John Virgo has called his sole trip to the UK Championship final both the "best and worst day" of his life (Image: VCG, Visual China Group via Getty Images)

Former UK Championship winner John Virgo famously described his only major triumph as simultaneously "the best and worst day" of his life. The former world No. 10 was at the peak of his powers when he narrowly defeated Terry Griffiths to claim the UK crown in 1979, although he very nearly forfeited the match entirely.

Griffiths, a snooker legend and the reigning world champion at the time, demonstrated his sportsmanship by offering to share the prize money despite holding an advantage following Virgo's two-frame penalty. The predicament Virgo found himself in had nothing to do with his ability on the table, but rather his timekee

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