Ken Doherty beats Hendry in final to become World Champion

[DaveDaRave1980]

Stephen Hendry is not arrogant. He is a very shy person, and has a lot of humility about his achievements. He is certainly not a conceited player

[FlaminEamonIreland]

7 years old when it happened and aloud to stay up and watch it. Momentous occasion and a true Irish legend.

Seen him around Ranelagh and Rathmines a few times and ALWAYS happy to stop for a chat. True legend

[christschinwon]

Look how uncomfortable hendry is when old scarface goes in for the hug. At long last he knew how jimmy felt

[Anonomousxxx]

@christschinwon old scarface???! he was 27 or something at the moment lol

[NAMTRIP]

OK ,Ken deserves the right to be called a legend. 

[kierroo1993]

@NAMTRIP Bullshit, ken turned up and defeats a legend but does not get any credit, reminds me of the 2004 Detroit Pistons

[jonnyf147]

@NAMTRIP hahahaha, professional opinion???? you dont win a world snooker title on luck you moron!

youre not even shure how many times steven won it, so wat the fuk do you kno about snooker. NOTHING!

[cormac71]

just found out Ken use`s a warped cue like me, but he is also better haha. He is my snooker idol mainly because when I started snooker he was the only Irish pro snooker player.

[kierroo1993]

@cormac71

Bullshit, Ken turned up and was hungry, he is like the 2004 Detroit pistons gets no credit and is a forgotten champion

[cormac71]

@kierroo1993 I dont get what that has to do with my comment ??

[shortt99]

Get in there ken!

[ian1970byrne]

The thing that struck me about this championship was how Doherty practically came from nowhere, beats Steve Davis with a session to spare, beats John Higgins, beats Alain Robidoux with a session to spare, and beats Stephen Hendry who looked unstoppable earlier in he tournement. A truely great performance.

[jonnyf147]

i was only 7 years old and i remember this like it was yesterday.and im nearly 20 now.

i rember in the papers it said there was no calls made in dublin and not a crime reported.

i know ken, and he is the nicest guy you would ever meet.

[1984ioc]

@jonnyf147 thats such a funny comment bud,lol.I remember that night being glued to the tv set probably more nervous than doherty was.As you mentioned hes a gentleman as well.Am just picturing all the Dubling gangsters now going fuck heading out,this is more important. :D Great day for irish sport

[chatsworth1buccaneer]

I just remeber RTE jumping on the bandwagon to show the very last seesion. It's probably the only snooker they ever showed and I think most people still watched BBC anyway if they could.

[timpatjoe]

i remember watching this game id say the hole country was!

[tillbot8]

did u know that when the final session of this match was aired in 1997 there was not one phone call or crime reported in the entire city of dublin, its true

[YouaresoCrap]

hendry might just win an 8th this year.

meeting MarK williams, one hell of a player in round 1 might be a good thing after all.

He is forced to play at his peak immediately and at his peak, he sees off anyone, even Ronnie

[andyn6990]

Ken is 1 of the nicest blokes u will ever meet ,ive met him a few times and hes also my fav snooker player and people who are saying bad things about him obviousley dont know him!!!

[jake7x7]

KEN DOHERTY = LEGEND

[hawseywasey]

ken doherty is a legend....fact.a great day for the irish

[Tomj2110]

This was another great final and I'm glad Ken won.

[ronnieisno1]

in my opinion ronnie can't be described exactly;I mean,sometimes he says he played awful when he did an amazing job,and sometimes he remembers about his titles.I think he becomes arrogant 'cause he knows he'll always have fans to support him.let's be honest,when he has good days nobody can stop him!my opinion is that ronnie is a character in snooker;he does almost whatever he wants without thinking about the consequences.I like him 'cause he tries to entertain the audience and I appreciate that

[thesnookerplanet]

this time i agree with you

[ronnieisno1]

I don't really hate him, but I think that sometimes he is very conceited..that's my personal opinion and if it ain't true I apologise to his fans!

[thesnookerplanet]

no he isn't

ronnie is much more arrogant than him

[ronnieisno1]

I'm not really a fan of ken doherty,but I'm glad he won because I really hate stven hendry ;))

[thesnookerplanet]

why ???

[abcddcbaabcddcbaabcd]

what has he done wrong to you

[wiganmadlad]

mi fav player ken doherty!

[super14strauss]

go on Ken!

[ivan7526]

anyone has an idea how much this irish gypsy gets paid by the bookies to lose frames and matches?

[FootballMad0604]

Doherty isn't a gypsy or a match-fixer! You are seriously out of order there.

[bobsoice]

go on Ken!great performance against murphy!Selby will be a tough game but who knows,if he can re produce this form anything can happen!

[Squidlover1000]

I'm glad he won at least one

[redface06]

Ken's a top bloke!!

[Elescave]

I wish someone would load up a few more frames of this final - two of my favourite players in one match...

[LoafOfPint]

Ken's one of my favourite players. I've only ever seen one match I didn't want him to win, and that was against Paul Hunter in the 2003 World Semi Final (where he won 17-16 after being 15-9 down). It's sad he hasn't won more titles, he's lost two Grand Prix finals, three UK finals, two Masters finals, and two World finals, and missed the final black on the 147 attempt. But this win overrides all of that, really.

[mrcs3]

that was a big moment for Ken. and Ken is certainly a nice, easygoing man!

[siondacheese]

I actually shook this guys hand in the crucible last year, got a picture with him too, he is a nice man, anyone going to the crucible this year? Got my tickets ready for April 28th, matthew stevens and mark williams, cant wait!!