I remember watching this only thing that spoiled it was it was on itv and the legendary dickie Davis said when we come ba k after the break we will see the first televised 147 break and for this his prize was a lady car,wonder if he still has it
The game owes a lot to Davis, Higgins made being a snooker player a viable profession by the amount of attention he got the sport, Hendry changed people's attitudes by playing to score big and break the reds open as soon as possible, but Davis really changed the form for everyone, and just about every player that's turned pro since owes the form popularised by Davis when taking shots, as a person who holds no real preference over any of the three, I do believe Davis had the biggest influence on the sport as a whole, and he's just so damn down to earth about it aha, never brags, never negatively comments on any others players, a class act all round
His demeanor during this is priceless. He looks as if he's thinking before every single final color 'I can't believe I made that last shot, It's gonna suck when I miss this next one... well fuck me, I made that one too.'
@@gregorneier2592 Oh come on, it was a joke car. Made in the communist bloc, priced about 30% lower than the cheapest western-manufactured cars, badly made and unreliable. A car for people who couldn't afford anything else or were just too tight-fisted to buy a decent set of wheels. Nobody wanted to be given one as a prize for anything.
It's been a long time since I heard anyone call Steve a young fellow, but this break was fantastic and even though he played some poor positional shots, he potted his way out of trouble every time. Magnificent to see.
The first time I ever potted the first red followed by a black, the first thing I thought was "let's have a look then". I visualised the entire clearance in my head. Then I missed the next red. Funnily enough, I don't play snooker these days, but I'm a pretty good chess player.
Best 147 ever in my opinion. Some of those shots I mean a double.. Awkward long last red.. That last pink was horrible and a final awkward black.. All under the pressure of making the first televised maximum. Just amazing
The greatest all round player..the greatest ambassador for the sport..a real gent and a top bloke..his brother Keith is as good a table fitter as Steve is at snooker..Steve is one of the v few sportsmen worthy of the word Legend..is what he is..
i can tell you from experience Steve is a perfect gentleman from the way he treated my wife in Blackpool many years ago where he not only stopped while on his way to play in the final to sign an autograph but posed for photos with her when he could have easily brushed past without a word
His brother recovered our tables ..I'm going back 30 yrs .it was my birthday..he bought me a drink and I told him I was a big fan of Steve..two days later 1st class post I receive a personally signed picture from Steve wishing me happy birthday and thx for being a big fan .says a lot about them both .great guys!
Steve Davis changed the game and is the reason you have the modern players now. His approach to snooker practise was unheard of but once the young generation got to read about him and what he did they start emulating it albeit at a younger age. You do forget how good he was though and he also had so much promo to do being that he was snooker and the main man used to build the game around. Fair play, this 147 is also one of the best ever with sone of those shots.
Mohit, I'm not sure if you understand that commentary in snooker has always been calm and respectful. I believe the commentary box would have been very close by. You obviously do not understand why the commentator was speaking in the way that he was.
Lada are actually tryn to make a "comeback". new one for sale arounk 15k eur. all the stick shifters inside, ud think it was a JCB. good back straightner back seats
I was born in 1990 and started watching snooker in 2014. Just finished Hendrys autobiography he has said when Davis was at form in the 80's he was completely dominating everybody and o Sullivan who I've met now 3 times keeps praising Davis for being the one who was the best and who he wanted to be like.
When you were born in 1990 I was already down the pub fucking birds, so basically I saw 80s snooker and you didn't Higgins was best and Ronnie is better than Davis
@@JohnSmith-su3ze I never said I thought he was the best player.... I never watched any of Steve's matches or Higgins etc. I just said that Ronnie and Stephen Hendry have repeatedly mentioned in interviews that Steve Davis was the best player in the 1980's simply because he won everything again and again. I'm sure Higgins had more natural talent and flair and was obviously the biggest name for fans etc but Davis from ronnie and hendrys perspective was the best player. You can read it in hendrys autobiography and television interviews and also ronnie has said so many times, for example eurosport interview with davis from 2014 you can find the interview here and also his sports personality bbc interview from 2020 where Davis wasn't present. Just two examples really but he's said so repeatedly again and again. I would rather listen to two professionals who know the game inside out who were and are the biggest winning machines than the fans who purely liked the drama and personal charisma and style of Higgins. Statistics and repeated victory numbers always win over opinions. Ronnie now having proven he's the best and greatest of all time by his statistics, 1000+ century breaks, 6 world titles, 19+ majors, 15 maximum breaks, so many other statistics that he's such a king now.
