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I don't think Steve Davis thought he'd pot the pink, it was a tough shot near the cushion... Four balls remaining Steve Davis was red hot favourite and the black was safe... Credit to Dennis...
Remember watching this live on TV as a 15 year old kid. If I remember correctly, this game went on till about nearly 1am....my heart was thumping and it still does even watching it now after all these years.
No secret I started in British steel aged 19 and finished with Tata steel aged 54( same company),the pension scheme you can finish at 50 but Tata took it over and paid out the pension scheme,as they wanted rid of it,you have to be 55?to access it I finished early using holiday time accrued and had a pot of Over £600k which I have a financial advisor looking after! That’s how I’m able to finish.
@Hugh Jarse sitting in the living room with my dad watching it. Only a few other things I remembered where I was, like 9/11 and the Douglas, Tyson knock out.
How Davis failed to win this is one of the greatest mysteries in sport. He was 7-0 up after the first session and then 2 up with 3 to play on Day 2. Taylor was never in front in frames until the last black went in.
@paulrichards6894 You're going to have to explain that... "worse winner ever"? Apart from your rubbish grammar, what on earth do you mean? Dennis was one of the most popular winners ever... but if you mean he wasn't a long-standing serial world championship winner, just remember what he said in the interview afterwards... "I'm the best this year..."
I always watched snooker but as a young 9 year old this was past my bedtime so I didn't get to see it all. However, I do remember my dad rushing into my room, way past midnight and waking me up to come and see the last moments of this frame. He never got swept up in anything but he was so excited about this final and the way it ended. He'd lived in Sheffield years earlier, so the crucible was special for us. We're Irish, so Dennis winning was a big deal. He's gone now .. but I always watch the crucible every year. It reminds me of that night. It reminds me of those days. I hope the BBC don't axe Dennis and JV like they are planning to do. We need the legends and they deserve to remain in our hearts.
That brown and blue from Dennis, are awesome shots WITHOUT any pressure. Dennis, had balls of steel in that final frame. Even had the audacity to double the black...missed it by a whisker!
We all came home from the pubs sunday night( 10.30pm last orders) and the final was in full flow..we sobered up over the next 2 hours watching ttheir( what was to become an unforgettable final) happier times...
How good is it still to watch that?! A truly epic sporting moment! How tired and nervous must the two of them have been though? Dennis maybe thinking that this was his one and only chance to win the World Championship and Steve showing tremendous dignity in defeat. Great stuff! Sporting history.
one of the things that people rarely notice about this incredible sporting moment is that Dennis played his last shots extremely slowly. this contributed a lot to Steve's meltdown. he was completely psyched out by Dennis, which people thought was impossible because of Steve's mental strength
Let's all be honest, early on a record final thrashing was on the cards. Davis was potting everything and Taylor was near enough glued to his chair. Davis missing the green in the 9th frame was a turning point
@@josiewallace7968 It's also honest to say that both players were stuggling in their own particular limelight. Pressure got to them both - Taylor won the prize.
I think on the 30th anniversary of this in 2015, the BBC said it still held the record for highest TV viewership after midnight. Maybe the record even still stands today!
Has to be up there in the best sporting moments in human history. The psychological turmoil, the endurance, the respect they had for each other. It had it all.
Sunday, 28th April 1985...I was 13 years old..it went past midnight and I also had to ask parental permission to stay up and watch it...I met Dennis Taylor 3 years ago and he told me I wasn't old enough to remember it?..awesome...😎👌🤣
What an incredible final, I was only 3 years old but my Dad told me the story about how every time Taylor missed he would say that’s it now and be heading to bed and then he ended up staying up til all hours to see the ending of the match!!
Not that Steve knew or gave a damn at the time but i feel him losing this iconic match made him seem less robotic like and more human. I've rarely ever seen so much hurt in a person than when Vine interviewed Steve post match. It is still hard to watch. I was always a Steve fan and even more so after this.
