Young people today will never understand how absolutely huge that snooker was back in the day. Especially in the 80s. Entire families sitting around the TV in the living room in nearly every home glued to the big snooker games of the day. Nearly 20 million people watched the late night final of Taylor - Davis in the UK and now, in 2023, it still holds the record for the highest viewership of any TV show after midnight. Was such great times.
I fell in love with this game as a child and begged, pleaded, adjured (and any other verb you can think of) for a snooker table. Finally my dad relented, but not a snooker table, a pool table! I played the living daylights out of that table, often playing well past midnight. I modeled my style after Steve Davis - there was just something about the way he played. Now, at almost 50, it is still the most amazing sport to me. Some days the pockets seem the size of a dustbin then, others, like I am playing with a damn broomstick.
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!
Remember watching that legendary final back in 85 on a late Sunday night, my parents let me stay up to watch. Probably the best come back ever, 8-0 down against the unbeatable Davis, we all thought Dennis has no chance.
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
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.
Lucky to have watched all these live on TV, a part from the first clip of the miss for the 147. 1985 was incredible, that final frame, the experience of watching it with my parents and grandparents passed midnight will stay with me forever.
@@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.
I can watch a million fail videos, but can’t bring myself to watch past the first two here Just gutting to miss the 147 on the black . Heartbreaking stuff
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.
Some amazing games there. Couldn't believe the first one. And poor old Jimmy White. Loved finally seeing the famous 1985 finale after hearing about it for so long. Really enjoy the videos you've posted. I've subscribed and looking forward to more.
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 especially sorry for Un Nooh missed the black ball. His reaction afterwards was like a ten year old child who had just caused a fire accident and burned the house down while his parents were not at home ,He was very scared and didn't know what to do ,It was heartbreaking to watch …It makes me want to give him a hug⋯
Hard to believe that 3:05 Un Nooh and 5:13 Doherty could miss those blacks, which any amateur would have fancied, after potting much harder balls in the previous 35. Shows the tension they were under!
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
I’ll never forget Ken’s miss on the black for the Max. Being from Dublin myself and would later meet Ken a few times and played a frame, my heart went out to him. He did all the hard work and missed the easy black off the spot and I’d say he still has the odd nightmare over that one.
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!!
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!!
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.
Pressure is like a disability. That's why Ronnie is so incredible. He could pot all the colours in the time it takes any other player the time to play one shot. The greatest players thrive under pressure which is what makes Hendry and Davis' misses all the more remarkable
The Ken Doherty missed black was actually the Masters Final, 2000....I remember watching it as it happened. Stevens won the title, then capitulated against Mark Williams in the World Championship final three months later
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.
The days when we were all focused on watching a game snooker, now social media is a distraction, 85 will always be a classic and that gesture by Dennis Taylor is trademark till this day thank you for the memories guys
The final black at Steve v Dennis was legendary XD The way Steve just looked crushed after "the worst player in the world with the rest" won the championship hits hard :D
Even Steve Davis could crack under pressure, missing that angled black so near to the pocket. The following shot, Dennis Taylor really took his time over, but still missed it by 6 inches. When he finally potted it, see how much time he took over such a simple shot, because he needed to. Pressure does strange things to mind and body coordination. When u really want to get the important shots, u turn back into a newb. It takes a lot of mental effort and mind tricks to overcome.
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..
@@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.
Stevens's face when Doherty missed the black was arguably more memorable than the miss itself. And Doherty has been teased about the miss 147 ever since.
Fred Davis missed a crucial pink against Perrie Mans in the 1978 world semi. His brother Joe was watching in the audience and had a heart attack soon after the match.
I remember watching the Hendry matches as a kid and thinking they were old men. I'm now watching this video and at 38, I'm feeling like I'm the old man compared to them.
No wonder Taylor missed that penultimate attempt on the black. Unbelievable cue action caused by the tension. Makes his winning pot look like a miracle 😂
Theres something about the table in the Jimmy/ Hendry match - the colour of the baize, the thickness of the cloth, the pocket leather, the tone of the wood on the rails. Even the colour of the carpet. It all just feels exactly right.
