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	==Early professional success==		==Early professional success==
	Regarded as "one of the most exciting players of the mid-seventies",<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|39–40}} and "one of the men most likely to succeed when he turned professional",<ref name="KARNEHM2">{{cite book \|last=Karnehm \|first=Jack \|date=1982 \|title=World snooker No. 2 \|publisher=Pelham \|isbn=0-7207-1398-6 \|page=84}}</ref> Fagan turned professional in October 1976.<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=How they line up – snooker special 3 \|work=Sports Argus \|page=45 \|date=20 October 1979 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 25 March 2020.}}</ref> He made his first [[maximum break]] on 15 January 1977, his 26th birthday, against [[Dave Gilbert (snooker player born 1961)\|Dave Gilbert]] at the Clapton Bus Garage Social Club.<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|39–40}} At the [[1977 World Snooker Championship]], he beat [[Jim Meadowcroft]] 11–9 in qualifying and then lost 7–13 to defending champion [[Ray Reardon]] in the last 16,<ref name="87HALE" />{{rp\|58–59}}<ref>{{cite web \|url=~~http~~://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2935559.stm \|title=World Championship facts and figures \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date=11 April 2003 \|work=BBC Sport \|access-date=21 March 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009175633/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2935559.stm \|archive-date=9 October 2007 \|url-status=live }}</ref> having finished the first session of the match level at 4–4 and the second 7–10 behind.<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=untitled article \|work=Birmingham Daily Post \|page=13 \|date=19 April 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Corbett \|first=Ted \|title=Easy for Reardon \|work=Daily Mirror \|page=29 \|date=19 April 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref> Reardon then won all three {{cuegloss\|frame\|frames}} in the final session, taking the last two of them on the black.<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Reardon in quarter-final \|work=The Belfast Telegraph \|page=24 \|date=20 April 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref> The matches between Fagan and Reardon, and between [[Fred Davis (snooker player)\|Fred Davis]] and [[John Pulman]], were the first to be held at the [[Crucible Theatre]],<ref name="CRUG">{{cite book \|last=Nunns \|first=Hector \|date=2017 \|title=The Crucible's Greatest matches: Forty Years of Snooker's World Championship in Sheffield (Preview) \|url=https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/sites/default/files/associated_downloads/The%20Crucible%27s%20Greatest%20Matches%20sample.pdf \|publisher=Pitch \|page=27 \|isbn=9781785312847}}</ref> which as of 2022 had remained as the venue for the [[World Snooker Championship]] for 45 years.<ref name="WST2022">{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Selby And Yan Play Crucible’s Longest Frame \|url=https://wst.tv/selby-and-yan-play-crucibles-longest-frame/ \|work=BBC Sport \|date=23 April 2022 \|access-date=31 Oct 2022 \|archive-date=24 March 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324013121/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/51964887 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		Regarded as "one of the most exciting players of the mid-seventies",<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|39–40}} and "one of the men most likely to succeed when he turned professional",<ref name="KARNEHM2">{{cite book \|last=Karnehm \|first=Jack \|date=1982 \|title=World snooker No. 2 \|publisher=Pelham \|isbn=0-7207-1398-6 \|page=84}}</ref> Fagan turned professional in October 1976.<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=How they line up – snooker special 3 \|work=Sports Argus \|page=45 \|date=20 October 1979 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 25 March 2020.}}</ref> He made his first [[maximum break]] on 15 January 1977, his 26th birthday, against [[Dave Gilbert (snooker player born 1961)\|Dave Gilbert]] at the Clapton Bus Garage Social Club.<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|39–40}} At the [[1977 World Snooker Championship]], he beat [[Jim Meadowcroft]] 11–9 in qualifying and then lost 7–13 to defending champion [[Ray Reardon]] in the last 16,<ref name="87HALE" />{{rp\|58–59}}<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2935559.stm \|title=World Championship facts and figures \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date=11 April 2003 \|work=BBC Sport \|access-date=21 March 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009175633/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2935559.stm \|archive-date=9 October 2007 \|url-status=live }}</ref> having finished the first session of the match level at 4–4 and the second 7–10 behind.