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Re: Who Said That?!

Postby James Bentley

badtemperedcyril wrote:If he sneezed, they’d say he spat on the floor

Bill Werbeniuk on press treatment of Alex Higgins

Absolutely word perfect, nice one!

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

badtemperedcyril wrote:“It’s a bit of a shock and something I’m very proud of. I won my first world championship in ____ but that was in a different era.”


1969 / John sPencer

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

1981 / Steve Davis

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

Empire State Human wrote:drag / Terry Griffiths


pmsl

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

Not really but I can hazard a guess at two possible occasions :

On beating Ronnie O’Sullivan to lift the ‘97 Masters crown

or

After beating John Higgins, the defending champion, in the 2010 World Championship, effectively his Crucible swansong (at least in terms of a victory)

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

“the first _____ of the game is to pot the ______ ball”

:chin:

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Juddernaut88

the first part of the game is to pot the object ball.

Ted Lowe?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

You’re on the right lines; one of the words is correct, and the same word fills both gaps.

It was a venerable commentator, but not Ted :sad:

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Juddernaut88

the first part of the game is to pot the object ball.

John Spencer?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

mick745 wrote:The first object of the game is to pot the object ball.


This is correct; it was not Eddie Charlton either, though :sad:

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby Juddernaut88

The first object of the game is to pot the object ball.

Jack Karnehm?

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

badtemperedcyril wrote:Sir Clive of Everton


It was, spoken at the 1976 Ladbrokes International Challenge, where he took over commentating duties from the late Shaw ‘Keep ‘em peeled’ Taylor. I think this was Clive’s first outing on comms so possibly some of the very first words he uttered in this role.

They should come with a blue plaque.

Over to Cyril :clap:

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby SnookerEd25

“beautiful”

Jack Karnehm :bowdown:

Re: Who Said That?!

Postby badtemperedcyril

SnookerEd25 wrote:“beautiful”

Jack Karnehm :bowdown:

I think Jack’s words were…

(Thorburn’s): “Ohhhhh Wonderful! That is really truly wonderful”

(Stevens’): “Get in… lovely, super!”