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I know the feeling 😂

Me too. In that regard I must rank very highly in a list of all time greats! 🤣🤣

Guy on the very far table put him off i think. I think that was very unsporting of whoever that player was. Un-Nooh's long red was sublime!

Me too!

Heartbreaking every time I watch it 😂

Do you really cry?

Very sad for him. I cry everytlme watching this clip.

orly? I almost pissed myself laughing. No disrespect to him because he can't hear me.

@@frankbrodie5168 ok

Absolutely 💯

Even in the mid to late 90s it was huge and those late night snooker sessions were anticipated

Used to watch it every year with my grandad as a kid, back in late 90’s early 2000’s

It was huge in the UK. It was a nonentity everywhere else.

@@fireblade2681 you were everywhere else?

I didn’t realise either, I’m surprised he never mentions it 😂

Dennis has never mentioned the 85 final

What snooker world are you living in

Was Dennis in the 85 final? He’s never said.........

How can you not know they PJ?!!!

I believe you can upgrade to get rid of averts, but yes it can be annoying

Vanced for the win

Just get premium its 12 pound a month

Upgrade to youtube premium then you tight fucker

@@Josh_J9 I prefer 0 pound a month 👌

Williams seems to have a history of ill fitting shirts. You would think he could afford to buy them made to measure 😂

Who'd have thought 20 years later he'd win a third World title?

lol for sure. Like he's wearing his dad's

Mark Williams is that laid back he’s horizontal 😂

Sounds great. I had a 6ft snooker table when I was about 10, Stephen Hendry was my idol 😂 My brother and I played on it most days for years until we were old enough to join a club. I never get bored of it 😃

Can relate to your story . I managed to get a 6ft snooker table . At the time 1984 it cost about £75 . A cousin helped my dad with the van to collect the table that I saw advertised in the adnews or chronicle newspaper that use to be delivered weekly free . Can still remember sitting in the van holding on to the table on way back . Probably did not sleep that night and clearly remember the next day just could not wait to get home from school to play on my snooker table. Unforgettable memories.

I had a 5' x 2.5' table - i had snooker and pool balls - i think I managed to get a century once. I learnt how to swerve the ball watching Eddie Charlton on Pot Black. Some of the shots I played on that table would have brought the house down!

Yes the standard has improved so much since then, centuries being reeled off all the time. Yes the black reminds me of the snooker league 😂

"Geezers down at the club" ... so funny but I can clearly picture them.

Best comeback since Lazarus..

@@51elephantchang lmao

YES Alex Higgins Was IN UK Championship at Preston final of 1983 Alex Was 7+0 adie against Davis a only 7 frames to B UK winner But Alex Higgins He won UK 16+15 yes

to this day it still holds the record for the biggest TV audience in the UK for a programme shown after midnight.

It seems that Steve had a problem closing out matches against Irish ☘️ men, after having held a big lead. About a year and a half earlier, Alex Higgins had managed to reel him in, 16-15, having earlier trailed him 7-0. in the 1983 United Kingdom Championship Final. Dennis went one better, having lagged 8-0 after the first session of the 1985 World Championship Final, eventually staggering over the line on the last black, winning 18-17, having never led by so much as one frame until the very last pot of the match. At the time in 1985 some ill-informed people were saying it was a fix, but snooker was big business in the 80’s and winning meant lucrative offers from businesses who wanted successful players to endorse their products. In my view only a fool would take a bribe to lose and Steve Davis is a multimillionaire, and definitely not a fool. Nevertheless, it’s incredible that someone so composed as Steve at his peak lost two such contests. It just goes to show what nerves and self doubt can do to even the best of players in a long contest.

Thanks, I’ll try and do some more. Glad you like them 👍🏼

Hi, yes it was a great final back in the days when everyone watched the snooker as there were only a few channels to choose from. 👍🏼

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker I remember watching the first clip live. I saw him punch in the final red and genuinely thought it was impossible for him to miss in that break. I felt sick for him when he missed the black. Was gobsmacked.

