Alex Higgins Drinking and Smoking

[TheExStig]

Ohhh...a fag, a pint, a game of snooker....loved those days, sadly taken away from me without a whimper in case I was arrested when bastards of the 20th Century who I have never met forced upon me how I should give up my way of my life! Fuck the imbo's

Miss the snooker must be said.

[stubbostubbs]

Pure DICKHEAD

[pistolpeeroy]

@stubbostubbs SORT UR LIFE OUT SON...

[stubbostubbs]

@pistolpeeroy Youre the one smoking herbs all day. Enjoy your psychosis, dipstick.

[MrWhosurdaddy09]

he was an enigma. he was also attacked outside a niteclub with an iron bar. he was covered in blood and apparently asked his attacker to come for a pint

[Rcokyjay]

How times have changed..... Alex would be removed from the his own game in todays rules!!! Rest in Peace Alex.... your a legend.

[SnookerChannelFullHD]

he drink only limonade!

[BandWagon1987]

virtuoso

[JohnRagoon]

Pure entertainment!!.

[kashattack]

@JohnRagoon Bet that's comforting to Higgins after spending virtually the last 20 years of his life in agony, suffering one illness after the other and ending up in an early grave. Smoking/drinking heavily is hardly entertaining. It was his style of play that made him an entertainer.

[JohnRagoon]

@kashattack I`ll just get my violin out!!...i meant my cock obviously!!.

[RobAnderson0]

Snooker needs to be more like this. People might actually watch it

[Calinn86]

aaahh.. the good old days..

[steptoesaunt]

Higgins was a great snooker player but if he wasn't such a shitty alcoholic would have had a better career and we could all have enjoyed him longer.

[afuzzyduck]

@steptoesaunt iirc he was pretty good at alcoholism...

[KoivuTheHab]

Since when have the players not been allowed to smoke during tournaments? I don't remember seeing them smoke when I watched in my youth, must have been some time ago surely.

[international2009]

@KoivuTheHab

I think it was the era of 70's, 80's and early 90 when Snooker players were allowed to smoke and drink alcohol during the games. Snooker was alot more interesting back then!!

[kamikazeVX]

@international2009 rightly so.that was why it was the golden age of snooker.the great characters made the game as well

[edastrong]

@KoivuTheHab

I remember Stephen Lee used to have a fag on while he was playing sometimes, that was probably early 2000s

[KoivuTheHab]

@edastrong That was not on tour was it? Perhaps a smaller tournament or exhibition match?

[edastrong]

@KoivuTheHab

Must have been a BBC tournament or I wouldn't have seen it! Can't recall which one, don't think I remember ever seeing him with a cig at the Crucible though...

[coltsuperocean10]

@KoivuTheHab ....Big bad Bill Werbeniuk from Canada would drink at least 15 pints a session when on TV!! Unbelievable now, but in the 1980s all the snooker players drank beer and smoked!

[KoivuTheHab]

@coltsuperocean10 I wish that was still true today... In a way it's not laid back enough no now, too much professionalism. PErhaps it's got it's good side too however.

[hearts76100]

@KoivuTheHab

They stopped it in the early 90s. Pretty sure it was 1991 but dont quote me on that.

It was all at the start of the bloody PC brigade that we have today!

[BlockedParty]

Alex Higgins as snooker player = genius.

Alex Higgins as a person = drunken waster.

[rufusandburne]

@BlockedParty what would u want from him r kid?

[simonbell3]

Awesome

[Portboy]

A true athlete.

[mrfrankhill]

RIP Alex.

[gloopenstein]

any1 fancy a smoke and a gulp?

[Archiesquaddy]

Everyone has their vices... Alex's were smoking and drinking. Doesnt make him a bad man.. makes him human, actually. I am sad he died young.. he was a legend, the best at the sport and snooker has died with him. RIP Alex.  Loved you then and love you now. x

[Drogba10Ronaldo9]

@Archiesquaddy ok, so a legend beats up 3 partners he has been with, headbutts a ref, turns on his ggod friend Dennis Taylor calling his a catholic c**t because he beat him in a few frames, gets the all clear from cancer and continues to piss away his life, divorces his wife and has fuck all to do with his kids. Druggy, drunk nasty man yeah those are the characteristics of a real legend

[suffern63]

@Drogba10Ronaldo9 Druggy, drunk nasty man yeah those are the characteristics of a real legend,yes they are,I'm not going to bother all the great sportsmen who have been flawed characters,you're not wrong about the man you just don't see that it matters not a jot

[Drogba10Ronaldo9]

@suffern63 so you can be a complete thug as long as your slightly talented, because this man wasn even the greatest snooker player of his time never ind ever, yes he made snooker cool but he wasn that good, how about guys like Pele and Ali now they are real legends

[Archiesquaddy]

@Drogba10Ronaldo9 Why are you watching videos of him on Youtube and spending time commenting on him, then? I think you love him really! :-)

[Drogba10Ronaldo9]

@Archiesquaddy quite the contrary, i was watchn videos of steve davis(a true snooker legend) when this sorry excuss of a man came up

[tabula123456]

@Drogba10Ronaldo

Before Higgins brought snooker to mainstream entertainment it was played in dirty halls and clubs where no one knew anybody. The only reason you know of Steve Davis is because of Higgins. Higgins made the game exciting and entertaining and TV watch-able. Every snooker player today owes their living to Higgins. O'Sullivan said "if it wasn't for Higgins I'd be a plumber". Even your "legend" owes him his quality of life. Try and recognise an individuals genius and give due credit.