@@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
Some great footage and makes you realise that if the best in the world can miss "simple" shots then there's hope for us all, lol. I love the game and love playing but it can be a cruel mistress........
Loved this vid, despite the could of/could've thing... That final black shootout between Hendry and Williams was proper tense. Probably only the 1985 World Final that beats that for tension.
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!!
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.
When I was a kid, Dave Stevis was the man - I remember as a teenager Stephen Hendry coming on the scene - couldn't believe he missed that middle pocket vs Dennis Taylor, watching it again now, I can't believe he made the same mistake!
Although every one miss in this video meant something special to the player concerned I find the Jimmy White missed black the most painful for me. I remember watching this match and was willing Jimmy to win after failing 4 times I believe to win the world championship. He had many chances in that last frame. I remember him taking a very risky and brave shot with the long rest and spider among the reds and potted the ball. And when all became easy as we can see with all the remaining reds loose he rushed that black. I could not sleep all night.
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.
That 85 final at the end, I remember watching it all with the family, went way past midnight. I believe he dedicated the trophy to his then recently departed Mother........
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.
@@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.
Davis’s miss wasn’t the sitter that most people usually claim that it was. The black was about eighteen inches from the right Baulk pocket, looking from Davis’s side of the table and the cue ball was near the side cushion. It would have been a good shot from that angle because it was a big cut needed, which he actually over cut and not under cut, as might have been expected in such a situation.
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...
I was too young to stay up for the conclusion of the Davis v Taylor final. Next morning I was devastated that Davis lost . Always likes Davis because the whole country was against him . Fair play to Dennis Taylor for the comeback after being 7-0 down .
That Taylor miss to set up Steve Davis for the win....that must've been THE worst feeling in snooker...until Davis' miss!! Talk about going from the lowest of the lows, to the highest of the highs in a matter of seconds!! I bet Taylor's still on that high all these years later!
I know how Un Nooh feels, I regularly miss the first ball in my 147 breaks
🤣
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!
I shed a tear every time I see Un Nooh's effort. The clearance to the black was out of this world.
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
TH-cam is becoming unwatchable with endless effing advers
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 👌
Young people today will never understand how absolutely huge that snooker was back in the day. Especially in the 80s. Entire families sitting around the TV in the living room in nearly every home glued to the big snooker games of the day. Nearly 20 million people watched the late night final of Taylor - Davis in the UK and now, in 2023, it still holds the record for the highest viewership of any TV show after midnight. Was such great times.
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?
Uh Nooh's red was absolutely incredible so saddened that he didn't make that final black but his break was of the very highest quality and class ❤️
Never knew Dennis won a world championship! Been watching and listening to him for years and he has never mentioned it! 👀
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?!!!
Williams still growing into his shirt 23 years later.
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 😂
I fell in love with this game as a child and begged, pleaded, adjured (and any other verb you can think of) for a snooker table. Finally my dad relented, but not a snooker table, a pool table! I played the living daylights out of that table, often playing well past midnight. I modeled my style after Steve Davis - there was just something about the way he played. Now, at almost 50, it is still the most amazing sport to me. Some days the pockets seem the size of a dustbin then, others, like I am playing with a damn broomstick.
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!
Touch of class from the ref asking nooh if he wanted a few minutes .
Remember watching that legendary final back in 85 on a late Sunday night, my parents let me stay up to watch. Probably the best come back ever, 8-0 down against the unbeatable Davis, we all thought Dennis has no chance.
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.
Hard to believe there wasn't one century in that 85 world final.
The final black was like watching 2 geezers down at the club😁
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.
oh boy when they got to the black it was really tense but then i remembered the title of the video
I’m a massive rocket fan! But I’ve never seen a better pot on a red in a 147 attempt what a shot! Gutted for him
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.
