The History Of Snooker Part 9 - The Ray Reardon Years

Part 9 of 10. In this fascinating series, Steve Davis leaves no stone unturned as he delves into the history of snooker. This is the story of snooker in the 1970s... Pot Black, the dominance of Ray Reardon, the rise of The Hurricane and Terry Griffiths winning the world title at his first attempt in 1979.

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How many parts in total?

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One more and that's it

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There are ten parts. One more to go.

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I think you could've given us a warning that we'd see Eddie Charlton in his swimming trunks. I'll go now and pour Domestos over my eyes.

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Sorry about that. They did waterproof wigs back in the seventies too - he did well to keep that on.

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@@SnookerBreak That he did, no doubt about it

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@@SnookerBreak That wasn't a wig. Charlton had a hair transplant back in the day similar to the Comedian Russ Abbot and Gary Numan but the procedure was nowhere near as good as today as it had a plug affect on the hairline. I've seen Charlton in the seniors event with an awful weave on his head but it was along similar lines to Graham Gooch but Gooches is far better

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@@digeme69 Just grow old gracefully, I say. When it starts to go just have a no 1 and no one will look at you twice.

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@@SnookerBreak Possibly but the hair transplants today are excellent. Just look at James Nesbitt , Michael Gray, Callum Best, Sly Stallone etc. The list is endless