CAMERON MENZIES admits he'd have got the sack if he didn’t quit work to pursue his darting dream. 

The World No.34 has dumped his job as a plumber to focus on the oche. 

Menzies, 36, takes on Danny Noppert in the World Matchplay in Blackpool on Saturday night as he bids to further his successful year. 

He has shown he already belongs amongst the best after winning the Players Championship 11 in April and reaching a further TWO finals on the floor this year. 

But Menzies revealed travel and tournament conflicts made his plumbing work unmanageable. 

He said: “I actually got reduced hours and I was just never there. I just got to the point where I either took the plunge and quit or I was going to get sacked. 

“We still keep contact with them because obviously I look at the supervisors and there's a lot of guys that I work with and that I became really close friends with. 

“But I felt like I was getting annoyed at myself because I couldn't really do any work. They were supportive of me with all my darts. 

“I wasn't missing much darts, but I was missing work. So, I was traveling because of the European Tours and there are a lot of darts on during the week. 

“So the last, before I quit, the last six weeks, I worked for one day. I got my wage through that day. 

“I got paid monthly and I got my wage through. I was like, well, I've wasted time. That was because I only worked one day. 

“But it was just because it was so busy. And I just was like, I feel like I'm fine for these two years. If it doesn't go to plan or whatever, it's quite a good trade that I could go back to it.” 

Menzies has his eye on a future Scotland World Cup call-up. 

But he insists Gary Anderson and Peter Wright have earned the right to keep their places — even after a nightmare 8-0 defeat to the Netherlands in Frankfurt this summer. 

He added: “I'll cross that bridge when it comes to it. I've also had a few messages because Scotland didn't do great this year, but it happens. You got two guys that have won it. 

“Peter's won it twice and Gary's won it once because I think Peter won it with John Henderson. Scotland's won the World Cup three times and these guys have been involved. 

“Plus, they are the two best Scottish players ever. So yeah, if I get in it, fine, It will be a proud moment for myself, but it's safe to say these two guys are still playing good darts. 

“They're still doing enough to be where they are, and I feel like the two of them will still get a few more years in them yet. 

“So, I would need to do it on my own merit. Peter Wright is maybe not playing as well as what he can, but there's still glimpses of moments. 

“He's still there, he's still playing good darts, and you're seeing at the weekend there, Gary, still flying. 

“I would love to get in it, but I would need to climb a lot higher on the rankings because I don't think they'll drop. 

“I'll be surprised if they drop out of the top 32 anytime soon, unless, as you say, they take the foot off the gas and just do enough to make the Worlds because time catches up in us all.”