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Writer; snooker & cricket lover; flaneur. Author of Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life and Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination

London, England
Joined July 2021
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Brendan Cooper
2 months
PUBLICATION DAY! My new book, Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination, is now OUT. “A fascinating social history” (Country Life). If you are a fan of cricket, art, literature, or life, then this is the book for you.
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2 months
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination is out today. This is the perfect read for the cricket enthusiast in your life. Pick up a copy now! @BCooper147
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2 years
Bill Werbeniuk sips a lager in the middle of his 143 break, Crucible Theatre, 1985. One of the immortals.
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3 months
KEN DOHERTY: Aren’t there things in life that money can’t buy? BARRY HEARN: No.
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4 months
Disappointing final today featuring these two mediocre journeymen. Who on earth are these blokes? And what happened to the characters in the game?
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3 months
Find me a better clearance than that. I dare you. Pure greatness. Pure snooker. Pure Higgins.
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3 months
After Tony Drago’s heartbreaking comments yesterday, here is a reminder of one of the most amazing breaks in the entire history of snooker. Tony, you are a legend and we love you. Tony Drago makes fastest TV century in 3 minutes 33 seconds via @YouTube
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4 months
Beautiful stuff from Angles. The Diana Ross comparison is, of course, an obvious one. We all remember her match against Thorburn in the 1983 quarter finals.
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Nick Metcalfe
4 months
Alan McManus responds to the Hossein Vafaei comments: 'You come here to play snooker, you don't come here to smell roses and flowers and all that stuff. If Diana Ross came in here to put on a show or anyone else, it's a place of work. There's nothing wrong with the Crucible.'
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3 months
Some complaints and grumblings, it seems, about the fist bumps in the Murphy v Maguire matchup. Always completely baffles me. Is it disrespectful to celebrate a goal or a wicket? I love a fist bump. Passion and grit. Bring it on. 🤛🏼
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1 year
Ah. Center Parcs. Wonderful, precious outdoor fun with the family. If anyone’s seen them, by the way, do let me know.
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1 year
Mind. Blown. This is the first day, in the entirety of snooker history, when there has been no professional player named Davis …
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1 year
Wonder if Jimmy’s thinking, dammit, that bloody black would have gone in in 2023 …
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The history, the myth, the memory of this place. Nothing can compare.
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3 months
Incredible stuff from Jak Jones. The last player I saw come from nowhere, to show this kind of technical strength and calm under pressure, was a bloke by the name of Mark Selby.
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1 year
Shaun Murphy feels like the bans are not harsh enough. Is he right? He certainly has a very good point … what should it actually take to receive a ban for life?
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7 months
Ah. The Masters. Officially the only good thing about January. As usual, some delicious-looking matchups in the first round. Who’s your money on?
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1 year
Delighted to be quoted in @thetimes today. Can this slow sport survive in a fast world? It can; and it will. “There’s something very precious about the slowness of snooker.”
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1 year
Publication day! Thank you so much to everyone for your support of Deep Pockets. It means a lot. Do you like snooker? Or pockets? Or the meaning of life? If the answer to any of these is yes, or even maybe, then this is the book for you. 🎱
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7 months
And so it is revealed. Rocket v Captain. Vindaloo spice. What a final awaits.
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7 months
Very worried about Ronnie’s form. Poor bloke is struggling badly.
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1 year
Huge congratulations to Shaun Murphy @Magician147 : 2023 Tour Championship winner 🏆
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7 months
@ILoveSnooker_ As I always like to say - Dennis’ long brown is the most under-appreciated shot of all time. One of my favourite shots ever.
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1 year
Honoured to have a big review of Deep Pockets by the great Clive Everton in the latest issue of Snooker Scene. Thank you to @snookerscene ; and thank you to Clive.
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3 months
Davis v Taylor, 1985. Hendry v White, 1994. Hendry v Ebdon, 2002. It has been 22 years since the last decider in a Crucible final. We are long overdue. Just saying.
