Your streaming service, your cable box, your grandma’s newspaper—they all lie. The official start time is always “approximately 8:00 PM,” but the real start is when the player’s feet hit the stage. I once saw a match where the final started at 9:15 PM because the crowd was too busy doing the “Nani Nani” dance. The ref just shrugged. “Let them finish,” he said, and three hundred people did a conga line. True story.
So, when does the darts final start? Whenever it damn well pleases. But if you want to be safe, pour a drink at 7:30 PM, order a pizza, and put on your best Hawaiian shirt. The final will happen. You’ll see a grown man hit a double 18 to win a million pounds. And you’ll laugh, because you know the real start time was the friends we made along the way—and the fact that you’re now three sheets to the wind by 10 PM. Enjoy the darts.
