Jimmy White, a renowned snooker player, often found himself in hot water due to his wild off-table antics. His manager, Harvey Lisberg, would be left to deal with the fallout, such as the time when White disappeared at a holiday park, leaving his wife Maureen stranded with their baby and bills to pay. Frantic, Maureen contacted Lisberg for help, and after numerous calls, White was finally tracked down to a disheveled room at Pontins holiday park in Prestatyn, North Wales.
Lisberg admitted that White’s behavior was putting a strain on his marriage and revealed that the holiday camp incident was just one of many in a long string of chaotic events involving White. The snooker culture and lifestyle of the time only exacerbated White’s penchant for heavy drinking and partying, leading to constant conflicts between him and Maureen. Lisberg recounted the numerous times he had to rescue White from his own self-inflicted troubles.
These revelations shed light on the tumultuous personal life of a snooker superstar, whose wild behavior often overshadowed his skill on the table. Despite the chaos, White’s legacy in the snooker world remains undeniable, as indicated by interviews with various snooker personalities and insiders in a documentary about the World Championship.
