1977 UK Championship

1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	26 November – 3 December 1977 (1977-11-26 – 1977-12-03)
Venue	Tower Circus
City	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£7,000
Winner's share	£2,000
Highest break	Alex Higgins (NIR) (129)
Final
Champion	Patsy Fagan (IRL)
Runner-up	Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
Score	12–9
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The 1977 UK Championship (officially the 1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Tower Circus in Blackpool between 26 November and 3 December 1977.

Mike Watterson instituted this new championship with sponsorship from manufacturers of the Super Crystalate balls.^[1][2] The inaugural UK Championship was held in Blackpool, but the following year the tournament moved to the Guild Hall in Preston, where it remained for twenty years.^[1]

The event was won by Patsy Fagan, a London-based Dubliner, who had been a professional for less than a year.^[1][2] The final was televised and shown on BBC One's Grandstand programme.^[3] Retired English snooker player Joe Davis presented Fagan with the trophy.^[4]

Fagan earned £2,000 out of the £7,000 total prize money.^[2]

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	Last 24 Best of 9 frames					Last 16 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 23 frames
						1	John Spencer (ENG)	3
	10	Doug Mountjoy (WAL)	5			10	Doug Mountjoy	5
		Roy Andrewartha (WAL)	2								10	Doug Mountjoy	5
											15	Willie Thorne	4
						8	Rex Williams (ENG)	4
	15	Willie Thorne (ENG)	5			15	Willie Thorne	5
		Bernard Bennett (ENG)	4													10	Doug Mountjoy	9
																4	Alex Higgins	2
						5	John Pulman (ENG)	w/d
	12	John Dunning (ENG)	5			12	John Dunning	w/o
		Maurice Parkin (ENG)	4								12	John Dunning	0
											4	Alex Higgins	5
						4	Alex Higgins (NIR)	5
	9	David Taylor (ENG)	5			9	David Taylor	4
		David Greaves (ENG)	4																		10	Doug Mountjoy	9
																					14	Patsy Fagan	12
						3	Dennis Taylor (NIR)	2
	13	John Virgo (ENG)	w/o			13	John Virgo	5
		John Barrie (ENG)	w/d								13	John Virgo	5
											6	Graham Miles	2
						6	Graham Miles (ENG)	5
	16	Jack Karnehm (ENG)	4				Chris Ross	1
		Chris Ross (SCO)	5													13	John Virgo	8
																14	Patsy Fagan	9
						7	Fred Davis (ENG)	0
	14	Patsy Fagan (IRL)	5			14	Patsy Fagan	5
		Jackie Rea (NIR)	1								14	Patsy Fagan	5
											11	Jim Meadowcroft	4
						2	Ray Reardon (WAL)	4
	11	Jim Meadowcroft (ENG)	5			11	Jim Meadowcroft	5
		Pat Houlihan (ENG)	4

Final: Best of 23 frames. Referee: John Williams Tower Circus, Blackpool, England, 2 and 3 December 1977.
Patsy Fagan  Ireland	12–9	Doug Mountjoy  Wales
First session: 57–21, 34–81, 48–47, 48–57, 40–68, 45–13, 68–31 (53), 64–57 Second session: 64–43 (57), 48–73, 52–79 (Fagan 52, Mountjoy 51), 38–73, 41–70, 98–0 (68), 58–57 Third session: 37–87, 34–72, 75–16 (53), 73–55 (52), 47–39, 80–28 (63)
68	Highest break	51
0	Century breaks	0
7	50+ breaks	1

• 129 – Alex Higgins

• Last Frame of the final and trophy presentation (YouTube)