Alex Higgins - Page 2

cashman · 27-05-2010, 09:07

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Originally Posted by suedarbo

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?

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

suedarbo · 27-05-2010, 09:10

Would that not have slowed him down?

cashman · 27-05-2010, 09:16

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Originally Posted by suedarbo

Would that not have slowed him down?

never seemed too.

suedarbo · 27-05-2010, 09:24

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

cashman · 27-05-2010, 09:53

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Originally Posted by suedarbo

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

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

suedarbo · 27-05-2010, 10:06

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

lancsdave · 24-07-2010, 19:11

Time to bring the thread back up.

He died today.

ossy kid · 24-07-2010, 19:52

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

junetta · 24-07-2010, 21:28

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

cashman · 24-07-2010, 21:32

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

Taggy · 24-07-2010, 22:55

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

jaysay · 25-07-2010, 09:40

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

derekgas · 25-07-2010, 12:27

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.

John Flanagan · 02-09-2010, 17:49

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

John Flanagan · 02-09-2010, 17:58

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Originally Posted by wadey

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

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