Players are competing for Clive Everton Trophy this week at British Open
Clive Everton, who has died aged 87, was a snooker commentator during the golden era of the game in the 1980s, and became the BBC’s lead man in the 1990s after the retirement of “whispering” Ted Lowe. A talented player himself, he was one of the most influential people in the sport, not just via his television work but as a journalist through the medium of Snooker Scene magazine, which he ran and edited for half a century.
Clive Everton, who has died at the age of 87, was one of the most influential and important voices in snooker’s extraordinary transformation into the sporting mainstream.
Wilson is furious at consistently being demoted from the main TV table at tournaments despite his status as world champion