Angry Ginge decides to go pro in football after his second great Soccer Aid Player of the Match showing
Social media star Angry Ginge was asked if he might think about a career in pro football after winning the Soccer Aid Player of the Match award for the second year in a row.
This year’s Soccer Aid took place at West Ham’s London Stadium, where England won 3-2 to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary, thanks to goals from Jermain Defoe (2) and Damson Idris.
Defoe is the top scorer in Soccer Aid history and the only player to score more than one brace in the competition. Even so, Ginge was named Player of the Match thanks to another strong performance.
The 24-year-old, who recently won the latest series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, played really well, making ten defensive plays, including an amazing goal-line clearance.
After the game, Ginge (whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle) told talkSPORT he might “leave the football” but joked that someone should try to challenge Luke Littler, so he might need to practice.
Earlier this year, Ginge said he’d thought about entering next year’s Q-School, a competition where players aged 16 or over can win a two-year Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Tour Card.
“I might go to Q-School next year,” he told Oche18, “Not to win, because I know I won’t win, but just to see what it’s like. The more pressure you’re under, the more you get used to it. Darts is mostly about who’s got the biggest nerve.”
Luke Littler has supported Ginge’s idea to enter Q-School and has said he could earn a professional darts tour card if he puts in the work.
“It’s tough, of course,” Littler said in February. “I didn’t go through Q-School, so I don’t know what it’s like, but I see the results, and players can lose even with really high averages. For Ginge, if he gets a good draw, he could win some games.”
“If he practices a few hours every day, he’d definitely improve. But yeah, I expect to see him at Q-School one day,” Littler added.