<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=untitled article \|work=Birmingham Daily Post \|page=13 \|date=19 April 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Corbett \|first=Ted \|title=Easy for Reardon \|work=Daily Mirror \|page=29 \|date=19 April 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref> Reardon then won all three {{cuegloss\|frame\|frames}} in the final session, taking the last two of them on the black.<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Reardon in quarter-final \|work=The Belfast Telegraph \|page=24 \|date=20 April 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref> The matches between Fagan and Reardon, and between [[Fred Davis (snooker player)\|Fred Davis]] and [[John Pulman]], were the first to be held at the [[Crucible Theatre]],<ref name="CRUG">{{cite book \|last=Nunns \|first=Hector \|date=2017 \|title=The Crucible's Greatest matches: Forty Years of Snooker's World Championship in Sheffield (Preview) \|url=https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/sites/default/files/associated_downloads/The%20Crucible%27s%20Greatest%20Matches%20sample.pdf \|publisher=Pitch \|page=27 \|isbn=9781785312847}}</ref> which as of 2022 had remained as the venue for the [[World Snooker Championship]] for 45 years.<ref name="WST2022">{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Selby And Yan Play Crucible’s Longest Frame \|url=https://wst.tv/selby-and-yan-play-crucibles-longest-frame/ \|work=BBC Sport \|date=23 April 2022 \|access-date=31 Oct 2022 \|archive-date=24 March 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324013121/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/51964887 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	At the [[UK Championship]] in [[1977 UK Championship\|1977]], which at the time was a non-ranking event open only to UK passport holders,<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|143–144}} Fagan beat [[Jackie Rea]] 5–1 in the first round, and [[Fred Davis (snooker player)\|Fred Davis]] 5–0 in the second round. He won in the deciding frame in each of the next two rounds, 5–4 against Jim Meadowcroft in the quarter-finals and 9–8 against [[John Virgo]] in the semi-finals, to reach the final against another player in his first year as a professional, [[Doug Mountjoy]].<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|39–40}}<ref name="CUESPORT" /> The two finalists shared the first four frames but Fagan won the next four to take a 6–2 lead, after which Mountjoy also won four frames in a row to level the match at 6–6. Fagan then took the next two frames to lead 8–6,<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Patsy turns on style \|work=The Belfast Telegraph \|page=16 \|date=3 December 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref> eventually winning the match 12–9.<ref name="87HALE" />{{rp\|58–59}}		At the [[UK Championship]] in [[1977 UK Championship\|1977]], which at the time was a non-ranking event open only to UK passport holders,<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|143–144}} Fagan beat [[Jackie Rea]] 5–1 in the first round, and [[Fred Davis (snooker player)\|Fred Davis]] 5–0 in the second round. He won in the deciding frame in each of the next two rounds, 5–4 against Jim Meadowcroft in the quarter-finals and 9–8 against [[John Virgo]] in the semi-finals, to reach the final against another player in his first year as a professional, [[Doug Mountjoy]].<ref name="HAMLYN" />{{rp\|39–40}}<ref name="CUESPORT" /> The two finalists shared the first four frames but Fagan won the next four to take a 6–2 lead, after which Mountjoy also won four frames in a row to level the match at 6–6. Fagan then took the next two frames to lead 8–6,<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Patsy turns on style \|work=The Belfast Telegraph \|page=16 \|date=3 December 1977 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]. Retrieved 22 March 2020.}}</ref> eventually winning the match 12–9.<ref name="87HALE" />{{rp\|58–59}}
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	==Career finals==		==Career finals==
	===Non-ranking finals: 6 (3 titles)===		===Non-ranking finals: 6 (3 titles)===
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imported>Kind Tennis Fan: The content "Fagan lost in his first match, 6–10 to Steve Davis. This was the last time he reached as far as the quarter-final of a major tournament" doesn't make sense to me. Fagan lost in the first round of the 1980 World Snooker Championship, therefore not reaching the quarter-final of this tournament.

2025-04-11T23:17:38Z

The content "Fagan lost in his first match, 6–10 to Steve Davis. This was the last time he reached as far as the quarter-final of a major tournament" doesn't make sense to me. Fagan lost in the first round of the 1980 World Snooker Championship, therefore not reaching the quarter-final of this tournament.

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