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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
@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..."
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.
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!
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.
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!
@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.
I was so wanting Dennis to win with his funny glasses I was only 10. I think this finished at 12.30am it was edge of your seat tension. 💺 When Dennis potted that black I was hysterical with joy 😊
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.
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.
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.
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...🎱🎱🎱🎱
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
@@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...
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!!
I know nothing about snooker, but have been getting a lot of Ronnie o Sullivan videos on feed for some bizarre reason the last few weeks…..and have now ended up with an interest in the sport. With that in mind, bear my ignorance in asking the following question: When Denis potted the pink, why did he do so in such a way that the white ball ended up where it did? Would it not have been easier to have the white ball end up along the right hand side of the table in line with the black ball so he could pot the black in the bottom right hand pocket? Or would that have been a tougher shot than it looks?
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 👍
£60,000 !!! In that year I was working at B&Q aged 16 and earning £5,000 a year and I can remember thinking "he's just won 12years wages in one match", but of course it wasn't one match it was hundreds maybe thousands of hours of practise and many rounds of that tournament to get to the final You look at it now and we have footballers on a Million quid a week, Boxers getting fifty million for a fight. Nobody is going to convince me that Snooker players and even darts players are not as skilled as these other sportsmen. I guess even at it's peak, when the big tournaments were on TV, snooker just never got that revenue that could reward the players the way other sports do Still, take a look at Ronnie O'sulivan into his third decade as a world ranked player and I suppose the lifetime earnings have racked up quite a lot eh?
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
When the black ran past the middle after Dennis missed his pot one would know it was his night. Some miss by Davis tough over the corner.That face Dennis puts on when he sits in the chair thinking it was all over it would bring tears to yours eyes little did he know what was to come....
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
Not only was that the best snooker match but later Spitting image had their best show of all time none other than the unfortunate Looser Steve Interesting Davis which gave a profound insight into the personality of none other than Interesting himself.
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This was on the 28th April a Sunday 1985 I started work on the Monday the 29th and I retired last year 26th Oct 2021 after 36years how time flies!
@Ivor Mectin I was still in ma dad's sack
You worked for 36 years? What's your secret?
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.
@@myalfie tax payers money propping up that company and no doubt pension
@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.
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.
Me too same age riveting stuff
Steve Davis' face before the pink and after it is priceless! It's a meme in today's world!
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...
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.
And the best man won
If you saw the Trump v williams semi final match at world championships 2022 then u will realize how fortunes can fluctuate on the green baize.
because he was/is a tosser
Handy when you have telescopic lens on your nose!
@Ivor Mectin williams is like fine wine. Hes gettng better with age. His long potting is par excellence.
No snooker final has ever matched this final two legends of the game.
lol not really ! Davis is a legend but Dennis Taylor is trash
A great final yes but I wouldn't call Dennis a legend.
Dennis Taylor a legend in his own mind
@Ivor Mectin no I didn’t. It hurts your pea brain that someone agrees with me doesn’t it
@Ivor Mectin As if . Is that your Pakistani mate ? I’ll lose no sleep over you . Taylor is a lucky blagger end of . Deal with it
Remember this well, i was on the edge of my seat! Real snooker legends
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...
Those shots on the brown, blue and pink were unreal
Pots but, position wasn't good.
@@chilly6470 that's what I'm referring too man
I remember watching this at a friends house and we were on the edge of our seats. Hard to believe it was nearly forty years ago.
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.
The best snooker final I've ever seen.
One of the greatest sporting finales ever
one of million
and probably worse winner ever
@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..."
The first safety shot by Steve Davis on the black remains considering the pressure one of THE best shots ive ever seen
Agreed.
Without doubt Davis the coolest player I've ever seen, and the most gentlemanly.
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.
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.
*Argh Yes - I remember it well !* 🙃
Well said mate ✅
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!
Pink was very twitchable as well!
True, cue ball close to cushion...it wobbled as well!
