Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy have one of snooker’s longest-ever feuds.
20 years ago, Maguire and Murphy met at the Grand Prix but there was controversy ahead of their match.
He said: “People still think that I had him docked a frame for forgetting his chalk, which isn’t the case. The tournament director docked him a frame for forgetting his chalk, because he forced the match to start late.“It wasn’t the referee, it wasn’t me, it wasn’t anyone else. People saw me and the referee talking and assumed I had him docked a frame. I perhaps should have sat in my chair and said nothing, I was guilty of talking to the referee.
“There are more cameras and microphones around so it would have been much clearer what I actually did say and we wouldn’t have had this non-issue for 20 years. It’s always brought up, he hasn’t forgotten his chalk since and he will probably have it when we play as well.”Reflecting on their careers, Murphy said: “We’ve been putting on good shows since we were 10 years of age. He was Scottish number one, I was English number one and we’ve been knocking hell out of each other for a long, long time.
“Ronnie O’Sullivan tipped him to go on and dominate the game when he played here many moons ago and that hasn’t happened. On his day he will beat and demolish everybody, not just beat them but trounce them into the ground in any tournament.
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