@@BiggyInHD yeah, that final red was incredible. You wouldn’t expect to miss the black after such a great clearance

Yep, my parents are gone now but that weekend in 1985 absorbed the nation in a way only big international matches do today..

@@kailashpatel1706 nice memories 😊

Thanks much appreciated, really glad you enjoyed it

Yes that was an incredible pot.

feel sorry for him

He missed 147 twice in his career on the final black

Both in the same season as well

And Neil Robertson was there.

Yes that would be good, however unfortunately you can’t add clips to an existing video. That was a very long drawn out match!

Yeah that will go down as "a bad miss"

@@paulriggall8370 probably one of the biggest misses of all time, the victory was there for the taking

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Yeah totally, I'm never gonna forget that one

You are about 6 Months Late!

Are you going to head to the moon when flights become available 🌚🚀🌝🚀🌚

​@@phereww I don't know what you're talking about, he's clearly talking about his favourite leafy green vegetable.

caroline elliott Thanks! Unfortunately it was never to be for Jimmy, if Davis & Hendry had not been around he probably would have won several world titles

I’m still bitter towards hendry 😂

The greatest player to never have won the World Championship. Hard work beats talent every time & I’m personally not a fan of Hendry but he trained for the titles.

Not being funny, but Jimmy should have won back-to-back World titles at least....he should have beaten Parrott in '91, and the following year he was 14-8 up against Hendry but could only sit and watch Hendry reel off 10 frames in a row!!

God yeah, the 1992 final, he was so far in front at one point. Devastated.

@@andrewmensah1904 hes just complete trash under pressure

Yeah, especially after the last red Un Nooh potted to keep it going

I just made a similar comment, the first guy pots that tough long red flush into the pocket, then misses the black which in that position is bread and butter for a pro snooker player.

I'm an amateur, and I miss that black 95 times out of 100. But then I don't fancy any shot. Well usually the break off is ok, I only miss the reds occasionally

It could have gone in too

Davis' double attempt or whatever it was also lucky it went safe, both were like they turned into complete novice for the final black, so funny.

Thanks 😊

That is true, he has been milking it for 35 years 😂

And 1988 final

Should be kissing Davis’s feet twice daily, without it he’d have had to get proper job, certainly wouldn’t have along with many other mediocre players stolen a living stating the bleeding obvious.

Had ridiculous luck on that black

Wouldn't you?

The secret is that they go so fast, the mind doesn’t have time to react to the pressure.

You have great taste sir 😊

I know, I made another version of the video with that shot on it, but it was taken down by you tube 😞

Apparently he wasn’t aware of the £40k bonus when he was playing but yes it must have been a blow. He missed the black for a 147 on two occasions in the same season!!

What a final red!

Yeah, one of the best pots on the way to a maximum I’ve seen.

For me Thepichaya U-Nooh has the ability to become first World Champion from a non-English speaking country (more than Ding Jong Hui or Marco Fu). But it is only my opinion.

Yes I’m sure he has the ability. Ding has an outside chance, but Marco Fu is very unlikely.

More to come!

Thanks glad you like it.

@Gareth Thonas I remember it like it was yesterday, yet for some reason I got the tournament and year completely wrong 🥵

Correct Andrew, I was lucky enough to be in the crowd and there was a 80,000 quid Honda Sports car in the lobby as a bonus for anyone who got the maximum, gutted.

Did think the footage looked a lot older

Great commentary as well. Allowing long pauses, letting the drama speak for itself.

@@RobertWood-rc1xd yes indeed

Thank you! Yeah Matthew genuinely felt for Ken there

Yes, it can be very frustrating. Is it easy to find snooker clubs in Australia?

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Yes, but mostly in the cities. People play pool nearly everywhere but snooker is more select.

@@SMHman666 I thought that might be the case. It’s similar here, and lots of snooker clubs I used to go to have shut down 😕

Yes it was incredible, I thought after such an amazing pot he would go on to make the maximum.

And Hendry 9-6 up to lose was huge.

Yep, I think it was a pivotal point in his career

@@jlatirl4316 Yep, especially at that point in his career.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks 😊

Which match? The Hendry/Williams one?

