Alex Higgins R.I.P. Condolences thread

Thomas828

I was 10 going on 11 when Alex won the World Snooker Tournament in 1982. To commemorate this victory I got a damp mop and scrawled in the grease on the ceiling in Granny's kitchen "Alex is great!" Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Requiescat In Pace.

-Corkie-

R.I.P ya poor fella.

alanclarke1975

Have started my own Condolence book

Feel free to have a look / Leave a comment

Alan

http://www.virtualgrave.ie/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=11

Zuko123

he only won the WC twice and apart from that only 6 ranking tournies i think,so i cant see what was so great about him.To me he was someone who did have talent but wasted it because of an alcohol and persona;ity problem.
In any other walk of life he would be called a loser.
Seems we love alco sportsmen from some reason that i will never understand

ChewChew

Zuko123 wrote: »

he only won the WC twice and apart from that only 6 ranking tournies i think,so i cant see what was so great about him.To me he was someone who did have talent but wasted it because of an alcohol and persona;ity problem.
In any other walk of life he would be called a loser.
Seems we love alco sportsmen from some reason that i will never understand

oh shut up you twat and read the thread title. as I'm sure your mother tried to teach you when you were a kid (although you are still acting like one)... if you've nothing nice to say, then dont say anything at all.


RIP Alex Higgins.

I have fond memories of going to see him play in Goffs in Naas many a time with my own father who was taken from us thanks to cancer. Another legend gone, but wont be forgotten.

MiciG91

I was thinking today, there haven't been any celebrity deaths for a while. Then, right on cue...

thebullkf

Zuko123 wrote: »

he only won the WC twice and apart from that only 6 ranking tournies i think,so i cant see what was so great about him.To me he was someone who did have talent but wasted it because of an alcohol and persona;ity problem.
In any other walk of life he would be called a loser.
Seems we love alco sportsmen from some reason that i will never understand

what age are you??


stupid post of the day.......

gbee

I loved this bad boy. Frankly don't watch so much snooker since he faded from the scene ~ I know it's changed too, too much perhaps, but goo old Alex the Hurricane, Higgins .. great.

Bye, bye and thanks.

Micky Dolenz

Any more derailment will result in bans. Thanks

gbee

Zuko123 wrote: »

Seems we love alco sportsmen from some reason that i will never understand

He was human? Perhaps that's what you don't understand, only guessing. He gave us the blood sweat and tears ~ we, and TV are partially responsible for his creation.

Give me one Alex, which I have had the pleasure of enjoying, for ten of the PC Correct brigade of today ....

P_1

RIP, I'd always take living a life like the Hurricane's and dying at 60 rather than living like a boring old fart til 80.

javaboy

ChewChew wrote: »

oh shut up you twat and read the thread title. as I'm sure your mother tried to teach you when you were a kid (although you are still acting like one)... if you've nothing nice to say, then dont say anything at all.

Banned for abuse.

Jaxxy

Sad to hear about this. Thanks for the entertainment, RIP.

PeterIanStaker

RIP Hurricane.

rainbowdrop

Ahh that's sad news!! I met him years ago, when I was a kid. He did the official opening of a new shop near where I used to live. Seemed like a nice guy.

RIP Alex

javaboy

Questions, comments etc. on moderation decisions are welcome by PM. Please do not derail the thread. Thanks.

Dudess

gbee wrote: »

Give me one Alex, which I have had the pleasure of enjoying, for ten of the PC Correct brigade of today ....

Jeez, I've heard of those right scoundrels the politically correct brigade, but the politically correct correct brigade...? :eek:

What's political correctness got to do with this anyway? Or has it just got to the stage where it's gonna be brought into any thread at all, even if it's got zero to do with the topic?

Barr

R.I.P. Alex , you made snooker a lot more entertaining.

OutlawPete

Dudess wrote: »

What's political correctness got to do with this anyway?

He never bit his tongue when it came to the politics of snooker.

Of course, not only was he not politally correct, he was also not socially correct.

Quiting the game and saying the reason for this was that it had become "the most corrupt game in Sport", doesn't seem like a very PC thing to say to me.

Dudess wrote: »

Or has it just got to the stage where it's gonna be brought into any thread at all, even if it's got zero to do with the topic?

Zero to with the topic?

Seems like the user made an apt call to me.

Anyway, here's what I hoped to see in Citywest a few weeks back.

Alex on The Snooker Legends tour, this clip from the UK leg.

This was his last time he was to appear at the Crucible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uJey1iCudo

DetectivFoxtrot

OutlawPete wrote: »

here's what I hoped to see in Citywest a few weeks back.

Alex on The Snooker Legends tour, this clip from the UK leg.

This was his last time he was to appear at the Crucible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uJey1iCudo

Can't believe his unflinching precision so close to his death. He truly was a genius at the game. It's a bittersweet clip I must say

SeaFields

RIP

He was a catalyst in making snooker a popular sport and inspired many young fellas that became champions after him.

That_Guy

Higgins to me was like the Maradona of snooker. Brilliant at his trade but seemed to go a bit mad along the way.

RIP Alex.

coffeelover

RIP Alex.

Sonnenblumen

The death of Snooker legend Alex Higgins is sad for two reasons but most especially for the circumstances.

OutlawPete

Special Tribute Documentary just starting there now on BBC2.

littlefriend

Very sad. I kind of remember some of those matches from when I was really young trying to stay up late. Definitely remember him calling his wife and child down when he won.