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Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby SnookerEd25

Holden Chinaski wrote:McManus mentioning Diana Ross and jimmy White saying he can't work under these conditions were probably the best Eurosport moments.



Pretty sure the Diana Ross diatribe was on ITV4 :chin:

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Holden Chinaski

SnookerEd25 wrote:
Holden Chinaski wrote:McManus mentioning Diana Ross and jimmy White saying he can't work under these conditions were probably the best Eurosport moments.



Pretty sure the Diana Ross diatribe was on ITV4 :chin:

Was it? I saw it on Eurosport Player. Sometimes I could watch ITV stuff on the player, as we don't have ITV here in mainland Europe.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby HappyCamper

it was on eurosport as it was at the crucible. the context was about diana ross hypothetically performing at the crucible.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Holden Chinaski

HappyCamper wrote:it was on eurosport as it was at the crucible. the context was about diana ross hypothetically performing at the crucible.

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Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby SnookerFan

I am currently watching Williams vs Bingham from earlier.

It reminds me of the 2011 Australian Open final. What a match that was.

And I watached it. Live.... ON EUROSPORT!

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby D4P

SnookerFan wrote:I am currently watching Williams vs Bingham from earlier.

It reminds me of the 2011 Australian Open final. What a match that was.

And I watached it. Live.... ON EUROSPORT!


Does it remind you at all of the time they played each other in the 2010 Championship League?

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby SnookerFan

D4P wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:I am currently watching Williams vs Bingham from earlier.

It reminds me of the 2011 Australian Open final. What a match that was.

And I watached it. Live.... ON EUROSPORT!


Does it remind you at all of the time they played each other in the 2010 Championship League?


It does not.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby dk95

I didn't mind Eurosport - I wouldn't have seen any of the PTCs without their coverage of those events (and for what it's worth I actually loved them...pro-am tournaments, carrying ranking points and therefore genuine possibility of progression to the pro tour if an amateur had a good weekend, plenty of chances for good players to pit themselves against the best in the world (and for not-so-good players to embarrass themselves...), plenty of quick-fire entertainment, and sometimes the final would be played in front of 10, maybe 20 people! Potentially even 25, for the Chinese events.)

I didn't mind Mike Hallett's commentary, because they also had Phil Yates, Mark Johnston-Allen, and David Hendon, each of whom made him sound like the second coming of Ted Lowe to me.
I'm not contending that he was - how to put it diplomatically - quite as good a commentator as he was a player, of course...

I think Eurosport always had a certain off-the-cuff feeling, probably because it felt (and I'm sure was) like they were just winging it as they went along and hoping for the best! I liked that. It wasn't polished like the BBC; it was slapdash, it was irreverent at times, it was amateurish at all times, but it was one of the great pioneers of all time, in terms of making the world fall in love with this strange little sport.
How many players are there now, who would never have known what a snooker/billiard table looked like if not for exposure to the game by Eurosport? Hundreds? Thousands? Tens of thousands?

If there had been only one, Eurosport would have served its purpose well.
Farewell, old friend.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Running side

Haven't all Eurosport staff moved with snooker to TNT.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby SnookerFan

Running side wrote:Haven't all Eurosport staff moved with snooker to TNT.


Yeah, they're all owned by the same company.

So, if you have TNT it doesn't change much. Other than Discovery+ becoming a lot more expensive.

I guess what we're mourning is the more affordable and widespread alternative disappearing.

Eurosport has done a lot for snooker that TNT won't be able to match.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Running side

Ok good point, I'm fortunate in sharing a skygo and covers all companies.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby The_Abbott

anyone remember wataching a sport that was played on a green baize with coloured balls. Can't remember the name now but it was on a channel called Eurosport. I think some of the top players were Ronny Sullivan and Steve Davies and Steven Henry.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Minimum Break

The_Abbott wrote:anyone remember wataching a sport that was played on a green baize with coloured balls. Can't remember the name now but it was on a channel called Eurosport. I think some of the top players were Ronny Sullivan and Steve Davies and Steven Henry.


