For a moment in the mid-1980s snooker ruled the world. The 1985 World Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor is usually seen as the high watermark, with 18 million viewers rapt by its black ball denouement. But the sport had already grown beyond belief in the preceding years.
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‘Snooker was bigger than football’: Tales from the sport’s golden age
For a moment in the mid-1980s snooker ruled the world. The 1985 World Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor is usually seen as the high watermark, with 18 million viewers rapt by its black ball denouement. But the sport had already grown beyond belief in the preceding years.