Snooker Players Networth

YFlyer · 24-04-2021 2:16pm #1

https://sportsnile.com/richest-snooker-players/

Surely this is not true.

Joe_ Public · 24-04-2021 2:32pm

Absolute load of tosh. Dennis must have shifted some amount of joke books to be up there in third spot with over 20 million. Judds already made 5 million in earnings alone but nowhere to be seen. "We used Wikipedia and other sources". Yeah right, waste of time reading that.

YFlyer · 25-04-2021 9:00am

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Absolute load of tosh. Dennis must have shifted some amount of joke books to be up there in third spot with over 20 million. Judds already made 5 million in earnings alone but nowhere to be seen. "We used Wikipedia and other sources". Yeah right, waste of time reading that.

Steve Davis like Lineker, making money while in media?

Joe_ Public · 25-04-2021 10:13am

YFlyer wrote: »

Steve Davis like Lineker, making money while in media?

Dunno, basically 4 weeks work a year, hard to see could be making fortunes through the media tbh. I'd imagine Davis invested well, though, with the help of hearn and could probably still command a few bags of sand per corporate engagement. A couple there like ebdon and ken I'd also suspect to have done quite well business wise, but couldn't put a figure on it.

spurshero · 25-04-2021 10:18am

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Dunno, basically 4 weeks work a year, hard to see could be making fortunes through the media tbh. I'd imagine Davis invested well, though, with the help of hearn and could probably still command a few bags of sand per corporate engagement. A couple there like ebdon and ken I'd also suspect to have done quite well business wise, but couldn't put a figure on it.

I played a game of cards with doherty and Davis one night and If they mind the rest of there Money as well as they minded the 200 or so both had in front of them then there doing ok ! Weren’t too risk adverse like . Lucky enough to sit next to Davis for an hour he came across as a terribly nice guy . Very Normal and down to earth .

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 12:31am

spurshero wrote: »

I played a game of cards with doherty and Davis one night and If they mind the rest of there Money as well as they minded the 200 or so both had in front of them then there doing ok ! Weren’t too risk adverse like . Lucky enough to sit next to Davis for an hour he came across as a terribly nice guy . Very Normal and down to earth .

Met Taylor at a pool tournament in Limerick. Also White in a nightclub. Friend said there is Jimmy. Didn't believe him until I looked. We tried to get into the Rack later claiming we were Tony Meyo (spl?)

26-04-2021 12:46am

Dunno about the amounts but Davis surely made plenty over the years even with the likes of the Mosconi Cup, I'm sure he wasn't turning up for 5 grand a day. :pac:

At the end of the day if they were sensible from the start and bought a few properties then they should be very nicely set now. 20 years on media salaries (even only a few months a year) will cover a few mortgages.

Joe_ Public · 26-04-2021 12:52am

YFlyer wrote: »

Met Taylor at a pool tournament in Limerick. Also White in a nightclub. Friend said there is Jimmy. Didn't believe him until I looked. We tried to get into the Rack later claiming we were Tony Meyo (spl?)

The "italian stallion" Tony Meo!

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 12:54am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Dunno about the amounts but Davis surely made plenty over the years even with the likes of the Mosconi Cup, I'm sure he wasn't turning up for 5 grand a day. :pac:

At the end of the day if they were sensible from the start and bought a few properties then they should be very nicely set now. 20 years on media salaries (even only a few months a year) will cover a few mortgages.

Sure Higgins and White only got free booze during the Mosconi Cup?

Tomaldo · 26-04-2021 1:00am

In the eighties when there wasn't much football on telly, snooker was bigger and Davis featured in many advertising campaigns for one of the main coffee brands and photocopier company. I don't remember Hendry featuring in many ad campaigns or any others as football became bigger in 90's. I also heard Davis received 8 grand for signing autographs in Nutgrove SC, huge queue to meet him, I was there, in the mid 80's.

Quantum Erasure · 26-04-2021 1:02am

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Dunno, basically 4 weeks work a year, hard to see could be making fortunes through the media tbh. ..

And with the amount of former players now commentating, youd wonder how any of them make any money off of it,

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 1:15am

Tomaldo wrote: »

In the eighties when there wasn't much football on telly, snooker was bigger and Davis featured in many advertising campaigns for one of the main coffee brands and photocopier company. I don't remember Hendry featuring in many ad campaigns or any others as football became bigger in 90's. I also heard Davis received 8 grand for signing autographs in Nutgrove SC, huge queue to meet him, I was there, in the mid 80's.

No way. Barry Hearns must have been cleaning up then?

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 1:20am

Joe_ Public wrote: »

The "italian stallion" Tony Meo!

We were laughing outside the strip joint trying to get in while Jimmy was inside. Think he fecked off to Castleconnel the next day.