Judd trump’s pink from the UK championship final 2020 decider has to be added in this
Just happened 3 hours ago
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!
Lucky to have watched all these live on TV, a part from the first clip of the miss for the 147. 1985 was incredible, that final frame, the experience of watching it with my parents and grandparents passed midnight will stay with me forever.
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 😊
I can watch a million fail videos, but can’t bring myself to watch past the first two here
Just gutting to miss the 147 on the black . Heartbreaking stuff
People never forget the '85 final because Dennis brings it up in every match he commentates on!
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?
Some amazing games there. Couldn't believe the first one. And poor old Jimmy White. Loved finally seeing the famous 1985 finale after hearing about it for so long. Really enjoy the videos you've posted. I've subscribed and looking forward to more.
Thanks, I’ll try and do some more. Glad you like them 👍🏼
Ken Doherty's miss is always a pain to watch. I like how even Stevens was rooting for him and couldn't believe when Doherty missed
That Hendry vs Williams shoot out was crazy!
Really great vid, love that you gave all the shots their proper context. Poor Jimmy!
Thanks much appreciated, really glad you enjoyed it
Nothing will beat that Davis V Taylor '85 final for drama - a third of the UK stayed up to watch it live. You'd never get that now for anything!
I remember watching that Jimmy White & Hendry final, I thought it was going to be Jimmys year. Great compilation!
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 especially sorry for Un Nooh missed the black ball. His reaction afterwards was like a ten year old child who had just caused a fire accident and burned the house down while his parents were not at home ,He was very scared and didn't know what to do ,It was heartbreaking to watch …It makes me want to give him a hug⋯
Hard to believe that 3:05 Un Nooh and 5:13 Doherty could miss those blacks, which any amateur would have fancied, after potting much harder balls in the previous 35. Shows the tension they were under!
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
I remember watching the 1998 Masters Final in front of a 14” Tv with 15 other students at Northumbria University and what a final that was.
I’ll never forget Ken’s miss on the black for the Max. Being from Dublin myself and would later meet Ken a few times and played a frame, my heart went out to him. He did all the hard work and missed the easy black off the spot and I’d say he still has the odd nightmare over that one.
The Jimmy White finals break my heart to this day 😢😢
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
In the first clip a 147 would have more than doubled Un Nooh's career earnings. Hurts so much to watch
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.
Watched the Davis v Taylor final live. Incredible drama but looking back Taylor was lucky his two double attempts on the black went safe!
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.
Pressure is like a disability. That's why Ronnie is so incredible. He could pot all the colours in the time it takes any other player the time to play one shot. The greatest players thrive under pressure which is what makes Hendry and Davis' misses all the more remarkable
The secret is that they go so fast, the mind doesn’t have time to react to the pressure.
The late Willie Thorne s Blue UK final was a amazing miss and he was ahead of Davis at the time.
I know, I made another version of the video with that shot on it, but it was taken down by you tube 😞
Un Nooh. An appropriate name. What a tragedy, especially after that mercurial pot on the last red...
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.
That last one, anyone over the age of 50 will probably remember staying up late to watch that. Happy days
The Ken Doherty missed black was actually the Masters Final, 2000....I remember watching it as it happened. Stevens won the title, then capitulated against Mark Williams in the World Championship final three months later
@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
Loving this comp for a friday evening!
You have great taste sir 😊
The days when we were all focused on watching a game snooker, now social media is a distraction, 85 will always be a classic and that gesture by Dennis Taylor is trademark till this day thank you for the memories guys
Great commentary as well. Allowing long pauses, letting the drama speak for itself.
@@RobertWood-rc1xd yes indeed
that red at 1:02 is flat-out one of the sweetest shots i've ever seen. DEAD centre of the pocket.
Amazing shot 😊
The accuracy PLUS the power to get on the black. Truly amazing considering the tension as 147 appears imminent.
