00:00 [Sounds of crowd]
00:11 It's wonderful, yeah, I think you should never leave Sheffield at all.
00:14 It's a fantastic place to come and watch snooker.
00:18 Absolutely amazing.
00:20 I'm seeing Ken Doherty today.
00:21 I went to watch the qualifiers at the English Institute of Sport last week.
00:27 Tickets there, that was fantastic.
00:29 And the standard is far better than ever it used to be as well, I think, from previous years.
00:36 In the last few years, anyway, I think the standard is so, so close.
00:40 So all of the players have got a chance of winning it.
00:44 [Sounds of crowd]
00:51 So, we're both local to Sheffield, but this guy here is actually Iranian.
00:56 So we were just walking through the city centre and we noticed that the Iranian player was on at the moment.
01:02 So we decided to stop and watch.
01:03 Yeah, exactly.
01:04 It's a nice game where I enjoy watching game play and the players are also so good.
01:09 So, it's a pleasure, yeah.
01:11 [Sounds of crowd]
01:23 And he definitely should stay in Sheffield.
01:26 Definitely should stay in Sheffield, yeah.
01:28 Yeah, it's the home of Will Snooker.
01:31 I don't know enough about the idea of building a larger venue.
01:36 I'm obviously a very keen snooker fan and I feel that the space may not be big enough.
01:43 You know, there's been talk this week of potentially knocking down the Crucible completely to improve the facilities.
01:49 Ronnie's not very keen with the facilities.
01:51 He thinks that Sheffield and the Crucible generally are difficult to get in and out of, I've heard.
01:57 I think there's mixed opinions on, but I mean, the iconic nature of another three years and 50 years of the Crucible
02:05 will put the money men under great pressure.
02:10 But money talks, doesn't it, of course.
02:12 Ronnie's coming towards the end of his career.
02:14 He knows Will number one.
02:16 The idea you asked me about, about building the other one, I don't know the ins and outs of where that money's going to come.
02:25 I guess Sheffield City Council won't be able to raise that sort of money to be able to build.
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