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7 months
I’m starting to think this O’Sullivan bloke is a better snooker player than everyone else.
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2 years
Today? Today is a Jimmy White day.
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3 months
Alright, Jak. Time to commence the greatest Crucible final comeback since …
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7 months
An eighth Masters title for Ronnie O’Sullivan. The oldest Masters winner, 29 years after becoming the youngest. Can we really apply the term “genius” to snooker? Yes. In this case, yes, I think we can.
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3 months
Great to hear the wise words of @philhaigh_ and @kellietext on the BBC at the interval 😎
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4 months
Almost time. ‘Twas the night before Crucemas, when all through the house …
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3 months
And as the world ends, swallowed up by the sun, it’s eleven all in the Si Jiahui v Jak Jones matchup …
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1 year
Completely brilliant match between Luca Brecel and Si Jiahui. Don’t listen to the doomsayers: the future of snooker is in good hands …
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4 months
Some unexpectedly comedy replies to my tweet of this morning. Well played Willo, you massive legend. Kebab and ketchup time I trust.
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3 months
Look at that reaction from Drago. Glorious. What an absolute legend.
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𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗢 🇧🇷 Igor Figueiredo fires in back-to-back century breaks to wrap up a 3-1 victory over Tony Drago for a place in the final of the World Seniors Championship for the first time! 👏🏻 #SeniorsSnooker
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8 months
Merry Snookmas one and all 🎄🎱
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10 months
Oversized pockets. Ding should have known better.
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Nick Metcalfe
10 months
Totally normal sport…
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Brendan Cooper
8 months
Excellent article by @Nick_Metcalfe on this year’s match-fixing scandals, and their effect on the game of snooker. Deep damage was done. But snooker will always survive.
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Nick Metcalfe
8 months
'It would be naive in the extreme to think this saga put an end to nefarious behaviour in the game but the definitive outcome must have been a major step in a positive direction.' Match fixing cast a shadow over the snooker year. My review: #Snooker
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3 months
Best night of the tournament so far. Brilliant stuff. Two simultaneous bumsqueaker classics.
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4 months
@markwil147 Has Willo once again gone for ketchup on his kebab? Final hasn’t even started, and already we have controversy
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1 year
Forty years on from Cliff Thorburn, Mark Selby makes the first ever maximum break in a world final. Astonishing scenes.
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7 months
A magnificent sporting moment, and a huge moment in the internationalism of snooker. A very Merry Christmas to Luca Brecel, 2023 World Snooker Champion.
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WST
7 months
What was your favourite moment of 2023? #Bestof2023
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1 year
Top-quality snooker banter on Test Match Special this morning. Tuffers: “You look like … Doug Mountjoy.” Aggers: “As long as it’s not Bill Werbeniuk, I don’t mind.”
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1 year
Very grateful to @Whothe79isDavid for such kind words about Deep Pockets.
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1 year
Completely blown away by @BCooper147 's Deep Pockets, the most in-depth, eloquent study of snooker (or perhaps any sport) I've ever read. Can't recommend it enough👏
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3 months
And so here I am. At the centre of Western civilisation.
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1 year
A real pleasure and a privilege to be a guest on @TalkingSnooker this week. Thank you so much to @philhaigh_ and @Nick_Metcalfe for having me on.
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Phil Haigh
1 year
Loved being joined by @BCooper147 on @TalkingSnooker this week, chatting about his amazing book Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life. Shout out to Brendan for a superb choice of favourite player as well.
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1 year
@bbctms I’m going to go for … this one.
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2 years
Jimmy White. 1994. The missed black. One of the tragic moments of snooker. Did he rush it?
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3 months
That last frame was arguably the best of the whole tournament. (Along with the Higgins clearance perhaps.) Magnificent sport.
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2 years
Merry Snookmas to one and all 🎱 ❤️🎄
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9 months
A brilliant match - and a superb win for Ding Junhui on the opening day of the UK Championship. The Pistol’s title defence is over. Ding often gets written off these days; but he’s won the event three times, and made the final last year. Could he go all the way?