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 1:25am

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Dunno, basically 4 weeks work a year, hard to see could be making fortunes through the media tbh. I'd imagine Davis invested well, though, with the help of hearn and could probably still command a few bags of sand per corporate engagement. A couple there like ebdon and ken I'd also suspect to have done quite well business wise, but couldn't put a figure on it.

4 weeks is only 2 tournaments. Surely there was more.

Strumms · 26-04-2021 1:26am

To know the net worth of someone you need to have an accurate knowledge of their income over time, investments and outgoings...

Nobody knows that. The article is just throwing numbers around.

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 1:35am

Strumms wrote: »

To know the net worth of someone you need to have an accurate knowledge of their income over time, investments and outgoings...

Nobody knows that. The article is just throwing numbers around.

I agree it is an idiot article.

Joe_ Public · 26-04-2021 1:49am

YFlyer wrote: »

4 weeks is only 2 tournaments. Surely there was more.

Loads of tournaments but the bbc only televises 3 which works out a bit over 4 weeks a year which is all Davis and Taylor do. So while the bbc is known to pay some hefty salaries, i still doubt you'll rack up significant sums off that workload.

There's no doubt davis in particular has earned pretty tasty sums. A good read is Gordon Burns seminal Pocket Money which gives good insight into the deals barry hearn was making in the 80s for some eyepopping sums. Though, like The Boomtown Rats, they never managed to break America which is where the big pots of gold lay.

The corporate money now is all in china where I'd bet ronnie could make a mint spending a month there a year, but how many players are that marketable? Very few. Now or even in the past. Taylor has lived off the 85 final for 35 years now and has surely made good money off it, but the figures quoted in that article just sound ludicrous to me anyway.

Joe_ Public · 26-04-2021 2:12am

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

And with the amount of former players now commentating, youd wonder how any of them make any money off of it,

There really is some amount of them alright between the three stations. I'd say it's decent enough money but whether you'd make a living entirely off it is another matter. For the likes of Ken and McManus who are working all the stations and commentating at every single tournament, i imagine they're doing alright out of it.

Tomaldo · 26-04-2021 2:36am

YFlyer wrote: »

No way. Barry Hearns must have been cleaning up then?

Yeah he was, he had 7 of the top players at the time in his Matchroom stable which didn't include Alex Higgins. They even had a top 20 hit with Snooker Loopy. Some time later cigarette companies were banned from sponsoring the tourneys and prize money diminished.

KungPao · 26-04-2021 2:37am

I’d have expected the Sheriff of Pottingham to be in the top ten at least. One of the greats.

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 7:48am

Tomaldo wrote: »

Yeah he was, he had 7 of the top players at the time in his Matchroom stable which didn't include Alex Higgins. They even had a top 20 hit with Snooker Loopy. Some time later cigarette companies were banned from sponsoring the tourneys and prize money diminished.

Wonder how much Jimmy Brown got for been sponsored by HP?

Tomaldo · 26-04-2021 8:05am

YFlyer wrote: »

Wonder how much Jimmy Brown got for been sponsored by HP?

I don't know but he was in some hair-growth product ad and it worked, he has a fine head of hair now but he was going bald in his twenties.

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 8:43am

Tomaldo wrote: »

I don't know but he was in some hair-growth product ad and it worked, he has a fine head of hair now but he was going bald in his twenties.

Haha didn't know that. More than likely Rooney style. If Willy Thorn hair grew back, Ibe impressed.

StevenToast · 26-04-2021 8:55am

What a bullsh*it list.......

Poor Willie Thorne died broke.

26-04-2021 8:58am

StevenToast wrote: »

What a bullsh*it list.......

Poor Willie Thorne died broke.

Just about to post, he was bankrupt and relying on friends for hand outs when he died

. https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/snooker/willie-thorne-bankruptcy-debt-details-22217113.amp

His family, though somewhat sceptical, will be glad to hear he was worth 10.3m dollars in January.

Tomaldo · 26-04-2021 9:01am

YFlyer wrote: »

Haha didn't know that. More than likely Rooney style. If Willy Thorn hair grew back, Ibe impressed.

Ah, poor Willie, he lost a lot gambling, maybe that caused his hair-loss, before leukaemia took him.

bradolf pittler · 26-04-2021 11:22am

Bullsh1t.
Heres a more accurate list. https://www.sportekz.com/list/richest-snooker-players/Although its based on career prize money only

YFlyer · 26-04-2021 11:39am

bradolf pittler wrote: »

Bullsh1t.
Heres a more accurate list. https://www.sportekz.com/list/richest-snooker-players/Although its based on career prize money only

That list looks more accurate.

Waccamacca3 · 03-05-2021 1:42am

spurshero wrote: »

I played a game of cards with doherty and Davis one night and If they mind the rest of there Money as well as they minded the 200 or so both had in front of them then there doing ok ! Weren’t too risk adverse like . Lucky enough to sit next to Davis for an hour he came across as a terribly nice guy . Very Normal and down to earth .

