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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=1977 [[Crystalate Manufacturing Company|Super Crystalate]] [[UK Championship]]
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1977|11|26|1977|12|3|df=y}}
|venue=[[Blackpool Tower#Tower Circus|Tower Circus]]
|location=[[Blackpool]]
|country=England
|organisation=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]]
|format=Non-[[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] event
|Total prize fund=[[Pound sterling|£]]7,000
|winners_share=£2,000
|highest_break={{flagathlete|[[Alex Higgins]]|NIR}} (129)
|winner={{flagathlete|[[Patsy Fagan]]|IRL}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|[[Doug Mountjoy]]|WAL}}
|score=12–9
|previous=
|next=[[1978 UK Championship|1978]]}}

The '''1977 UK Championship''' (officially the '''1977 Super Crystalate UK Championship''') was a professional non-[[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] [[snooker]] tournament that took place at the [[Blackpool Tower#Tower Circus|Tower Circus]] in [[Blackpool]] between 26&nbsp;November and 3&nbsp;December 1977.

[[Mike Watterson]] instituted this new championship with sponsorship from manufacturers of the [[Crystalate Manufacturing Company|Super Crystalate]] balls.<ref name="cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk">{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=UK Championship|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html|archive-date=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|access-date=30 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="GUINNESS">{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1985 |title=Guinness Snooker - The Records|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |page=60 |isbn=0851124488 }}</ref> The inaugural [[UK Championship]] was held in Blackpool, but the [[1978 UK Championship|following year]] the tournament moved to the [[Preston Guild Hall|Guild Hall]] in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], where it remained for twenty years.<ref name="cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk"/>

The event was won by [[Patsy Fagan]], a London-based Dubliner, who had been a professional for less than a year.<ref name="cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk"/><ref name="GUINNESS" /> The final was televised and shown on [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' programme.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Saturday TV |work=The Times (London) |page=10 |date=3 December 1977 |via=The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 24 November 2019.}}</ref> Retired English snooker player [[Joe Davis]] presented Fagan with the trophy.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=1977 UK Championships Final Patsy Fagan vs Doug Mountjoy rare snooker video  |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_Gvi4Ti0E |access-date=24 November 2019 |minutes=18 }}</ref>