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.
Very true, it made people start to root for Steve in the future
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!
My uncle told me about this final. Had to watch it.
This game went on way past my bedtime
I believe this still holds the record for TV viewing viewing figures after midnight, even 39 years later.
Says it all about how epic this was
13 I was when I first saw this and was allowed to stay up.
Back when the referee could say thank you ladies and gentlemen and nobody got upset 😅
I never knew of this final! Looks to be a fantastic match. I'm shocked that Dennis never mentions it in his commentary.
Bizarre isn't it! Clearly not that proud of it, nor a big deal for him 😄😄😄
😂😂👍🏻
@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.
@Ivor Mectin In addition to them being sarcastic it is not the most viewed program on the BBC in history.
@Ivor Mectin it's only a couple of UA-cam comments, relax. They probably don't remember or even were born to see it.
I was so wanting Dennis to win with his funny glasses I was only 10. I think this finished at 12.30am it was edge of your seat tension. 💺 When Dennis potted that black I was hysterical with joy 😊
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
Yes he did the nugget here big time
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.
Yes, you can see Steve get really irritated at 4:00
A Finale to Never Forget🎉😮😊
Yes, the trophy becomes like a crown. J.
The tension was unreal. The look on both their faces. You could see that they were both nervous. It was great television.
Dennis Taylor's final brown has got to be one of the greatest shots ever at the Crucible
denis was 36 here lmao, dude looks 59 here
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.
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.
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 love the still image you have created on the UA-cam feed for this video. I never realised Dennis played the black left handed 😂😂
21 when i watched this......the best ever
A true gent of snooker
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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
It's crazy that Dennis was never ahead in the match at any point until he potted the last ball, will never happen again.
how do you know it wont happen again
@@dontmakemelaugh4335 Common sense, not difficult to work out is it?
@@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??
@@dontmakemelaugh4335 But it did happen and hasn't happened again since so I'm right and you're wrong, not hard to work 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...
People laughed at those glasses, I'm telling you they are the best thing ever for playing snooker, normal glasses suck!
6:30 is the most iconic “No” in history
As rare a moment as they come - you can't manufacture moments like these!
Steve Davis was seen as cold 🥶 but we now know what a great personality he is.
Dennis playing with his glasses upside down made his victory even greater!
Anybody with glasses like those upside down means business😂😂
It was the normal way FYI
Yeah these glasses were the in thing .ray reardon even had ones
Davis fell to bits here .if he met a good player like hendry that's what happened to him.
@@ianwilliamson2980 Pretty sure they were just so he could see through them when potting, very stylish though yes.
On this day my mum was ovulating. She bet my dad if hed make a comeback they'd have a baby. Here I am and turning 38 ❤
Has this final ever been mentioned in a subsequent Snooker World Championship?
Lol I don't think so.
Certainly not by Dennis Taylor himself......
After all these years, I'm still at the edge of my seat while watching this.
I remember watching this match as a youngster, I remember it was on tv till about 1am.. about 80% of the U.K. was watching it.
Wasn’t that the only channel back then?
@@FLEXZILLAGAMING no there were 4 by then. 1 channel era ends 1955 !
@@FLEXZILLAGAMING I bet it was the most interesting thing going on out of the other available channels at that time of night.
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!!
37 years past away and it'STILL iconic! 💯🔥👍
I miss the old days when snooker was a prime time sport
Is Steve Davis the Novak Djokovic of Snooker? Extremely talented but not especially loved.
Seriously though, how lucky was Taylor. Perfect safety shots from 2 reduculous doubles. Something everyone forgets
The first double was not ridiculous,
I didn't know Dennis won the World Championship, he never mentions it in commentary....
Remember it well. I was 14 at the time and Mum & Dad let me stay up to watch it. Goodness Gracious where have the years gone. 🤔
38 years ago and it's like it happened yesterday...
