From
Nuneaton, he started playing snooker at the age of five years-old. He turned professional ahead of the 1988-1989 season having finished fourth in the pro-ticket series and winning a play-off 10-4 against David Greaves. At the 1990 Benson & Hedges Satellite Championships, Price became only the third player to compile three consecutive century breaks in professional competition, when making contributions of 139, 137, 100 in beating former World number 2
Tony Knowles 5–4. Along with 1997, he also qualified for the World Championships in
1992 and
1996, reaching the second round in 1992 by beating
Dennis Taylor 10–6 in the first round before losing in the second round, 10–13, to
Alan McManus. In 1996, he lost to McManus again in the first round, 8–10. He peaked at #17 in the world rankings Price's best performance at a ranking event came at the
1993 European Open, where he beat
Dave Harold,
Willie Thorne,
Joe Johnson and
Mark Johnston-Allen to reach the semi-finals, where he lost 3–6 against reigning World Champion
Stephen Hendry. He retired from Snooker in 2004. ==Personal life==