Towards the end of 1978 Reardon beat Patsy Fagan 6-1 and Alex Higgins 11-9 in a high quality final to win the one-off 'Champion of Champions' event sponsored by the Daily Mirror and held at the Wembley Conference Centre [REF].
1979 saw Reardon regain his Pot Black title by defeating Doug Mountjoy 2-1 in the final.