has lost his last four league games either side of his enforced absence, but after spending much of his free time recently travelling from his Somerset home to visit family in Scotland during his father's battle with cancer he is now looking to concentrate again on darts.

"I can get my head sorted now and get back to practising because I've not put a lot of practice in for the past few months because of the family problems," he admits.

"When I was getting a day off I was going to Scotland and back. Now I've got to get back on the practice board."

A small number of tickets are still available for Thursday's McCoy's Premier League Darts at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield by calling 0114 256 56 56 or visiting www.motorpointarenasheffield.co.uk.

Gary Anderson's McCoy's Premier League Darts Form Guide

Week	Result	Opponent	Average
1	L 6-8	Kevin Painter	80.84
2	W 8-2	Andy Hamilton	84.98
3	W 8-5	James Wade	102.20
4	W 8-1	Adrian Lewis	93.47
5	L 1-8	Phil Taylor	95.02
6	L 6-8	Simon Whitlock	90.83
7	L 5-8	Raymond van Barneveld	105.39
9	L 2-8	Simon Whitlock	94.42