That final pink was nigh on impossible with the rest - at the best of times. Add in the *_pressure_* of making history, and producing the first ever legit televised (and broadcasted) 147 - *ever* . And the thought of winning a Lada must have meant that Steve was shaking like a leaf. .. it's a wonder that it actually happened at all.
Best 147 EVER - doubles, long shots, it had it all, and that pink, come on, when have you ever seen anything like that since - hands down the greatest maxie of all time and the first for TV
At the masters one year, Jimmy White was faced with the exact same shot while attempting to clear up and steal a frame. He also potted it, but with his incredible cue power, he screwed it too much, and ended up having to pot the black off its spot into the green pocket. Which he did, of course.
In actual fact, he was called the nugget because of the people betting on him. Betting on him in the early days made a lot of people rich. I think you'll find that other players have earned more.
Yes, and the pink with the rest. He hit it hard as well. Huge confidence in his ability. Those were great days for snooker. The whole family sat watching
Never understood why this milestone in snooker isn't mentioned more often. It really was a big deal, i remember watching it and it even got onto the 10 o'clock news that night. Also some superb recovery shots including all three final shots. Hated him then .... appreciate him now
I remember watching this when my late mum and nana let me stay up to watch this even though it was a school night ! Steve Davis was my idol at the time
The double Steve Davis does what a chance he takes & he does it with an aura with such coolness like he never doubted it would go in. What a cool head. Ive never seen a 147 took in such cool natural process. No one was better than Steve Davis in his day
Incredible. He slowly opened up n showed us what an interesting and funny bloke he is also. God he was dangerous in his prime. I disliked him as a kid. I grew up. 😁
I always wanted Steve to win especially when he was playing Alex Higgins, my wife at the time (now ex 😆👍) was cheering on Alex and I would cheer loudly when Steve beat him. 📣📢🗣️
I like the part when the commentator says he doesn't have a shot he's going to take the cue ball down to the bulk end and then Steve doubles it in the side pocket to continue to his 147.
There is an funny explain i heard on German TV: This frame was played in a time were the camera team does a break. They turned off the cams and went for tea and eat, but when they recogniced that theres a 147 possible they turned back
Whoa. That was amazing! I'm way too young to remember Steve at his peak and i just kept laughing whenever they said something like 'this young man.' XD He looked pure shocked at the end like he just couldn't believe it! Steve, youre an absolute LEGEND, man!
Sensational 147! I grew up watching Steve Davis on TV. Although these days I am a huge Ronnie O Sullivan snooker fan I still think Steve is my all time favourite player of the game. I have not seen anyone else with a better or more controlled cue action. And let's not forget that Steve was only a shot away (missed black in '85) from getting himself 7 world titles. Even today with more top level snookers players I reckon Steve would still be ranked in the top 5.
Don't let's forget Joe and Fred Davis, Ray Reardon, Walter Lindrum and Jack Karnehm. These were charming gentlemen who were superb ambassadors for snooker. (and billiards)
I remember this, i was mowing the lawn at the time and my wife was shouting at me to come in and watch it but my petrol lawnmower was so loud....etc, etc.
Joe Davis, Ray Reardon, Steve Davis, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan. - But most of all Steve Davis, because he showed Hendry and O'Sullivan what was possible. He was the barnstormer that set the scene.
I'm from Serbia and this game is not popular at all here but i watched Steve Davis in his 1st round match and now 2nd and i am falling in love with this game :)
One of my life-long dream is to play a few games with Steve... We know that "Ronnie is the most gifted player ever...", we know he has almost 1000 centuries etc. etc.., but with all this we know, Steve still remains for me the biggest legend.. followed by Alex Higgins and Ronnie. I see Steve as the "typical Brit", with his sense of humour, behaviour and basically everything... I really wish to meet him in person one day.
