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Good break but christ he was like watching Denim fade. Also, I always thought he sounded a bit like Melvin Bragg when he spoke. I remember he beat Alex Higgins and Steve Davis en route to the final of The Rothmans Gran Prix in the mid 80's losing to Jimmy in the final and that was about his best performance I think.

Who is the Australian or New Zealander commentating at the 20 minute mark?

I'm not sure Alex Higgins was cut out to be a commentator. How was he supposed to predict other players' shot selections when his own were so unorthodox? He'd have been better off perfecting his John Virgo impersonation.

Ah, this is just before David Icke turned into a raving lunatic. 😂🙄🤡

6:09:10 "..and I fear for Steve Davis that that is the end" Indeed.

Players could smoke then

surprising that steve davis was only the number 2 seed for the world championship- who was number 1 ?

Lawrence Annandale

Jack Karnehm had the most soothing voice, he was the honey to Ted Lowe's gravel.

The miss shot rule wasn't in force at this stage , in frame 7 Jimmys feeble attempt to escape from a snooker was a blatant attempt not to leave anything on lol but in fairness he escaped from another not too soon after brilliantly .

Poor WT. He almost did it.

That Perry Mans shot on the pink at 47 minutes was just incredible. He had to play it with great pace to screw back far enough for the black, no easy feat on those 1970s tables. Superb!

What was going on with referee in the Charlton / Grinder match? He would have looked more at home leading schoolchildren across the road.

Steve James just looks ticked off most of this match. I dont think no one else ahs ever mentioned this

Two great players of there time chalk and cheese in there approach but thats what makes great sport and what ever happened to all those half buts and long rests

Terry Griffiths could compete with the best of any era and you can take that to the bank !

Always thought Willie Thorne was rather patronising to Hendry with his clapping SH out of the arena after this match... Hendry had his revenge a year later

Players never use to wear logos on there waistcoats for some reason?

Looks a miserable venue to play in..Davis looks like he cant wait to get out of there.

What was the prize then a Navies Breakfast and 20 Park Drive 🤔

On a different level, Jimmy didn’t do much wrong just Stephen was on another level, probably the most consistent standard of snooker ever played in a World Final.

6:25 The crowd telling the referee they heard Cliff call green, but listen closely, Alex intervenes, “I didn’t hear it”. To be fair, I think Cliff called it rather quietly. Still, it was loud enough for the crowd at venue to hear it. I think the referee just had a lapse of concentration.

From the 3rd session onwards, incredible standard, 50+ break in every frame bar one.

3:32:20 the start of Stephen’s trademark, a 72 clearance under pressure & the moment where I believe he won this final.

Players much older than now, Pullman was 49/50

Steve was a good player Alex was a strange old bag of tricks due to his drinking

Like watching paint dry watching that Steady Eddie.

Here's a question for you all , in those days most people smoked passively or full on but have you noticed the audience doesn't cough as much as the crowds of today .

44:00 Alex Higgins

11:13:41 the double of Mark Williams’s life.

I am so glad they only used that blue surround for one year cos it's horrid. They did it at the darts as well.

In the interviews, you can clearly see the mutual respect & admiration between O’Sullivan & Hendry.

EBO entered the crucible theatre and left a year later as the world 🌎 champion, well done EBO 👍

5:03:49 start of one of the most dramatic sessions in a World Final ever.

3:46:30 NOW it gets interesting.

What a first round match Davis had to play V Jimmy White , he definitely knew he was a force to be reckoned with in the near future .

Why did Ted Lowe retire after this WC?

2:27:34 Viduka scores the winner for Leeds at Highbury to win Trafford United their 15th league title.

6:33:22 THAT blue......

The blue along the rail whilst using a rest will go down as one of the most difficult and memorable shots in snooker history.🔵.x

Rex would have been very much influenced by Joe Davis not much side in the ball just good positional play and a very solid cue action .

Blimey, those pockets are certainly ultra-generous!

Ronnie didn't have the rounded game here. Once he went with Ray Reardon he really became a complete player.

These two wouldn't be in the top 64 these days.

One of the all time great finals & possibly the best World Championship I have ever seen due to Ken’s incredible exploits throughout the tournament.

What can you say? Davis’s stunning start to go 8-0 up, Taylor’s onslaught of 50 breaks to go only 9-7 behind, his consistent scoring of 40+ breaks to go 11-11, Davis somehow winning the last 2 frames of the 3rd session both on the black despite only having a high break of 29 throughout the session to lead 13-11, the stunning start in the final session with the 1st 6 frames having breaks of 50 or more with Taylor levelling at 15-15, Davis playing 2 flawless frames to go 17-15, guts from Taylor to take the match to a decider & of course the incredible final frame. Stunning, just stunning. The only thing missing from this Final was maybe a couple of century breaks. But incredible.

13:14:38 one of the most infamous misses, Davis pots that 9 times out of 10 but this is not normal circumstances.

What a start to the final session, 50 breaks in the first 6 frames, 2 from Steve & 4 from Dennis. Stunning snooker under real pressure.

The Embassy is Blue year of 1987. The Lakeside Darts World Championship was also blue that year.

Brilliant 86 from Davis to go 14-11 up, showing why he was an unbelievable player.