Higgins & Reardon Battle For The Title! 🍿 | World Championship 1982

[@piketfi8139]

Watching this back in 82 is what made me join a snooker club, in 86 I was old enough to order alcohol at the bar, many nights spent at the bar, playing snooker and feeding my wages into the club slot machines. No, I was useless at the game, but I enjoyed the environment, the family atmosphere, twice a week my friends and I would stay until the small hours of the morning or until the owners kicked us out . That was what it was like in the 80’s. It’s all a bit sterilised and commercial now. RIP Alex, you gave me and many other youngsters an outlet and something to belong to. You will never know how you helped me and others like me. Legend 😎

[@iansilo-l7q]

Well said.

[@justjohnxx]

Ray Reardon a real gentleman smiling throughout Alex's break

[@Mark64W]

Well said ! So gracious in defeat .

[@jaynestag95]

Back then they were happy for each other.❤

[@alighias4680]

Agree with u.. Watching deafeat n still smiling take lot of courage...

[@jama211]

@@jaynestag95 Often they still are, the good ones in the game anyway

[@cedarstuff]

Reardon is a real class act. One of the pillars of snooker popularity.

[@MrSasec]

I watched it several times so far and never felt bored. It's all the magic that is surrounded by the Legend Alex Higgins.... I love you Alex....if there is any snooker player who is remembered till this universe ends, then it's the Legend Alex Higgins

[@gustavomarques4097]

I just adore the way he totally ignores the promoters and the trophy as soon as he sees his daughter coming to him and didn't let her go 'till he had to. Big emotional moment.

[@ciaranm183]

Yeah, and he was the first person to do that after a victory in just about any sport.. after that it became the norm to bring your family over after winning

[@DoctorMeatDic]

Totally agree. What a man, so emotional. That moment changed a lot for fathers, it was no longer seeing as weak to cry or to embrace family over fame.

[@jaynestag95]

A real genuine person with a heart.❤

[@robbflynn4325]

I persuaded my dad to buy me a 6 foot snooker table after watching this, sadly never got that good but it made me love and appreciate the game even more. RIP Alex, you were a one off.

[@alanmeires]

And you will never see Characters like this ever again playing snooker with flared shirts and drinking double vodkas half pissed up smoking like a chimney and just making the game look fun and entertaining. You was the governor Alex God bless you . X

[@brendeo1234]

Brilliantly true funny comment. Bless the stars of yesteryear who will always b legends forever. Well said

[@leighsimpkins2523]

Quality mate.

[@OGA_999]

Still brings tears to my eyes even after all these years. Wow What characters they were and none bigger than this mercurial Irishman. RIPP ALEX YOUR LEGEND REMAINS INTACT

[@andrewjenkins8636]

Agree mate... its like all sport,music etc has been ruled by money and image so nobody takes risk anymore or being themselves just in case it upset somebody

[@aspiknf]

@@andrewjenkins8636 You're right :-(

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Alex was so entertaining to watch,it was never a dull moment..this was the golden period of snooker...well done Alex and God bless you.

[@dringypie]

We need more videos on Ray Reardon. The man made the game of snooker look so effortless.

[@carlhartwell7978]

Absolutely, very very natural player as well. Understandably outshone in natural ability by dear Alex (who isn't! Some might say Ronnie...I'd beg to differ), but Reardon is an extremely gifted player, and a wonderful man. I have to admit as a late Gen Xer I really didn't have the opportunity to see him compete. But I did see him numerous times on Big Break, as well as the odd clip otherwise. Outstanding, very quick both in general play and in intelligent play. Frankly an extremely terrific Snooker player, understandable that he won six World Championship titles. Like you, I'd LAP UP more video's of Reardon, I guess the era in which he was in his prime would be considered _Lost Media_ 😕.Let us hope some of it at least resurfaces eventually. Surely the Beeb must have _some_ footage in its dusty vaults?

[@gordonm7038]

Ray showing pure class and appreciation. Sandy kissing his his baby is one of the Great images in sport. Beautiful.

