Newcastle’s Utilita Arena will stage a blockbuster billed as the Night of Champions on March twenty seven when three major title holders collide in the BetMGM Premier League. Seven time league king Michael van Gerwen faces local favourite Nathan Aspinall in the pick of the quarter finals while newly crowned world champion Luke Humphries meets Chris Dobey in a North East derby that promises decibel levels off the chart.citeturn2search4

Van Gerwen arrives with twenty points yet frustrated by five semi final exits that have stalled his climb up the ladder. The Dutchman admitted he is “running out of excuses” and believes a coaching tweak to stand fractionally wider on the oche has cured recent double sixteen woes. Aspinall meanwhile remains one place outside the top four but lifted spirits with a first nightly win in Manchester earlier this month. The Stockport thrower says he feels at home in this arena after lifting the Players Cham…

Humphries against Dobey will ignite local rivalries. World number one Humphries leads the league in three dart average at one hundred and one point nine but Dobey, affectionately nicknamed Hollywood, stunned him here twelve months ago with a one sixty check out and wants a sequel. Should both north east throwers progress the arena could witness an all local semi final.citeturn3search1

Luke Littler occupies the opposite half of the bracket and will fancy extending his record sequence of nightly crowns. Yet with every player in the draw owning recent major silverware Newcastle may deliver the most competitive card of the campaign. Fans lucky enough to hold a ticket have been advised to bring ear plugs and expect fireworks from the very first walk on. For darts it might prove the night when the title race explodes.