Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins Dead
in [Liverpool]
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From: Steve Kershaw on 24 Jul 2010 15:30 RIP Mate :-( YNWA
From: The Magician on 24 Jul 2010 15:32 "Steve Kershaw" <sker25(a)stevker.com> wrote in message news:rbH2o.347069$Vn1.320134(a)en-nntp-03.am2.easynews.com... > RIP Mate :-( > > YNWA united fan too sad day
From: Lawrence Jenkins on 24 Jul 2010 17:05 "Steve Kershaw" <sker25(a)stevker.com> wrote in message news:rbH2o.347069$Vn1.320134(a)en-nntp-03.am2.easynews.com... > RIP Mate :-( > > YNWA Lets be honest its no surprise he seems to have been dying for the last ten years. My overriding memory of him was ungentlemanly sportsmanship against Cliff Thorburn. Lets face it the man was an absolute idiot who threw everything away. I suppose there'll be some people who'll find he hellraising past admirable and comparable to George Best . However fpr me George was more of a charming gentleman and a far better footballer than Higgins was a snooker player. Never the less still sad.
From: SteveH on 24 Jul 2010 17:33 Lawrence Jenkins <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote: > "Steve Kershaw" <sker25(a)stevker.com> wrote in message > news:rbH2o.347069$Vn1.320134(a)en-nntp-03.am2.easynews.com... > > RIP Mate :-( > > > > YNWA > > Lets be honest its no surprise he seems to have been dying for the last ten > years. My overriding memory of him was ungentlemanly sportsmanship against > Cliff Thorburn. Lets face it the man was an absolute idiot who threw > everything away. I suppose there'll be some people who'll find he > hellraising past admirable and comparable to George Best . However fpr me > George was more of a charming gentleman and a far better footballer than > Higgins was a snooker player. > > Never the less still sad. He made snooker popular, had everyone watching it for his flamboyant style and his 'characterful' episodes. As I recall, he used to chain smoke and drink Scotch during every match, but he'll always be remebered for pissing in a plant-pot 'cos he couldn't be arsed to find the gents. -- SteveH
From: lescor on 25 Jul 2010 01:53
"Lawrence Jenkins" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote in message news:4c4b55ab$0$5575$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > > "Steve Kershaw" <sker25(a)stevker.com> wrote in message > news:rbH2o.347069$Vn1.320134(a)en-nntp-03.am2.easynews.com... >> RIP Mate :-( >> >> YNWA > > Lets be honest its no surprise he seems to have been dying for the last > ten years. My overriding memory of him was ungentlemanly sportsmanship > against Cliff Thorburn. Lets face it the man was an absolute idiot who > threw everything away. I suppose there'll be some people who'll find he > hellraising past admirable and comparable to George Best . However fpr me > George was more of a charming gentleman and a far better footballer than > Higgins was a snooker player. > > Never the less still sad. Most of his life was sadder than his death. There is always this sense of waste when those with just one exceptional talent, which is good enough to bring them a fine living as players, and possibly pundits, fail to use it to the full when lesser talents have done so well from a game. LC |