Pot Black 1985 Bill Werbeniuk v Dennis Taylor

1 frame match between Big Bill Werbeniuk and Dennis Taylor presented by David Icke. Referee John Williams

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Some great characters in da eighties.

[@201081hero]

The original broadcast date for this was 22 January 85.

[@thadtuiol1717]

Miss the big guy so much, what a character he was! Also a genuine nice guy who was happy for others when they did well - I'll always remember how he came over from the table next door to give Thorburn an almighty bear hug when Thorburn had made the first 147 at the Crucible in 1983.

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

"One of these players will go through to join Cliff Thornburn and Doug Mountjoy in the quarter-finals, so long as they don't turn into a 12-foot lizard before the next match."

[@IhaveMy0pinion]

57 and love pot black at my nans every friday❤🙂

[@henfc456]

They should bring it back but for the younger prospects or good amateur players to give the sport more commercial and give people chance to be seen.

[@omarassemujjuadrian4592]

Great ❤️ memories

[@ianwilliamson2980]

David ike was actually a very good snooker commentator.david vine had his favorites like Steve Davis .he dident care for hendry though I noticed .not Alex higgins .

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

not Alex higgins? What do you mean?

[@ianwilliamson2980]

@@JohnSmith-su3ze he dident like Higgins much

[@francis1971]

Any other games from 1985?

[@user-cf9xp1mo4u]

Big bill was a great snooker player some people would say who ate all the pies but he was a gentleman of snooker like many others xxxlol all the best ❤❤❤ 2:17

[@stuartwilliams-fw4vo]

The brilliance of Werbeniuk.

[@BunyanaRed1958]

I heard he drank 100 pints of lager before a match and drank 25 pints during it. And had a King Prawn Dhanzak x 3 in the mid-session interval. Well, according to Red Tony down my local he did Stuart.

[@stuartwilliams-fw4vo]

@@BunyanaRed1958 No, it was 200 before the match, and then a 1000 during the first session.

[@Ad-gn8pl]

21:55 "had his full weight behind that one..."

[@gaywest4298]

I wondered why it said W Werbeniuk for a second. Lol.

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Lovely to see john the ref having as joke there .

[@BunyanaRed1958]

Before he gets nicked for drink driving on the way home.

[@heliumtrophy]

Can't see this being put up on iPlayer. Icke probably could've had a steady career presenting snooker if he fancied it. But then that appearance on Wogan...

[@29memyselfandi]

Icke ended up being right about more than most.

[@dlamiss]

in fairness Icke had gone batty well before his appearance on Wogan. The BBC sacked him about a year before the Terry disaster

[@garethrichards9572]

@@29memyselfandi name something he was right about!

[@tonybolster2140]

Vaccine passports

[@garethrichards9572]

@@tonybolster2140 is that it!!!

[@JongleurJ10]

Big Bill, toned professional athlete.

[@butler-macdonald8351]

His workout regime consisted mainly of 20oz arm curls 🍺🍺

[@trappenweisseguy27]

He had to drink profusely in order to get his nerves under control.

[@NathanMcCabe88]

Like Jocky Wilson!!

[@JongleurJ10]

@@NathanMcCabe88 I think Andy Fordham also liked a beverage or two.

[@NathanMcCabe88]

@@JongleurJ10 wasn't it 40 bottles of Holsten Pils before a game or something??!! 🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@paulgillespie542]

so this was before the rule that opponent could have the balls reset after a foul and miss. Dennis was forced to take that free ball

[@digeme69]

Referees had the discretion before 1985 to replace the balls if they thought a deliberate miss had occurred. I saw a video recently from the Yamaha a couple of years before, where Len Ganley replaced the balls without even consulting the players as he thought it was a deliberate miss.When the shot was played again the player left a pot on, so this time he didn't replace the balls. To be honest, this is a far better interpretation of the rule. If a pot is left on after a miss and it is around or better than 50/50 that it can be potted, I don't think the balls should be replaced.

[@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff]

Big Bill vs Stpehn Lee .... burger off... who wins?

[@NathanMcCabe88]

Andy Fordham!!

[@BunyanaRed1958]

The local Chinese Takeaway.🤣

[@garethrichards9572]

David Icke before he went batty................

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

Icke turned out to be right

[@gerryryan]

Apart from drinking and farting did Big Bill ever do anything in snooker

[@digeme69]

Many folk may think the same but he was a 4 times WC Q finalist and 2 of those QFs he lost close matches to Reardon 13-10 in 1981 and 13-11 to current World Champion Alex Higgins in 1983. That same year (1983) he beat Alex Higgins 3 times, in the (Lada Classic 5-4)where Bill went on the reach the final before losing 9-5 to Steve Davis (it was 5-5). The Masters he beat Higgins 5-4 again and then in the Australian Masters he beat Higgins 4-0 where once again he lost in the final, this time to Thorburn 7-3. He played the best of all 3 Canadians when Canada beat England in the final of the World Team Championship in 1982 winning both his matches, 2-1 v Steve Davis and 2-0 v Jimmy White. Made the highest break of the WC in 1979 142 and again in 1985 143. He suffered with a nervous disorder which didn't help and then also had cue problems around 1984 which led to a complete loss of form. Overall his career could've been better but it wasn't as bad as some may think, especially in the early 80s.

[@BunyanaRed1958]

He blocked the bogs at The Crucible.