How Ronnie O’Sullivan made the ‘world sit up and take notice’ by winning UK Championship aged 17 in 1993

Want to feel old? We are now as far away from Ronnie O’Sullivan winning his first UK Championship title as that final was from the JFK assassination.

Thirty years have fallen away in a blizzard of pots, breaks, titles, controversies, soundbites and sublime moments enshrined forever in snooker folklore.

Where were you when O’Sullivan became the youngest winner of a ranking event?

He went into the 1993 UK Championship as a 17-year-old playing in only his second season on tour. He had made a…