Doug Mountjoy

Yeah RIP.

My memory of him is remembering back to the late sixties and early seventies when snooker came to prominence on TV was and I think I'm right he held the record for the highest break at the Crucible of 145 for a number of years until I think it was Cliff Thorburn did his 147.
 
20togo said:
Yeah RIP.

My memory of him is remembering back to the late sixties and early seventies when snooker came to prominence on TV was and I think I'm right he held the record for the highest break at the Crucible of 145 for a number of years until I think it was Cliff Thorburn did his 147.
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He didn't turn pro 'til later but yes he made a 145 at the Crucible the year that he got beat by Ginger in the final.
 
Plumbs said:
Just checked his Wiki and didnt know he'd recovered from lung cancer in 1993 after having had a lung removed. Used to love the snooker back in the day when it had an interesting mix of personalities RIP
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I used to moan about Griffiths, Thorburn etc and even Davis in my youth but give me the old characters from the 80's back over those who win the frame in one visit these days every time.

They don't make 'em like they used to.
 
Mountjoy always seemed to have to play legendary speed merchant Eddie Charlton everytime I saw him play.

RIP big man.
 
Always saw him as a quiet dignified gentleman. A whisker away from being world champ but a great player nevertheless. RIP big man.
 
RIP Doug.

Reardon told a funny little story in his book. They're from the same part of Wales, and in Tredegar when men had a dispute to settle they met on a rocky hillside outside town to sort it the old fashioned way. So in the snooker boom time, the TV people got him and Mountjoy up this hill with a table and Terry Griffith's as ref. All scrambling round in their best, watched by a goat.
 
It’s funny how these days everyone’s a celebrity.
However snooker seems to have gone against the grain as there are few snooker celebrities these days, but all those mentioned in this thread from the 80’s had real celebrity status back in the day, and still do.
 
I know what you mean Lala but in the snooker world they are celebrities in their own right.
I just think that snooker does not receive nowhere near the attention of football, cricket, golf etc.
As always it is difficult to compare latter day greats to modern day players but I still play and have watched snooker for lots of years and do wonder how some of the old greats would cope with some of these potting geniuses who are about nowadays. Probably bore them into defeat.😂
In the “older days” there were the likes of Alex Higgins and Jimmy White who really entertained with their gung ho attitude but nowadays it is the in thing and there are a lot of them about.
 
Snooker was the fortunate sport that benefited immediately from the introduction of colour television on BBC2 in 1967. The BBC was looking for budget studio programmes that would use colour directly, rather than the much more expensive outside broadcasts of sport.

The idea of broadcasting snooker in 1969, then still a minor sport, with Pot Black was the brainchild of David Attenborough who was the Controller of BBC2 at the time. No doubt he wanted to keep most of his budget mainly for his nature programmes.

And who can forget the immortal commentary... “And for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green” (Ted Lowe).
 
RIP Doug Mountjoy.

I played snooker in the Civil Service league for years.
Also played for Norbreck Bowling & Tennis Club.
Didn't play tennis, nor bowl in those days, just snooker.
Still got my cue, but don't know what to do with it. No funny suggestions please. 😉
Could gift it to a young player maybe? If I knew one.🙄
 
Lala said:
It’s funny how these days everyone’s a celebrity.
However snooker seems to have gone against the grain as there are few snooker celebrities these days, but all those mentioned in this thread from the 80’s had real celebrity status back in the day, and still do.
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I know there are other factors but in the mid 80's there was no satellite TV and approximately 400 hours of live snooker on terrestrial telly every year and only about 10 hours of live football.

As you say, the snooker players certainly were celebrities back in the day, they were on the front pages and the back and all the chat shows etc,etc.

I'm not sure the man in the street would recognise more than a handful these days but I still like it myself.
 
Davepick said:
RIP Doug Mountjoy.

I played snooker in the Civil Service league for years.
Also played for Norbreck Bowling & Tennis Club.
Didn't play tennis, nor bowl in those days, just snooker.
Still got my cue, but don't know what to do with it. No funny suggestions please. 😉
Could gift it to a young player maybe? If I knew one.🙄
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Get the cue back out Dave, you’re never too old mate.
I played back in the day in the Fylde League and was decent I suppose but then I left home to pursue my career and only played very occasional
Anyway a few years back my mate asked if I fancied a game which I did and he then asked if I wanted to play in the league. I reluctantly accepted, ‘cos after all it was a night out with the lads and now I play in the league every week (not for the last 12 months of course) and I thoroughly enjoy it. Nowhere near as good as I was as a youngster but I’ve had the odd break or two over 30.
We had a guy who played on our team up to the age of 91!
Sadly he died a couple of years ago.
 
Stephen Hendry married Tarts sister I think,now divorced. Know some good Fylde players and I think they have talent,what the top players have is something else.
 
I used to play at Centre Cue while growing up all the time - and the one above Kwik Save (?) on Lytham Road.

You could buy anything in Centre Cue in the bar area where the pool table was.

I actually played Alex Higgins once, on a 3/4 table in the Duke of York for a pint of Guinness. (He had been at the Norbreck playing a qualifier).

I was winning until his pint was nearly empty 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
 
seasideone said:
I used to play at Centre Cue while growing up all the time - and the one above Kwik Save (?) on Lytham Road.

You could buy anything in Centre Cue in the bar area where the pool table was.

I actually played Alex Higgins once, on a 3/4 table in the Duke of York for a pint of Guinness. (He had been at the Norbreck playing a qualifier).

I was winning until his pint was nearly empty 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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I spent most of my spare time in Centre Cue in my late teens, early 20s. Before that it was The Commonwealth (old Mecca), Central Drive.
 
Funland arcade in the winter, out with the fruit machines, for full size snooker tables.👍
Cheap as chips to play, only downside was they only had three cd’s. The Carpenters, Jive Bunny and the Christmas cd,😂
 
Eternaloptimist said:
Get the cue back out Dave, you’re never too old mate.
I played back in the day in the Fylde League and was decent I suppose but then I left home to pursue my career and only played very occasional
Anyway a few years back my mate asked if I fancied a game which I did and he then asked if I wanted to play in the league. I reluctantly accepted, ‘cos after all it was a night out with the lads and now I play in the league every week (not for the last 12 months of course) and I thoroughly enjoy it. Nowhere near as good as I was as a youngster but I’ve had the odd break or two over 30.
We had a guy who played on our team up to the age of 91!
Sadly he died a couple of years ago.
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Eternal, I remember when I was at Luton Airport, I hadn't played for 10/12 years. One of my Scottish mates decided he would like to join a club and asked me to give him a game. We went along and he broke off. I then potted 3 reds & 3 blacks. 24 break. I thought 'I haven't lost it'.
That was as good as it got. Down to earth then.
Still thrashed him though. 😉
 
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