"I had to wait a long time to win a trophy," said Van Gerwen in his on-stage interview. "Fallon played a phenomenal tournament and I think she played one of her best games in her life in the final and I want to give her all the credit because she made it really difficult. It granted them an increased margin of error in the battle against the drop, though they still had to turn on the style in the final month, winning five of the last seven games and then rounding it off in style with a 6-1 final day win at home to Millwall, with six different players on the scoresheet to boot. Mark Robins' side's troubles on the road were offset by their surprisingly strong home form last term and, despite periods of inconsistency, they stayed well clear of the bottom three and finished 12 points above it when the season concluded in May. "Now he is having a retina problem and had to pull out of fighting Manny Pacquiao.