With the World Cup taking top billing in the sporting world over the next few weeks, the start of the Players Championship Finals won't see two sessions on Friday with a full day of darting action upon us at Butlins in Minehead.
Starting at 10:30am with Rob Cross set to take one of the earliest walk-ons in darting history when he faces Kevin Doets, it will run until 6:30pm just before the England game takes place on Friday evening. On the Main Stage, the bumper line-up includes Joe Cullen facing Rowby-John Rodriguez, James Wade taking on Mensur Suljovic, man of the moment Josh Rock facing the always entertaining Cameron Menzies.
Dimitri van den Bergh will aim to kick start his form again when he faces Martin Lukeman, while again Danny Noppert will face Simon Whitlock. First time major winner recently, Michael Smith will face Ritchie Edhouse, while to end the session on the Main Stage sees Gerwyn Price face Ryan Joyce, Raymond van Barneveld return again to face Kim Huybrechts after his Grand Slam run, before Michael van Gerwen - Ryan Meikle and Nathan Rafferty aiming to topple Luke Humphries.
There is no Peter Wright in Minehead with the defending champion withdrawing due to his wife Jo being rushed to hospital during the Grand Slam of Darts. He was replaced by Gian van Veen who will face Ross Smith also on the main stage on Friday.
While over on Stage Two, it sees the remaining games and multiple big names as Gary Anderson, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Jose de Sousa, Jonny Clayton and Dave Chisnall who would all usually take Main Stage billing move to Red's.
Players Championship Finals
Schedule of Play
Friday November 25 (1030-1830 GMT)
First Round
Main Stage
Rob Cross v Kevin Doets
Joe Cullen v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Damon Heta v Ricardo Pietreczko
James Wade v Mensur Suljovic
Josh Rock v Cameron Menzies
Gian van Veen v Ross Smith
Nathan Aspinall v Martijn Kleermaker
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Martin Lukeman
Danny Noppert v Simon Whitlock
Michael Smith v Ritchie Edhouse
Gerwyn Price v Ryan Joyce
Kim Huybrechts v Raymond van Barneveld
Michael van Gerwen v Ryan Meikle
Luke Humphries v Nathan Rafferty
Stage Two
Andrew Gilding v Ricky Evans
Callan Rydz v Madars Razma
Daryl Gurney v Keegan Brown
Scott Williams v Alan Soutar
Brendan Dolan v Jermaine Wattimena
Jim Williams v Mike De Decker
Krzysztof Ratajski v William O'Connor
Adrian Lewis v Keane Barry
Jose de Sousa v Danny Jansen
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Mickey Mansell
Ryan Searle v Mervyn King
Stephen Bunting v Jamie Hughes
Chris Dobey v Geert Nentjes
Martin Schindler v Vincent van der Voort
Jonny Clayton v John O'Shea
Matt Campbell v Steve Beaton
Gabriel Clemens v Gary Anderson
Dave Chisnall v Niels Zonneveld