The final black at Steve v Dennis was legendary XD
The way Steve just looked crushed after "the worst player in the world with the rest" won the championship hits hard :D
Worthy selection, great job! First one was heartbreaking to watch
Thanks 😊
Even Steve Davis could crack under pressure, missing that angled black so near to the pocket. The following shot, Dennis Taylor really took his time over, but still missed it by 6 inches. When he finally potted it, see how much time he took over such a simple shot, because he needed to. Pressure does strange things to mind and body coordination. When u really want to get the important shots, u turn back into a newb. It takes a lot of mental effort and mind tricks to overcome.
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.
Stevens's face when Doherty missed the black was arguably more memorable than the miss itself. And Doherty has been teased about the miss 147 ever since.
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.
Fred Davis missed a crucial pink against Perrie Mans in the 1978 world semi. His brother Joe was watching in the audience and had a heart attack soon after the match.
Stephen hendry's Legend started, with that shot against Hallet.
Stephen and Ronnie, the 2 biggest Stars in the Snooker's Universe.
Yes, both awesome players
I remember watching the Hendry matches as a kid and thinking they were old men. I'm now watching this video and at 38, I'm feeling like I'm the old man compared to them.
That red from Un-Nooh... unbelievable pot!!
God, I remember watching that Hendry vs Williams final... nail biting stuff that!
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.
i watched this match back in the day and can't believe i'm feeling the nerves watching it again!
Which match? The Hendry/Williams one?
@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Davis vs Taylor one :)
@@chrisshanks4934 ah yes, classic match full of drama
No wonder Taylor missed that penultimate attempt on the black.
Unbelievable cue action caused by the tension. Makes his winning pot look like a miracle 😂
Theres something about the table in the Jimmy/ Hendry match - the colour of the baize, the thickness of the cloth, the pocket leather, the tone of the wood on the rails. Even the colour of the carpet. It all just feels exactly right.
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.
Un Nooh!
That made me so sad.. that was hard to watch!
The black that Jimmy white missed at no2 will always be the most crushing heartbreaker.
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.
Excellent compilation! Thanks
Thanks glad you like it.
Thank you keep these clips coming please 😀
More to come!
Some great footage and makes you realise that if the best in the world can miss "simple" shots then there's hope for us all, lol. I love the game and love playing but it can be a cruel mistress........
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 😕
Pity you didn't have the BBC's version of Un-Nooh...
SENSATIONAL, SENSATIONAL!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the bbc version. I take it that’s Virgo saying that?
I really enjoyed this video, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks 😊
The Hendry-Williams exchange was heartbreaking...
3:40 "it cost him 40000 pounds" tournament director: "loool, haha! phew!"
Hendry vs. Williams was just painful again and again to watch. Wow! The pressure!
Loved this vid, despite the could of/could've thing... That final black shootout between Hendry and Williams was proper tense. Probably only the 1985 World Final that beats that for tension.
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!!
Jimmy's miss in 1994 will haunt me forever.
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.
When I was a kid, Dave Stevis was the man - I remember as a teenager Stephen Hendry coming on the scene - couldn't believe he missed that middle pocket vs Dennis Taylor, watching it again now, I can't believe he made the same mistake!
Forget the others - I was up with millions of other till well past midnight to watch Denis Taylor do that ))))
Doherty-Stevens was the 2000 Masters, not the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic.
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 😂
Although every one miss in this video meant something special to the player concerned I find the Jimmy White missed black the most painful for me. I remember watching this match and was willing Jimmy to win after failing 4 times I believe to win the world championship. He had many chances in that last frame. I remember him taking a very risky and brave shot with the long rest and spider among the reds and potted the ball. And when all became easy as we can see with all the remaining reds loose he rushed that black. I could not sleep all night.
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.
That 85 final at the end, I remember watching it all with the family, went way past midnight.
I believe he dedicated the trophy to his then recently departed Mother........
People talk about Hendrys bottle and long potting but how thin some his cuts to the middle are is so underrated.
