Alex Higgins has Died

[5intheface]

[quote=Summerday Sands;50536]

A complicated but gifted man who would have been all the more appreciated in today's world of snookering androids but some awful skeletons in the closet.

Mind you, he did some great work most especially when he threatened to have Denis Taylor shot.[/quote]

His next game after saying that was against Taylor.

It was a very dramatic game. Higgins wouldn't leave his dressing room making Taylor wait. When he did arrive he stood enough of a distance away from Taylor making him reach out his hand thus Taylor looked like he was stooping down. The game started & although by then the drink had a strong hold of Higgins was well past his best, he still could turn on the old magic in the early part of the match shooting some spectacular shots he then raised his cue over his head mocking Taylors famous celebration from him his World Championship win. The tension was electric.

Far play to Taylor though, he kept his nerve & easily beat Higgins in the end.

I'm fairly sure they were on an All-Ireland team together with Patsy Fagan that won the Snooker World Cup a couple of times.

[Fraxinus]

What was the story there? Why did he threaten to shoot Taylor?

[Fraxinus]

Yeah agree with you there very similar.

At least Higgins could win the odd World Championship though, poor old Jimmy

Haha, poor Jimmy, greatest player never to have won probably.

[Summerday Sands]

[quote=5intheface;50540]

I'm fairly sure they were on an All-Ireland team together with Patsy Fagan that won the Snooker World Cup a couple of times.

Isn't that what the dispute was about, Higgins wouldn't serve under Taylor as captain. Perhaps you know more?

[Summerday Sands]

How come whenever I try to quote another poster, it comes up as my own quote?

[5intheface]

Isn't that what the dispute was about, Higgins wouldn't serve under Taylor as captain. Perhaps you know more?

Ah could have been, can't remember what the row was about at all. Don't think anyone this side of the sea took it seriously ut I think Higgins got a ban. Right enough I think he lamped a ref at the same time too. Could be wrong.

[5intheface]

How come whenever I try to quote another poster, it comes up as my own quote?

Just happened me now too. Or you if this happens again.

Just go to edit post and remove the erroneous quote.

[Summerday Sands]

Just happened me now too. Or you if this happens again.

Just go to edit post and remove the erroneous quote.

Cheers, was a tad perplexing.

Nothings ever straightforward with regards Alex Higgins

[Sam Lord]

Mind you, he did some great work most especially when he threatened to have Denis Taylor shot.

Not to mention the (in)famous head butting of a match official ...

[C. Flower]

Very sad. He had a lot to deal with.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010...nooker-dies-61

[joekilgobinet]

R.I.P. Hurricane.
A legend.
He had a hard time in recent years.

[Lá an Lúbáin]

What was the story there? Why did he threaten to shoot Taylor?

Because he was drunk and he was Alex Higgins........

[Ah Well]

he was a very talented but haunted person.

Summed up there rather well by one admitting they never really saw him play (I speaking as one who did experience the Higgins syndrome albeit being very young at the time)

That Vid still from CF's OP is poignant when one reads this from 2005 as well

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m.../ai_n14684093/

A tortured man and family .... RIP

[truth.ie]

Because he was drunk and he was Alex Higgins........

Well no, actually.
He was possibly drunk at the time, we don't know.
According to Taylor he said.."You're from Coalisland, I'm from East Belfast....." he then offered to fight Taylor. Taylor refused to fight. He then threatened to have him shot. This was at a time when sectarian killings were happening every few days.
Lets not paper over the cracks here, there were clear sectarian connotations to the Higgins/Taylor clash. All from Higgins mind you.
A friend and I met Higgins in a bar in Grafton St circa 1990. He latched on to us after he heard the Nordie accents, and to be honest was pretty chilled and friendly
. He was alone and seemed happy to meet a few Nordies. I got the impression he felt alienated in Dublin.
All was going well, till he started swinging round a pole like a f@cking chimp and was duly turfed out by the doormen. On hearing of his death? I was surprised he lived so long to be honest.
A chain smoking, binge drinking, cocaine snorting,womanising, sectarian bigot who used to be good at snooker.
Thats how I'll remember our alex.
No doubt the media will label him a loveable rogue.

[Ecoprincess]

He was given a life and he lived it to the full, some good, some bad, and towards the end with great courage, but he never took life for granted.

How many of us have got off our asses and lived our lives with passion and courage?

The name Alex "Hurricane" Higgins will always be in the snooker history books.