Never met Doug . Would have Loved too. He was A Lovely Sincere Gentleman ! Great Passion for the Game and Always went the Extra Mile ! Loved his Sartorial Elegance ! A Very Beautiful Wife and Family ! He Did his Wife , Family and Wales PROUD ! What a Man and What a Snooker Player Thank You Frank Callan for Helping Doug to make His Brilliant Comeback ! Thank You Doug for the Love You Shared ! RIP CHAMPION ! ❤❤❤
Three wonderful Welsh snooker players who all worked in heavy industry at some point, Cliff Wilson, Doug Mountjoy and just departed Ray Reardon. Rest in peace gentlemen.
These documentaries from BBC Wales are just astonishingly good. The one they made for Ray so perfectly captured the magical, mythical aura of the man - and I'm so grateful that now, in his own time and in his own quiet way, I've been given a glimpse not just of Doug Mountjoy the great snooker player, but also Doug Mountjoy, the great man. This might be a good place to end, the emotion is a bit much - but that's how much I feel thankful to one person, among many, who made snooker the happy place it is for me.
Doug Mountjoy seemed a really nice guy.... I remember a mate of mine sadly not my good self who saw he was 80/1 to win the 1989 Classic after he had won the 88 UK , The bookies obviously thought lightening wouldnt strike twice. He did and had £25 on him....He treated three of us to a day out at the cricket at old trafford against the Aussies
I backed Doug in most of the rounds of the UK (Stakes around £200 per match)at 3/1 v Foulds, 5/6 v Virgo, 11/10 v Johnson, 7/4 v Griffiths and 7/2 v Hendry. I didn't take the 100/1 for the tournament before he played Foulds but did consider it. I knew he was playing well and back in the 80s and 90s bookies were often clueless at pricing matches but as i played the game to a decent standard I knew it was very much on the day. Happy Days
Yes, it's a shame that Steve was so dominant in the early to mid '80s. Doug and a few others would definitely have won a world championship. I wonder was that self-doubt the source of his cueing problems ? In his prime he was great to watch and always looked immaculate. A true professional, Doug Mountjoy honoured the game of snooker. RIP to a Welsh legend.
Brings back so many memories this, nobody gave him much (or perhaps any) chance against Hendry in the 1988 UK final but I just remember him blitzing the third session to take an insurmountable lead. Then to prove it was no fluke by winning the Classic a few weeks later. Great player.
I did, I had £200 on him at 7/2 as the odds were far bigger than they should've been in relation to his chance of winning (I'd backed him in every round v Foulds 3/1, Johnson 11/10, Virgo 5/6 and Griffiths 7/4.. Yes you're right about the 3rd session, he made 3 century breaks in succession to storm ahead.
@@heliumtrophy Yes, i backed Doug in every match apart from the 1st one v Wayne Jones as the tournament progressed. I contemplated taking 100/1 when I backed him at 3/1 v Foulds but decided against the tournament bet. For many years from the late 80s to the early 2000s snooker matches were often priced incorrectly. Some bookies were clueless at pricing up matches in relation to the players true odds of winning. I had a very good knowledge of snooker and would price up the matches myself. I would then compare my prices to the bookies and would act accordingly. Many games were true 50/50 matches and yet often one of the players would be between 6/4 to 7/2 or even bigger. The bookies really didn't have great knowledge of most of the players other than the big names. As I played the game to a decent standard I knew full well that one day I could play very well and knock in 30, 40, 50 plus breaks and yet on another would really struggle. There was no real logic to it. I played at Kings X in the mid 80s onwards and often saw Ebdon, Drago and Joe O'Boye (who I spoke to often) Applying that to matches it was very successful in betting on matches. You often saw players playing inconsistently. I had a few decent outright bets on tournaments as well and was on Dean Reynolds EW both times when he reached ranking finals at 40/1 and 66/1. I had Euan Henderson EW at 150/1 when he lost in the final of the Grand Prix and the irony there was that I backed Mark Williams for tournaments a fair few times when he was 100/1, 66/1 etc without success. His price however started coming down a lot as he improved so I gave up on him and moved on. There was no point in having fivers and tenners on. I always had the tournament bets for £50ew and the matches between £100-£300. It was worth it as I knew I was getting true value odds and over the course of a season couldn't really lose.