[HienoKaveri]

He should have watched this video... might have cut back on the boozing and smoking. watch?v=R6wLagsmuaM

[pornpan96isGay]

Serves himself right that he died young I don't have respect for him cus to me he wanted to die didn't look after himself so I hope that everyone who smokes and drinks a lot dies at least the world will be a better cleaner place

[letmeinnn9]

a rampant alchoholic...chain smoker.....and a damn fine snooker player...rip alex..

[MultiSpread]

What a guy. The mike Tyson of snooker. Totally unpredictable.

[theyorkshirewhites]

What exactly is the point of this video..do you think Alex is the only man ever to have smoked and drank?

[MrScottishKevin]

@theyorkshirewhites

I agree pal. Everybody smoked and drank in the 80s. You even got to smoke on a bus and if you smoked enough 20 packets, you'd get a free replica carriage clock if you collected 300 in packet 20 point tokens. And as for pubs, you couldn't get moving in them back then. There was no 24 cans for £15 deals, you went to the pub, got bladdered and had a fish and chip take away at the end of the night. The good old days when there were no government nanny state health warnings.

[Archiesquaddy]

@MrScottishKevin You are right. Everything is so bland and boring now. Life sucked out of everything due to health and safety. These were the good old days.

[pistolpeeroy]

THE POINT IS SON, U STUPID CUNT, THAT THIS MAN IS A LEGEND, WHO SMOKE AND DRANK & STILL ONE NUMEROUS TITLES. JUS CUZ UR A STUPID CUNT SON...

[theyorkshirewhites]

@pistolpeeroy

That's not a point..more like a drunken rant.

" still one numerous titles "...what the fuck does that mean ?

I loved Alex...best snooker player ever..I just don't see the point of making a video about him smoking and drinking...we all know he did that...even idiots like you.

[cochise180]

Badbhoy or gayboy should I say. Yer a typical biggoted no-nothing-else joyriding sister bucking west belfast wanker! Higgy was from Donegal rd ya fuckin dickhead. He did a lot of charity work for underprivileged kids in west Belfast, like yer da was, so he could afford to pay to get into the chapel to suck the bishops cock! Ynbafdh!

[TheBadbhoy]

@cochise180 he was a drunken bigot cunt,, and sorry I aint from belfast so try again.

[yatter1]

@TheBadbhoy so your from belfast and that entitles you to be a worthless shithead who isn´t fit to wipe Alex´s boots, well done you thick irish fuckweed braindead, piece of rotted fishgills.

[TheBadbhoy]

@yatter1 CANT YOU READ? YOU IDIOT, WHEN DID I SAY I WAS FROM THAT SHITHOLE BELFAST? YOU ARE A KNOB LOL

[BigDuke6ixx]

What an athlete!

[bonzie88]

@BigDuke6ixx hahaha

[TheBadbhoy]

TYPICAL EAST BELFAST SECTARIAN BIGOT, WOMAN BEATING ALCO. FUCK THE WANKER

[raithrover1976]

@TheBadbhoy You haven't a clue, have you? He was from Sandy Row, not East Belfast, and despite being from a protestant working-class area, never got involed in sectarianism or taking sides in the Northern Ireland conflict. You're the bigot you fanny.

[TheBadbhoy]

@raithrover1976 um thanks for the geography lesson tosser, dont you remember he threatened to have Dennis Taylor shot cos he was a 'fenian'? so fuck off

[avondaddy]

R.I.P... Why cant there be more like him. Truly broke the mould.

[jubbaskinz]

they really don't make 'em like they used to... R.I.P Hurricane - gone but never forgotten

[jubbaskinz]

they really don't make 'em like they used to... R.I.P Hurricane - gone but never forgotten

[Wildfox01]

What a guy, true snooker Legend! RIP

[denny174]

Anyone from Embassy going to attend the funeral?

[cornerbox]

@denny174..haha..no doubt thats prob what he was smoking too

[kaderbis]

RIP he was a genius..

[JohnRagoon]

Awesome days indeed!!

