40 Years at The Crucible - sheffield | world snooker championship 2017 - bbc two
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- 40 years at the crucible - a short quick documentary about finding a home for the sport (snooker) ended up by choosing the crucible theater at Sheffield as the home of snooker biggest tournament the world championship introduced by Steve Davis and interviewing some of the biggest name in the game of snooker and bringing back many of the great and sad moments that happen in the golden era of snooker until these days
Seeing Steve Davis getting upset while talking about the late Alex Higgins and the great matches they had shows the class of the man coz I'm pretty sure at one time they couldn't stand each other but ultimately respected each others talents . RIP alex Higgins
I think Alex said as much after their epic UK Final in 1983. Both great players I think they needed each other, I think every sport needs that great rivalry.
I think now the old warrior's would be quite friendly towards one another. But yes back then they really couldn't stand one another.
I think that’s part of where the emotion comes from, and it largely came from Higgins of course.
Steve Davis, the ultimate snooker ambassador, and the ultimate gentleman.
Didn't much care for Alex Higgins as a person - but there is no argument that he was primary reason the sport became appealing to a wider audience towards the end of the 1970's. And his 69 break against Jimmy White in the 1982 semi final is still the GREATEST frame winning break in snooker history.
I h8 all cuists
Those moments with Alex's daughter and Steve in the Crucible - beautiful, just beautiful.
Steve Davis had a lot of respect for Alex Higgins even though they were bitter rivals, seeing Steve Davis getting emotional about Alex Higgins made me cry too. His daughter Lauren is so lovely, her dad would of been proud of her.
Who can forget, sublime, great climax taking place in the theater in the round, the CRUCIBLE, iconic, part of the on going folklore of the Championships.
...utmost respect... higgins a snooker genius.......thank you Alex, thank you so much.
@King Brilliant F off.
Very sad to see Steve Davis get upset while talking about Alex, the were the glory days of snooker with a whole list of characters that will never be matched again so you can see where his sadness came from. Its all too clinical now. When snooker ruled the world....... Great times
Steve and Alex had respect for each other. Respect to Steve Davis for saying Alex was a great snooker player and having a tear in his eye whilst saying it. Top guy.
The passion is incredible, for a table and some balls, taken lightly. But for an indepth grasp of the whole concept, the experience, the knowledge and talent, the emotion. It is an amazing game. To have met and shook hands with some of the players, Ronnie, Hendry and more, is a nothing short of a blessing. The honor for Higgins, Jimmy, Cliff and so many more, I mean, Terry, Dennis, Steve... wow, just wow. For a table, and some balls.
I actually saw Cliff Thorburn, in person, doing a snooker demonstration at Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) in the late 1970's; at the time, I had no idea what snooker even was, but the "trick shots" he did that afternoon were astounding. I got to play some snooker with a few farmers in Manitoba a few years later, and then, once I had cable tv in BC in the mid 1980's, I could watch Steve Davis work his magic, and was hooked.
I wonder how much more forward and bigger snooker would of been today if the golden boy Paul Hunter was still around 😔😔😢😢
Legends never die
"What If's" are always intriguing! What if Davis had potted that final black instead of Dennis Taylor ... would they be such good friends and co-hosts today? Snooker is a wonderful lesson in saying, "It is what it is!" I think there is only one player that i really have disliked over the decades, and that is Peter Ebdon, simply because he "used" his slowness as a tool to disrupt the rhythm of opponents who were far more skilled than he himself. I guess if that was his best tool, one has to applaud his use of it, but I just found it irritating.
this is my favorite documentary on RUclips.. cheers from 🇨🇦!
Steve Davis has always been underrated and has never got the full credit he deserves
I agree
Not sure I would agree. Most knowledgeable people of snooker regard him very highly. 6 times world champ and one of the all time greats in my book!
This is my favorite video on the history of Snooker at the Crucible. So well done. My bucket list is to attend. Some day...
Steve Davis was such a top class player in his day and comes across as a genuinely nice guy as well!
What a class act Steve Davis is
Steve is a legend and had so much respect for alex higgins.
Alex made snooker what it became rip Alex thanks for the memories growing up in the 80s 😎👍🎱
69 in 82 and the blue was is and always will be the greatest shot in the history of snooker !!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful, wonderful production, thank you ever so for the upload!
Steve Davis is such a nice guy!
