1977 Pot Black

1977 Pot Black

Tournament information
Dates	Recorded late December 1976 (broadcast 7 January – 22 April 1977 (1977-01-07 – 1977-04-22))
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£1000
Highest break	Perrie Mans (59)
Final
Champion	Perrie Mans
Runner-up	Doug Mountjoy
Score	90–21
← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and this year, the tournament expanded from 8 to 12 players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Friday 7 January 1977 ^[1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

With 12 players now competing in this series, The round robin format has now become 4 groups of 3 players. The two debutants Perrie Mans and Doug Mountjoy faced each other in the final which Mans won 90–21. ^{[2] [3]}

Main draw

The draw for the group stages was done by Denis Howell, the Minister of Sport and shown before the first match.

Group 1

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Eddie Charlton	1–0	Rex Williams	7 January 1977
Cliff Thorburn	1–0	Rex Williams	4 February 1977
Eddie Charlton	0–1	Cliff Thorburn	4 March 1977

Group 2

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
John Spencer	0–1	Doug Mountjoy	14 January 1977
Doug Mountjoy	1–0	John Pulman	11 February 1977
John Spencer	0–1	John Pulman	11 March 1977

Group 3

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Fred Davis	1–0	Ray Reardon	21 January 1977
Perrie Mans	1–0	Fred Davis	18 February 1977
Ray Reardon	0–1	Perrie Mans	18 March 1977

Group 4

Player 1	Score	Player 2	Broadcast Date
Graham Miles	1–0	Dennis Taylor	28 January 1977
Willie Thorne	1–0	Dennis Taylor	25 February 1977
Graham Miles	0–1	Willie Thorne	25 March 1977

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals (1 and 8 April 1977)					Final (22 April 1977)
	Cliff Thorburn		0
	Doug Mountjoy		1
						Doug Mountjoy		0
						Perrie Mans		1
	Perrie Mans		1
	Willie Thorne		0			3rd place Play-off (15 April 1977)
						Cliff Thorburn		1
						Willie Thorne		0

References

1. "BBC Television – 7 January 1977 – Pot Black". BBC Genome Project . BBC . Retrieved 24 February 2017.
2. "BBC Television – 29 April 1977 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition". BBC Genome Project . BBC . Retrieved 24 February 2017.
3. "CueTracker - 1977 Pot Black - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".