@Ivor Mectin good evening. We were both joking of course - it is obvious that Dennis never STOPS mentioning it! 😄 And he is right to be proud. You obviously got worked up, given your reply. Something that less hasty judgement might have avoided. All the best.
Saw these pair in the Kings Lynn Corn Exchange last night reenacting that final and having a bit of banter it was fantastic love Steve Davis love Dennis Taylor two great characters
Arguably the greatest world snooker final ever. Such tension, such drama. Those who were there will never forget it I’m sure. It was compelling enough for those of us who watched it live on TV. Sometimes there are events that transcend the confines of their own particular sphere of interest or audiences. This was one of those occasions. 17 frames all and down to the last black. A scriptwriter would never dare opine such a scenario. Brilliant stuff that will live long in the memory not of those who witnessed it but in snooker folk-lore as long as the game remains popular.
One of the greatest snooker finales ever, two of the greatest players at the time, and yet they look like two geezers playing in my local snooker hall xD
I was 10 years old and one of the only exceptions when I was allowed to stay up WAY past bedtime to watch this with my parents. Wow, absolutely gripping stuff and it made me wonder the sorts of nerves Davis and Taylor were feeling to have missed those opportunities before (that resulted in it being the best world final ever in my opinion)
The facial expressions are priceless so much on the line still no final has been decided on the Black since so if you watched this live you captured the perfect moment
Those were the days my friend we thought they’d never end we’d sing and dance forever and a day, we’d live the life we choose we’d fight and never lose , those were the days oh yes those were the days
I remember it well, Steve was the man to beat back then, and Joe Johnson did it too, I loved watching snooker back then, they even made mad songs like snooker loopy 👍
This was on the night of my christening and I was only 4 at the time, but everyone who came to the party back at our home stayed till the final black went down and Taylor had received the trophy. Even I got to stay up and watch it
Personally, I watched the match live, and have always believed, Steve Davis, half heartedly went for the shot, I think deep down, he didn’t want to take Dennis’s last chance to win the title away from him, they were good rivals, Steve was just starting out, in his mind.
I'm so very proud of the way Dennis battled throughout this final. This ending is the greatest ever world championship win in snooker. Total admiration for Dennis. I've watched this whole final over again many times from start to finish. Dennis did play Steve again in the Rothman,s Grand Prix final which was a BBC Grand slam also in October 1985,, 6 months later. Losing 10_9 on that occasion to Steve. Steve won the very 1st frame of that final on a black ball finish, Funny enough. Steve led 7_2, Before Dennis stormed to lead 8_7 ahead. But lost by a shave in that Grand Prix final 10_9.
@@chrislogan2557 well by your reasoning that it will never happen again by rights it shouldn't have happened in the first place.... why is your statement so correct when for all we know a hundred people couldve said the exact same thing in the decades leading up to this moment.... not difficult to work that out is it??
@@chrislogan2557 the only way you can guarantee this will never happen again is if snooker is never played again.. a 8yr old could work that out, what's your excuse muppet?? never seen someone on here who's such an arrogant full of himself donkey.. even said theres no way a person like this could exist.... and yet here we are...
Still get nervous watching this 38 years later,i can't honestly remember much if anything about Steve Davis winning it 6 times but can remember this loss like it was yesterday,how ironic.
I was in the 147 club in WS Mare run by Bruce Bernard. Working in Pontins . I remember saying for a joke what's the odds on a black ball game. What a night. ❤
There used to be characters in snooker many many years ago.... It was palpable watching you can feel the pressure.... Steve Davis looked a little bit snug before the pink was holed.... Get yourself a lottery ticket Dennis! you know what they say the luck of the Irish.. never be a final like that I again...🎱🎱🎱🎱
I had to look this up after seeing the 25th anniversary "replay" as they discussed how it went down but Dennis potted the black on 3 of the shots that he misses it here, it was funny as hell!