You must be thinking of Ronnie Sullivan.

https://cuetracker.net/players/ronnie-sullivan

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby snucar

Wildey wrote:Eurosport First showed Snooker in the UK in 1991 the Mita World Masters


Those were the days! Without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest snooker tournament ever staged the Mita World Masters, 2 weeks of non stop snooker Grand Slam style! But it was way ahead of its time to survive and too expensive. I still have lots of matches saved in VHS! Eurosport was already showing snooker even before the Mita World Masters, but not live. RIP Eurosport, somehow snooker feels orphan, dark times ahead.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby McManusFan

snucar wrote:
Wildey wrote:Eurosport First showed Snooker in the UK in 1991 the Mita World Masters


Those were the days! Without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest snooker tournament ever staged the Mita World Masters, 2 weeks of non stop snooker Grand Slam style! But it was way ahead of its time to survive and too expensive. I still have lots of matches saved in VHS! Eurosport was already showing snooker even before the Mita World Masters, but not live. RIP Eurosport, somehow snooker feels orphan, dark times ahead.


Was that the one with the excellent juniors final between Mark Williams and John Higgins?

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby snucar

McManusFan wrote:
snucar wrote:
Wildey wrote:Eurosport First showed Snooker in the UK in 1991 the Mita World Masters


Those were the days! Without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest snooker tournament ever staged the Mita World Masters, 2 weeks of non stop snooker Grand Slam style! But it was way ahead of its time to survive and too expensive. I still have lots of matches saved in VHS! Eurosport was already showing snooker even before the Mita World Masters, but not live. RIP Eurosport, somehow snooker feels orphan, dark times ahead.


Was that the one with the excellent juniors final between Mark Williams and John Higgins?


Yes, that's the one!

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby LC

Mike hallett droned on and on but got dealt a hash hand still, took ill and Eurosport never got him back

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby SnookerEd25

LC wrote:Mike hallett droned on and on but got dealt a hash hand still, took ill and Eurosport never got him back


Dan invented hash hand

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby D4P

SnookerFan wrote:Dan invented the British servicemen in India who invented snooker.


Did Dan then turn snooker into a business...? :sad:

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Juddernaut88

I miss it when Mike Hallett used to say "Hang on"

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby SnookerEd25

Juddernaut88 wrote:I miss it when Mike Hallett used to say "Hang on"


:chuckle: yeah, me too. As it goes :sad:

I didn’t mind Hallett on coms. Better than many others.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby badtemperedcyril

Mike, somewhat like Joe Johnson, was never a natural commentator, but they both came across as great guys who’s passion for the game remained undimmed even after they’d hung their cues up.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Andre147

Hallett was a good commentator.

What about Mike Smith? He was the very first one I heard when watching on Eurosport.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Wildey

Andre147 wrote:
Juddernaut88 wrote:Is the Eurosport channel not available in the rest of Europe as well then? I thought the channel was only disappearing for the UK and Ireland.


It's available yes. Since ES Player ended and they started with Max, many people who used to subscribe to ES Player like me will no longer do it because Max is just way too expensive, similar to TNT Sports in the UK.

It's a shame this happened, but I guess we live in a society when money speaks louder, just look at the Bond franshise being sold to Amazon.


So without Max subscription you cant watch Eurosport?

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby Andre147

Wildey wrote:
Andre147 wrote:
Juddernaut88 wrote:Is the Eurosport channel not available in the rest of Europe as well then? I thought the channel was only disappearing for the UK and Ireland.


It's available yes. Since ES Player ended and they started with Max, many people who used to subscribe to ES Player like me will no longer do it because Max is just way too expensive, similar to TNT Sports in the UK.

It's a shame this happened, but I guess we live in a society when money speaks louder, just look at the Bond franshise being sold to Amazon.


So without Max subscription you cant watch Eurosport?


We can, but not the other tables that ES Player used to provide.

And the difference in price is abysmal.

Re: RIP Eurosport

Postby mantorok

Look, I know you're sad that ES has gone, but FFS get a hold of yourselves, it's been barely a week and nostalgia is clearly kicking in and gifting you rose-tinted glasses already.

Hallett was and never will be a good commentator :irk: