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
THis was almost like the 1985 world championship final. Dennis Taylor fought back against Steve Davis in 1985 and he did it against Alex Higgins in 1987.
IN the studio with Hazel Irvine are the 3 time masters finalist John Parrott ( He lost to Stephen Hendry in all of them) and the 2 time finalist Ken Doherty ( He lost to John Higgins in 1999 and he lost to Matthew Stevens in 2000).
Ive always wondered... there are several videos like this from classic masters finals and also a few world championship matches but why didnt they make one from 1985 worlds final? It would probably be the best one!
I've always liked Dennis, he seems like a nice bloke. I've known so many people like Alex Higgins, they're only charming in short doses. When you've got to spend any amount of time with people like Alex, you quickly find out they're just obnoxious selfish assholes. As a personality I have zero interest in Alex, but on the snooker table? How the fuck he was successful, given how much he was moving on the shot, I'll never understand. If the genius tag fit anybody at snooker, then it was Higgins.
I had tickets for some great earlier rounds matches including Alex and Jimmy. I was only 13 and Alex was/is my snooker Hero. I was inconsolable when he threw that way. Feel blessed to have seen his last hurrah though 😍
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.
After this match Alex was so disgusted at losing he took it upon himself to tell Dennis he was going to have him shot (I'd imagine a few whiskeys had been sank). Dennis speaks about this very little in respect of Alex's former genius but that kind of stuff sticks hard
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
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.
@@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.
Higgins won more than Taylor and has gone down in history as a better player but Taylor won the world championship and the masters which is 2 majors and the 85 final will be remembered forever in snooker history as one of the all time most intense black ball tournament other final that was as tence was the masters final in 99 which came down to the black ball for the tournament when Hendry twitched and Williams won.
Jeez, what is it with this bloody over the top loud movie music? Doesn't even suit the video, I can't turn it down either because I can only just hear the commentary as it is, terrible job by BBC 😡
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.
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.
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.
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:)
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the red at 7:00 is incredible...
The Alex Higgins stories at the end are hilarious! hahaha 8:52
Dennis was a great potter and brilliant under pressure here! Great memories.
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.
THis was almost like the 1985 world championship final. Dennis Taylor fought back against Steve Davis in 1985 and he did it against Alex Higgins in 1987.
Dennis is good at snatching victory from all too self assured favorites.
Great apart from the too-loud music
When it was on TV at the time it wasn't too loud.
51k very nice amount in the 80s
Good or bad, right or wrong , one thing is for sure - no other snooker player (including O'Sullivan) could match Higgins for charisma
You think Ronnie's charismatic?
Dennis Liked a comeback!
I need a full version
IN the studio with Hazel Irvine are the 3 time masters finalist John Parrott ( He lost to Stephen Hendry in all of them) and the 2 time finalist Ken Doherty ( He lost to John Higgins in 1999 and he lost to Matthew Stevens in 2000).
Never forget the Black Ken missed great venue .
Dennis came out fighting!! He was slim too. Great Alex impressions there from the guys at the end
The cue ball control at 4:24 by Dennis Taylor was brilliant, great video but the music was annoyingly loud.
Turn it down
Ive always wondered... there are several videos like this from classic masters finals and also a few world championship matches but why didnt they make one from 1985 worlds final? It would probably be the best one!
Yh agreed they should do way more of these
I've always liked Dennis, he seems like a nice bloke. I've known so many people like Alex Higgins, they're only charming in short doses. When you've got to spend any amount of time with people like Alex, you quickly find out they're just obnoxious selfish assholes. As a personality I have zero interest in Alex, but on the snooker table? How the fuck he was successful, given how much he was moving on the shot, I'll never understand. If the genius tag fit anybody at snooker, then it was Higgins.
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??
+The Dragon Killer Not to mention that 140 by Ken Doherty against Matthew Stevens, missed the black for the maximum...
Please tell me which is the name of the song from the beginning at 0:30 ?
In Northern Irish football terms this was like Glentoran v Linfield.
Taylor for Glentoran v A Higgins for Linfield!
micmalpdf lol lmao. i noticed that too the way she says 1987 like it was prehistoric times.but your description was very amusing
I had tickets for some great earlier rounds matches including Alex and Jimmy. I was only 13 and Alex was/is my snooker Hero. I was inconsolable when he threw that way. Feel blessed to have seen his last hurrah though 😍
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.
Battle off the irishmen
Did Dennis win the Worlds in 85? I think this is the first time i have heard him mention it
After this match Alex was so disgusted at losing he took it upon himself to tell Dennis he was going to have him shot (I'd imagine a few whiskeys had been sank). Dennis speaks about this very little in respect of Alex's former genius but that kind of stuff sticks hard
@Barcelonista 1983 you're correct mate, sorry!
