In his first season, he gained the British Darts Organisation Young Player of the Year Award.
He only managed to appear once at the Lakeside Country Club for the BDO World Darts Championship when he lost a first round match in 2005 to Simon Whitlock.
[2] His wife moved across to the PDC in December 2008, which in turn left Martin playing on a different circuit again.
It was announced however during the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts that Martin would be competing in the PDC once more, starting in January 2010.
However his season in the PDC was difficult as he suffered from loss of form and had injury problems, As a result, he did not get a tour card.