World snooker Championship

Murphy has clashed with Stephen Maguire, another of the 2000 Young Players of Distinction, on several occasions. At the start of their 2004 Grand Prix match, there was an incident that resulted in Maguire being docked the opening frame. After they had shaken hands at the outset of the first frame, Maguire asked referee Johan Oomen for permission to leave the arena and retrieve his chalk, which he had forgotten. While Maguire was away, the referee and Murphy spoke before tournament director Mike Ganley arrived on the scene and docked Maguire a frame for technically not being ready to start at the scheduled time, which angered and surprised Maguire. Murphy refutes that the docking of the frame was down to him speaking to the referee. Maguire won the match 5–2 and later commented: "Rules are rules but I've never heard of anything like that happening before".[174]

Further incidents came in subsequent years. During the 2006 World Championship, Maguire said "I don't want to be a fat world champion", a reference to Murphy.[175] After beating Murphy in the 2007 Welsh Open, Maguire said of the chalk incident, "That put the icing on the cake, but we've always had a rivalry. I dislike him and I think he dislikes me. I try hard to beat everyone, but it would have hurt more if I'd lost to him."[176] Murphy currently leads the head-to-head 12–10.[177]

Murphy has been outspoken about several other of his rivals, criticising them for having too many toilet breaks and complaining about table conditions among other things.[97][178] Murphy also makes collective criticisms of his fellow professionals for not attending events and has branded other players' concerns over prize money as a joke.[179][180] Murphy's harshest criticism has been reserved for Ronnie O'Sullivan. Murphy highlights what he perceives to be O'Sullivan's lack of professionalism.[181][182]
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What I got from Wikipedia. Who knows what happened regarding the Maguire incident, but a lot of the rest is his opinion which you either agree with or not.
 
Moothead2 said:
What I got from Wikipedia. Who knows what happened regarding the Maguire incident, but a lot of the rest is his opinion which you either agree with or not.
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Maguire's just a moany sod anyway. Throws a hissy fit when things don't go his way. Rules are rules, I've lost (pool) matches for leaving my chalk on the table, can't argue because it's in the rulebook that if you do then you forfeit that frame as it's a hinderance to your opponent. He does what's best for the game, people moaned for years about getting kicks so he actually did something with the WPBSA and developed a spray to combat it, still in the works.
 
Amazing tournament and fantastic result tonight. Have never wanted anyone to win so much.

Have been watching snooker for a few years and this tournament was the best I've seen.
 
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