The greatest snooker final ever. Taylor did well from 0-8 but was a bit fortunate on that black ball game. Hardly anyone thought Davis would lose
I want to buy Dennis's glasses for $1,000,000 😂
Is he wearing his glasses upside down?
He had them made like that
Taylor was 36 years old. How times have changed. By today’s standards he looks 60
I know nothing about snooker, but have been getting a lot of Ronnie o Sullivan videos on feed for some bizarre reason the last few weeks…..and have now ended up with an interest in the sport. With that in mind, bear my ignorance in asking the following question:
When Denis potted the pink, why did he do so in such a way that the white ball ended up where it did? Would it not have been easier to have the white ball end up along the right hand side of the table in line with the black ball so he could pot the black in the bottom right hand pocket? Or would that have been a tougher shot than it looks?
That would have been a very very difficult shot and very difficult to not leave it on if you miss.
0:59. Wow, even Princess Diana was there.
Steve should never have let it get to this!
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 👍
£60,000 !!! In that year I was working at B&Q aged 16 and earning £5,000 a year and I can remember thinking "he's just won 12years wages in one match", but of course it wasn't one match it was hundreds maybe thousands of hours of practise and many rounds of that tournament to get to the final
You look at it now and we have footballers on a Million quid a week, Boxers getting fifty million for a fight. Nobody is going to convince me that Snooker players and even darts players are not as skilled as these other sportsmen. I guess even at it's peak, when the big tournaments were on TV, snooker just never got that revenue that could reward the players the way other sports do
Still, take a look at Ronnie O'sulivan into his third decade as a world ranked player and I suppose the lifetime earnings have racked up quite a lot eh?
This breaks my heart flooding memories of this final and the 80s. I loved Steve Davis so much.
Yeah, this and the Joe Johnson finals were close. He was almost an 8 times champ!
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
7:26 Jose Mourinho?
I didn’t realise Dennis Taylor is a former world champion. He never mentions it 😂😩
😂😂😂
One of the best sporting ends of all time in any sport
When the black ran past the middle after Dennis missed his pot one would know it was his night.
Some miss by Davis tough over the corner.That face Dennis puts on when he sits in the chair thinking it was all over it would bring tears to yours eyes little did he know what was to come....
look at those glasses!!..my lord
Goggles
Please change the video picture on title. It's the wrong way round ❤❤🙏🙏peace.
Northern Ireland’s favourite son! Never get tired of watching this!
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
1985? I’m surprised smoke breaks weren’t mandatory.
I always thought this was fixed ( just my impression) but it made for good TV at the time .
Hard to miss when you’re wearing binoculars 😂
Imagine the cue ball went in/off lol
that first pot should be talked about more !!!!!!! AWESOME pot by DENNIS taylor
One of the greatest moments in snooker history
The greatest final moments in the history of sports finals.
I remember watching this live, when tv was brilliant
One of the greatest pieces of drama in any sport
Wonderful. One of the greatest moments in any sport.
Given the circumstances the shot on that bro was crazy
I re-live this moment 30 times a year as I fit the table for the Snooker Greats shows featuring Steve & Dennis. Great guys too
Sir A.Ferguson 😂
Incredible
Que final foi essa 😱😱😱😱😱😱
I remember watching that live…seems like only yesterday
that focus on the last black
Most tense and extraordinary end to any sports contest ever
Wow, 35 games are to be played, first to 18 wins. Tied 17-17 , last frame, last ball to decide the winner! Priceless tournament 😊
Not only was that the best snooker match but later Spitting image had their best show of all time none other than the unfortunate Looser Steve Interesting Davis which gave a profound insight into the personality of none other than Interesting himself.
Dennis took a lot of chances, he was the lucky
Probably the best player of all times!
Christ I'd forgotten how extreme his glasses looked!
The most incredible snooker final! I was 10 years old when this happened and my parents let me stay up to watch it, I'm so glad they did!
Steve Davis could be James Acasters dad 😂