tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post1547802414673666367..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: ALEXANDER THE GREAT: 40 YEARS ONDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-10752165600468643142012-03-18T13:24:34.172+00:002012-03-18T13:24:34.172+00:00Really was the best to watch. ever. unfortunately ...Really was the best to watch. ever. unfortunately made mistakes on and off the table which cost him dear. People tend to forget how good he and jimmy were.. check them out on YouTube. Very few can hold a candle to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-41703040411636458352012-03-11T20:05:25.296+00:002012-03-11T20:05:25.296+00:00Hi David. Amazing to think that Higgins won his fi...Hi David. Amazing to think that Higgins won his first World Professional Snooker Championship Title, 4O years ago.JAMIE O'REILLYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-84960602982349780952012-03-11T11:06:04.533+00:002012-03-11T11:06:04.533+00:00Ronnie, Jimmy, Judd... None come close to replicat...<i>Ronnie, Jimmy, Judd... None come close to replicating the excitement that Alex did</i><br /><br />True, but the most exciting thing I ever saw on a snooker table was Marilyn Chambers in Insatiable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-45782833499845675912012-03-11T00:42:23.902+00:002012-03-11T00:42:23.902+00:00@733 I'm sure Dave spent the day flagellating....@733 I'm sure Dave spent the day flagellating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-67973072511337728932012-03-10T20:16:04.060+00:002012-03-10T20:16:04.060+00:00Alexander the Great. His name struck fear into hea...Alexander the Great. His name struck fear into hearts of men.<br /><br />-Steve HarrisClausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-88348108870837999442012-03-10T07:33:52.267+00:002012-03-10T07:33:52.267+00:00Best of 73 a different world indeed- Higgins won 3...Best of 73 a different world indeed- Higgins won 37-32 as multiple sources attest to. Dave must have made a typoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-79943997781012733602012-03-09T21:57:56.655+00:002012-03-09T21:57:56.655+00:00Kudos to those who went to his funeral too. As fo...Kudos to those who went to his funeral too. As for those who didn't, well you may not have liked him but you all owed him, and that was the last chance you had to settle the account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-52948852040742708692012-03-09T20:14:27.876+00:002012-03-09T20:14:27.876+00:00Alex was a legend like no other a trully one off.
...Alex was a legend like no other a trully one off.<br /><br />i think snooker needed a total rebel at that time otherwise it might have followed the same trend of how it was supose to be played, and the Likes of Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan would have been lost to the sport.<br /><br />Alex Higgins was the driving force that gave snooker purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-10398922448836844042012-03-09T16:48:45.211+00:002012-03-09T16:48:45.211+00:00@12:06 Isn't there an Irish PTC named after hi...@12:06 Isn't there an Irish PTC named after him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-21224112158498111182012-03-09T12:06:23.411+00:002012-03-09T12:06:23.411+00:00Alex Higgins was a true legend. Without him the sp...Alex Higgins was a true legend. Without him the sport would have looked completely different today.<br /><br />Will there be a trophy / an event named after him? He deserves it. Snooker owes him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-47507167029919527542012-03-09T11:44:46.252+00:002012-03-09T11:44:46.252+00:00The Greatest as far as im concerned. If Joe Davis ...The Greatest as far as im concerned. If Joe Davis is the Godfather of Snooker, then Alex is the Godson as he almost single handedly sparked mass interest in a sport which up to then was pretty much a shut shop for 40 and 50 somethings only.<br />It was without doubt Higgins who got me into watching snooker as a kid and years later id the pleasure of meeting him many times in various establishments in Belfast and i always found him approachable and genuine, contrary to reports. <br />82 semi aside, id have to say the 83 uk and 89 irish masters prob his other best moments.<br />Ronnie, Jimmy, Judd... None come close to replicating the excitement that Alex did when playing. The legend will always live on.Witz78noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-6536109491338365472012-03-09T10:44:52.740+00:002012-03-09T10:44:52.740+00:00Dave,
I thought the final score was 37-32 rather t...Dave,<br />I thought the final score was 37-32 rather than 37-31?<br />The retrospective feature in this month's Snooker Scene has it as the former.<br />One interesting account of the Higgins-Spencer final is in Jim Meadowcroft's book "Higgins, Taylor and Me".Dr Tim Sandlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974330541299546404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-86746829586195134022012-03-09T09:30:15.483+00:002012-03-09T09:30:15.483+00:00rip the real peoples championrip the real peoples championAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-24363333979956590662012-03-08T16:50:08.401+00:002012-03-08T16:50:08.401+00:00Hi Dave
Do you know why the World Championship tr...Hi Dave<br /><br />Do you know why the World Championship trophy Alex is holding in the photo in this months Snooker Scene is different from the World Championship Trophy that we all know and which is played for today<br /><br />Thanx<br /><br />NickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com