tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post5627265542320336424..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: UK CHAMPIONSHIP STORIES PART 1: ALEX HIGGINSDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-76155242605435017542012-11-25T17:21:15.949+00:002012-11-25T17:21:15.949+00:003.57
you been on mars for a few months ?3.57<br /><br />you been on mars for a few months ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-11730144593783163562012-11-25T16:36:58.381+00:002012-11-25T16:36:58.381+00:00joe jogged on from his appealjoe jogged on from his appealAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-46343756090438461122012-11-25T15:57:02.366+00:002012-11-25T15:57:02.366+00:00Just one more week before the snooker season final...Just one more week before the snooker season finally kicks off...it's been a long wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-84884534711553334242012-11-25T11:25:39.741+00:002012-11-25T11:25:39.741+00:002 days after the qualifiers for this years UK Cham...2 days after the qualifiers for this years UK Championship finished, their names have not been added to the draw for York on the World snooker website.<br /><br />Why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-3810132992526258502012-11-24T18:06:55.785+00:002012-11-24T18:06:55.785+00:00excellent blog David.
unfortunately not all fans ...excellent blog David.<br /><br />unfortunately not all fans of certain players think the big wheel keeps turning when players pass / chuck playing.<br />_________________________________<br /><br />i know what you mean.<br /><br />fans of that particular player should embrace the legacy left behind for future generations instead of dwelling on what's been and past.wildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-17818413225074094792012-11-23T08:59:27.836+00:002012-11-23T08:59:27.836+00:00excellent blog David.
unfortunately not all fans ...excellent blog David.<br /><br />unfortunately not all fans of certain players think the big wheel keeps turning when players pass / chuck playingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-33180989409112311062012-11-22T22:27:51.384+00:002012-11-22T22:27:51.384+00:00Genuine Dave, the man should bespoke (be spoke) ab...Genuine Dave, the man should bespoke (be spoke) about 4 ever.... xJohn McBridehttps://twitter.com/JohnMcBrideIREnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-32760883540028585992012-11-22T20:53:09.377+00:002012-11-22T20:53:09.377+00:00You need characters in snooker. Geniuses. Ronnie a...You need characters in snooker. Geniuses. Ronnie and Alex come to mind. Their presence and unpredictability is encapsulating and is needed in a sport like snooker. Judd has a certain level of flamboyancy but lack the charisma and un-stableness of Ron and Alex. Snooker needs someone new or it will suffer. The more mainstream people will get bored. I'd like to see if Luca could fill this gap, there seems to be something about him...<br /><br />I wish I'd been alive to watch Alex in his prime. Would love it if more of his stuff was uploaded to the internet.Trisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-33427562200824177942012-11-22T20:13:56.038+00:002012-11-22T20:13:56.038+00:00The game will never be as good because Alex was a ...The game will never be as good because Alex was a one off.On and off the table he was brilliant.I met him on many occasions and even rang him up from time to time.People say never meet your hero - I'm proud to say I never heeded this advice.RIP Alex my snooker heroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-357792108433409422012-11-22T20:13:19.653+00:002012-11-22T20:13:19.653+00:00That incident with the enormous mobile phone was r...That incident with the enormous mobile phone was referred to in Tony Francis' book about Higgins last year, and apparently it was a publicity stunt for which he was paid by some phone company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-78727170429000792612012-11-22T19:37:12.988+00:002012-11-22T19:37:12.988+00:00A write up that does the man justice - such a sham...A write up that does the man justice - such a shame about the pun in the last paragraph - even the late Richard Whitely would have been ashamed...<br /><br />Dave, do you ever think how different your life would have been but for Alex (as surely without him Snooker wouldn't be a quarter the sport it is and there wouldn't be such a thing as a snooker journalist?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-41626652608758075272012-11-22T16:51:46.825+00:002012-11-22T16:51:46.825+00:00If you are younger than me, you may never have had...If you are younger than me, you may never have had the opportunity to see Alex play at his prime.<br /><br />We were at the Crucible in the 1980s when the semi final finished very early (probably a Steve Davis win).<br /><br />The MC said have a 15 minute break, and then there will be a best of five exhibition match.<br /><br />The place was buzzing with expectation about who it would be.<br /><br />Back in our seats when the MC announced it would be Alex, the place exploded. I have never witnessed such adoration for a sportsman - he was adored like a rock/pop star.<br /><br />He didnt disappoint at the table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-29830456676356475542012-11-22T16:26:24.768+00:002012-11-22T16:26:24.768+00:00Great piece Dave. The 1983 final was an even more ...Great piece Dave. The 1983 final was an even more remarkable achievement because was quite poorly in hospital a month or so before.<br />I saw Alex play on many occasions, I loved him for the brilliant, exciting, gun-slinging play. He also had the heart of a lion. True he did some bad things in his time but he never killed anyone. What he did for snooker could never be repaid.<br />I'm not ashamed to say I cried when he died and cried even more on the day of the funeral. The only other sportsman to warrant the same reaction by me was George Best. Both were mercurial geniuses who gave me so much pleasure - their legacy will remain with me forever.<br />R.I.P Alex. Snooker will never forget your efforts to popularise and keep this game alive.<br />(It's criminal that we can't buy a dvd of one of the greatest snooker matches of all time)Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-54555843284279278142012-11-22T14:44:39.073+00:002012-11-22T14:44:39.073+00:00Brillant article Dave.My last abiding memory of Al...Brillant article Dave.My last abiding memory of Alex was he was playing an exhibition against Jimmy White in Belfast,jimmy was upstairs playing local players before he played alex.I went downstairs in the club were there were 4 tables and alex was playing allcomers for £5 a frame giving them 70 up.I was privleged to be there watching a genuis playing,but also very saddened that he had been reduced to this,he was in the early stages of his battle against cancer and he cut a forlon figure.Higgy had everything,money,women,lifestyle and a god given talent to play snooker,and blew everything.But he lived one hell of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-75563837715164834762012-11-22T14:14:39.232+00:002012-11-22T14:14:39.232+00:00Snooker did survive like you say and it Flourished...Snooker did survive like you say and it Flourished as New players and Standards came and Went.. however Nobody created Electricity and Excitement on a Snooker Table Before him or since.<br /><br />He was a one off possibly thank god for that but snooker millionaires today owes their living to the excitement created by the hurricane.wildnoreply@blogger.com