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Alex0paul wrote:David Grace’s nickname is Amazing
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by SnookerFan » 15 Jan 2021 Read
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by badtemperedcyril » 15 Jan 2021 Read
A few pretty dreadful ones I saw from the 70’s...
“Irish Dennis” (Dennis Taylor)
“Ear Alignment” (Graham Miles)
“The Sniffer” (John Spencer)
“The Laughing Policeman” (Ray Reardon)
“Irish Dennis” (Dennis Taylor)
“Ear Alignment” (Graham Miles)
“The Sniffer” (John Spencer)
“The Laughing Policeman” (Ray Reardon)
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by vodkadiet1 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Mark 'The Royal' King isn't very inventive.
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by badtemperedcyril » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Even Rob Walker could do better than thatIranu wrote:Irish Dennis
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by Alex0paul » 15 Jan 2021 Read
According to Wikipedia, Luca Brecel’s nickname is Snooker Brecel
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
Wikipedia has Xiao Guodong's nicknames as X-Factor, Longshot Xiao and Little Jelly. I like the middle one. Perhaps the last gets lost in translation.
Also has Zhou Yuelong's as Chengdu Chalktime.
Also has Zhou Yuelong's as Chengdu Chalktime.
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
badtemperedcyril wrote:Even Rob Walker could do better than thatIranu wrote:Irish Dennis
He’d probably call him Steve Davis.
#callback
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by vodkadiet1 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
The best nickname was Cliff 'you've never seen anything like it' Wilson.
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by Reg Varney » 15 Jan 2021 Read
badtemperedcyril wrote:Even Rob Walker could do better than thatIranu wrote:Irish Dennis
Debatable
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by badtemperedcyril » 15 Jan 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:The best nickname was Cliff 'you've never seen anything like it' Wilson.
What a player he was! When Cliff was terrorising his opponents at Burroughes Hall in Soho Square in the 50’s, they actually called him the Whirlwind!
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by Alex0paul » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Ding “He’s the nicest lad you could ever wish to meet” Junhui is my personal favourite
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by vodkadiet1 » 15 Jan 2021 Read
badtemperedcyril wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:The best nickname was Cliff 'you've never seen anything like it' Wilson.
What a player he was! When Cliff was terrorising his opponents at Burroughes Hall in Soho Square in the 50’s, they actually called him the Whirlwind!
He was before his time. A great player with some personality. Not many like that these days.
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by SnookerFan » 15 Jan 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:badtemperedcyril wrote:Even Rob Walker could do better than thatIranu wrote:Irish Dennis
He’d probably call him Steve Davis.
#callback
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by SnookerEd25 » 16 Jan 2021 Read
[quote="SnookerFan"][quote="Alex0paul"]David Grace’s nickname is Amazing[/quote]
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He stole that off the 1980s South African player Robbie ‘amazing’ Grace
Not sure where he got it from
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He stole that off the 1980s South African player Robbie ‘amazing’ Grace
Not sure where he got it from
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by SnookerFan » 16 Jan 2021 Read
You know that Amazing Grace is a hymn, right?
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by SnookerEd25 » 16 Jan 2021 Read
SnookerFan wrote:You know that Amazing Grace is a hymn, right?
You had to explain the joke SF
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
Always thought The Silver Fox was a bit rubbish. I was never struck by anything particularly cunning in David Taylor's game.
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by SnookerEd25 » 16 Jan 2021 Read
Muller wrote:Always thought The Silver Fox was a bit rubbish. I was never struck by anything particularly cunning in David Taylor's game.
He did often used to sh*t under the table though
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by badtemperedcyril » 16 Jan 2021 Read
Muller wrote:Always thought The Silver Fox was a bit rubbish. I was never struck by anything particularly cunning in David Taylor's game.
He was so cunning he could do it without people even noticing!
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by Ronnie79 » 17 Jan 2021 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:'The Highlander' is a ridiculous nickname for Rory!
Do you even get the reference?.
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by Ronnie79 » 17 Jan 2021 Read
Marco Fu's Eastern Promise is the worst. He has to be the cueman Fu surely. That is class.
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by HustleKing » 17 Jan 2021 Read
Ronnie79 wrote:vodkadiet1 wrote:'The Highlander' is a ridiculous nickname for Rory!
Do you even get the reference?.
He has Jamaican parents though, so not like he was raised with an acknowledgement of the importance of his Scottish roots
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Re: Worst Snooker Nicknames
by McManusFan » 17 Jan 2021 Read
I could have sworn I heard a commentator refer to Ricky Walden as 'The Waldnut' once, but I can't find any trace of it. Either way, awful.
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