'Senior' viewers may enjoy this a lot, because the commentary - it is 1982 - is so gentle, the audience so polite, and even the camera angles are respectful - sucking us back into the calm world of that time - in fact the same year as Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding!) Other viewers will find their own pleasures in this, I'm sure. So thanks to whoever took the trouble, J
Have you any idea how much pressure that lad was under at that time,,, say what you like about Steve Davis, he was instrumental in the changes that snooker went through t that time.
Cliff Hanley Yeah Cliff, you’re right. Ronnie O’Sullivan is “wrong” when he refers to it as a maximum. Wikipedia is “wrong” when its entry on a 147 is titled “a maximum break” and the snooker association is wrong too. Or...you’re wrong Cliff Once more: a maximum is term for the amount of points available without the benefit of a foul stroke by an opponent.
Cliff Hanley What did I describe? I described how a 155 is possible and terms used in the game of snooker. Why do you think a 147 should not be described by everyone in the game as a maximum?
That bank on the red was just incredible, but then to keep going with it right to the end and finish it off the way he did..this guys got NERVES OF STEEL!
Davis was an unstoppable winning machine in the 1980s, and dominated , only Dennis Taylor in that epic 1985 Final at the Worlds, and Joe Johnson a year , were the only hiccups in another wise dominant decade .
he didn't dominate the masters he had a very poor record in it although he still won it twice in his prime he had a lot of first and second round defeats in it
My first trip to England was on business in 1985. Pretty much the only thing on TV at my hotel was snooker, and I remember watching Davis. I'd never heard of snooker before that trip.
love watching 147 breaks top professionals doing what they do best and making it look rediculasly easy ..... what a shot on the pink under that pressure!
That 147 wasn’t straight forward , have to take my hat of to Steve that was good work, I never liked him in the young days but that was only because he never missed a damn ball!! But I grew to like him a lot more in later years..he was indeed a master 👍
Interesting comparing things then to now. Steve was a great player and was at the top of the sport for such a long time but he had nowhere near the cue power of todays pros. Nor did he use side very often. Players nowadays use side spin to get better position, Steve only really used it to avoid going out of position. Also while Steve had the copybook cue action of his day and was considered something of a robot his shot preparation was actually quite rushed by todays standards. He rarely stood in front of the shot before getting down on it like todays pros...he just walked straight into the shot like a lot of amatures did and do. But of course he was brilliantly accurate and although he has never really been recognized as such he was the best potter the game had seen to that point. Notable to that the ref stood directly in Steves line of sight when he was potting the final black. Todays refs would never do that.
Who took the middle out?!? And why? The rest is absolutely wonderful! I was cheering just as loud and I knew what was coming! Just reading his autobiography: great book by a great man and sometimes so funny that I laugh out loud.
Wonderful. Happy memories. For me he will always be the greatest player. I know Hendry and O Sullivan achieved so much but I grew up watching Davis dominate and he was an incredible player
The referee just cracks on and starts putting the balls back on their spots while Davis laps up the adoration from the fans. What a legend the referee is 👌
@RonnyDonny13 I'm not sure weather they have made the pockets slightly tighter since then but that could well be the case. I would put my neck out and say that a slower cloth is more detrimental to getting a 147 than slightly tighter pockets. To make a 147 generally you really need to be able to open the balls up which, as I'm sure you know, is much easier on a fast cloth.
Poetry in motion! His composure, his mental strength, his COURAGE!! He is like a statue when he is down on his shots, perfect stance, impeccable cueing. The whole nine yards.
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Steve Davis will always go down as one of the all time greatest players. That pink was unbelievable.
No doubt about that.
@@markwhittaker6866 couldn’t have happened to nicer bloke🎱
@@iancurtis1152 Hi Dennis
What a snooker player Steve was in his prime, could do everything to a very high standard.
I remember watching this only thing that spoiled it was it was on itv and the legendary dickie Davis said when we come ba k after the break we will see the first televised 147 break and for this his prize was a lady car,wonder if he still has it
Steve dominated an entire era of snooker and I've never heard him brag about it once
He regularly underplays it
Never heard John Spencer boast about his world titles either.
Gentlemen of the game.
