Tommy Martin: History may judge snooker loopy protestors kindly

I almost wish I cared enough about something that I would glue myself to a snooker table for it.

SNOOKER LOOPY: A Just Stop Oil protester jumps on the table and throws orange powder during the match between Robert Milkins against Joe Perry during day three of the Cazoo World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Picture date: Monday April 17, 2023.

It’s welcome news for the dear old game of snooker that it is still considered high profile enough to be disrupted by militant protest movements.

This is an activity many feared was heading towards the obscurity of other popular late-twentieth century TV spectacles, like indoor bowls and Blankety Blank. Instead, the targeting of Monday evening’s World Championship matches by activists from Just Stop Oil generated the most notorious Crucible-related atrocity since ‘Snooker Loopy’ by Chas & Dave topped the charts in 1986.