[@rebeccaryan3621]

who is sandy

[@TheLemonadedrinker]

A beautiful well controlled frame by Alex. What a wonderful player he was. Wonderful to watch again! Watched it in '82 as well, of course.

[@andrewsingh857]

One of the great moments at the Crucible. Enjoyed it back then, enjoyed it again now. We'll probably never see the likes of Alex again. RIP Hurricane.

[@amugen]

Still magical even after 34 years

[@danilozivkovic7727]

aggre :)

[@Nicholas00111011]

Legendary

[@iseeolly9959]

And wasn't Ray happy to see him win and was an absolute gentleman.

[@ehsanshah8351]

38* now

[@jaynestag95]

One of a kind.😊

[@CaribSurfKing1]

We had 2 Q's in the house as kids. Ray Reardon and Alex Higgins. I always like the ash Ray one!

[@craigsutherland4726]

Can still remember watching this final clear as day as a kid just coming up for 12 years old

[@mohammadrezarezaei6751]

alex was a great snooker player.the world missed him alot. god bless him.

[@yugalpareek5779]

The legend who made snooker popular. RIP

[@carolconway6927]

RIP Ray Reardon. We lost another Legendary Gentleman today. As an ageing proud Ulster woman I have really fond memories of this Snooker Final. I'd also like to mention the wonderful commentary of Ted Lowe. How brilliant he also was. "For those of you watching in black & white, the pink is next to the green"

[@ufewl]

I used to love watching him play, he always had me right on the edge of my seat, all his twitching and mannerisms made me fear he would miss every shot, of course he generally didn't which was great. He kind of was snooker for me, there is no other player I would rather watch there was always an electric atmosphere when he played.

[@rebeccaryan3621]

I've seen many interviews with Alex and to be fair I have only seen him twitch a couple of times so I don't quite understand your comment in regards to missing every shot I see him twitching off the snooker table but never on it

[@rehanmirzaa]

Made me cry. He truly was a genius.

[@chrisjenkins5846]

No genius just a shot maker

[@rehanmirzaa]

@@chrisjenkins5846 it takes a genius to invent unorthodox shots that havnt been perfected nor seen in professional play.

[@jaynestag95]

Loved how Alex did the shot of red in the pocket and the white stopped dead. Love you Alex😊❤ a real Hurricane.

[@1969gawa]

R.I.P to the two of them. Legends both.

[@themadsnookerchannel2752]

what a great video thanks for uploading. the first legend of the game

[@mattylee7620]

Wow amazing to watch this. Higgins a true genius & so emotional in the end with his family, touching. The high point of his life. Ray Reardon what a legend & absolute tip top gentlemen. Utter class. It's a joke he was never knighted like a few snooker players but they knight other people who are so ill deserved in my opinion. Ty for upload :-)

[@rebeccaryan3621]

agreed

[@kieranlane3226]

What a legend, the fact that Higgins managed to win the world championship twice is a huge achievement considering the life he lead.

[@irishking1414]

Kieran Lane word

[@garyconyers]

Sentence?

[@phunkyjunction2012]

Paragraph

[@danilozivkovic7727]

what life he lead? can you tell me pls

[@chanchaniceman]

Danilo Zivkovic watch his documentary then you will know

[@marburyeducation]

I am not a great snooker fan but watched in the early 70's as a small kid in black and white....I absolutely loved this video and it really was the Glory Days of the sport. We all love you Alex, RIP, and so f-ing proud of you.

[@paulliddle9879]

The semifinal between jimmy & Alex was one of the best matches ever . The last frame in the final was tremendous by Alex . Brilliant

[@philippankhurst6680]

The 30th frame of the semi and the final frame of the '82 Final were not sport, they were Fine Art. Higgins was a genius - a seriously flawed genius, but a genius nevertheless.