Davis is on the board of match room and is on the world snooker board as well so I'd imagine he certainly did invest well

YFlyer · 03-05-2021 3:22pm

Tomaldo wrote: »

Yeah he was, he had 7 of the top players at the time in his Matchroom stable which didn't include Alex Higgins. They even had a top 20 hit with Snooker Loopy. Some time later cigarette companies were banned from sponsoring the tourneys and prize money diminished.

Would have thought Chas and Dave got the record sales?

YFlyer · 03-05-2021 3:26pm

spurshero wrote: »

I played a game of cards with doherty and Davis one night and If they mind the rest of there Money as well as they minded the 200 or so both had in front of them then there doing ok ! Weren’t too risk adverse like . Lucky enough to sit next to Davis for an hour he came across as a terribly nice guy . Very Normal and down to earth .

Did you ask Steve if he knew Justin Edinburgh?

tipptom · 03-05-2021 4:08pm

YFlyer wrote: »

Did you ask Steve if he knew Justin Edinburgh?

Steve a Rushden and Diamonds fan?

YFlyer · 03-05-2021 4:18pm

tipptom wrote: »

Steve a Rushden and Diamonds fan?

Thought he was a Leyton Orient director through Matchroom.

YFlyer · 03-05-2021 4:23pm

tipptom wrote: »

Steve a Rushden and Diamonds fan?

Had to look up that name. He is Charlton as far as I know.

Was the last snooker player to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Surprise that Hendry or O'Sullivan haven't won it.

tipptom · 03-05-2021 4:44pm

YFlyer wrote: »

Had to look up that name. He is Charlton as far as I know.

Was the last snooker player to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Surprise that Hendry or O'Sullivan haven't won it.

Whats the reference to Justin Edinburgh?

YFlyer · 03-05-2021 4:56pm

tipptom wrote: »

Whats the reference to Justin Edinburgh?

Leyton Orient and Spurshero played Davis.

Joe_ Public · 03-05-2021 6:36pm

YFlyer wrote: »

Leyton Orient and Spurshero played Davis.

Was that in the Cockney Classic?

YFlyer · 03-05-2021 9:53pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Was that in the Cockney Classic?

Don't know.

Asdfgh2020 · 03-05-2021 11:37pm

Tomaldo wrote: »

Ah, poor Willie, he lost a lot gambling, maybe that caused his hair-loss, before leukaemia took him.

Willy Thorne or mr maximum wasn’t such a nice bloke if ya do A bit of research on him....he comes across as nice as mother Teresa/Niall Quinn in the media but there was a apparently ‘a darker side’ to him......!

spurshero · 03-05-2021 11:49pm

YFlyer wrote: »

Did you ask Steve if he knew Justin Edinburgh?

No I didn’t . Poor Justin went out like a light. Steve was a pure gent for the hour I was lucky enough to spend in his company . Wouldn’t say there’s a bad bone in him and enjoy his analysis always.

YFlyer · 04-05-2021 2:45am

spurshero wrote: »

No I didn’t . Poor Justin went out like a light. Steve was a pure gent for the hour I was lucky enough to spend in his company . Wouldn’t say there’s a bad bone in him and enjoy his analysis always.

Thanks SH.

Was sad about Justin.

Steve is interesting?

spurshero · 04-05-2021 12:00pm

YFlyer wrote: »

Thanks SH.

Was sad about Justin.

Steve is interesting?

Ya interesting . Probaly seemed a bit awkwardly shy if ya get me . I would say in general day to day He’s a quiet man personality type . But seemed very nice . Listen I was lucky enough to spend about an hour in his company I’m not claiming to know him or anything .

YFlyer · 04-05-2021 12:14pm

spurshero wrote: »

Ya interesting . Probaly seemed a bit awkwardly shy if ya get me . I would say in general day to day He’s a quiet man personality type . But seemed very nice . Listen I was lucky enough to spend about an hour in his company I’m not claiming to know him or anything .

Ok fair enough. Didn't get to know his jazz collection?

Tomaldo · 04-05-2021 5:48pm

YFlyer wrote: »

Would have thought Chas and Dave got the record sales?

you're probably correct, it is/was unusual to see snooker players on Top of the Pops, they're not One Direction but if Barry Hearn could do that he might have made more money than Brian Epstein or Simon Cowell.

Tomaldo · 04-05-2021 5:53pm

Asdfgh2020 wrote: »

Willy Thorne or mr maximum wasn’t such a nice bloke if ya do A bit of research on him....he comes across as nice as mother Teresa/Niall Quinn in the media but there was a apparently ‘a darker side’ to him......!

I tried but all I could see was that he borrowed money from people "he shouldn't have" and tributes from Lineker and The Rocket saying he was a lovely man.

Snooker Players Networth

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