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A hero of modern culture.
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One year ago today @robwalkertv 🧹
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1 year
For the first time in eight years, something shifts in the shadows … a demon almost forgotten, long asleep, but still breathing … the Crucible curse
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1 year
What magnificent footage this is.
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1 year
Legend Ray Reardon watches his 1978 World Championship triumph.
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7 months
Thoroughly deserved. In my view, the greatest snooker presenter of all time. Congratulations to Hazel Irvine MBE.
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Nick Metcalfe
7 months
Hazel Irvine has been made an MBE in the New Year's Honours. An outstanding broadcaster, the peerless Irvine has been a familiar face on our screens for four decades. And as snooker people, we're delighted she has become so synonymous with coverage of the sport on BBC Television.
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1 year
A magnificent performance, and a watershed moment for the internationalism of snooker. Congratulations to Luca Brecel: champion of the world 🏆
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10 months
Another superb performance for Judd Trump. Two tournaments in a row now. Are we about to see another phase of ruthless Juddian dominance, in the style of 2019-21?
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Judd Trump
10 months
Delighted to get my second title of the season and to win back to back 😁
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The morning of the Crucible final … the perfect time to settle in with a coffee and a copy of Luke G. Williams’ superb biography of Patsy Houlihan. A spellbinding piece of work from @Boxianajournal
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1 year
@WisdenCricket Alexa, what does anger look like?
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Fabulous performance from the Big Lisowski in a brilliant match against Ding. Could be a threat. Four deciding frames already. What a tournament so far …
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Brendan Cooper
2 years
@MikeCambrian Correct. Benign essential tremor; booze the only remedy. At least six pints required before the match began.
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2 years
Alex Higgins with trophy, tears, and his baby girl, Crucible, 1982. The greatest moment of a fragile genius. Just maybe, the most emotional moment in snooker history.
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8 months
Ridiculous brilliance from Ronnie O’Sullivan. Thirty years after becoming the youngest ever UK snooker champion, he becomes the oldest. The word genius is over-used. But sometimes, it is the only word possible.
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1 year
Stuart Broad has announced his retirement from cricket after the fifth test. A legend of English cricket, about to take his last bow. We shall never see his like again. Thanks for the memories, Nighthawk. #StuartBroad #Ashes2023
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7 months
Trump is a player in a unique technical situation. When his crooked cue action is running perfectly, he’s unbeatable. When it isn’t, he’s very vulnerable. Does that seem right?
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6 months
A fourth major? The Triple Crown gone, replaced by the Quadruple Crown? Extraordinary, opinion-splicing news from WST today …
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WST
6 months
WST is delighted to announce the inaugural Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters as part of a major 10-year deal between @matchroomsport & @mosgovsa ! Click 👇 for info
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4 months
Quality stuff from On Fire Maguire tonight. Best he’s looked for some time. Such a classy player. A dark horse, or is that going too far?
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1 year
Now only eight days - just a red and a black away - from the publication of Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life. Pre-orders available now!
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1 year
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2nd May 2022. Wake up, home of snooker. It’s almost business time.
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1 year
Regarding the “giant pockets” controversy: how easy actually is it to change how a table plays? If the pockets are generous, what can the fitters do, specifically, to alter the situation? @fouldsy147 @InTheBalls147 @TSnooker102
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2 years
@crowson_andrew Perhaps more of a slurp ...
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@TSnooker102 When Hallett arrived home, he discovered his house had been burgled. Hell of a day.
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1 year
My snooker feature - “Baize of Glory” - in the @Daily_Express today:
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4 months
Wow. What a win for David Gilbert. The Crucible Curse lives on …
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1 year
An absolute pleasure to be a guest on the most recent Snooker Scene podcast with @Boxianajournal and @JohnESkilbeck . Thank you to @davehendon for having us on.