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Davis vs Taylor one :)

@@chrisshanks4934 ah yes, classic match full of drama

I think the same is true in any world class sport...I also follow Tennis and when Federer wasted two MP's in 2019 against Novak at Wimbledon, it was a classic example of a guy who did not adjust himself (setting himself properly) or thinking properly when it was within grasp..

Physiologically no player drifted further than Hendry to where he completely melts now. When in his prime he had nerves of steal.

@@kailashpatel1706 If u think u might fail, it happens

@@Glasschin2.0 This is losing form with age. It happens a lot in snooker and probably most sports that require mind-body coordination. Some players have the ability to play from memory, and can still play reasonably

@@tonybarfridge4369 you say that but he isn’t much older than the class of 92 who are all going strong still. Even by Judd Trumps age 34 he was over the hill in terms of playing his best snooker.

Amazing shot 😊

The accuracy PLUS the power to get on the black. Truly amazing considering the tension as 147 appears imminent.

Thank you

Yes he will always be remembered as the nearly man

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Yeah, you're right....The "Nearly Man"....which is strange, considering all the titles he won. It just shows you how important that World title is.

Will always be the worst miss as far as I'm concerned... heartbreaking... At least Steve Davis, the top pick here, had the consolation of 3 more world titles to add to his previous 3. Jimmy never got to another world final, poor bloke. Still, he took it with sheer class. When David Vine asked him for his thoughts about Stephen Hendry immediately afterwards, Jimmy was quick as a flash, with no little irony: "He's beginning to annoying me..!" Brilliant

@@andrewchapman4267 yes that was a great response from Jimmy, I remember watching it live.

And on Jimmy's birthday too. Cruel.

Tease him all ya want. Man's a world champ

The thoughts of driving away in that Honda NSX prize for a 147 got to him

Because he had no heart. He was a failure, that's why.

Yes, both awesome players

Absolutely. 19 times out of 20 he would have easily cleared the rest of the reds up and won comfortably. As he said himself afterwards, it was such an easy chance he was already thinking of picking up the trophy.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the bbc version. I take it that’s Virgo saying that?

efren is laughing

I think too, but he shouldn't played that one so softly, especially on a such short distance. That miss will certainly hunt him for life.

Thank you, I expect it still haunts Jimmy White as well

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker hahaha maybe it doesn't hurt him as much now but God that must have killed for the year or so after. I was so gutted for him. What a player he was though

I'm convinced it was a guilty conscience. He was caught touching the cue ball when preparing his shot a number of times as the long night wore on. I reckon he touched the cue ball and the referee missed it; he then realised the table was at his mercy. He had to take a dirty win or give Hendry another chance and hope he messed it up.

White is a cue ball, you can't miss it.

@@aren2naga92 White as in Jimmy White 🤦🏼😂

Indeed

Thanks, I don’t know why I wrote “could of” but it has sure come back to haunt me, I receive a message about it every few days over the last 6 months 😂 glad you like the video though, they were great moments!!

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Yeah, no worries! It's jus one of those little things that bothers me for no good reason! I've subscribed though :)

@@MartinParnham thanks. The worst thing is I’m the first to moan about grammar on social media, then I go and write that!!

Sorry 💔

Thank you 👍🏼

Kuba Hassa thanks for pointing that out, you are correct. He actually got the 147 in the 2012 Paul Hunter classic 😂 I don’t think I can change it now

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker think you can add a black box with a note in video on top 👍

Pedro Santos oh thanks, I’ll give that a go

I was just going to write that! I remember watching it live.

I must have been told this about 200 times, but thanks for letting me know 😂

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker 201 now.

@@predictivetextisforaunts I suppose I deserve it, it was a silly mistake 👍🏼 I’m sure number 202 will come soon enough

Just had number 202 😂

I remember watching it too, I was a Hendry fan and Jimmy was my 2nd favourite. Shame he came so close on separate occasions but never won it

5 failed attempts

Hendry miss wasn't that easy a shot even in normal circumstaces ,all others were misses for a 147 or in Jimmy's case the world title

I actually think the ‘92 final loss for Jimmy was worse than the ‘94 one as he was dominating the match and had a very good season too. He had a decent 1992 too actually. Hendry was relentless in the 90’s.

