Ronnie O'Sullivan - John Higgins 1996 World Championship

[nOPeaxe]

ronnie was pretty fast back then

[rvpnumb]

Ronnie should have won this wsc

[cpacoustic]

@rvpnumb Nah, back then Hendry was still the absolute best and Ronnie was still learning from him. They all were. If they hadn't Hendry would have continued to dominate the first half of the last decade I feel. Ronnie definately should have the same number of World Titles as Higgins though, they're the best two players of the last decade by a mile.

[Mr2010Master]

@cpacoustic Yeah,I agree with you. Ronnie at his best is a total machine who totally destroys his opponents. Look at Wc 2004,Masters 2005 or Wc 2008. The opponents of him didn't even have a mini chance because he owned them all.Ronnie coasted to the titles. Comparing O'Sullivan to Higgins many experts agree that Ronnie is the bigger genius because he has more skills and more talent than Higgins.

[cpacoustic]

@Mr2010Master Must give Higgins his due though, there is still no finer tactician on the baize. Will always favour him in a safety battle over anyone. That's why he's still up there despite his potting and positioning not being quite what they once were. He even gracefully admitted that Judd Trump was the better player in the WSC final this year. Now there's a player who has the potential to outshine both these legends of the sport. I reckon Trump will win the UK championship this year

[snookerloopy84]

Ted ya were the greatest ever commentator on the beeb for the baize. We'll all miss ya dearly. Cheers for all the fun, laughter and entertainment you've given us and R.I.P mate!

Stevie Webster

[davetherave303]

R.I.P Ted (a friend of my mothers) x

[f1fantic1]

R.I.P Ted Lowe. Thumbs up if he was the greatest snooker commentator of all time

[britturk123]

R.I.P TED LOWE, Though i know you would definately not have printed in big loud capitals like i have at the start ted lol, thankyou sir for your humble honest voice and your dedication to snooker i guess we will never see your like again.

[RichardJAllen]

RIP Ted. You will be missed

[mrtuna76]

Ted Lowe, the true voice of snooker... Will be sadly missed.

[84cats]

Rest in peace Ted, thanks for the many great memories!

[shoearmy]

R.I.P Ted you kept me up  many a night but would not have missed it for the world xx

[AndyKiD147]

R.I.P

Ted Lowe

1920/11/01 - 2011/05/01

[anthonyaduhene]

"and Cliff Thorburn seems to be breathing rather heavily...." classic Ted Lowe commentary after an easy miss by Thorburn.

RIP Ted

[googoplexable]

RIP Ted Low

[silentbob82]

Only just heard Ted has passed away. Very very sad news. Have fond memories of listening to his voice when I watched snooker as a young boy with my grandpa. The voice of snooker RIP :(

[superfan2008]

RIP TED UR LEGEND

[Squab1972]

RIP Ted Lowe 1 November 1920 – 1 May 2011

[mwoo7]

RIP, Legend

[BlackjackDSapolis]

RIP, Ted. You always live on as the voice of championship snooker. You will be missed.

[cokaduty4]

Ted RIP

[rubarb1000]

RIP Ted Lowe

[mattysquares]

RIP Ted, greatest commentater and will be missed

[lostprophetsjosh]

RIP Ted

[mduchezeau]

R.I.P. Ted

[tazerbager]

RIP teddy

[cross147]

R.I.P Ted... [*]

[SwanseaCityNo12]

RIP Ted.

[KnownAsCJ]

RIP Ted

[damwer]

The great snooker comentator, Ted Lowe died. We always remember you.

[arumpoey]

@mister, Hendry is over 40, you moron.

[BENDAWICH]

@arumpoey he's also over 30....

[MisterEvasion]

Higgins has stood the test of time so well. He has been the most consistently strong of the over-30s. And no, I'm not ignoring Hendry or O'Sullivan. It's just that Higgins is still an over-30 who has stayed top-level more convincingly. Ronnie has mental battles and Stephen just got rusty.

[stitcha123]

i miss everton

[MrGloryglorymanutd18]

clive everton is better than ted lowe

[sierraoscar1990]

gr8 classic snooker bring back ted lowe and get rid of virgo

[LMessi101]

@sierraoscar1990 Dude - Ted Lowe is about 90 now!

[IoAndTitan]

what happened to the commentator?

[hotpoint9534]

@IoAndTitan The commentator, Ted Lowe retired after the 1996 World Championships.

[matt926uk1]

todays commentators piss me off especially that john virgo, and the camera angles that they keep usinng

[mu301nh]

creepy commentator

[dinnohim]

its amazing how different ronnie looks, its almost like hes a different person now

[Jugulator4]

Ronny played so much more attractive back then

[14721mark]

I know shut the fuck you smelly ugly masterbating fuckers.

[outdoorpooltable]

lol "i assure you they are both trying" shut the fuck up you cock sniffing bell end

[hutchy411]

Look at John drinking that H20. He looks like a fucking retard!

[valk4life]

higgings you cheating fuck!

damn ronnie was a fat ass back then

[HiGhDaRrEn]

14 years ago :D, John really does look a lot younger, he looks so different now..

[paulapril1976]

Ronnie Genius great to watch. I really hate Higgins he is so bloody boring and what makes it worse the balls always run for him - guess we'll all have to suffer yet another boring Higgins final

[Devilfish6666]

nostalgic moments........the birth of the two best players in snooker.........

[iddiols1]

this is a masterclass in sports commentary

[adronias]

They must have been so tense.

[damostynes]

haha the head on them lol

[kiely456]

hilarious how ronnie was the fat one back then and john the skinnier one

[xentech]

creepy commentator

[Makinx]

"Whispering" Ted Lowe was the best. Great to hear him again.

[LMessi101]

@Makinx I agree - snooker has lost the best commentator ever!

[CovKid80]

@Makinx RIP

[outdoorpooltable]

@Makinx rip

[YouaresoCrap]

classic matchup

[adrob25]

ronnies cue action seem better here than it is now, more free flowing

[ChrisvonLuckner]

Poor John! - What a nice and cute young man, he's still my No. 1.

O'Sullivan is a conceited guy and a priss, very unlikable.

[KCRyder]

LOL that commentator is brilliant

[ScottR147]

That's Ted Lowe.

[pierrecharme]

you'are is a number 1

[snooker078]

A classic! great decider bewtween The Rocket and The Wishaw Kid.

[Nostix88]

This was when snooker was great.

[Tomj2110]

Yeah,true.

Ronnie would go on to make the fastest 147 the following year.