GOOD OLD BAIZE How snooker turned working class lads into coke-snorting playboys in the 80s
FOR decades, football fired youngsters’ imaginations by turning working-class lads into millionaire superstars. But in the Eighties it was eclipsed by, of all things, snooker. Ramped-up TV coverage made it a dream ticket to fame and fortune, while footie was marred by hooliganism.