On day of snooker legend Terry Griffiths’ funeral, son Wayne talks, love, loss and Liverpool

The oldest son of former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths said cues and potting balls had not been the only sport connecting him with his late father when he was growing up in Wales.

Wayne Griffiths said football had given him some of his most treasured memories of time spent with the former world No 3, who died earlier this month at the age of 77, after a lengthy battle with dementia.

Terry’s family will say their final goodbyes at his funeral in Llanelli on Monday, where his passion for Liverpool is likely to be just as much a topic of conversation as his passion for the game that made him famous.

Memories of green table tops will feature heavily, of course, but for Wayne Griffiths, it was those moments on grass involving his playing days with semi-professional side Porth Tywyn Suburbs, and trips to Anfield that came to mind most freely when asked to talk about his memories.

“I played football quite often, seriously in my late teens in Wales,” Wayne Griffiths said. “It was nowhere near being on television, but sort of semi-professional level all over Wales and football was my passion then.

“Dad would follow me around, he was heavily involved in the club and would sit in the dugout,” he said. “He loved to watch me and my brother [Darren] play sports.