Ah, Dennis, all your dreams came true, and you made us all very happy. Thank you so much x
My childhood memories of snooker are bank holiday trips to IKEA, and watching Jimmy lose to Stephen Hendry.
Sounds good - except the Ikea bit 👍🏼
@Norfolk Boy and Steve Davis
Great video!That' s why I love Snooker!Because the opponents have the same agony! Matthew for example!
Thank you! Yeah Matthew genuinely felt for Ken there
Couldn't believe how young Mark looked 😀
I remember Joe Johnson missing the pink when on a 147 at the 1986 UK Championship - big miss at a time when 147's were still very rare treats.
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.
Doherty's one is from Masters 2000, apart from that - great vid
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
The thumbnail miss is the one I remember the most, it made me so happy
I remember the headline the next morning: Mark Williams Wins Masters on 11th Birthday.
Best snooker compilation if all!
Thank you
Ronnie's miss in the 23rd frame against Selby in 2014's world final also deserves a spot 💔
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 😂
Alex higgins v Steve davis was the greatest rivalry and buzz snooker ever had rip Alex thanks for the memories growing up in the 80s 👍🎱
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 🙏👍🎱
There was top six misses alone in that 1998 Hendry - Williams final.
3:10 I do wonder if that other player playing his shot on the other table threw him off. Very rude of him not to stop play.
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
Great video. The White miss still kills me to this day 😭
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 🤦🏼😂
I remember watching Denis Taylor live on tbat miss,damn thats one not to forget
so wanted jimmy to win one ,watched every final back in the day ,but such was hendry's class you just knew he would clear up
Jimmy White really deserved a WC. He was absolutely off his box daily, but kept up the skill level
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?
Davis’s miss wasn’t the sitter that most people usually claim that it was. The black was about eighteen inches from the right Baulk pocket, looking from Davis’s side of the table and the cue ball was near the side cushion. It would have been a good shot from that angle because it was a big cut needed, which he actually over cut and not under cut, as might have been expected in such a situation.
Yeah, any shot is harder whilst under pressure
@@EnglishPoolandSnooker Agreed! Especially this one. It was by no means a gimme.
@@oleggorky906 Davis said that he overcut it because when he was down on the shot he was thinking “Don’t undercut it, that would be bottling it”
He won enough anyway
It was a compilation Of misses it was Bound to happen
Matthew Steven looked gutted for Ken Doherty when Doherty missed the 147.
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 :)
What a heartbreaking video
Sorry 💔
one of the best thing in snooker is when somebody gets close to 147, even opponent supports him, feels the pain if missed!
The good old days of snooker xxxlol all the best
BRO I FELT SO BAD for un nooh omg that was so hard to watch
12:08 Williams forgot his shirt, so wore a bedsheet
😂
@@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 🤣
I was too young to stay up for the conclusion of the Davis v Taylor final. Next morning I was devastated that Davis lost . Always likes Davis because the whole country was against him . Fair play to Dennis Taylor for the comeback after being 7-0 down .
8-0 down and back to 9-7 after 2nd session
It was amazing to comeback from that far behind
I remember all the older matches for me the most heartbreaking one was Mike Hallet as he was a fellow grimbarian. Everyone in town was gutted for him.
Grimbarian. Love it 👍🏼😊
The first break traumatised me and the second broke me.
Can't watch anymore today.
Great vid, subbed..
Thank you 👍🏼
You can see mark William's offer his hand to hendry assuming that he potted the black
Yes it looked in all the way
Yeah, at 11:48
You see the other players trying not to piss themselves laughing
Exciting stuff!
Indeed
That Taylor miss to set up Steve Davis for the win....that must've been THE worst feeling in snooker...until Davis' miss!! Talk about going from the lowest of the lows, to the highest of the highs in a matter of seconds!!
I bet Taylor's still on that high all these years later!
Yes Dennis still goes on about it any chance he gets 😂
@@EnglishPoolandSnooker So would I if I was him, come to think of it!
@@terrypussypower same here 😂
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