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David Hendon
1 year
On the Snooker Scene podcast this week I speak to three authors about their new snooker books: @Boxianajournal (The Natural), @JohnESkilbeck (Goody Two Shoes) & @BCooper147 (Deep Pockets) ✍️
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7 months
What a Michelin-starred quarter final line-up. God I love the Masters. Ronnie, Judd, and Selby remain the favourites. But is it really so certain?
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Brendan Cooper
2 years
Thanks to @TSnooker102 for his excellent top ten greatest snooker shots of all time. A thoughtfully considered range of choices; some high-quality debate in the comments. Baize Twitter at its best.
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3 months
Kyren Wilson it is. The 2024 World Snooker Champion. Fair play to him. The best player in the tournament, and a deserving winner. Congratulations to @KyrenWilson
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9 months
Incredible stuff from Judd Trump. In winning the Northern Ireland Open, he becomes the first player to win three consecutive ranking tournaments since Ding Junhui in 2013. #snooker #NorthernIrelandOpen #Judd #genius
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1 year
Delighted to have a review of Deep Pockets in the most recent edition of The Critic 🎱
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Christopher Snowdon 🇺🇦
1 year
Pick up a copy and read my review of a new book about snooker!
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9 months
Mark Allen v Ding - a repeat of last year’s final - in the last 32 of the UK Championship? Tasty scenes.
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George Weyham
5 years
UK CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW👇🏻
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2 years
Still from the video of “The Romford Rap” by Chas & Dave, 1987. Maybe, just maybe, the most underrated song in history.
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7 months
A … gold ball in snooker? Could this really work? I’ll give you the answer in two words: Snooker Plus.
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Snooker Chat 🔴⚫🔴
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A new gold ball in snooker is coming!!!
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8 months
Thank you so much to @holdfastleeds for such a kind review of Deep Pockets. “An irresistible investigation into the heart of the game”. And a charming pic with the elf too 😎
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Holdfastleeds
8 months
Couldn’t possibly condense Chris’s review of Deep Pockets by @BCooper147 to this amount of words - it’s over on our insta if you’re snooker loopy. Cheers to @northernsnooker for indulging him in a elf photoshoot 😉
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1 year
This bloke really is pretty amazing. Congratulations @robwalkertv !
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2 years
Well, as Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “If life were predictable, it would cease to be life.” Congratulations to Ryan Day: British Open champion.
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3 years
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” (Aldous Huxley)
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2 years
@TSnooker102 Notable to see Bingham in the mix. Top class, and underrated.
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1 year
Interesting stuff. The legendary Sheriff of Pottingham believes Hendry has what it takes to be a winner again. @philhaigh_ in the Metro:
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6 months
@baizewatch Absolutely amazing photo that I’ve never seen before. Thanks for sharing .
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2 years
Hendry v White, Crucible, 1992. 14-9 down. According to John Virgo, the bravest shot of all time.
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1 year
Things I’m not hearing about the snooker match-fixing bans, #1 : “I tell you what, Wenbo’s punishment was a bit harsh.”
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@WisdenCricket Australia, after being put in, for sure.
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3 years
@coenesqued2 Brief Encounter is very heavily influenced by Hopper ... not just Automat but also paintings like Room in New York
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1 year
Excited today to receive an advance copy of my forthcoming book, Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life. Published next month by Hachette UK 🎱🎱🎱
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@tickerscricket Back in the day (80s and 90s), Boycott was way ahead of his time in his levels of technical analysis. With bowling just as much as batting. For a time, he was the best commentator in the world.
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3 years
Man, money ain’t got no owners. Only spenders. #michaelkwilliams #rip
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1 year
An absolute pleasure to speak to Adrian Chiles today on @bbc5live about snooker and Deep Pockets. From 1hr 19 mins 🎱
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3 months
Stephen Maguire is 9-3 behind with 94% pot success. Tough school.
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2 years
@funySnookerface Worth remembering that we did see a peak Hendry v peak Ronnie in two world semi-finals. Hendry won both of them.
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2 years
Very well played Judd Trump. A masterclass in grit, patience, and bottle. @juddtrump : 2023 Masters champion 🏆
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