Your right Dennis was a great potter im happy to say ive cheerd for Dennis often . To me it was during I985 he was.i didnt see much great about him before that. Saying it how i see it

@Gavin WJ wheres your proof.

Great match bewteen two great players there was only one hurricane rip.

When it was on TV at the time it wasn't too loud.

Never forget the Black Ken missed great venue .

Yh agreed they should do way more of these

Adronias you're stupid and dumb and you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to snooker.

Wayne Anthony Holmes Stupid? Coming from the person who replied to a 5 year old comment? Smh

Higgins was moving on the shot and after but not at point of contact

Gavin WJ Jesus fucking Christ 🤣

this is the most liked comment??

You think Ronnie's charismatic?

Alex beat Hendry in the Irish Masters Final in 1989 for a cheque of £32,000 which was really the end of an era of entertaining sports stars . In Stephen Hendry , you had the complete opposite type of person. Completely introverted.

Turn it down

It's called editing. Higgins lost.

Higgins was a complete embarrassment a total twitching alcoholic

@Barcelonista 1983 you're correct mate, sorry!

No wrong year..during the world cup he threatened him

bit late but trying to swing round back of black with white with right hand side and end up behind green. the side bit too soon and he hit red too thick

Taylor absolutely loathed Higgins for certain reasons

+Ashley Dawson Id like to know as well , its quite catchy isn't it.

No, he commentated on the 85' World Snooker Final

it was what was in Alex glasses that helped Dennis

Before

That would be alex higgins in all fairness

@@shane-irish no, he was an overrated gobshite.

Can only hope this is sarcasm!

Dennis Taylor was the real people's champion. 18 million watched him kick Steve Davis's head in, in 1985.@@Kingscratcher

@@manephewlenny6401 Don't tag me in your clueless comments 👍

alex made 82 centuries in his whole career. nuff said

@@almack142 Great as he was, he was of his time.

They needed to have a high lens though, so that he could still look through them rather than over them when he was down on the shot.

Hammer is a bit of a stretch maybe, being that they only played each other 5 times in the 70s. Granted Reardon won all five matches, but he was World Champion five times by the time of their first match and on his way to his sixth. One of those wins was in the one framed Pot Black format, two were first to three frames and one of those he won 3-2, another match he won 7-4 with only the 1976 World QF being anything like a hammering. Reardon was approaching 50 years old by the 80s and Taylor had not long turned 30 by then.

@@seanscanlon9067 you really need to find a girlfriend

@@ianfortean7808 I would, but am not sure my wife will be too pleased. Why would I need to anyway, to explain things to you? I love how being ill-informed is the new norm these days, yet being informed is somehow looked down on. Next people will be saying that Trump won the election.

OK, I take that back, but you do still live with your mum don't you.

@@ianfortean7808 Er no, not since the 1970s anyway.

1987 was Dennis Taylor's last great year in snooker

Dennis just used those upside down glasses for snooker. He needed the oversized lenses so he could still see when down on the shot, or he'd be peering over the top of normal specs.

All day drinking during many big finals wore him down - he'd become deflated. A sober Higgins would have won so much more silverware.

True.... Can't beat the Irish.... 👌

Those glasses helped him win the 85 world championships he nearly quit his eye sight was so bad ..

He didn't exactly have a lot of options regarding a route back to baulk with the cue ball. The green was blocking the path to any of the reds to the left of the blue as we look at it and the red on the top cushion (initially hidden by the on-screen writing) is an issue with the cue ball cannoning into it if he doesn't make the right connection, if going for the red just above and to the right of the black as we look. That same red on the cushion was also an issue too if he clipped the red nearest the pink too thinly (the shot the commentator thinks he tried to play) which is why he hit at with pace and with a thick contact to try to miss the red on the cushion but bounce off of the cushion itself, go around the back of the black and take the cue back towards the baulk cushion. He ended up catching the red too thick though (despite what the commentator said, as he was thinking of another shot) and that took all of the pace out of the cue ball.

Like you could do better

Correct - as he did with Griffiths in the '82 UK - But I think it was alcohol related, as he aged the long matches whilst drinking constant vodkas or lagers all day - took its toll - he'd became more and more deflated and drunk which would impact his game at the final stages of long big finals - he could handle it in his twenties when he'd be potting everything in sight - but into his 30s the all day drinking wore him down and made him tired towards the end of big matches. It is undoubtedly the case that a more sober Higgins would have won two or three times more majors than he won - but still on his day in full flow he was the greatest talent the game has ever seen - and the fact that he won 2 World titles, 2 Masters, the UK and the 1989 Irish Masters - along with dozens of lesser title - all while drinking heavily - is a miracle in itself.

I just can't imagine sitting in the audience listening to this music while the players take their shots so why do we have to listen to this music while the players are taking their shot's on this video?,yes the music might be dramatic but watching this level of snooker is dramatic enough without any assistance from background music.

Just making a valid point that's all

The music was perfect imo

Leprechauns are imaginary beings just thought I’d let you know !!

Why do you think that?

bro..you realy need to watch alex higgin's game..he wud own any player of today in his time...

Thats a rather ignorant assessment. The tables were nowhere near as reactive as the ones today. Modern players would struggle to build good breaks. Back then it was a much harder grittier game.

Abnsdllnnlosnfd yes indeed, 100% agree..only the players know this thing. But the spectacle and show is way under , dont you agree on that? i know that for sure:)

Totally agree!

+John Rupesh LOL!!!!!