MARK ALLEN has emphatically hit again at criticism of his gradual play finally weekend’s UK Championship.
The Northern Irishman is presently embroiled in a feud with former world champion and BBC snooker pundit Shaun Murphy over the time he takes earlier than enjoying his pictures
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Their feud escalated final weekend in York following Allen’s mammoth five-hour semi-final with Barry Hawkins, which he misplaced 6-5.
Allen’s common shot time throughout the match was a whopping 31.5 seconds.
He was quizzed about his shot time by Eurosport, with presenter Rachel Casey asking: “You had a marathon match with Barry Hawkins on the UK Championship.
“I do know that your shot time was on the excessive facet for you. However there’s no stress on you, proper?”
A bullish Allen replied: “Even that shot time means nothing to me as a result of I attempt my greatest. I’ll by no means, ever apologise for giving 100 per cent.
“If that’s 32 seconds on someday or 22 on one other day, I don’t really care.”
Casey then mentioned: “You’re a Shootout winner, you possibly can play very quick, you possibly can play actually great things.”
Allen proceeded to disclose his opposition to the Shootout being a rating occasion.
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Record of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is an inventory of snooker World Champions by 12 months.
The report is for the trendy period, broadly thought-about as relationship from the 1968-69 season, when the World Skilled Billiards and Snooker Affiliation (WPBSA) took management of the game.
The primary World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 due to World Struggle II and 1958-63 due to a dispute within the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (each 8) have been probably the most profitable gamers throughout that interval.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the report for the most titles within the trendy period, with seven every.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (trendy period)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins
The Antrim ace mentioned: “I nonetheless don’t assume this must be a rating occasion, however it’s what it’s.
“I nonetheless come right here and attempt to get pleasure from it. I really like the occasion, it modified my season final 12 months.
“It might probably make or break plenty of seasons – however it’s only a lottery.”
Allen continued to double down on his staunch defence of his play in opposition to Hawkins, saying: “I didn’t go into that match making an attempt to gradual it down, completely not.
“I try to pot each ball I see and clear the desk each likelihood I get.”
