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Bloody hell.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

"he's rewritten murphy's law - everything that can go right, will go right if you believe in yourself"

omg i love hazel

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

Shaun Murphy did a drive-by at Pontins!

http://www.gtascraper.com/content/sanan/driveby_800.jpg

Da Murphy and his pops in training.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Truly, a fitting representative for Northamptonshire.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

aw matthew

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

Dear me, Davis is on the verge of tears.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

183 hours of broadcasting!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

and here's the bastard who bastardised the snooker themetune

http://www.diffusiononline.net/tvthemes.htm

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 2 May 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

Len Ganley.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 09:05 (twenty years ago)

1. The £250,000 World Championship first prize is more than 16 times bigger than Murphy's previous best pay day.

2. The 22-year-old plans to spend some of the money on a Mercedes and on his forthcoming wedding.

3. He met his fiancee on the internet in a Christian chatroom.

4. Murphy was 150-1 to win the World Championship before the tournament started.

5. He turned professional when he was just 14.

6. Murphy was born in the same week that Dexy's Midnight Runners' smash hit Come On Eileen reached number one in the charts.

7. His dad bought him his first cue from a jumble sale when he was eight years old - by the age of ten he had knocked in a century break.

8. As a budding 13-year-old player, he picked up a £5,000-a-year sponsorship deal with the Doc Martens shoe company.

9. By then he had made two 147 breaks - and had beaten Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry in one-frame exhibition matches.

10. Even at that young age, his aim was to beat the record of Hendry who at 21, became the youngest-ever world champion. Murphy missed out by a year.

11. His run to the final earned him the nickname "Magician".

12. His father Tony is a World Snooker board member.

13. Murphy had never won a match at the Crucible until this year's World Championship.

14. He won using an adapted 1930s cue once owned by Ray Reardon. Cue maker Rodney Hinde fitted the new tip just two weeks before the tournament started.

15. Murphy is a single-figure handicap golfer.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

i'm totally supporting shaun murphy now, despite being a big fan of the nugget
-- ken c (pykachu10...), April 25th, 2005 10:37 PM. (ken c)

yay my predictions rock

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...

wow what a great century from ding just then

meaningless but great

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 17 December 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah ws gonna revive at some point - what a week! I'm quite happy for Davis.

Ding won 9-4 - this final will be quite interesting cuz Ding doesn't really have much of a tactical game and he'll need if he shows nerves or Davis is scoring heavy.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 17 December 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

(Also its been awesome how Davis has kept commentating on the other matches while competing professionally - can't remember this happening in any sport.)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 17 December 2005 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

He's quite a decent poker commentator too.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 17 December 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

It's going to be like a greyhound race the final: Davis needs to come bursting straight out of the traps and get a clear lead on Ding to hope that his later rally won't be enough to catch up.

It's gonna be a classic, either way.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 17 December 2005 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

Well who's going to win, the old gaurd in Steve Davies or the upcoming whippersnapper Ding. Have you noticed since Ronnie got beat the UK has been wide open. I remember watching Steve in the 80's (showing my age) so I'll be rooting for him. Mind you, there'll probably be 100 million chinese rooting for Ding. I reckon there'll be a lot more competition from China in the future

Steve

www.snookerbilliardspool.co.uk

― Steve Porter, Sunday, 18 December 2005 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

Ding just needs one more frame to win. Davis just hasn't quite got going - he's never scored heavily as he has done throughout the week to get to this stage, and its not surprising its not like he gets into finals every week like he used to.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

Looks like Davis is going to pull one back here though. He doesn't look confident at all, I think momentum has helped him a _lot_ this week, and he's lost it now.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago)

The end of that frame just now was great. 9-6 - come on steve :)

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

Thoughts on Ding- as darts players get thinner, snooker players get fatter. Why?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 December 2005 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

"A star is born"?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 18 December 2005 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

Higgins/O'Sullivan in the final - let's watch.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 22 January 2006 15:07 (nineteen years ago)

I am watching - but it's the break right now. Higgins is winning 5-4, and gambling dude John Parrott wouldn't pick a winner.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, I'm talking pish, it's 5-5. As you were...

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

The tactical play has been just as remarkable as the miraculous breakbuling under pressure. Higgins comeback from 3-0 to 5-3 took immense nerve and skill. Ronnie winning the first two kind of the evening session suggests we're in for a last frame but we'll see.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 22 January 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

silly ronnie

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

Do all tournaments have their own specific number of frames to be won in the final? Or is it always best of 19 except in the world championship? (where it's best of 35 (best of 19 = first round), right?)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 22 January 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

Jeez! Ronnie had an outside chance to level at 8-8, missed the black, set it up for Higgins with a really easy shot, Higgins missed it and Ronnie levelled!

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

silly john

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, that was the worst summary ever. Ronnie was out of the frame, but he pulled it back, clearing up to the black, then was left with an impossible angle to pot the black for the frame, he tried the safety, arsed it up, left the black on for John to pot, and John arsed it up.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

ronnie's throwing it away at the moment

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

although he's in again after some flukiness

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:14 (nineteen years ago)

9-8 to the sullivan

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

great break with just the blues

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

timefor a bit of higgins flukiness and he's now in

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

but missed a black off the spot

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

but ronnie couldn't capitalise and john back in

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

ooh, nice double and now is a chance

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

9-9

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

This is fantastic.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

I honestly don't think there's a more watchable sportsman on this planet than O'Sullivan.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

Woah, missed a reasonably easy red to let Higgins back in...

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

And Higgins chokes AGAIN! BEST! FINAL! EVER!

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

And, yet, right back atcha! Higgins in again...

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

omg.

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

And he's done it! Wow, really, that was so exciting! Even with all the colours spotted, I sort of thought Higgins would still contrive to cock it up.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

i wish i placed my bet on higgins when he was 12-1 rather than 2.3-1 lol still, profit

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)

Incredible 64 clearance. That double! Was that better than his namesake Alex's 69 vs Jimmy White in '82 (the gold standard in awkward frame-winning clearances)? Maybe, maybe not.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:52 (nineteen years ago)

I like how this is sponsored by Saga (insurance for old gits) yet at 33 I think I'm the oldest person on ILE watching this :)

(xpost, or maybe not!)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 22 January 2006 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

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