The game owes a lot to Davis, Higgins made being a snooker player a viable profession by the amount of attention he got the sport, Hendry changed people's attitudes by playing to score big and break the reds open as soon as possible, but Davis really changed the form for everyone, and just about every player that's turned pro since owes the form popularised by Davis when taking shots, as a person who holds no real preference over any of the three, I do believe Davis had the biggest influence on the sport as a whole, and he's just so damn down to earth about it aha, never brags, never negatively comments on any others players, a class act all round
Hear hear, true true
Steve Davis once said that during the tournament the players joked that the prize for missing the final black was two Ladas. Glad he only got one :)
His demeanor during this is priceless. He looks as if he's thinking before every single final color 'I can't believe I made that last shot, It's gonna suck when I miss this next one... well fuck me, I made that one too.'
Tyler Massey
What's a deminer??? 😆
Walter Walters it's the result of an american public education :)
Fixed it. Thanks for the instructive ridicule. :)
Similar to a troll.
yep, yep
7:44 The crowd applauding the fact that Steve has the courage to drive home in a Lada
😂😂😂😂😂
It's not that bad
😂
@@gregorneier2592 Oh come on, it was a joke car. Made in the communist bloc, priced about 30% lower than the cheapest western-manufactured cars, badly made and unreliable. A car for people who couldn't afford anything else or were just too tight-fisted to buy a decent set of wheels. Nobody wanted to be given one as a prize for anything.
It's been a long time since I heard anyone call Steve a young fellow, but this break was fantastic and even though he played some poor positional shots, he potted his way out of trouble every time. Magnificent to see.
What a moment in snooker history. Marvellous.
Once I was on a 147, but unfortunately I missed the first black
Same here. I missed the first red.
LOL! I was on a 180 on the tv darts show Bullseye. But unfortunately I threw the first dart into Jim Bowen's balls
Not wishing to be pedantic here ( much ), but how you can say same here when Dinesh missed the black and you missed the red?
The first time I ever potted the first red followed by a black, the first thing I thought was "let's have a look then". I visualised the entire clearance in my head. Then I missed the next red. Funnily enough, I don't play snooker these days, but I'm a pretty good chess player.
i've done twice :)
Best 147 ever in my opinion. Some of those shots I mean a double.. Awkward long last red.. That last pink was horrible and a final awkward black.. All under the pressure of making the first televised maximum. Just amazing
Totally agree this and ronnies 5.10 147
Did cliff thorburn not make the 1st 1?
@@dot2562 that was first 147 at the crucible
The greatest all round player..the greatest ambassador for the sport..a real gent and a top bloke..his brother Keith is as good a table fitter as Steve is at snooker..Steve is one of the v few sportsmen worthy of the word Legend..is what he is..
i can tell you from experience Steve is a perfect gentleman from the way he treated my wife in Blackpool many years ago where he not only stopped while on his way to play in the final to sign an autograph but posed for photos with her when he could have easily brushed past without a word
The brother not quite getting the fame Steve once had. 😂😂😂
His brother recovered our tables ..I'm going back 30 yrs .it was my birthday..he bought me a drink and I told him I was a big fan of Steve..two days later 1st class post I receive a personally signed picture from Steve wishing me happy birthday and thx for being a big fan .says a lot about them both .great guys!
Terrific 147. What a great Pink!
Steve Davis changed the game and is the reason you have the modern players now. His approach to snooker practise was unheard of but once the young generation got to read about him and what he did they start emulating it albeit at a younger age. You do forget how good he was though and he also had so much promo to do being that he was snooker and the main man used to build the game around. Fair play, this 147 is also one of the best ever with sone of those shots.
Na. Dennis Taylor did that
Commentator at 4:42 : "This is very exciting."
*says it with the excitement of a potato*
lmao
How do you know how excited a potato is?
You can't have football commentators everywhere, ya know. I'm glad that tennis, golf or snooker have fans and commentators who have good manners. 😎😎😎😎
For an English person, that statement it's like any normal person jumping naked on the snooker table.
Mohit, I'm not sure if you understand that commentary in snooker has always been calm and respectful. I believe the commentary box would have been very close by. You obviously do not understand why the commentator was speaking in the way that he was.
5:43 "you can imagine the tension building up in young Steve at the moment" ....knowing he may have to drive home in a Lada
Lada are actually tryn to make a "comeback". new one for sale arounk 15k eur. all the stick shifters inside, ud think it was a JCB. good back straightner back seats
😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
I was born in 1990 and started watching snooker in 2014. Just finished Hendrys autobiography he has said when Davis was at form in the 80's he was completely dominating everybody and o Sullivan who I've met now 3 times keeps praising Davis for being the one who was the best and who he wanted to be like.
amarsbarr well yeah.