No wrong year..during the world cup he threatened him
kens silly laugh !! nerves
John Virgo commentating in 1987 is as more edgy than it is in 2019 with his talk through matches
The fact that everything revolves around Alex Higgins is clear indicative that Alex was the master.
It's called editing. Higgins lost.
Higgins was a complete embarrassment a total twitching alcoholic
Handshake:
Dennis Taylor: Good match Alex
Alex Higgins: *Walks off*
I've played Dennis Taylor at eight ball in the Chatswood Hotel in Sydney in the early seventies he beat me he was with warren Simpson another champion
Taylor absolutely loathed Higgins for certain reasons
Them glasses weren't glasses, they were a pair of jam jars.
People have drank themselves to death for less, but with those glasses baby-smirking at you.. you're just over and done for.
Those huge glasses gave him a shady advantage I reckon
it was what was in Alex glasses that helped Dennis
What's the song/music in the background called?
+Ashley Dawson Id like to know as well , its quite catchy isn't it.
whats the music?
4:40 commentator's curse
can someone tell me what he was trying to do at 1:15?
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
Probly the first tournament Virgo commentated on
No, he commentated on the 85' World Snooker Final
bonjours,
les lunettes, un gag ou super technique ?
Taylor had much more success in the 80's than he did in the 70's. Reardon used to absolutely hammer him.
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.
Was this before or after Higgins threatened to have Taylor shot?
Before
Primera vez que miro Alex Higgins tenso y nervioso
Higgins won more than Taylor and has gone down in history as a better player but Taylor won the world championship and the masters which is 2 majors and the 85 final will be remembered forever in snooker history as one of the all time most intense black ball tournament other final that was as tence was the masters final in 99 which came down to the black ball for the tournament when Hendry twitched and Williams won.
Dennis Taylor is the best snooker player Northern Ireland has ever produced! A hero to all! Underrated genius.
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 👍
say what you like about standards etc and eras etc
alex at his pomp could have played today's pros and mixed it with them all day long !
alex made 82 centuries in his whole career. nuff said
@@almack142 Great as he was, he was of his time.
Taylor's glasses very funny :p
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.
Looks like a pretty scrappy match if these highlights are anything to go by, with the odd decent pot by Taylor.
great cannon to pot last red Dennis.
dennis taylor, mr snatch
Alex yeah was not the most consistent but fuck me what a genius and character. George best of snooker and Best the Higgins of football.
1987 was Dennis Taylor's last great year in snooker
lol steve davis is hilarious
I think he missed the yellow from drinking too much, seems easy to a player of his class.
Alex light up a B and H
U know what bugs me about Ted Lowe is when he says stuff like at his tenth attempt wins the 87 masters. Was there ten masters in 87?
5:30
Fuck me! Look at them glasses. They are humongous
Jeez, what is it with this bloody over the top loud movie music? Doesn't even suit the video, I can't turn it down either because I can only just hear the commentary as it is, terrible job by BBC 😡
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Those glasses though, absolutely ridiculous. Surely he could have got some more suitable.
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.
Imagine if Ken did that glasses joke today?? He'd be sacked
triplets?
How many times sadly did Alex lose from great winning positions, obviously the worst being in the world final against thorburn.
All day drinking during many big finals wore him down - he'd become deflated. A sober Higgins would have won so much more silverware.
I'm from NI and I'm not trying to boast but our country is very small and very successful for the size of it
True.... Can't beat the Irish.... 👌
Good video but the music is very annoying.
0:33 "The standard of Snooker throughout the 80s was increasing all the time..." ---> see 1:13 LOL
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
Only one Alex great player and potty rip matey
The music was so over powering. I lasted 2.23
What's with them stupid gegs he's got on.
Those glasses helped him win the 85 world championships he nearly quit his eye sight was so bad ..
Music should be barred from sports videos
Dennis Taylor,I just watch this match,you lucky Irish leprechaun,you nearly went in off the pink,then you pot a red and it goes over the bag:;!?
Leprechauns are imaginary beings just thought I’d let you know !!
higgins choked and handed him the victory
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.
Ruined by the music.
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
Why, why the incessant music? Why the incessant AWFUL music.
bad music bro
Ruined by the irritating music & editing
Alex lost deliberatly. He didnt want to win for some reason.
Why do you think that?
The standard of snooker was incredibly poor compared to nowadays. Higgins and Taylor probably wouldn`t even qualify for a main tour event...
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!!!!!
Wow that music was too loud & fucking awful. Why do you do it? FFS Stop
Unnecessary annoying music.