The Football Teams Darts Players Support

Darts continues to be one of the most exciting sports to watch in-person or live on television, with players, especially from the PDC, more popular than ever before. And leading darts players and the personalities from the sport, like many others, also have an interest in football, and here are the teams they’re known to support.

There’s only one place to start, and that’s with Michael van Gerwen, a three-time PDC world champion. Thirty-four-year-old Mighty Mike has been playing darts since 2002, winning too many honours since then to mention. Van Gerwen hails from the Netherlands, just twenty-five miles away from the city of Eindhoven, so PSV are his team. And like PSV, just looking at the odds offered by major sports books online, van Gerwen is always in the running to win things and has already collected the Premier League Darts title in 2023.

Current PDC world champion Michael Smith hails from St Helens, which is on Merseyside, so it may surprise some that he’s actually an avid Manchester United supporter. The world number one didn’t publicly reveal his allegiance to the club until he was asked why the crowd at a 2019 event in Liverpool gave somewhat of a mixed reaction to him, even though you could have said it was his home crowd. Smith suggested it was because he was a Manchester United fan.

Gary Anderson may not be the force he once was, but The Flying Scotsman has won most things throughout his glittering career, including world championships back to back in 2015 and 2016. At fifty-two, and after multiple injury problems, Anderson will likely be plotting what he plans to do when he puts the arrows away. And his plans could include spending more time watching his beloved Hibernian, who are currently playing in the Scottish Premiership.

Unlike Michael Smith, Steven Bunting was born in Liverpool, lives in St Helens and supports Liverpool. So, he always receives a warm welcome when he plays any events in his home city. The thirty-eight-year-old, who is nicknamed The Bullet, is a former BDO world champion, and at last year’s PDC world championships, lost at the quarter-finals stage to fellow St Helener Smith, who went on to win the whole thing.

Willie Borland is one of the younger players on the PDC circuit at twenty-six, and while he’s still looking to make the latter rounds of major tournaments, he is famous for throwing an impressive nine-darter at the world championships in 2022. Big Willie hails from East Calder, so like Anderson, he’s a Scotsman, but Borland’s team is Rangers. And, according to his friends, he’s a fanatical supporter of the Gers who is as passionate as they come.

For darts players, that’s arguably the sport they love the most because of how much time they spend practising and playing. But, when you’re involved in sports, you will likely enjoy other types, and football is seemingly a bit hit with darts players on the PDC circuit.