Alex Higgins
 

did any see the morning programme today with alex in it?
he looked so frail and dainty, i was really shocked, he is not the man he used to be, he's only 58! but it wasnt until i heard that he had throat cancer in 98 and it nearly killed him!:(
must have been all the booze and fags he had that had caught up with him! not to mention the temper he had and the women!
but he was a good player and was enjoyable to watch even though snooker can be v.boring!:rolleyes: what i can remember anyhow!http://www.itv-thismorning.co.uk/Ima...cle/1/2308.jpg

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Another sad case of someone who was brilliant at his game,but succumbed to the drink & women which eventually saw his fall from grace(a la Best,Gasgoine & Flintoff,if he's not careful).Every interview i saw with Higgins he always seemed off his face,though he played brilliantly.I believe he played a few times around these parts & could be a bit of a pig if he desired.Ah well,how the mighty have fallen.

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Yes i would agree with what you say he was a good snooker player in is days but now its hard to beleave it him

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yes i saw it as well and i could not beleave it was him with the way he looked

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You cant with honesty put the man in the same cat as Best, Gascoine or Flintoff (Whats wrong with Freddy anyway?)
This man left a trail of sadness and debt in Blackburn and was a complete waister.

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i,ll second that as he used to live with me n me mate, but you cannot take away the talent he had, the best i ever saw on his day.

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Played him a few times up the Elite, well not really, I just fagged the balls out for him. In his prime he was brilliant, seen him make 147 without thinking. But, unfortunately he had no class. Still, sad to see him like that today.

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Freddys taste for the booze seems to have undermined his performances of late,and if he carries on,without some kind of self dicipline,i can see him going down the same road as Best,Gazza & Higgins.Another great talent sadly wasted.Though i do hope i'm proved wrong.

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Here's a picture of Higgins from today's Daily Mail:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...73_468x788.jpg

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Anyone know the bookies odds on him winning at the Crucible next year?

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Slim to none Tealeaf,
Like him or loath him, that picture shows the ravishes of illness, saw him on TV not to long ago but he has worsened big time since then

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I saw him win The World Championship at the Selly Oak British Legion in 1972 against John Spencer, Higgins was brilliant but not half as nice a chap as Spencer

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Not nice to see anyone like that, even if he was n arsehole.

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John Spencer a nice chap:eek: one of the most arrogant people I've ever had the misfortune to meet, in comparison his Brother Bob was a real gent, owned a huge Pool Hall in Swinton, spent many a happy hour their with Bob and his wife

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:eek::eek::eek: hell fire! He looks very ill and old. He was brilliant in his time. I used to love watching him whizz round the table.
I always remember him sniffing, twitching and rushing. Was he on something besides booze?

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was when lived we me n me mate, liked a bit of waccy baccy.:D

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Would that not have slowed him down?:D

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never seemed too.

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He used to back his horses with my dad when my dad worked for Bradlows betting shops. He gave my dad a record player with his name signed in the back. I played many a record on that when I was young:D

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we used to use the Bradlows on little blackburn rd in those days sue, is that were yer dad worked?

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Yes he worked there and at a few others, he was a manager. I'm going back a lot of years lol
He was called John Oldham

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Time to bring the thread back up.

He died today.

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Sorry to hear that, he certainly livened up the snooker world in his prime. Probably the most exciting player of his day.

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I met him in Huncoat many years ago. RIP Alex.

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will give me mate a bell tomoz, his name was on the rent book, were the 3 of us lived, R.I.P. Alex.

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I met Alex a few times many moons ago, playing down at Elite!...In fact i played him in practise a couple of times...i paid of course...and i lost of course...as most people did!....One of the top 5 or 6 snooker players of all time!...Yes he was a Total Prat at times...and at some times, much worse than that, but he was truelly Mercurial around a snooker table..he had charisma and a touch of magic about him, and he brought snooker to a much wider audience than it ever had been before! He will always be talked about as long as snooker is played!...He could almost hold his own with Ollie Reed too!....RIP wee Man!!

Best Regards - Taggy

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The last time I saw him was around 1989 had a frame of snooker with him in Ossy Con one Saturday Lunchtime, he called in with Denis Broderick who was his first manager when he first came over from Ireland, he had a flat over a shop on Catlow Hall Street for a time R I P Alex

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Just about the time everything went 'downhill' Alex lived in Holcolmbe brook, used to play pool in the local pubs, a pound a game, winner stayed on the table for the next game and the challenger paid, he didnt spend much time watching, and was always keen to get the game done and start the next, even at a pound a time, he made some money out of it. RIP Alex Higgins.

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Wadey. Strange - I used to go to the Selly Oak British Legion with my dad at about that time. I lived in Northfield. Saw the programme last night - very sad

Re: Alex Higgins
 

Strange - I used to go to the Selly Oak British Legion with my dad at about that time. I lived in Northfield. Saw the programme last night - very sad

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Having been on Hols, i've only just had chance to watch the programme they did the other week about Alex. Was good to see some clips there of him playing in the old Elite Club!

Best Regards - Taggy