Fagan earned £2,000 out of the £7,000 total prize money.<ref name="GUINNESS" />

==Main draw==
<ref>{{cite web|title=1977 UK Championship Results|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=129|publisher=Snooker Database|access-date=13 October 2010|archive-date=29 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929093339/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=129|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1977 UK Championship Results Grid|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=129|publisher=Snooker Database|access-date=30 November 2010|archive-date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007102543/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=129|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UK Championship|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archive-date=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|access-date=17 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="Global Snooker Centre">{{cite web|title=1977 UK Championship|url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/77UK.htm|publisher=Global Snooker Centre|access-date=21 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901190546/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/77UK.htm|archive-date=1 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="GUINNESS" />
{{24TeamBracket
|  team-width=200
|RD1=Last 24<br/>Best of 9 frames
|RD2=Last 16<br/>Best of 9 frames
|RD3=Quarter-finals<br/>Best of 9 frames
|RD4=Semi-finals<br/>Best of 17 frames
|RD5=Final<br/>Best of 23 frames
|RD1-seed01=10
|RD1-team01='''{{flagathlete|[[Doug Mountjoy]]|WAL}}'''
|RD1-score01='''5'''
|RD1-seed02=
|RD1-team02={{flagathlete|[[Roy Andrewartha]]|WAL}}
|RD1-score02=2
|RD1-seed03=15
|RD1-team03='''{{flagathlete|[[Willie Thorne]]|ENG}}'''
|RD1-score03='''5'''
|RD1-seed04=
|RD1-team04={{flagathlete|[[Bernard Bennett]]|ENG}}
|RD1-score04=4
|RD1-seed05=12
|RD1-team05='''{{flagathlete|[[John Dunning (snooker player)|John Dunning]]|ENG}}'''
|RD1-score05='''5'''
|RD1-seed06=
|RD1-team06={{flagathlete|[[Maurice Parkin]]|ENG}}
|RD1-score06=4
|RD1-seed07=9
|RD1-team07='''{{flagathlete|[[David Taylor (snooker player)|David Taylor]]|ENG}}'''
|RD1-score07='''5'''
|RD1-seed08=
|RD1-team08={{flagathlete|[[David Greaves]]|ENG}}
|RD1-score08=4
|RD1-seed09=13
|RD1-team09='''{{flagathlete|[[John Virgo]]|ENG}}'''
|RD1-score09='''w/o'''
|RD1-seed10=
|RD1-team10={{flagathlete|[[John Barrie (snooker player)|John Barrie]]|ENG}}
|RD1-score10=w/d
|RD1-seed11=16
|RD1-team11={{flagathlete|[[Jack Karnehm]]|ENG}}
|RD1-score11=4
|RD1-seed12=
|RD1-team12='''{{flagathlete|[[Chris Ross (snooker player)|Chris Ross]]|SCO}}'''
|RD1-score12='''5'''
|RD1-seed13=14
|RD1-team13='''{{flagathlete|[[Patsy Fagan]]|IRL}}'''
|RD1-score13='''5'''
|RD1-seed14=
|RD1-team14={{flagathlete|[[Jackie Rea]]|NIR}}
|RD1-score14=1
|RD1-seed15=11
|RD1-team15='''{{flagathlete|[[Jim Meadowcroft]]|ENG}}'''
|RD1-score15='''5'''
|RD1-seed16=
|RD1-team16={{flagathlete|[[Pat Houlihan]]|ENG}}
|RD1-score16=4
|RD2-seed01=1
|RD2-team01={{flagathlete|[[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]]|ENG}}
|RD2-score01=3
|RD2-seed02=10
|RD2-team02={{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Doug Mountjoy]]'''
|RD2-score02='''5'''
|RD2-seed03=8
|RD2-team03={{flagathlete|[[Rex Williams]]|ENG}}
|RD2-score03=4
|RD2-seed04=15
|RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Willie Thorne]]'''
|RD2-score04='''5'''
|RD2-seed05=5
|RD2-team05={{flagathlete|[[John Pulman]]|ENG}}
|RD2-score05=w/d
|RD2-seed06=12
|RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[John Dunning (snooker player)|John Dunning]]'''
|RD2-score06='''w/o'''
|RD2-seed07=4
|RD2-team07='''{{flagathlete|[[Alex Higgins]]|NIR}}'''
|RD2-score07='''5'''
|RD2-seed08=9
|RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Taylor (snooker player)|David Taylor]]
|RD2-score08=4
|RD2-seed09=3
|RD2-team09={{flagathlete|[[Dennis Taylor]]|NIR}}
|RD2-score09=2
|RD2-seed10=13
|RD2-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[John Virgo]]'''
|RD2-score10='''5'''
|RD2-seed11=6
|RD2-team11='''{{flagathlete|[[Graham Miles]]|ENG}}'''
|RD2-score11='''5'''
|RD2-seed12=
|RD2-team12={{flagicon|SCO}} [[Chris Ross (snooker player)|Chris Ross]]
|RD2-score12=1
|RD2-seed13=7
|RD2-team13={{flagathlete|[[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]]|ENG}}
|RD2-score13=0
|RD2-seed14=14
|RD2-team14={{flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Patsy Fagan]]'''
|RD2-score14='''5'''
|RD2-seed15=2
|RD2-team15={{flagathlete|[[Ray Reardon]]|WAL}}
|RD2-score15=4
|RD2-seed16=11
|RD2-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Jim Meadowcroft]]'''
|RD2-score16='''5'''
|RD3-seed01=10
|RD3-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Doug Mountjoy]]'''
|RD3-score01='''5'''
|RD3-seed02=15
|RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Willie Thorne]]
|RD3-score02=4
|RD3-seed03=12
|RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Dunning (snooker player)|John Dunning]]
|RD3-score03=0
|RD3-seed04=4
|RD3-team04={{flagicon|NIR}} '''[[Alex Higgins]]'''
|RD3-score04='''5'''
|RD3-seed05=13
|RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[John Virgo]]'''
|RD3-score05='''5'''
|RD3-seed06=6
|RD3-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Graham Miles]]
|RD3-score06=2
|RD3-seed07=14
|RD3-team07={{flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Patsy Fagan]]'''
|RD3-score07='''5'''
|RD3-seed08=11
|RD3-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jim Meadowcroft]]
|RD3-score08=4
|RD4-seed01=10
|RD4-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Doug Mountjoy]]'''
|RD4-score01='''9'''
|RD4-seed02=4
|RD4-team02={{flagicon|NIR}} [[Alex Higgins]]
|RD4-score02=2
|RD4-seed03=13
|RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Virgo]]
|RD4-score03=8
|RD4-seed04=14
|RD4-team04={{flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Patsy Fagan]]'''
|RD4-score04='''9'''
|RD5-seed01=10
|RD5-team01={{flagicon|WAL}} [[Doug Mountjoy]]
|RD5-score01=9
|RD5-seed02=14
|RD5-team02={{flagicon|IRL}} '''[[Patsy Fagan]]'''
|RD5-score02='''12'''
}}

==Final==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | '''Final:''' Best of 23 frames. Referee: [[John Williams (snooker referee)|John Williams]]<br />Tower Circus, [[Blackpool]], [[England]], 2 and 3 December 1977.
|-
| width="250" align="right" | '''[[Patsy Fagan]]'''<br />{{IRL}}
| width="100" align="center" | '''12'''–9
| width="250" | [[Doug Mountjoy]]<br />{{WAL}}
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | ''First session:'' '''57'''–21, 34–'''81''', '''48'''–47, 48–'''57''', 40–'''68''', '''45'''–13, '''68'''–31 (53), '''64'''–57<br />''Second session:'' '''64'''–43 (57), 48–'''73''', 52–'''79''' (Fagan 52, Mountjoy 51), 38–'''73''', 41–'''70''', '''98'''–0 ('''68'''), '''58'''–57<br />''Third session:'' 37–'''87''', 34–'''72''', '''75'''–16 (53), '''73'''–55 (52), '''47'''–39, '''80'''–28 (63)
|-
| align="right" | '''68'''
| align="center" | Highest break
| 51
|-
| align="right" | ''0''
| align="center" | Century breaks
| ''0''
|-
| align="right" | '''7'''
| align="center" | 50+ breaks
| 1
|}

==Century breaks==

* 129 {{ndash}} [[Alex Higgins]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{UK Championship}}
{{Snooker season 1977/1978}}

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