@@digeme69 Hello Mate Emotional Documentary Wish that Doug had Won The World Championships. Keep up Your Great Service ST. i Hope that you can Upload The Ray Reardon The Welsh Master Documentary Also. All The Best. WAYNE
There is quite a good channel named Webfax www.youtube.com/@webfax4146 which is mainly Doug videos and they are excellent quality as it seems as if they were recorded and preserved very well. He doesn't post that often but has in the last 3 years posted some on or after the anniversary of Doug death on 14th Feb. He may post something again in 3 weeks or so if he keeps up with tradition.
Reardon the best all-round player of all-time. Consistency, temperament, potting, safety, creativity, longevity, tactical, mental strength, popularity etc.....Reardon had no weak links in his game The only one who has ever had it all.
I enjoyed that, love that he carried on playing right until the end. He was fortunate that the lung cancer was discovered early, not many people survive it. Couldn't help feeling that, when I saw Roy Castle, who wasn't as fortunate.
Great player, I was gutted when he beat Hendry in that final ,but hat off too him. Being Scottish and 19 and snooker daft in 1988, I remember we just wanted a good Scottish player to get to the top. Dough Mountjoy will never be forgotten in Snooker.
I remember Doug as a very solid player but also having great ability. He was one of the few players Alex Higgins behaved himself with and no wonder. Doug looked like a middleweight boxer. If he'd met Frank Callan earlier he'd have won a World title for certain.
Doug was always a favourite of mine, what a wonderful man and if I’m not mistaken on the record breakers didn’t he lift a record amount of cues in a back hand🤔
I was a huge fan of his back in the day but I noticed that everytime the camera used to go to Doug in his chair he'd be either smoking or lighting a fag. So sad that he couldn't kick the habit before it did such damage to his health. What an all round great bloke he was on and off the table. RIP mate and thanks for the great memories
Thats the way it was back then though, many players smoked. Darts was the same, I've recently watched quite a lot of old darts matches from the 80s. The great Eric Bristow smoked all the way through his matches with fag in hand, lighting up as soon as one had finished. The players actually held the fags in their hands when throwing.
2 points here. the photo at time 16:49 The car on the left is a mark 10 jaguar, Dougs older brother Treddie used to have a mark 10 the same. Dougs elder brother Freddie was an excelent brickie and he died young, if I remember he died in the late 70s. The jag there was either Freddies or doug bought a similar one years later
How many of you have seen Dougs perfect break off shot.Only 2 reds came out of the pack and each rebounded of a cushen and went back onto the pack to form a complete triangle. exactly as it was before the break. I bet Doug is the only one in the world who has done that
Never met Doug . Would have Loved too. He was A Lovely Sincere Gentleman ! Great Passion for the Game and Always went the Extra Mile ! Loved his Sartorial Elegance !
A Very Beautiful Wife and Family !
He Did his Wife , Family and Wales
PROUD ! What a Man and What a Snooker Player
Thank You Frank Callan for Helping
Doug to make His Brilliant Comeback !
Thank You Doug for the Love You Shared !
RIP CHAMPION ! ❤❤❤
Three wonderful Welsh snooker players who all worked in heavy industry at some point, Cliff Wilson, Doug Mountjoy and just departed Ray Reardon.
Rest in peace gentlemen.
These documentaries from BBC Wales are just astonishingly good. The one they made for Ray so perfectly captured the magical, mythical aura of the man - and I'm so grateful that now, in his own time and in his own quiet way, I've been given a glimpse not just of Doug Mountjoy the great snooker player, but also Doug Mountjoy, the great man. This might be a good place to end, the emotion is a bit much - but that's how much I feel thankful to one person, among many, who made snooker the happy place it is for me.
