GLENDURRANT joked he should becrownedPremierLeagueDarts champ if Liverpool are handed the football title post-lockdown.
The Middlesbrough thrower won four out of six matches in league combat to sit top of the nine-man table before the sporting shutdown.
New dates have been allocated for the remaining ten events this year but there are no guarantees they will go ahead if there is a second wave of Covid-19 cases.
Durrant, 49, laughed: “If Liverpool are given the title, then give me the title as well!
“I’ll take the £250,000 first prize, no problem.
“I’ve loved the Premier League this year. It’s been an incredible experience.
“The questions in mind now are: How will it finish? When? If they postponed it, will I be back in it next year? Thursdays, apart from the clapping at 8pm, are no different to other days.
“I accept the lockdown but I miss playing Newcastle and Rotterdam. That was tough.”
Three-time BDO world champ Durrant admits he only has a limited time to make the most of his switch to the PDC.
He said: “I’ve given myself five years. If we don’t play darts this year, then that’s a fifth of the time of my plans on the PDC.
“This is a big dent in my plans. History will tell you can only play at your top level for so long.”
Durrant also revealed Mark Selby, the three-time world snooker champion, has proven to be a valuable sounding board.
He added: “I speak with Mark weekly, he’s a big darts fan.
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“We have a good chat about the darts and snooker.
“He was at a low ebb once and we chatted for hours. He was asking my opinion on my bad times.”
TONIGHT’S group 19 fixtures: Glen Durrant v Vincent van der Meer; Justin Pipe v Maik Kuivenhoven; Van der Meer v Kuivenhoven; Durrant v Pipe; Pipe v Van der Meer; Kuivenhoven v Durrant.
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