#405: Bobby George, Jason Francis, PDC World Championship Announcement Reaction, Weekend Preview
Release Date: 06/25/2025
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode of your go-to darts podcast after the first two rounds of the 2025/26 PDC World Darts Championship! The boys start of the show with a look back at the action so far at Alexandra Palace, discussing what has been the biggest shock result of the tournament so far, before giving their thoughts on Cameron Menzies' post-match outburst and Dom Taylor being removed from the event after failing a drugs test. Lucy Fenner (20:59), the commercial director of Alexandra Palace, joins the show to discuss the recent announcement that the PDC have agreed...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode of your go-to darts podcast ahead of the 2025/26 PDC World Darts Championship! The boys start of the show with an overall look ahead to the start of this year's darts extravaganza at Alexandra Palace, and the expanded 128-player field and record £1 million top prize, before making their picks on who they think will be lifting the Sid Waddell Trophy on January 3. Jose De Sousa (18:46) calls in ahead of making his return to the Ally Pally stage next week. The former Grand Slam of Darts champion reflects on a tough few years on and off the...
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Alex Moss and Burton DeWitt are back with a new episode of your go-to darts podcast after the Players Championship Finals! The boys start of the show with a look back at the Players Championship Finals and Luke Littler winning the title in Minehead to become a nine-time PDC major champion, before reflecting on ITV Sport's 18-year run producing PDC events. Devon Petersen (19:27) calls in ahead of the defence of his ADC Global Championship title next week. 'The African Warrior' delves into a range of topics including the launch of his Dartboard Maths initiative, his involvement with the...
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The boys start this week's show by delving into last week's PDC World Darts Championship qualifying criteria announcement, and giving their own thoughts on how the expanded 128-player field will be made up this December, before looking back on last week's ProTour action in Leicester, and in particular James Wade's first PDC title success in three years.
Darts legend Bobby George (18:25) calls in to discuss his new book 'Still Here - The King of Bling'. In a long-ranging chat, the two-time News of the World champion talks about a range of subjects including the growth of the game in the last 50 years, introducing walk-ons into darts, why he is no longer working as a pundit on the World Seniors and much more.
Alex and Burton continue the show with a look ahead to a bumper weekend of darts, starting off with the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden. The boys make their picks for who they think will win the World Series event in New York, as well as predict who lifts the North American Darts Championship, before delving into this Sunday's World Seniors Champion of Champions and the highly-talked about debut of Raymond van Barneveld in the event.
World Seniors Darts chief executive Jason Francis (1:00:53) then joins the show ahead of the Champion of Champions this weekend. Jason discusses a range of key topics involving the seniors, from lowering the minimum age of entry from 50 to 45 and scraping the tour events this year to Raymond van Barneveld's inclusion as a wildcard in the Champion of Champions and whether more PDC tour card holders could feature in future events.
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