Bill was a good friend of mine, we played together a lot and I would often accompany him and his manager Robert Mans to tournaments.
Bill was a fantastic player but unfortunately he was his own worst enemy. He had a tremor in the shoulder of his cue arm and to calm it he would drink about 5 pints of larger before playing, (He called it "Getting in stroke") and one pint per frame thereafter.
The tremor was real, but it was still there after endless largers so I think the drinking hindered more than it helped. Especially as he would often demonstrate shots for us when he was stone cold sober and cue them beautifully, tremor not withstanding.
Bill lived alone in a converted bus behind a car Dealership in Worksop. He liked to cook and would often invite me round to have a bite to eat and watch sports on telly.
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