Yellow Fang said:I've often wondered why snooker players seem to lose it in their 30s. You get racing drivers in their 30s and sometimes 40s.
Too old to cope with the late nights, drugs and alcohol??
Yellow Fang said:I've often wondered why snooker players seem to lose it in their 30s. You get racing drivers in their 30s and sometimes 40s.
You're not wrong there.User3143 said:Snooker is one of the hardest sports to play and become good at, and even harder still to master. Big respect to the Nugget and hope he gets through to at least the semi's.
A long time - I used to watch him play when we were both young men! He lost to Dennis Taylor in the first round of the World Championships in 1979, aged 21.kendalcottages said:Amazing... how long has he been playing now? It seems like an age!
Smokin Joe said:I saw him play an exhibition with Alex Higgins in Romford in 1978, the year before he turned pro.
That was the place.bobg said:I think I might have been there too! Was it the Lucania above Burtons? My father in law pointed out this little skinny kid in the crowd and said " he's pretty good" ... it was Jimmy White.
Smokin Joe said:That was the place.
From what I can recall, the match was over a few days, best of 65 frames or there abouts and Davis won.