Controversy of the Year: Mark Allen's rants
Off the baize, Allen was just as entertaining as he was on it, with him seemingly intent on taking on O'Sullivan for the most column inches outside of the actual snooker matches themselves.
News firstly grew of the rising tension between Allen and Stuart Bingham, who he accused of having no bottle after losing at the Crucible and revealing a serious rivalry between the pair. It backfired on Allen, though, as a fired-up Bingham beat him in a grudge match at the Australian Goldfields Open before going on to claim his first ranking event.
Allen then aimed his fury at Barry Hearn at the UK Championships. After the snooker chief had slightly shortened the early-round matches, a furious Allen called for him to resign for breaking a promise not to tinker with snooker's biggest events.
Some ill-placed swearing got Allen in trouble, and he later appeared at a press conference with tape over his mouth, but he refused to go back on his statement that: "The players don't really matter, so **** the players."
Allen faces a disrepute charge for swearing and his comments against Hearn. - htp://www.sportinglife.com
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