UK Championship Barbican York, 12th - 20th November BBC, Eurosport

gormdubhgorm

Game is going as I thought it would 6-4 Ding now. I think Ding's head will drop a bit, it is in his nature when the pressure is put on. And Allen loves a comeback.

Snake Plisken

3 in a row for Mark, The comeback is on!

Sweet Talkin Romeo

savage last black !! 😁

tinpib

I have it muted, it looked like Allen call a foul on himself there. He hit the green first instead off yellow. Just wondering if the ref missed the foul or saw it?

Strumms

Ding looks rattled, that composed demeanour has somewhat evaporated.

can’t say I blame him… he’s not playing well now, Allen is.

Sweet Talkin Romeo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119899082#Comment_119899082

ref called the foul on him 😊

Allen knew it'd be close - him hitting green first there - so he asked the ref to go over the far side, to give her a better look to see if he played foul shot or no

props to him for that !

waynescales1

Those black ball pockets are like buckets.

waynescales1

Wow, Ding refuses a medium distance blue, man’s rattled.

Ceirseach

Why don't the refs scores match what's on the screen scoreboard

Brian?

I’m away to bed,early morning. Only one winner now: Allen. It’s been emotions lads.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119899313#Comment_119899313

Yeah he looking flushed in his seat now.

waynescales1

8-7, come on Ding!

Edit: Century! Silencing the doubters!

gormdubhgorm

Getting near the point of embarrassment/no return has woken Ding up. This match has decider written all over it I think. No idea who wins though.

Arthur Daley

Scrappy stuff now.

Could go all the way. 2 years ago was an epic finish in Milton Keynes.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119899747#Comment_119899747

It is going as I hope so far. Could be a great end to a great tournament. Will remember bits of it for years.

Arthur Daley

Well that's the nursery cannons over at least

kirk.

More drama than action with Allen

Arthur Daley

Come on Mark, need to get some kip

Snake Plisken

Well-done Mark scrappy last frame. Fantastic performance to come back from 6-1 down

Sweet Talkin Romeo

WD Mark 😊

hup the Irish !

his woman aint too shabby neither 😂

Genghis

Well done Mark, 3/3 Finals, 2/3 Wins.

Got €20 on him as winner from final 4 yesterday morning at 9/2, it was cagey for a while both yesterday and this afternoon but all the sweeter now 😉.

Serious contender for world's.

The Nal

Ding just doesn't have the bottle does he? Folded faster than Superman on laundry day

tanko

Ding has to be the greatest bottler Snooker has ever seen , he’d put Jimmy White to shame. all the talent and no cajones.

waynescales1

Although his career is generally in decline, the idea of Ding being a bottler is, of course, complete drivel. Before last week he had played in 20 ranking finals and won 14 of them. I’ll be interested in seeing the list of players who have a strike rate of over 70% in finals.

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119901685#Comment_119901685

He won 3 UKs and a Masters. He’s had a pretty decent career. Won a hell of a lot more than Jimmy.

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119902263#Comment_119902263

14 ranking events is some haul. Considering he had to get past Ronnie, Selby, Trump, Higgins, Williams and Murphy to win them.

iffandonlyif

Incredibly Allen’s win wasn’t reported by the Irish Times or Independent. So much for shared island.

Strumms

Or just decent sports coverage even