Willie Thorne (English Wikipedia)

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"Final chance for Garden". Nottingham Evening Post. 17 October 1995. p. 26.
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"The Champion". Leicester Daily Mercury. 3 April 1970. p. 40.
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easb.co.uk

"100 Winners of the English Amateur Championship". easb.co.uk. English Association of Snooker and Billiards. 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

eurosport.com

"Then, now: Willie Thorne". Eurosport. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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"Sport in Brief: Thorne's title". The Times. 9 September 1986. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
"Snooker: Davis toppled by Thorne". The Times. 22 September 1986. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Gale Academic OneFile.

ghostarchive.org

Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "BBC Big Break - Pocket Money record (R.I.P. Willie Thorne 1954-2020)". YouTube.

globalsnookercentre.co.uk

Watkins, Janie (2005). "Player Profile: Willie Thorne". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.

hinckleytimes.net

Ashe, Isaac (4 July 2015). "Snooker star reveals cancer diagnosis". Hinckley Times. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

independent.co.uk

Denham, Jess (7 June 2015). "Snooker legend Willie Thorne undergoing prostate cancer treatment". The Independent. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

inside-edge-mag.co.uk

Fowler, Dave (February 2006). "Big Willie Style". Inside Edge. Dennis Publishing. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.

leicestermercury.co.uk

Mack, Tom (17 June 2020). "The ups and downs of Willie Thorne – from teenage prodigy to Strictly Come Dancing star". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

snooker.org

"Willie Thorne". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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snookerdatabase.co.uk

"1987 Matchroom Professional Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
"1989 New Zealand Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

snookerscene.co.uk

"Irish Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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"Welsh Open 2015 live on BBC Wales & Eurosport". sport-onthebox.com. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

standard.co.uk

Ouzia, Malik (17 June 2020). "Willie Thorne dead: Snooker legend passes away, aged 66". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

telegraph.co.uk

"Willie Thorne, popular snooker player in the vanguard of the sport's 1980s boom – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
Philip, Robert (5 April 2004). "Gambling addiction drove Thorne to the brink". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

theguardian.com

Bower, Aaron (17 June 2020). "Willie Thorne, former snooker player, dies aged 66 after illness". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
Rawling, John (17 June 2020). "Willie Thorne obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
Harper, Nick (23 April 2004). "Willie Thorne". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
"Media Monkey September 10–14, 2007". The Guardian. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
Weaver, Paul (6 May 2014). "Mark Selby says snooker world title win fulfils promise made to late father". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
Pye, Steven (3 December 2015). "The cruelty of snooker: Willie Thorne, Gary Lineker and 'unmissable' blues". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
"Pirlo perfection, plus the Official Story of Gary Lineker and Willie Thorne". The Guardian. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
Rawling, John (17 June 2020). "Willie Thorne obituary". The Guardian. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

thetimes.co.uk

Line, Harriet (18 May 2015). "Wife rescued Willie Thorne from suicide". The Times. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

todayfm.com

McCormack, Richie (18 March 2020). "Willie Thorne admits to leukaemia battle". Today FM. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

web.archive.org

"Willie Thorne". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
"Willie Thorne". wst.tv. World Snooker. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
Watkins, Janie (2005). "Player Profile: Willie Thorne". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
Fowler, Dave (February 2006). "Big Willie Style". Inside Edge. Dennis Publishing. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "BBC Big Break - Pocket Money record (R.I.P. Willie Thorne 1954-2020)". YouTube.
Turner, Chris (28 February 2012). "Pontins Open – Pontins Professional – Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012.
"Irish Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
"1987 Matchroom Professional Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
"1989 New Zealand Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

wst.tv

"Willie Thorne". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
"Willie Thorne". wst.tv. World Snooker. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

yahoo.com

uk.sports.yahoo.com

Staniforth, Mark (1 May 2020). "Crucible characters day 15: Willie Thorne". Yahoo Sports. Press Association. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

youtube.com

Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "BBC Big Break - Pocket Money record (R.I.P. Willie Thorne 1954-2020)". YouTube.