When you were born in 1990 I was already down the pub fucking birds, so basically I saw 80s snooker and you didn't
Higgins was best and Ronnie is better than Davis
@@JohnSmith-su3ze I never said I thought he was the best player.... I never watched any of Steve's matches or Higgins etc. I just said that Ronnie and Stephen Hendry have repeatedly mentioned in interviews that Steve Davis was the best player in the 1980's simply because he won everything again and again. I'm sure Higgins had more natural talent and flair and was obviously the biggest name for fans etc but Davis from ronnie and hendrys perspective was the best player. You can read it in hendrys autobiography and television interviews and also ronnie has said so many times, for example eurosport interview with davis from 2014 you can find the interview here and also his sports personality bbc interview from 2020 where Davis wasn't present. Just two examples really but he's said so repeatedly again and again. I would rather listen to two professionals who know the game inside out who were and are the biggest winning machines than the fans who purely liked the drama and personal charisma and style of Higgins. Statistics and repeated victory numbers always win over opinions. Ronnie now having proven he's the best and greatest of all time by his statistics, 1000+ century breaks, 6 world titles, 19+ majors, 15 maximum breaks, so many other statistics that he's such a king now.
@@JohnSmith-su3ze Davis was on another planet to Alex lol
He kept the Lada for sentimental reasons & his kids have all learned to drive in it. Bit of useless information for everybody 😀
I didn't know it!
Useless is Good- Keeps the World Turning! Smiles
Excellent info!
Buckets, but Steve was still a class act.
Do tell me what the big deal is about this game is please.
I watched this with my dad who is till with us at 90, wonderful times
That final pink was nigh on impossible with the rest - at the best of times.
Add in the *_pressure_* of making history, and producing the first ever legit televised (and broadcasted) 147 - *ever* . And the thought of winning a Lada must have meant that Steve was shaking like a leaf.
.. it's a wonder that it actually happened at all.
He'd have been justified in missing the pink so as to avoid having to drive away in the Lada.
@@Oldlard
A lada that used to be used by a local taxi company.
You're kidding? One of those square Russian cars?
add to how bad the tables were back then
I thought cliff thorburn was the 1st,he was 1st televised masters 147...big bill werbineck😂😂😂
Best 147 EVER - doubles, long shots, it had it all, and that pink, come on, when have you ever seen anything like that since - hands down the greatest maxie of all time and the first for TV
At the masters one year, Jimmy White was faced with the exact same shot while attempting to clear up and steal a frame. He also potted it, but with his incredible cue power, he screwed it too much, and ended up having to pot the black off its spot into the green pocket. Which he did, of course.
The blue, pink and black were off the charts. That blue and pink were very difficult.
You're very boring! 👊
This great young talent, who changed the whole nature of snooker gets rewarded with a bloody Lada.
+georgina His nickname is the nucket because he's the richest snooker player of all time.
In actual fact, he was called the nugget because of the people betting on him. Betting on him in the early days made a lot of people rich. I think you'll find that other players have earned more.
I heard he sold it to buy himself some fish and chips.
@@topneorej Wrong, his nickname is Nujett because he nudge the balls into the pocket
@@silvergtotwinturbo9984 NUGGET was a popular nickname for people with ginger/red hair.
That pink by Steve was a brilliant shot.
It was ok I suppose
This great 147 had it all ! a double, that long straight red, the pink off the rest and how he got on the last black Davis is Legend............
That last long red: absolute ice in his veins.
Supreme confidence in his own ability to leave the white where he did for that last red.
This was a very special 147. Some of those shots were spectacular! Even under normal circumstances, but for a maximum! Unbelievable!
Yes, and the pink with the rest. He hit it hard as well. Huge confidence in his ability. Those were great days for snooker. The whole family sat watching
I wonder if Spencer said at the end: "That would have been me on TV if that poxy camera man hadn't taken a dinner break during my 147!"
just love the reserved little "cmon get in" at 6:54, from a subdued guy in the rest of the commentary. Just what this break is all about.