@@sz4128 so true. Jimmy had played Hendry off the table to lead 14-8 but then never got a look in as he lost the next ten frames in a row.

Sounds good - except the Ikea bit 👍🏼

@Norfolk Boy and Steve Davis

Thanks 👍🏼

most interesting observation! in fact, he stares 3 times in the direction of that other player after the shot, the last he is even already in his seat and starts mumbling something in that direction. Also the other player pots his ball by the sound of it at the exact time he misses and you can see that he for an instant thinks he has potted the ball by the sound of the other potted ball, only when his eyes see the black he realises that he has missed.

The other player was Mark Joyce. He probably didn’t realise what was happening, but I would say it did put him off

Brilliant match, I remember watching it.

Oh I didn’t see that one, that’s around the time I had just started watching snooker 😊

Wow that's some memory

It's from the 87 SF against White.

😂

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Why doesn't my hilarious comment have more likes?!??!??

@@JohnSmith-su3ze not sure, I found it amusing. Maybe try some new material?

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Ok I will. Thanks for the advice!

@@JohnSmith-su3ze I found it funny. 👍🏼 You have six likes now 🤣

you don't have to have ads. Various ways of getting rid of them

Truth be told it wasn’t much of a rivalry when Higgins kept losing to him most of the time.

Alex higgins made snooker and Steve of course in a different way 2 great players in their own right 😎👍🎱🎱🎱

Alex Higgins was his own rival and his own worst enemy, sadly.

Snooker would not have been the same had Alex not been around at that time case closed rip Alex thanks for the memories 🙏👍🎱

Yes I think he really wanted him to get it, it was painful to watch

I think at that high-level play and especially in snooker, there's a small part of every player that roots for their opponent when they're on a potential maximum break. Any of us would hope for the same if we got on a good run...

@@daveyjones7391 I absolutely agree. The frame is already won so no player is going to want to see the opponent miss the final black.

I think O’Sullivan would enjoy seeing Ali Carter miss the black 😊

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker ha ha yes I think so :)

Yes if it was a top 8 I would have included Willie Thorne’s missed blue in the Uk and Ronnie’s missed pink.

You know the first rule of snooker we never say anything bad about Ronnie lol

@@chriscripplercruz1833 🐐

He played for the black!!!!!

@@chriscripplercruz1833 yes you cannot offend the G.O.A.T 😂

Thanks!

Actually that's Selby. Hendry was lucky he faced weak opposition.

@@itiaka-tz1nl _He came along in 1985-so his competition was Davis, Alex Higgins, White, Taylor, Thorburn, Knowles, Griffiths, Parrott, Wattana, McManus, Ebdon, Doherty, James, Hallett, ROS, John Higgins, Williams, Hunter, Stevens etc. How that is weak is beyond me_ Very simple. Its weak cause when he was dominating, he wasn't facing the peak versions of those players. He was facing: - defense oriented farts from the 80s that were not scoring heavy enough, except for Jimmy and Davis, and even they are not heavy scorers by modern standars. - young pups in the class of 92, who were only teenagers. As soon as they turned 20, Hendry's domination ended.

He has grown it back now, on his chin.

Can’t believe how many times he nearly did it

If he stayed off the powder, he would have won at least 2.

@@RobJNathanSings do you mean powder?

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker yeah 😅😅

a WC? a toilet?

Which man?

@@EnglishPoolandSnooker That was in response to someone stating that they never knew Dennis Taylor had won a world champs, and the fact that he’d never mentioned it. I wrote in reply, That’s the humbleness of the man. I met him once you couldn’t home to meet a warmer more welcoming person!

Oh I see, you didn’t reply in the same thread. I haven’t met him but I can imagine he is a nice enough bloke 😊

8-0 down and back to 9-7 after 2nd session

It was amazing to comeback from that far behind