1978 Snooker World Championship Review 

That was his best effort from 38 takes.

A different era.

70s 80s snooker golden time British snooker time I love that time .

Oh for that now in any sport , they talk constantly yet say nothing

@CharlesB147 - I couldn't agree more. The BBC, Eurosport et al should introduce a viewing option with sound but no commentary in my opinion.

@@duncanbirss8923 It's because "the data" tells them that they maintain more consistently higher viewing figures when people are constantly being stimulated. Being quiet and allowing people to just observe anything without constantly being talked at, told what to think about it and distracted from potential boredom in many, is not wanted by studios and producers now. Same as why everything else is so hyperactive and relentless now. Did you also know that the main reason why diving and faking fouls and injuries in football is in fact encouraged and trained into the game so much now? Because the longer matches can be extended with extra time, the more advertising revenue gets made... seriously.

109-7

Phenomenal though Ronnie is though, he's the most cynical of the lot of them. Ronnie has been a saviour for snooker but its heart and soul disappeared long before he came on the scene.

... and you can enjoy a few pints and have a fag like you're playing with your m8s.😄

I couldn't agree more with you about Fred Davis. I think he certainly was one of the greats of Snooker. He was also in the next World Championship and scored a century in his match against Kirk Stevens. It would have been interesting if Fred had won his semi-final and played Ray Reardon in the final.

@@RobinHood5045 I feel Ray would’ve probably had too much for old Fred. It was Perrie’s fantastic long potting and unorthodox style that frustrated Ray for long periods. In the end, Perrie just couldn’t sustain it for three days enabling Reardon’s far superior break building to demoralise him.

Its true everyone knows the story about the missed pink but there was no guarantee he would have won the match but still a great effort to reach the semi finals at 64

@@dlamiss No, indeed he'd still have been 15-16 behind. That said, he had the momentum firmly in his favour having recovered from 8-14 down. Even as it was he won the next two to pull up to trail only 16-17 before Mans scored his highest break of the match - 60.

I don't think he would have beaten ray in the final .but it would have been nice to see him get there

Not only that, but qualifying for the Crucible again at 70, and keeping his place in the top 64 until he was almost 75...

@@danielkarmy4893 wow!

At 12-10 up he just needed yellow and green to leave Fagan needing a snooker, he played a ridiculous positional shot to the green instead of just rolling them both in, ended up missing the green. Obviously going for a clearance, that was the difference between his style of play and the likes of Steve Davis and the reason he lost so many matches when he should have won.

Perrie won the 1979 Masters with a highest break of 48.

The people's champion

The Women? And the men!

Spot on the Snookerist! Todays players are all just dull, soulless, bland, boring robots without an ounce of personality between them, sure the standard of the actual snooker may be a lot higher but the entertainment level is practically zero and the players today I feel just don't engage with the general public anymore because they all just look and act exactly the same as one another whereas every player here and in the 1980s each had his own individual personality and character and most importantly, you cared about them more and wanted to know more about them, sadly snooker will never get those days back but just watch footage like this the Snookerist and remember how great snooker used to be, all the best Richie.

I think a lot of that could be down to them not doing exhibitions like they used to. They're not used to engaging with the audience, it's just tournament play.

They think they’re better people than everyone else these days, up their own asses.

Not everyone. Mark Williams or John Higgins for example + Trump has improved on ego (and his game), but can't just blame the players. From Tables changing, the booze and smoking gone, rules much stricter with crowds + the coverage. But gimme these days over crowds with Mobile Phones going off and less 100+'s on repeat. Still addicted to it though. Just gutted wasn't old enough to remember this supreme era.

Nicky Cotton I do blame Trump, he’s furthest up his own ass of any player & I support whoever is against him #ABT

That was a great championship. Alex was playing the best snooker of his career in 1980 and seemed really focused on winning that year. He played marvellously through the rounds but all credit to Cliff who really earned his first and last world title.

The UK Championship and then that run to the quarter-finals of the 1978 World Championship was the pinnacle of Patsy's career. What happened to him straight after that was so bizarre and unfortunate,and his career only intermittently recovered from it. Nowadays he would probably have been able to get expert help.

6 years ? You're right about the effect of the shot, but wasn't it days or weeks ?

@@ysgol3 corrected to weeks stupid typo sorry and thanks

Break building certainly isn’t as good, but every other aspect of the game, like safety play and single ball potting is comparable to day...at least from the top players.

The great Joe Davis. RIP

Plus 13 12 v mountjoy and 16 15 v white in 82

Away from things like the ice skating,didn't he already do Pot Black sometimes?

@@rjjcms1 yes he introduced pot black until the son of god took over in the 80s

@@dlamiss Haha yes,the son of God! He's been keeping himself busy lately. I can proudly declare that one item of apparel I've never owned is one of those hideous shell suits.

I've not seen the full original (only the first part of it) and a few frames of the ESPN version (semi-final and final). Might try splicing them together to make an edited version, though the picture quality isn't great.

@@mjt_snooker1704 Hi can you please upload the full 1994 semi final between hendry and davis. Someone else uploaded part of it but no the full match. Thank you!

Rubbafingaz1 Top Draw 😉

@@rahuldravid4867 poor willie is dying in spain.

But he did have nearly all his hair then.

That's a new bit of rhyming slang on me.

Alan Weeks, used to host Pot Black.

We all have 20:20 hindsight.

Presumably because he thought he'd be more likely to pot it. Reardon as well very rarely just pushed it through - it was stun stun stun in those days.

It’s amazing how Higgins failed to beat Fagan, it’s a cliche to say ‘he threw it away’, but he really did.

Alex was probably the best player in the championship in 1978,79 and 80 but he didn’t manage to get through to the business end of the tournament.

@@timsandlemicrobiologist yes made that yellow to green harder than needed when it was match ball.

He would never had been beaten if he could have simply stayed with his shot instead of flinching all over the place as if his pants were full of wasps.

Pathetic, petty observation.

That's what yo mama said

​@@solveigthana2398 Useless comeback.

and finished in 1989 when they met again in Sheffield

😂