Never understood why this milestone in snooker isn't mentioned more often. It really was a big deal, i remember watching it and it even got onto the 10 o'clock news that night. Also some superb recovery shots including all three final shots. Hated him then .... appreciate him now
I remember watching this when my late mum and nana let me stay up to watch this even though it was a school night ! Steve Davis was my idol at the time
@@Squab1972Great memories mate. Thank you. 👍
Never understood the hate for Steve Davis ... Why do we British hate winners so much? Weird.
The double Steve Davis does what a chance he takes & he does it with an aura with such coolness like he never doubted it would go in. What a cool head. Ive never seen a 147 took in such cool natural process. No one was better than Steve Davis in his day
I disagree
Steve Davis, legend of the baize and now a great DJ playing some great music and doing festivals. A really decent guy
Agreed.
Yes, i heard him play Chubby Checker and Manfred Mann. Great to hear those old tracks again
the only 147 scored with a double ? I wasn't expecting this clearance to be so good - SD had everything !
Keith Thompson, Tom Ford did it this week! And then Ronnie said a 147 with a double doesn’t count lol
And that double was a hard one awkward angle not many would have even attempted it at all
I met Steve Davis once he is idol ahd always will be what a lovely bloke a true sport icon 👍👍👍😉
Incredible. He slowly opened up n showed us what an interesting and funny bloke he is also. God he was dangerous in his prime. I disliked him as a kid. I grew up. 😁
I always wanted Steve to win especially when he was playing Alex Higgins, my wife at the time (now ex 😆👍) was cheering on Alex and I would cheer loudly when Steve beat him. 📣📢🗣️
That's exactly the same way I feel about Hendry
@@andrewkerr3836 what exactly did you have against the legend that was the 'Hurricane'?
@@andrewkerr3836hah😂 So how old are you now sir?
@hattorihanzou8733 I will be 71 in November. 👍🏻
I like the part when the commentator says he doesn't have a shot he's going to take the cue ball down to the bulk end and then Steve doubles it in the side pocket to continue to his 147.
Love commentary from back in those days, it's very relaxing to listen to
Ronnie is out breaking records, but this is one that he can't take from Steve that's wonderful.
The difficult pots Steve had to pull off in order to make this 147 make it particularly special.
We are lucky to have witnessed this genius in his prime. Imagine the pressure! What a joy to watch! Go Steve!
This is SOMETHING MEMORABLE! Adorably played by Steve!
Everything about this looks so 80s. Can't beat the 80s!
Got to admit. That was fab
Steve Davies is a true statesman of the game!
Who is this mr Davies
what a nice moment .. whats even more beautifull is that it was done by a true gentleman ....what a person davis is ! much love :)
I know it's fourteen years later but I feel I must tell you that beautiful has only one l
Fabulous, very enjoyable. thank you very much publisher, bravo Steve Davis.
why didnt we see the whole thing thats lame
There is an funny explain i heard on German TV: This frame was played in a time were the camera team does a break. They turned off the cams and went for tea and eat, but when they recogniced that theres a 147 possible they turned back
PS: sorry for my bad english
@@jansteini9612 it's a sorry for cameramen nack then not you lol.
Whoa. That was amazing! I'm way too young to remember Steve at his peak and i just kept laughing whenever they said something like 'this young man.' XD
He looked pure shocked at the end like he just couldn't believe it!
Steve, youre an absolute LEGEND, man!
The heady thrill of winning a Lada car inspired Steve to achieve perfection.
Sensational 147! I grew up watching Steve Davis on TV. Although these days I am a huge Ronnie O Sullivan snooker fan I still think Steve is my all time favourite player of the game. I have not seen anyone else with a better or more controlled cue action. And let's not forget that Steve was only a shot away (missed black in '85) from getting himself 7 world titles. Even today with more top level snookers players I reckon Steve would still be ranked in the top 5.
I love the ‘I can’t believe I just did that’ look 😁👏👏👏👏👏👏
Steve Davis is the most respectable snooker player to have ever lived.
Everyone else has gotten at least one like. And my ten year old comment praising Steve has received none! :´(
@@Bravilor now it has
I gave you your 4th now mate. That's one like almost every 4 years, not bad.
