Sportsnight April 1988 Cliff Thorburn v Steve James World Snooker QF at 9-7 (Read full description)

[@SherdogCreep]

That Mullet is pure business 👌🏻

[@mabbrey]

love these old games keep them coming st

[@JonnoD00]

Clive Everton and John Virgo ♥️ Awesome comm pairing 🙌

[@johnmc3862]

Everton yes, real knowlege of the game, Virgo a chancer!

[@trudeausbackbone1304]

Fantastic upload

[@johnmc3862]

James was a bit like Jimmy White, a clutch player. Fantastic when he was on form.

[@kevintheindianbluepeacock2359]

TY for these uploads ST Snooker! I think this is a case of a bit of an opportunity missed for Steve James. Cliff only made two 50+ plus breaks in the whole match, and they both came in the same frame! Kind of sums up Steve James snooker career. With one sole exception (1990 Mercantile Credit Classic), his was a career of losing the really big matches - 8 ranking semi-finals played of which he only won one. Given how good he was in full flow that is a poor record for his talent.

[@rodzor]

59:03 I'm sorry, but was it more common back then for a Brit to use the word _soccer_ ?? I'm Canadian, so this is normal, but it sounded weird when he said it. I thought this was a touchy subject with the British people? Perhaps it was a less taboo thing to say back then? I realise it simply comes from the word _association_ in association football. So was the word football more designated to rugby back then?

[@yippyialeftside8351]

Great stuff

[@NoName-eo2mv]

Half a lager for Steve James in the first frame, nice one

[@ThomasField-t8i]

Cliff Thorburn often bored his opponents to defeat. He takes so much time thinking nearly every shot and then spends almost as long feathering. Still, loved the late 80s to middle 90s era. Current era does not come close. Snooker was a huge TV sport back then.

[@johnmc3862]

John Williams should have took out shares in the crucible.

[@markhayward7400]

Steve James is one of snooker's sad cases. Snooker made him wealthy, but he blew the lot, and eventually was made bankrupt

[@kristalmacleod3004]

I watched Cliff play at Times SQUARE AND he had a screw shot on a color AND I can tell You this from where I was at he got over 20 feet with that shot - Legend has it THAT its still going from cusion 2 cusion.

[@SherdogCreep]

BGS!

[@kristalmacleod3004]

Cliff missing that yellow was SHOCKING'

[@boddodd]

This was really hurting Steve. Typical Grinder grit.

[@parksyist]

49:30 why go for that

[@yippyialeftside8351]

ERIC Can toe ner, the days when he was mear un known

[@SherdogCreep]

Oh not today!

[@parksyist]

What is that presenters name Steve Ryder? I can remember for the life of me

[@digeme69]

Yes it is, It's in the description😀

[@parksyist]

@@digeme69 so it is lol

[@BadgerBotherer1]

Steve Rider.

[@yippyialeftside8351]

@@digeme69 thought he was great like a lot in that era we were spoilt for sport on mainstream TV and regular previews of this n that , Sunday Grandstand, Rugby special, ski Sunday, mid week sport special, sports night, various sports popping up all over the place, great presenters

[@johnmc3862]

@@BadgerBotherer1 Steve Rye There.