There is, admittedly, a growing murmur that the young champion may be flirting with the age-old accusation of becoming “a touch too big for his boots ...

That maiden edition, held in Mannheim, fittingly saw Michael van Gerwen claim the title - a theme that would continue to resonate in the years that followed ...

our inaugural award goes to the winner of a match that very few actually saw and others were too busy looking for controversy to see what unfolded in its true context ...