Don't let's forget Joe and Fred Davis, Ray Reardon, Walter Lindrum and Jack Karnehm. These were charming gentlemen who were superb ambassadors for snooker. (and billiards)
@@MK-rk4no Now 10. Viral as of late!
I remember this, i was mowing the lawn at the time and my wife was shouting at me to come in and watch it but my petrol lawnmower was so loud....etc, etc.
Joe Davis, Ray Reardon, Steve Davis, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan. - But most of all Steve Davis, because he showed Hendry and O'Sullivan what was possible. He was the barnstormer that set the scene.
Very good point
That break off shot by Spencer! 😂😂😂
I'm from Serbia and this game is not popular at all here but i watched Steve Davis in his 1st round match and now 2nd and i am falling in love with this game :)
I don't like Serbia,went there once,it was shite
One of my life-long dream is to play a few games with Steve... We know that "Ronnie is the most gifted player ever...", we know he has almost 1000 centuries etc. etc.., but with all this we know, Steve still remains for me the biggest legend.. followed by Alex Higgins and Ronnie. I see Steve as the "typical Brit", with his sense of humour, behaviour and basically everything...
I really wish to meet him in person one day.
I’ve met him. You won’t be disappointed when you do. He’s a true gentleman.
You’ve forgotten the greatest player of all time - Hendry.
That double was sweet!!! The older I get the more I appreciate Steve Davis
Pulled off another sweet double to sink John Higgins in 2010 World Champ's.
'Senior' viewers may enjoy this a lot, because the commentary - it is 1982 - is so gentle, the audience so polite, and even the camera angles are respectful - sucking us back into the calm world of that time - in fact the same year as Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding!) Other viewers will find their own pleasures in this, I'm sure. So thanks to whoever took the trouble, J
Had to be Davis to be the first to make a 147 on TV. The guy was a snooker machine in his prime.
Was?
Surprisingly it was his one and only 147.
Totally agree.
@@dennisdarling1054 there is another one on youtube of a Davis 147 at an exhibition in somewhere like Belgium looks like late 80s or early 90s.
This was also a record for the largest ever collection of knitwear gathered for a frame of snooker.
Source: The Federation of Knitwear Enthusiasts.
At least people knew how to dress back then. Unlike today. They would probably wear tracksuits and fake tan if they could get away with it.
One of the hardest 147's ever!
His performance was astonishing!
His facial expressions were mixed and wearing!
Remember Peter ebdons 12 break?.....classic 😂
He's on 13 now 😂
Have you any idea how much pressure that lad was under at that time,,, say what you like about Steve Davis, he was instrumental in the changes that snooker went through t that time.
I remember watching this live - Met him numerous times, even had dinner with him and the match room team back in 87 - Legend
That long red was superb.
That pink was the best shot I've ever seen
Chris Callaghan His second cannon to break up the reds was really beautiful.
You've seen nothing
All this to win a Lada, it was difficult to make money in the 80s.
It was a shit car from the 80s.
Why did you ask then, dumbass?
Well, the world is full of idiots who doesn`t know what a Lada is, and by asking you surely looked like one.
aboriani, you're a fucking moron.
It takes one to know one
The nugget..........Bless him, a childhood hero of mine and somebody who did so much for the game of snooker.
i love that moment leading up to the final shot where every spectator leans in instead of getting their phone out
"4 reds 4 blacks... but out of position... suspect he'll be leaving the cue ball in the balk area now..."
They were different times man
LOL Right!?! It cool to watch this older stuff. These commentators didn't fully realize yet that they were watching a brand new game.
yeah - the prize wasa Lada...
Cliff Hanley What do you mean?
Cliff Hanley Yeah Cliff, you’re right. Ronnie O’Sullivan is “wrong” when he refers to it as a maximum. Wikipedia is “wrong” when its entry on a 147 is titled “a maximum break” and the snooker association is wrong too.
Or...you’re wrong Cliff
Once more: a maximum is term for the amount of points available without the benefit of a foul stroke by an opponent.
Cliff Hanley What did I describe? I described how a 155 is possible and terms used in the game of snooker. Why do you think a 147 should not be described by everyone in the game as a maximum?
That bank on the red was just incredible, but then to keep going with it right to the end and finish it off the way he did..this guys got NERVES OF STEEL!
