9:43 Commentator Dennis Taylor has played 128 frames with Steve at the Crucible and Dennis said: ..."Every one of them was thoroughly enjoyable". Hmm come on now Dennis. You didn't look like you were enjoying the early stages of the 1985 final.
Another great upload, was obsessed with Steve growing up, do you have his 2nd round v Terry Griffiths and his quarter final with Ebdon from 1996, probably the last year he showed form that could have won him the title
I reckoned Dennis and Clive went off a bit early for a coffee break at 1:56:10 and didn't get back until 1:57:40 . A case of Dennis and Clive not so live?
@@alanchamberlain9902I do agree with you to an extent yes. But Steve Davis here was nearly 43 years of age and well and truly over the hill anyway. Steve was at his ultimate very best in 1986 when he was 28. If Steve was 28 in this match you wouldn't of seen him miss as many easy balls. And he wouldn't of made as many mistakes. His eyesight wasn't the same at 42. And he lost this match only 13_11 against a game youthful John Higgins. All credit to Steve. Stephen Ronnie and John just seemed to score heavier at their very best than Steve. But Steve,s long potting safety and positional play was top draw in the 1980,s. Watching this match in which I remember watching in 2000, You can see Steve getting up and down on lining his pots. He never used to do that in 1986. I use 1986 just an example when he was 28 and playing at his ultimate very best then. 1 other thing Steve never used to do in 1986 was stick his tongue out when he was down on playing a pot either.
Steve Davises demeanor was all different to when he was dominating. He just had less confidence on his shots. Cameras don't lie you go back to the 80s he's a different player. Shots he would have taken in the 80s he was refusing here. Strange because with players like Alex Higgins Jimmy White Ray Reardon etc around shots was still risky and could becostly if he got them wrong back then... Just that he didn't usually get them wrong. Strange choice of change of play...
mjt_snooker Alan Hughes was replaced with Rob Walker when the tobacco advertising ban came into force, right? Always liked him too, had that old school demeanour that fitted right in with snooker of that age.
@@thomasbrindle3013 Around that time, yes. Alan Hughes retired because he was 70 when he gave it up. I think Steve Davis might've interviewed him for Steve Davis & Friends (i.e. proper 45 minute interview), because he was an interesting character. I know he worked in Las Vegas for a while. He did snooker for over 20 years.
Alan went after his contract expired and in order to renew it they added a number of extra duties such as tours for visitors and the like to his job for the same fee and he wasn't willing to do it. This was around 2005 i think. He did all the matchroom promotional stuff and you can see him as a boxing announcer in 90s Matchroom events
Thanks for continuing with all these superb uploads,from well before lockdown obviously. Particularly enjoying the matches featuring Jimmy White,still my favourite ever player. Btw,do you have the Williams v Higgins 1999 semi final at all? It got overshadowed by the even more high quality other semi final,and I've never seen one single shot of it since then, not a single second of it online anywhere (unless someone can show me something?), which is a huge shame tbh. But stay safe there anyway mate,and cheers again :)
@@mjt_snooker1704 fair enough,that does seem to be pretty rare tbh. Is it possible to upload their 2000 match at all instead? Thanks for very quick reply btw.
@@mjt_snooker1704 Hi can you please upload the 1994 semi final between hendry and davis. Some of it has already been uploaded but not the full match. Thanks!
