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Just remember these tables were not the perfect fast cloths of today, the nap was not perfect either, you had to work the ball, today is very forgiving and you can play with little power to get results.

Met John Was obviously in a bad mood and probably still sulking

Alex higgins has to be the most infuential and entertaining player the game has ever seen

steve davis must be the mot lucky guy in snooker, most times he leaves jimmy a snooker or a bad shot, after he misses a shot

Was this Semi networked or was it London only

For some reason I can't remember the quarter finals, but watched Hendry's 2nd round match at the Crucible Steve Longworth. It was Hendry's 2nd visit to the Crucible having lost the previous year 10-8 to Willie Thorne who he played again in 87 in the first round, but this time won 10-7. I was lucky that year I went on to see both semi-finals and final.

Watched it live 42 years ago. Game has changed since. But it is also at the Back of higher quality and precision of equipment as well. Balls, for example,being of a totally different and superior material now.

I hope he is playing snooker in the spirit world... Both legends ...💯🇯🇲🇬🇧👍

Two of my favourite snooker players

Omg this guy paul hunter look exactly like dybala the football player

Stevens had a lot of luck in that final frame with where the object ball kept ending up

And, most importantly of all. Rest in Peace, Ray.

33:14. This is why I LOVE snooker : there's only ONE point that you could strike that red that will pot it. And Ray nails it ! WONDERFUL ! Thanks dad. :) And Euclid... .

And Reardon's reply at 20:45 !

28:15 : WOW.

Anybody else notice how hard Jimmy seems to be breathing following that first frame ? One can only imagine how stressful it must be to play top-level snooker. And that missed yellow in frame two, after the sublime red to the left-middle : well, it just seemed to sum up White's career to me. Snooker's Stirling Moss.

I've been watching this on and off over the last several days. I was just 18 years old when this game was played now I'm an old guy who's more than half blind and can hardly even make out the color of the balls. Even so, the final frame still sent chills down my spine. I think this game will be admired for as long as there are humans around to admire it.

First shot back, Cliff should have left the cue ball so Alex needed an extension

That is good quality for 1982!

Big Willie with the highest break cheque.....beautiful.

For the young Jimmy, it must've seemed like playing his father......albeit his 6 X World Champion father❤❤❤

Let's not forget to mention, Mr David Icke there, back in his sports presenting days, before donning a purple shell suit and proclaiming to be the son of god. Whether you think he's a bit of a whacko or not, from a financial perspective what he did was a stroke of genius. Back then he was on about £25k GBP a year salary as a BBC presenter. Had he not done what he did, maybe today he may be beavering away hosting some obscure radio show on a Sunday evening with about 200 listeners, boosted by a £15k a year BBC pension. Now he's worth about £10m. Good on ya Dave.

13 hours?????????

Some absolutely insane pressure shots from Dennis Taylor! He simply refused to give up: a well deserved champion.

the year my dad past.

Great fixture

In the 80s getting to a final wasn't an issue...beating davis was the major issue...jimmy so very deserved a world title and it was always taken from him by steve...both great players.

Who else has been watching this and there was a TH-cam glitch and it went back to the start of the video and you couldn’t remember where you were? 😬

Whatever happened to players putting the rest back? I consider it to be rude to expect the referee to do so - the ref is not your dogsbody, ref is in charge (refer any dissenters to Nigel Owens or Clive Norster, if he's still alive!

RIP Alex Higgins and Ray Reardon

Continues heart break for jimmy the king of crucible without the crown 😢

One of the nicest guys you could possibly meet. I played Perrie several times as a professional in South Africa in the early 90s. He was a consumate professional and whilst not a superb break builder by modern standards he could certainly play the game.

A year before it moved to The Crucible Theatre Sheffield and was recorded by the BBC and shown on Grandstand a few weeks after it was played also in those days the tournament rounds were played around the world culminating in a 53 frame final in Manchester

Ridiculous. Very poor from the ref and Alex

Hendry was the best but Steve was right there. An all time superstar

The old scoreboards are the best for a good game of snooker!

I've got a couple of tickets for the snooker exhibition love...oh and don't forget yer coat.. bloody hell this just shows what a depressing era this was.

Ray Reardon!preciso,como um relógio “Ômega!

Last of the rebels...Both missed in snooker

I must share this Ray Reardon story. I watched all his matches at the Pontins Professional and pro-am in I think 1982. He had been drawn on a public table upstairs and asked the referee for an extended spider. ‘ we dont have one ‘ said the referee. Ray said ‘ you will have to get me one as I am not playing the shot without it’. Someone was sent downstairs to the pro tables, took them 10 mins to come back with the extended spider. The first thing Ray said was ‘ I don’t think I will use it now’. Everyone laughed. Of course he did use it. I think he played John Parrot later and had to give him 30 points start, and got to the final of the pro tournament . My favourite player, and so approachable in the bar in the evening.

Higgins should've been thrown out the game, he's a disgrace

Have not seen snooker this century The standard of this final is not on par with stephen hendry finals, although mark williams rubbishes stephen hendry Stephen hendry is the best ever, the finals i have now watched from this century, do not come close to what snooker stephen hendry could play. These players were fortunate stephen hendry lost his drive to be at the top.

Legend ❤

Snooker isn’t the same anymore when you watch this and older matches 😢😔

Ray passed away recently August 2024 R.I.P.

Notice the way it used to be…Straight ties for daytime sessions and Dickie bows for the evening…Whatever happened to that protocol?

Reardon was far and away the superior player of this era. He was miles in front of anyone else.

Just imagine how good he would have been in his 20’s!

He paved the way for Hendry and O'Sullivan

Thank you for sharing this video, it was awesome. RIP Ray Reardon