The final pink has to be one of the all time best shots in snooker history
Brilliant! Just watched the bbci player of The Rack Pack, great watch if you haven't seen!
+Daniel Amies Well, that and because he won 6 times the world championship, amongst other many trophies.
Davis was an unstoppable winning machine in the 1980s, and dominated , only Dennis Taylor in that epic 1985 Final at the Worlds, and Joe Johnson a year , were the only hiccups in another wise dominant decade .
Chris Evans Don’t forget t’Hurricane winning his second and final World Championship in 1982:-)
And getting knocked out 10-1 by Tony Knowles in the first round of the 1982 WC...
he didn't dominate the masters he had a very poor record in it although he still won it twice in his prime he had a lot of first and second round defeats in it
Couldn't have happened to a nicer dude ❣️👏
The last red and the pink would be great shots in any normal frame but to do that when on for a 147 make them 2 of the greatest pots of all time.
You can see it in Davis' eyes as he's walking around the table, he's definately thinking about winning that Lada Car lmao!!!
The refs didn't even offer assistance with the rest back then, how barbaric.
Primitive times. Very abusive
A beautiful Lada car awaited him as his prize!!!!!
That must of been what spurred him on.
My first trip to England was on business in 1985. Pretty much the only thing on TV at my hotel was snooker, and I remember watching Davis. I'd never heard of snooker before that trip.
Best 147 ever.
Amazing. Double then deserved maximum break. Snooker's legend forever.
love watching 147 breaks top professionals doing what they do best and making it look rediculasly easy ..... what a shot on the pink under that pressure!
Yes that pink positioning with the rest was incredible very hard to do and he done it under enormous pressure first ever televised for starters
one of the best maximum ever and certainly a historical 1.
i love him hes amazing player
7:21 How ironic. The Rolls Royce of snooker wins a Lada
😂😂😂😂😂
When I watched it on television the first time, it looked like he was the last to realise what he'd done when the black went in. Wonderful moment.
John on had 1 shot in that frame. Says it all. Great work Steve. Great shots given the cue ball position. That's why he's a great.
That 147 wasn’t straight forward , have to take my hat of to Steve that was good work, I never liked him in the young days but that was only because he never missed a damn ball!! But I grew to like him a lot more in later years..he was indeed a master 👍
Interesting comparing things then to now. Steve was a great player and was at the top of the sport for such a long time but he had nowhere near the cue power of todays pros. Nor did he use side very often. Players nowadays use side spin to get better position, Steve only really used it to avoid going out of position.
Also while Steve had the copybook cue action of his day and was considered something of a robot his shot preparation was actually quite rushed by todays standards. He rarely stood in front of the shot before getting down on it like todays pros...he just walked straight into the shot like a lot of amatures did and do. But of course he was brilliantly accurate and although he has never really been recognized as such he was the best potter the game had seen to that point.
Notable to that the ref stood directly in Steves line of sight when he was potting the final black. Todays refs would never do that.
Steve Davis - one of the snooker greats.
Thank you
What a find. I remember this as a kid. Happy Memories.
Who took the middle out?!? And why?
The rest is absolutely wonderful! I was cheering just as loud and I knew what was coming!
Just reading his autobiography: great book by a great man and sometimes so funny that I laugh out loud.
Wonderful. Happy memories. For me he will always be the greatest player. I know Hendry and O Sullivan achieved so much but I grew up watching Davis dominate and he was an incredible player
They can't take that away from him ever. What an achievement. All respect.
The referee just cracks on and starts putting the balls back on their spots while Davis laps up the adoration from the fans.
What a legend the referee is 👌
6:53 Imagine the pressure! (of knowing that if you make the 147 you're going to have to own a Lada)
It was also harder to make 147's with the tables back in them days.
Ppp
@RonnyDonny13 I'm not sure weather they have made the pockets slightly tighter since then but that could well be the case. I would put my neck out and say that a slower cloth is more detrimental to getting a 147 than slightly tighter pockets. To make a 147 generally you really need to be able to open the balls up which, as I'm sure you know, is much easier on a fast cloth.
Absolutely brilliant
What a beautiful moment.
Poetry in motion! His composure, his mental strength, his COURAGE!! He is like a statue when he is down on his shots, perfect stance, impeccable cueing. The whole nine yards.
Are you gay?