Template:Did you know nominations/Patsy Fagan

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 12:58, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Patsy Fagan

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... that Patsy Fagan won the 1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup despite being the only player in the competition not to have been a World Snooker Champion?Source: "Fagan takes on three world champions". The Times (London) 21 December 1977. p. 8 / Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. pp. 58–59
- ALT1:... that after early professional success as a snooker player Patsy Fagan developed a psychological block when using the rest and never won another major tournament? ? Source: Karnhem, Jack (1982). World Snooker with Jack Karnehm No. 2. pp. 84–85 / Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. pp. 404–405

Reviewed: The Silver Tongued Devil and I

Improved to Good Article status by BennyOnTheLoose (talk). Self-nominated at 19:03, 29 May 2020 (UTC).

Date/size, copyvio spotcheck, neutrality, hooks, QPQ, all fine. This is GTG. I have no hook preference and leave it to the closing admin to chose the more interesting one. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
If can offer an uninvolved opinion as a snooker enthusiast, I think the alt is much more interesting. I can’t think of another snooker player who had such problems with the rest. P-K3 (talk) 12:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)