1985 World Snooker Championship (English Wikipedia)

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"World Championship: 1985 black-ball final voted most memorable Crucible moment". BBC Sport. May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

news.bbc.co.uk

"1984: Davis outshines White". BBC Sport. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
"1985: The black ball final". BBC Sport. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 30 April 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
"Steve Davis & Dennis Taylor stage rematch of 1985 final". BBC Sport. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
"1986: Johnson stuns snooker world". BBC Sport. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 2 May 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

blueyonder.co.uk

cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

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Davis, Steve (9 April 2015). Interesting: My Autobiography. Random House. ISBN 9781473502482. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
Spencer, John (2005). Out of the Blue, Into the Black. Parrs Wood. ISBN 9781903158630. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
Nunns, Hector (2017). The Crucible's Greatest Matches: Forty Years of Snooker's World Championship in Sheffield. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78531-284-7.^{[permanent dead link]}

britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

"Snooker championship". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 11 May 1927. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

culturenorthernireland.org

"The Black Ball Final – Thirty Years On". Culture Northern Ireland. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

espn.co.uk

"April 29 down the years: The greatest Crucible final". ESPN. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
Phillips-Knight, Rob. "Taylor snatches the 'black-ball final'". ESPN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2011.

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Davenport, Peter (19 April 1985). "Letter from Sheffield". The Times. London. p. 34. Retrieved 6 September 2019 – via The Times Digital Archive.
"Sports in Brief". The Times. London. 6 April 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 6 September 2019 – via The Times Digital Archive.
"Snooker". The Times. London. 15 April 1985. p. 26. Retrieved 6 September 2019 – via The Times Digital Archive.
"Snooker ace's triumph". The Times. London. 7 May 1985. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2019 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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"John Spencer". The Independent. London. 12 July 2006. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2019. myasthenia gravis
"Great Sporting Moments: Dennis Taylor defeats Steve Davis 18–17 at the Crucible". The Independent. London. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

global-snooker.com

"World Championship – Roll of Honour". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"World Championship 1985". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

globalsnookercentre.co.uk

"1927 World Professional Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 10 October 2004. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

independent.co.uk

"John Spencer". The Independent. London. 12 July 2006. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2019. myasthenia gravis
"Great Sporting Moments: Dennis Taylor defeats Steve Davis 18–17 at the Crucible". The Independent. London. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

irishtimes.com

"Dazzling Taylor blinds Knowles". The Irish Times. 27 April 1985. p. 4. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

offtheball.com

Hannon, Shane. "The Dennis Taylor Interview: That '85 black ball final, the impact of his mother's death, and snooker's heyday". Off The Ball. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

pre-cert.co.uk

"The Final - 1985 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship (1985) on BBC".

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"Sport in brief". The Guardian. London. 1 April 1985. p. 27. ProQuest 186550100.

snookerscene.co.uk

"Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

sportinglife.com

Press Association (1 May 2020). "Snooker classics: Dennis Taylor beats Steve Davis in black-ball final". sportinglife.com. Hestview. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

telegraph.co.uk

Baxter, Trevor (21 April 2007). "Dott falls to the 'Crucible curse'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

theguardian.com

Keating, Frank (30 April 1985). "Cloth of gold – Dennis Taylor wins World Snooker Championship". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

web.archive.org

"The Rise Of China". World Snooker. 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
"1927 World Professional Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 10 October 2004. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
"World Championship – Roll of Honour". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"1984: Davis outshines White". BBC Sport. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
"World Championship 1985". global-snooker.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
"1985: The black ball final". BBC Sport. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 30 April 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
"Then and Now: Terry Griffiths". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
"April 29 down the years: The greatest Crucible final". ESPN. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
"BBC When Snooker Ruled the World". BBC. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
Phillips-Knight, Rob. "Taylor snatches the 'black-ball final'". ESPN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
1985 World Snooker Championship – Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor Black Ball Final. BBC Two. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via YouTube.
Keating, Frank (30 April 1985). "Cloth of gold – Dennis Taylor wins World Snooker Championship". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
"Taylor And Davis Set For Crucible Rematch". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
"Steve Davis & Dennis Taylor stage rematch of 1985 final". BBC Sport. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
"BBC Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2019. Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final
"BBC Celebrity Black Ball Final with Steve Davis". BBC. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019. Rebecca Adlington, Joey Essex, Russell Watson, Richard Osman and Josh Widdicombe
"World Championship: 1985 black-ball final voted most memorable Crucible moment". BBC Sport. May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
"1986: Johnson stuns snooker world". BBC Sport. 18 April 2003. Archived from the original on 2 May 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

worldsnooker.com

"The Rise Of China". World Snooker. 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"Taylor And Davis Set For Crucible Rematch". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

yahoo.com

uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

"Then and Now: Terry Griffiths". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

youtube.com

1985 World Snooker Championship – Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor Black Ball Final. BBC Two. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via YouTube.