The borders of professional darts continue to blur, stretch, and occasionally wobble under the weight of modern celebrity, and the latest figure to peer curiously through the velvet rope is Angry Ginge. A digital colossus by trade and temperament, the recently crowned King of the Jungle has floated the notion of one day wandering into the unforgiving furnace of PDC Q-School – not with dreams of domination, but with curiosity, humility, and a healthy dose of self-awareness.
There is no bravado here or influencer delusion. Not even a YouTube-certified prophecy of instant greatness. Instead, this is a reconnaissance mission, a boots-on-the-ground experiment designed to understand what life on the professional circuit demands when the cameras stop rolling and the algorithm stops caring.
At just 24, Ginge – real name Morgan Birtwistle – recently swapped streaming setups for seats inside Alexandra Palace, where he watched close friend Luke Littler coolly retain his World Championship crown. From the stands rather than the stage, the experience appears to have planted a seed – not of expectation, but of possibility.
Speaking to talkSPORT, the 24-year old from Salford was refreshingly blunt about his chances.
“I don’t think I’ve got a chance [of making it through Q-School], to be totally honest with you. But Q-School, more for the experience. What harm can it do? Just go there, see what it’s about, enjoy it and take it in.
“In my opinion, I’m half-decent for the amount I play, so if I ever wanted to, in a few years, lock in and practice for four, five hours a day, you never know. Nothing’s impossible. I’m not going to rock up and think I’ve got a chance. I’ll rock up, I probably won’t even win a game, never mind a leg.
“We’ll just see what happens, see what it’s about. You never know, in a few years I might lock in and try.”
That grounded realism alone might earn a begrudging nod of approval from Gary Anderson, the two-time world champion who has made no secret of his suspicion toward influencers, TikTok trick-shot merchants, and YouTube warriors daring to flirt with the oche. One can easily imagine the Flying Scotsman – fishing rod in hand – watching this unfold with arms folded, an eyebrow raised, muttering something inaudible about actual practice before grudgingly conceding that, at the very least, this one knows his place.
Crucially, Ginge isn’t operating in an echo chamber. He revealed that Littler himself sees something worth nurturing if commitment ever replaces curiosity.
“Luke’s said I’m actually quite decent. I think I’ve played against him a couple of times, and every time I’ve took a leg off him. Then I played him early last year and I missed one dart at double to win.”
Can’t be too bad if you’re pushing the World Champ all the way. Perhaps it’s just a thought experiment, parked neatly in the future. And in a sport increasingly allergic to shortcuts, that alone might make this the most believable crossover conversation yet.
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