7:49 - greatest player in the game, getting love from the greatest player of the game 🤝
Steve Davis one of the finest people ever to represent the UK.
so many memories! I watched the Steve Davis-Dennis Taylor final on "cable tv" in Victoria, British Columbia (my sons have NO idea what "cable tv" is!), cheering for Davis, who for me was the perfectionist of snooker; and now I get to watch snooker on u-tube, and have been "following" Ronnie O'Sullivan for several years. If I think of Steve Davis as the perfectionist, Ronnie is the "magician" of snooker, and win or lose, he brings sheer magic to the table. Sportsman of the Year ... high time for him to be so designated! Great to see Davis continuing to be involved in snooker, as is Dennis Taylor, and others. This documentary shows us how snooker players form "family" in unique ways.
Alex was like a predator. He moved like a leopard round the table. All feel, instinct and above all, genius.
Very true! A remarkable talent with a style of his own. Once watched him play golf. He had a style of his own there too😁
Thanks for uploading this it’s really great !!
Steve Davis..the ultimate gentleman
Brilliant video.
I love snooker. The part I hate is that I'm stuck in America and I don't get to watch it like I used to when I was in England that stupid pool doesn't come up to the standard of snooker.
Just a great insight . Watched snooker many manys yrs)) lets keep it going boys)))
steve is such a nice guy, very funny too , go steve
Steve Davis: Ohh whats that (when looking at a nostalgic photo from 1977)
Mike Watterson: thats from 1977 the very first WSC at the crucible
Steve Davis: (throws the photo back on the table) oh I never played in it that year ..... competitive spirit still there!
Alex Higgins was the Keith moon of snooker......... Steve Davis was the ...well the Steve Davis of Snooker
simon lloyd well Higgins was shit at drums, and always of his head , so yes, the Keith Moon of snooker.
Super great
On reflection, I'd probably have to rate Steve Davis above hendry.
Hendry was like a shooting star and once he was burnt out he was done, Davis beat ronnie, from behind in the masters in 1997.
Was still in the top 16 as well long after his last world title, beat mcmanus, ebdon, Doherty and ronnie in that masters and Beat higgins in his last world's in 2010 who was world champion at the time.
Hendry didn't have that game or match play snooker and after his loss to ebdon in 2002 was pretty much done.
Great doc
Best ever.
I watched it on tv! All the way in Victoria, BC, cheering for Steve Davis (who got me hooked on snooker!) so Dennis Taylor was not my favourite ... but how could I begrudge Dennis his come-back, AND THEN the black ball!
I sorted him out with his hotel room in Bangkok. Good lad.
I always felt Johnson would win if he got in first because he was unstoppable when he got in first.
What you talking about, everybody forgets? That’s the whole reason it was the final it was.
Poor Jimmy White one of the best ever but never won one
guy had a lot of talent but 0 Bottle
Davis plays himself down. He's the best all round player of all time
Love Steve was a time I hated him. Brill player 👍👍👍
48:29 58 behind 43 remaining I can't believe Hendry didn't try and get the 4 snookers required in the deciding frame of the biggest tournament in snooker.
He was never a defensive player
@@realshuucyril still, it's worth a try to come back
yes they all give frames away without a proper scrap..alex used to drag the frame on against steve...
13:25 he doesn't take his brain 'out' of gear, he puts it in 'snooker' gear
Shame the start isn't there.
Turned off when it got to selby
Lol 😆 Mark 🐌slowby
Genius thumbnail.
Anyone know what the sad piano music from 35.05 mins onwards is called?
Watching this after Ronnie won his seventh
I wouldn't know what it is to have the luxury to practice snooker instead of having to work a real job, even if you had the talent some one had to support you until you started winning money Right?
I wonder who has Ronnies chalk from that 147, what a thing to have
Nobody, they threw it back to him
"well I'm the best this year" 🤣🤣🤣
Jimmy never winning the WC is proof there is no God.
Men make their own results, god has nothing to do with it
44:01 Now that´s what I call "ironic" ROFL
Hi bro i want this channel
If Jimmy made that black he could have ran the table bc he had very good post ion the greatest player to not win a world title
Stupid film The Rat Pack, caused nothing but trouble.
Mark Selby needs to go away...
jimmy white was never good enough to win a world championship. Talent is one thing but what you need more than anything is bottle and jimmy had none apart from bottles of tequila.