Alex Higgins | Great Frames | 1982 World Snooker Championship Part 1 of 4

[@CesarMuroya]

Part 2 on the weekend.

[@robertdenby1447]

Higgins was the best ever , the skill of this man was immeasurable 👍

[@artemvsprime]

An absolute killer on the table just when his life depended on it the most, Alex was a rare breed indeed.

[@linsayspence7070]

Alex Higgins was a tremendous player , he went for lunatic shots and got them . He was, also great at positional play and escaping from snookers , and a master at using side on the cue ball . He was ,in fact a skilled Billiards player .

[@remoobko8440]

Oh yeah, the Mountjoy match. Very underrated this one. Higgins was magical throughout this whole championship. RIP to both players.

[@robertstewart239]

"There's only one People's Champion, and you're looking at him." Alex Higgins.

[@Abraham8061]

This is a Classic

[@Jack78680]

We want more videos like this one.

[@johnwedgbury6817]

do you really. poor position and bad misses?

[@DEMONGAMING479]

First Shot says it all. Love from Pakistan

[@squirrelpatrick3670]

11:16 !!! he really just went for it

[@ianharrison2490]

Class bloke,Doug Mountjoy

[@itnaklipse1669]

Thanks - very nice! The only player to come close to being as brilliant as Ronnie!

[@Cowmilker98]

I think that statement is absolutely miles off

[@itnaklipse1669]

@@Cowmilker98 Fair enough, am still sticking to it, tho!

[@ihabiano]

Jimmy white was as amazing, too.

[@itnaklipse1669]

@@ihabiano no doubt and i like him too but theres something missing...the spark of genius, i think.

[@stephenr8615]

A tremendous potter is Alex Higgins. He takes on the craziest angles and low percentage shots and consistently makes them. But how many times are these the result of his below average positional play? Time and time again in these clips he fails to get the white where it needs to be to facilitate the next shot. I actually find it hard to watch at times.

[@michaelpower4372]

Dont watch. Alex never worried about the white Ball because he could pot from any were.

[@EannaButler]

Great upload! And that bonus to close the vid - best three shots ever to win a frame?

[@ChrisBmufc]

That first shot

[@AJsVIEW]

Alex never cared too much about positioning cos he knew he could pot from anywhere lol

[@bluedoor4435]

Mate spot on, then age and lifestyle caught up and he wasn't getting those pots when he lost position 👍

[@RFED2O]

Not sure people know about Alex's safety game either... It's was absolute class

[@thespursfan7564]

GOAT

[@michaelgaskell2031]

Yes he wasn’t consistent Alex. But when he was in the mood brilliant

[@ianharrison2490]

Higgins escape at 11.15 enabled him to go on and win match and later,championship

[@alanmctavish4802]

The pot on the green at 17.26 was magical and knowing if he missed it he could lose the match. You wouldnt see that pot in todays game. And the way he potted the blue to then move the pink over the middle pocket at the end bonus there was brilliant, in those days only a few players could do that pot. But the green pot maybe just 2 other players could have did that then and thats jimmy white and steve davis? But he would rarely go for it.

[@robicarm]

Higgins had such confidences and energy. Very sexy man!

[@aquafriendly]

today every match looks same 100/90

[@john_wheels]

Why Mountjoy's face is hidden?

[@CesarMuroya]

Censured for smoking ;) Bad image for snooker.

[@anthonydiggle2926]

What stupid nonsense! Do people who smoke on the street have to be pixelated by law???

[@nerdvananc]

Higgins absolutely just did not give a f***.

[@petefroud5308]

Alex no one better.

[@ianwilliamson2980]

The balls Alex potted there is better as today s too players can in one frame

[@linsayspence7070]

The players today wouldn't have taken a lot of those shots on .

[@ianwilliamson2980]

@@linsayspence7070 yeah higgins potted some crazy balls

[@johnwedgbury6817]

i love snooker as much as anyone. and i understand you can only be great in, or the best of your era, but the standard back here compared to now was diabolical really. greatest of respect to alex, and all the pros then, but it wasn't great.

[@paleshelter4002]

the equipment today and conditions, including table cloth, are much easier to adapt to Also the coaching and technique are almost robotic

[@squirrelpatrick3670]

Never mind the table cloth, have you tried playing snooker drinking the amount of alcohol those guys did? The new kids had it easy.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

That's not true, Higgins and Mountjoy would be able to compete in today's game, especially Higgins. There was nothing he could not do on a snooker table, players like Higgjns, Reardon and Spencer were more talented than most of today's players and when on form would be able to beat today's players.

[@Nanogenium]

Those pockets are quite big. 😅

[@markdrinkwater1508]

They are exactly the same size match pockets as used today.

[@alanmctavish4802]

@mark.. In the 1970s the pockets looked smaller but alex still made it look easy. And the balls were heavier and the cloth made the game slower, apart from alex. I saw him play in 1975 against spencer i think and alex was potting long reds hard and against the cushions. It was as if he was playing in 1982. The crowd would go "wow" at first to me it seemend strange but then i rememberd the people had never seen these pots before. And it seemend the venues were alot smaller too, i just saw the 2 rows mainly, but i didnt even know how many rows there were. When they opend the crucible at sheffield you could see it was alot bigger and alot of rows, the top row could hardly see the table.

[@paleshelter4002]

long corner bank.. nobody's that good, c'mon

[@linsayspence7070]

The Hurricane was ! He could do anything on a Snooker table 🤩

[@stephengodsmark4353]

a tad over rated for me Higgins. very astute player. but as a cubist and Potter not all that really. 2 time winner is very good. exceptional even. but outs him.mid pack which is bout right.

[@Cocoboi7]

very bad positioning