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There are moments in sport which transcend the game. They're rare, unpredictable and magical. Watching Ray Reardon smiling as Alex clears the table. Watching Alex hold his nerve under the unimaginable pressure only to see the emotional release as he called to hold his baby daughter. For me, it brings tears to my eyes.
You only have to listen to what Ronnie has to say about him.alex was the most exciting player ever he'd pot a ball nobody else would even attempt.hed miss pots you'd never expect him to miss you'd never know what he was going to do next.LEGEND.
He was ENTERTAINING and a Joy to watch, unlike the boring money making machines today. Sure they pot stuff that looks impossible, but they are yawnworthy which is why I no longer watch or play snooker. I watched it for the excitement of watching Alex play, not to be bored out of my skull by someone who can consistently clear a table from a break.
I was stationed in the UK while in the U. S. Air Force and watched this when broadcast on TV in 1982. Higgins made watching snooker fun and was an amazing player. If your opponent never gets the chance to shoot---count that toward greatness--in any era.
To my knowledge, still to this day the highest break ever made to win the world championship. Use the word sparingly but we’re talking about a legend here who inspired so many of the great players that came after him 👍👍👍
Watching this live as a kid was fantastic, I mean jumping around the living room fantastic only to see all your neighbours doing exactly the same thing 😊🙏❤️❤️❤️ Everyone loved Alex Higgins like no other sportsman. This was special and the sport owes him so much RIP Alex
Always hope that Alex's brittant world championship winning break never beaten. I was only 16 in 82 . Every time see this l get goosebumps RIP total Genius Alex.
You have to look at the full picture with Alex...he grew up playing for the equivalent of 50p or £1 and had to play quickly as the light went ... Truly blessed ..as we are to see him play...I did at Assembly rooms in Derby...just a month before this....incredible talent
These days there are a lot of people that would pre plan or playact emotion on TV to get a response. Alex did everything spontaneously and straight from the heart! For all the ups and downs Alex we all love you for being real!!! Championships and records are one thing, but your story and the legend is Immortal!
I remember watching this in a pub and i was so very very pleased when he won the final, one of the greatest players the game has ever seen. R.I.P. Hurricane.
The most well deserved and earned championship of all time. Alex a flawed man, showed the world he wasn't done just yet, RIP the man who changed snooker into a watchable sport for the whole world. Even to this day not a soul has rivaled his impact and charisma.
Why do I feel so sad watching this game from 32year's ago,it only seems like yesterday I was watching this match but hard to believe it's been 32years and you have departed this earth but your memory lives on in our hearts ,God bless you alex,you were a brilliant snooker player and I'm so proud to be Irish with great talent such as you,🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🌈🍀🌼🌻🌹🌸👏✊😘✌👍💖
Amazing - the dedication required for any pro snooker player to win this, is off the scale; but for a bloke who also had to battle the snooker institution, battle the press, and indeed battle his own multitude of demons and vulnerabilities on a daily basis?! *Breath-taking.* Alex's journey to this victory, the events of the years, and indeed the events of the previous match(!) with Alex's famous _"impossible break"_ against Jimmy, all go to make this an amazing and meaningful story. It wasn't just the indefatigable will of Alex beating all the foes, external and internal: it was a victorious message of hope: it told us all *_"yes humans are flawed, but they can prevail and excel and do wonderful things"._* Truly a _"People's Champion"_
Alex is the most important player in history. If it wasn't for him it would never have become popular in the way it did. He was an artist and for one reason or another you cant keep your eyes off him when you see him play. He's fascinating
I was 25 years old when Alex gave this display of pure genius, Now 65 years old and still love watching, Thanks for the memories Alex,R.I.P The hurricane😪
This genius of the table should have won more titles in his career. I remember this final and what a final it was. A true champion. RIP Alex the Hurricane Higgins
That red at 1:23 is miss-able across the nap, especially on early 1980's cloths, but he just got down and floated it in, like it was a certainty. He was a genius and captivated audiences with his flair.
I remember watching this match live , absolutely transfixed throughout & two of the best players of their era , fantastic how Alex held his game & just overwhelmed himself at the end of the match , you can see & feel the moment it all clicked in his mind .
They took the game out of the smoke-filled halls and clubs and put it on everyone's telly - where it still is 40 years later. Supreme talents, the pair of them. Alex here at his imperious best.
Wonderful snooker vid. Interesting to see how different the positional play was back then. Less spin on the ball. More angles. Higgins was a fantastic player. The most exciting enigmatic player of his time.
When my son was about 11 years old he entered a Jaycee Relay Race. He’d never ran track before and didn’t know everybody wore shorts. He came in jeans, to everyone’s amusement. He ran the last leg for his team - and came away the fastest runner of the day, and made up considerable distance to win. This video made me think of that day. How I wish I had been able to see it, instead of only hear and read about it. I was a single mom and had to work. My son was an amazing athlete. ❤️
I’m born in 93 and watch snooker on and off and enjoy playing sometimes - grown up with John Higgins and Ronny and even caught abit of Hendry, I do like mark selby too. This is the first time I’ve watched this legend and the way he just swaggered around the table like he was in the club, straight faced as a bulldog, and his technique and the way he moves is so unorthodox. Tremendous clearance, might watch more of him now.
Un mounstruo tan simple lo hacia ver .y tan lindo premio tu copa tu cheque y lo mas importante tu hijita y señora descansa en paz alex higgins inmortal jamás te superarán
I wasn't born when he was at the height of his powers but people still talked about him for years. Not because he was the greatest of all time, but because he was the most exciting, the most daring, the fastest, and the one who put on the greatest show.
Alex epitomised the freedom of expression and sheer talent, willpower and raw courage to succeed, he dragged snooker from the murky smoke filled working mens clubs to the living rooms and hearts of his adoring public. He had flaws but he alone put snooker not only on the back pages but front pages. Think George Best, Sevvy Ballesteros, Ian Botham, game changers who changed the sport they played forever.
Football (George Best) Swimming (Dunken Goodhue). Rock and roll (Elvis Presley)..Boxing (Muhammad Ali).Ice Skating (Torvile and Dean)..Snooker( Alex Higgins) Legends in the making..
Always got me that when Alex won the World title he was British when he headbutted the official he was Irish. He was the first the original not the best obviously in terms of titles but the reason snooker got 18million viewers never forgotten Alex rip.
Alex you were a hurricane and whiz with that cue,what a game that was, you were amazing and it's never been forgotten and neither will you ,you may be gone but your still in our hearts for as long as us old timers live,even to the younger generation who love snooker and know you from hearing stories about alex the hurricane,you will live on ,as I said you may be gone but your not forgotten,God bless you alex amen🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱 🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱it's people like you that made us proud to be Irish,thank you,hope your at peace now and happy where ever you are,🎱💖✊👍✌👏😘🌸🌹🍀🍁🌻🌼🌿🍀🌈🌈🌈🌈☀☀🌈