[david110988]

This is the worst snooker player ever

the most un talented the most rudest and an absolute arsehole

[Doderhultarn89]

@david110988 mmm. sure

[tiarnan76]

@david110988 you grammarless cunt, reading your sentences is like rubbing barbed wire off my brain.

[jambamz]

@david110988 yeah like you have won 2 world titles, fucking daft arse

[Hardy2608]

@david110988 i fucked ur mother hard u fucking faggot

he is the best

[Doderhultarn89]

Alex was cool and crazy

[hufclufc]

Higgins waiting for his shot is a better spectacle than the players today, Ronnie excepted

[sparkle935]

i must admit, he was the georgie best ot snooker, a real legend !!

[MrWhosurdaddy09]

alex u legend. u drank, smoked, argued with the referees, blew the 2m or so u won on horses, booze and whores, threatened ur former wife, and got in countless bar brawls!! dat old saying "fighting irish" get thrown about to frequently but i can safely say u earned dat tag!

[j4wn]

Just about all of them used to drink and smoke in the arena back then.

[moosey62]

Used to go to my uncle's to watch Pot Black on a colour TV always hoping HH would be on.

[festilina]

Those were the days.

[goodolt70s]

fags n booze,baaaaaaah!

[Hixyboyblue]

Snooker is that damned hard that I might as well try and play it pissed. I could not possibly be any worse at it. Being a functioning alcoholic, I imagine Higgins was a far worse player sober than rammed. Hats off though, he had some flair and the twitches are brilliant. Oh to have characters in the game again

[gaywest4298]

@Hixyboyblue He had a distinctive style that will never be forgotten. Shame he's in such a state now though.

[dennissss98]

just like home !!!

[zomgbbqwth]

reminds me of the days where smoking is allowed in pubs with a pool table~

[fakelegache]

if barry hearn wants to tart up snooker he should re-introduce drinking and smoking in matches. maybe snooker players might not be so achingly dull with a few brews down em!

[christschinwon]

forget Hearn - you should get a 50% stake for that suggestion!

[tigerarmyrule]

Alex wasn't pissed. It is a fantasy to suppose anyone has that hand eye coordination when pissed. He was a bundle of tics and nervous energy when sober so a few quitened him but he was far from pissed

[BlockedParty]

whitestripebuzz

So everyone else should breathe in the toxics your spreading??

[TheWeatherman1987]

@BlockedParty You aren't forced to be there.

[mabbitstown]

Look at the beginning the whole crowd is boozing - the front row anyway.

[vincesplc]

you should never play druged and pissed in a match its totaly wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rchris36]

I'm not amazed Higgins could play pissed. It would probably stop him thinking negatively.

[hardgayramen4ever]

I'm amazed anyone can play snooker pissed

[Jim7711154]

Higgins could play snooker pissed. No-one in the modern game could do that.

[triplejable]

What about Bill Werbenuick, he could drink 16 fucking pints during a game. You can't tell me he wasn't hammered.

[yortsandthat]

I thought i was watching  John Virgo doing an impression of Alex!

[all6inthelast]

He had a doctor's note that excused him from having to wear a bow-tie - irritated his neck Alex said!

[whitestripebuzz]

pisses me off that you cant have a smoke and a game of snooker anymore. stupid smoking ban.

[sean2kay8]

he might be a waster but i bet ya he earned more money den you would in 100s of years ...genius

[EnerieEffex]

Wow! How times have changed

[widcombelad69]

let him do wot ever he wants its a free world

[etoandmessi]

It's always shit the way the people who are born with talent are wasters.

[newmark401]

Some people born with talent are wasters, most aren't.

[saelaird]

Yea look at Federer!

[quackenbacker]

i think he is closet gay and a coke head. good player though before everyone has a go.

[screwtape84]

bet ye Alex sinks a great shot after that cheeky fag and vodka, i wish i could have been alive to see such a great man. Now snooker is full of conforming boring twats.

[kaya41]

love that man, 100% rock & roll

[limbojimbob]

the guy is clearly charlied out of his eye-balls. Check out those ticks and the gawning jaw...

[sydr58]

the john macenroe of snooker lol

[swammpwatter]

hes awesome

[CallumAndCambria]

yeah i know i was kinda joking.

i love the way he always has arguments with referees :)

[CallumAndCambria]

im better than him, hes shite

[international2009]

mate, give credit wher its due, the only reason snooker iz here is because of this Genius.. he was EVERYTHING dat todays players aint

[xDaFFyDuCk]

@CallumAndCambria he at that time he was probally better than ronnie and i dont think u can beat ronnie .. can u ?

[trav161]

legend

[gushing123]

you can say that again barney there will never be another alex higgins

[BarneveldDarts]

not really, alex higgins is just a legend!!! there will be only 1 alex higgins!!!

[BarneveldDarts]

what a fucking video

[BarneveldDarts]

i mean fucking brillant ^^

[thefrick1987]

WHAT A FUCKING LEGEND!!!!