Brilliantly said
Doug Mountjoy seemed a really nice guy.... I remember a mate of mine sadly not my good self who saw he was 80/1 to win the 1989 Classic after he had won the 88 UK , The bookies obviously thought lightening wouldnt strike twice. He did and had £25 on him....He treated three of us to a day out at the cricket at old trafford against the Aussies
I backed Doug in most of the rounds of the UK (Stakes around £200 per match)at 3/1 v Foulds, 5/6 v Virgo, 11/10 v Johnson, 7/4 v Griffiths and 7/2 v Hendry. I didn't take the 100/1 for the tournament before he played Foulds but did consider it. I knew he was playing well and back in the 80s and 90s bookies were often clueless at pricing matches but as i played the game to a decent standard I knew it was very much on the day. Happy Days
@@digeme69 Excellent effort with those bets
What a wonderful documentary. I always enjoyed watching him play. Just came along at the wrong time, or he would definitely have been world champion.
Yes, it's a shame that Steve was so dominant in the early to mid '80s. Doug and a few others would definitely have won a world championship. I wonder was that self-doubt the source of his cueing problems ? In his prime he was great to watch and always looked immaculate. A true professional, Doug Mountjoy honoured the game of snooker. RIP to a Welsh legend.
Beautifully produced documentary.
The BBC gets lots of criticism, but this is wonderful
I dont watch TV anymore, but this is something I was interested in seeing, thanks.
Brings back so many memories this, nobody gave him much (or perhaps any) chance against Hendry in the 1988 UK final but I just remember him blitzing the third session to take an insurmountable lead. Then to prove it was no fluke by winning the Classic a few weeks later. Great player.
I did, I had £200 on him at 7/2 as the odds were far bigger than they should've been in relation to his chance of winning (I'd backed him in every round v Foulds 3/1, Johnson 11/10, Virgo 5/6 and Griffiths 7/4.. Yes you're right about the 3rd session, he made 3 century breaks in succession to storm ahead.
@@digeme69 Did you bet on every match or just at the start of the tournament - that's some winnings either way.
@@heliumtrophy Yes, i backed Doug in every match apart from the 1st one v Wayne Jones as the tournament progressed. I contemplated taking 100/1 when I backed him at 3/1 v Foulds but decided against the tournament bet. For many years from the late 80s to the early 2000s snooker matches were often priced incorrectly. Some bookies were clueless at pricing up matches in relation to the players true odds of winning. I had a very good knowledge of snooker and would price up the matches myself. I would then compare my prices to the bookies and would act accordingly. Many games were true 50/50 matches and yet often one of the players would be between 6/4 to 7/2 or even bigger.
The bookies really didn't have great knowledge of most of the players other than the big names. As I played the game to a decent standard I knew full well that one day I could play very well and knock in 30, 40, 50 plus breaks and yet on another would really struggle. There was no real logic to it. I played at Kings X in the mid 80s onwards and often saw Ebdon, Drago and Joe O'Boye (who I spoke to often) Applying that to matches it was very successful in betting on matches. You often saw players playing inconsistently.
I had a few decent outright bets on tournaments as well and was on Dean Reynolds EW both times when he reached ranking finals at 40/1 and 66/1. I had Euan Henderson EW at 150/1 when he lost in the final of the Grand Prix and the irony there was that I backed Mark Williams for tournaments a fair few times when he was 100/1, 66/1 etc without success. His price however started coming down a lot as he improved so I gave up on him and moved on.
There was no point in having fivers and tenners on. I always had the tournament bets for £50ew and the matches between £100-£300. It was worth it as I knew I was getting true value odds and over the course of a season couldn't really lose.
@@digeme69 Hello Mate Emotional Documentary
Wish that Doug had Won The World Championships.
Keep up Your Great Service ST.
i Hope that you can Upload The
Ray Reardon The Welsh Master Documentary Also.
All The Best.
WAYNE
@@waynejackel2921 Hi Wayne, it is currently on the i player but only for the next 2 weeks.
He always had a smile on his face.. Snooker players in the 1970s and 80s . Better times,nicer memories
Loved watching Doug play.... RIP to a great snooker player
2 years - bloody hell, it feels like it was only last week.
Lovely documentary on him, nice to see his family got involved.
