Leeview 791 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 The death of a legend r.i.p A.H.He was at the crucible in sheffield only this year potting a few balls. used too stay up when i was a kid just too watch him.he was a rebel but a lovable rogue who brought the game of snooker alive.remember when he won the final in 1982 i think and got his little girl out of the crowd for a hug.REST IN PEACE FELLA. in the final 1982 against Steve Davis after the first session Alex Higgins was 10-0 down and the bookies had him at 100-1 to win which famously he did Y.I.S Leeview Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bullet Train Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Higgins was a legend...R.I.P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 For me Alex hurracane Higgins, was the best of all time, a real party man, & a man who made a boring game entertaining. It must be thanks this man made it poprular in the 's. RIP I see you've stopped trying to pretend your Polish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave1372 83 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Back in the day he was brilliant to watch ..... shame how it all ended . RIP:notworthy: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 The death of a legend r.i.p A.H.He was at the crucible in sheffield only this year potting a few balls. used too stay up when i was a kid just too watch him.he was a rebel but a lovable rogue who brought the game of snooker alive.remember when he won the final in 1982 i think and got his little girl out of the crowd for a hug.REST IN PEACE FELLA. in the final 1982 against Steve Davis after the first session Alex Higgins was 10-0 down and the bookies had him at 100-1 to win which famously he did Y.I.S Leeview in the final of 1982 he beat ray reardon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clint 45 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 (edited) For me Alex hurracane Higgins, was the best of all time, a real party man, & a man who made a boring game entertaining. It must be thanks this man made it poprular in the 's. RIP I see you've stopped trying to pretend your Polish who say i polish, with practis my friend , think only get better, this incluse speek language & write also. Edited July 25, 2010 by clint Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leeview 791 Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 in the final 1982 against Steve Davis after the first session Alex Higgins was 10-0 down and the bookies had him at 100-1 to win which famously he did Y.I.S Leeview in the final of 1982 he beat ray reardon Jeez I cant believe I got that so wrong at the time I was working for a firm in Leeds, Smith+Nelson's snooker and billiard table manufacturers who incidently had turned Alex Higgins down in the early 70's when he first came over from Ireland. The work not only maintained WMC tables they used to set tables up for exhibition matches and which ever tournament my comment above relates to resulted in a series of 10 matches all over the country one of which was staged at York University, it was mid winter the table was set up and rumours circulated of a no show because of the weather but Alex turned up in a porsche he was helped out of the car a bottle of whiskey in each jacket pocket (both empty)he made it to the table no practise,no warm up he placed the cue ball on the brown spot and struck it,incredibly the ball went up and down the table 7times (normally you'd expect 4 to be maximum) he turned and said "that will do" R.I.P Alex Higgins Y.I.S Leeview Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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