A fitting tribute to a great player and one of life's good guys .. we'll done to all involved
Doug was one of the true characters of the sport great player RIP doug
There is quite a good channel named Webfax www.youtube.com/@webfax4146 which is mainly Doug videos and they are excellent quality as it seems as if they were recorded and preserved very well. He doesn't post that often but has in the last 3 years posted some on or after the anniversary of Doug death on 14th Feb. He may post something again in 3 weeks or so if he keeps up with tradition.
Reardon the best all-round player of all-time. Consistency, temperament, potting, safety, creativity, longevity, tactical, mental strength, popularity etc.....Reardon had no weak links in his game
The only one who has ever had it all.
Loved Doug so much lovely man and brilliant player so sad when he died
😢Tears in the eyes watching this, what a player, and a Proud Welshman.
I enjoyed that, love that he carried on playing right until the end. He was fortunate that the lung cancer was discovered early, not many people survive it. Couldn't help feeling that, when I saw Roy Castle, who wasn't as fortunate.
Used to see Doug down the Tredegar Snooker hall, a very nice and respected gentleman. RIP.
I met Doug in the 80s when I was refereeing in the Everards Pro-Am at Willie Thorne's Club in Leicester. Friendly bloke and nice to talk to.
If you're not already aware of Webfax, he has a great channel (Doug related) ua-cam.com/video/-hBjgyhFBt0/v-deo.html
RIP Doug. LEGEND.
One of my favourite players from my youth.
Great player, I was gutted when he beat Hendry in that final ,but hat off too him.
Being Scottish and 19 and snooker daft in 1988, I remember we just wanted a good Scottish player to get to the top.
Dough Mountjoy will never be forgotten in Snooker.
Powerfull that was . As a teenager growing up on railway club snooker tables his name always came up whilst we played . Nice guy well liked .
That UK final....was my first awareness of snooker in my life
Doug and Stephen battling it out keeps my fire in my belly today!
great doco. well done doug great memories
I remember Doug as a very solid player but also having great ability. He was one of the few players Alex Higgins behaved himself with and no wonder. Doug looked like a middleweight boxer. If he'd met Frank Callan earlier he'd have won a World title for certain.
A snooker Legend, never forgotten.
Thank you.
His soft stuns and screws around the pink was stunning... 👌👌💖😊😊🇫🇷
Doug was always a favourite of mine, what a wonderful man and if I’m not mistaken on the record breakers didn’t he lift a record amount of cues in a back hand🤔
Met him, lovely guy.
He ha great break building skills and played with a lot of side
Strange I had to clcik on a pic of Ray Rearden to get to this documentary about Doug Mountjoy.
I was a huge fan of his back in the day but I noticed that everytime the camera used to go to Doug in his chair he'd be either smoking or lighting a fag. So sad that he couldn't kick the habit before it did such damage to his health. What an all round great bloke he was on and off the table. RIP mate and thanks for the great memories
Thats the way it was back then though, many players smoked. Darts was the same, I've recently watched quite a lot of old darts matches from the 80s. The great Eric Bristow smoked all the way through his matches with fag in hand, lighting up as soon as one had finished. The players actually held the fags in their hands when throwing.
Doug Mountjoy along with Cliff Thorburn my two favourite players of that time😊
Both absolute gentlemen of the game. That's what's missing in today's snooker.
Didn't expect to hear the theme tune from Battlefield 1 on this. What a treat.
where is terry's beautiful voice in this?
A snooker legend great player R.I.P.
Distantpod brought me here
Im in Pontypool. Same as Doug
mountjoy looked like higgins
A fantastic documentary. His daughter is a chip off the old block.
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2 points here. the photo at time 16:49 The car on the left is a mark 10 jaguar, Dougs older brother Treddie used to have a mark 10 the same. Dougs elder brother Freddie was an excelent brickie and he died young, if I remember he died in the late 70s. The jag there was either Freddies or doug bought a similar one years later
How many of you have seen Dougs perfect break off shot.Only 2 reds came out of the pack and each rebounded of a cushen and went back onto the pack to form a complete triangle. exactly as it was before the break. I bet Doug is the only one in the world who has done that
Lovely documentary! It was against John Pullman in the 1977 Pot Black tournament.