[@alexmunialall445]

What a moment ...the people who were there can never pay for this single moment in a lifetime..indeed greatest player

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Spent many a happy afternoon watching them as a young boy

[@masachisam7361]

What a man and human. Was born that year.. Thank you Alex.. .. Lovely soul..

[@mkvlogs1652]

Superb... No words for celebration with family... Alex still magical in my mind💖👌

[@paulwalker1793]

A genius, a natural, a flawed character,a snooker player,a legend,Alex Higgins loved and remembered 🌹

[@christofpollet8208]

He wass and iss the reason why many peoples began to play snooker, real legend and genius at the table, and thats what counts, in the end 😥,may you rest in peace, great peopleschampion ❤

[@dancarter255]

Definitely the greatest player to have played the game

[@roblaa3198]

No way lol

[@dancarter255]

@@roblaa3198 did that comment rock you like a hurricane

[@erniescullion8452]

I dont understand how anyone with any kind of HUMANITY CAN THUMBS DOWN THIS MOVING ENJOYABLE & HEART WARMING ALSO A TEAR OR TWO OF MISSING THIS LEGEND ON THIS VIDEO. WHAT A SAD SAD SUB HUMAN PERSON YOU ARE.

[@pondermatic]

His finest achievement and an iconic moment in sport. Comparing this moment to his previous victory ten years previously, how much the profile of snooker had been raised in that time and how much of that was due to Alex, surely makes this his finest moment and one that guarantees the immortality of snooker. Nicely done. Gone but never forgotten.

[@Wesssss84]

Alex was an artist Reminds me of a troubled poet of something Wild at times and truly unique in personality and talent I sometimes think his unusual style and manner belied his EXCEPTIONAL skill on the table 2 time World Champ? And could’ve /should’ve been more Trailblazer and a half And his 69 break against White in the semis will always be my fav clearance of all time Bizarre, unorthodox, shocking tracking at times, but everything he hit went in the pocket RIP HURRICANE 🌪

[@MegaDelorean1]

alex Higgins was the most exciting player of all time.COME ON ALEX

[@johnwiseman2195]

That first red for the black. Perfect and in those days 1. Nobody else could have done it and 2. Nobody else would have seen it never mind try it. Yes he was 2 frames up at 17-15 but that is not a luxury against Ray Readon who beat him in '76. Also it is still the highest break of a final frame in the WSC even today.

[@nimohobbs9827]

Alex Higgins will always be a legend..

[@bobdinwiddy]

pure JOY @5:30 "and everything starting to flow now for Alex Higgins..." 100% classic commentary

[@robertmuth1969]

Yeah! What's the commentator's name?

[@Ursulauu]

RIP Alex! X I remember seeing this as a child - the BEST of all the snooker legends! Gone too soon. x

[@iainwallington474]

True sportsmen absolutely pure class Alex and Ray this made me cry. How things have changed.

[@nimohobbs9827]

Very true..

[@namritmehta82]

Whatta shot on the first red. Simply incredible!

[@saxjunkieloops2525]

oh man, magical

[@paulliddle9879]

Agree the White stops dead

[@charliecroker7005]

If it had not, he would have been snookered on the black. The shot had to be perfect.

[@saxjunkieloops2525]

@Storm Woods hahahahahaha i'm done replying to you.. you're too stupid for me. lol go on write what you want but dont expect any further replies

[@saxjunkieloops2525]

@Storm Woods that's neanderthal albino talk

[@MA1-c6f]

Literally the people’s champion 🏆

[@JasonDunlop247]

Wonderful game of snooker. Best of the best....

[@paulwalker1793]

I loved him for not only the player he was. But for the man he was , rest in peace Alex

[@HaerinPaul]

The man he was? Alex was a drunken lout

[@annoyingbstard9407]

He was a vile man who could play snooker well.

[@markhjones956]

A genius, if a fragile one. I still remember watching the final live; and the moment when the exhausted Higgins beckons for his baby still chokes me up. At the time, for a few seconds, we wondered what on earth he was asking for.

[@NS-fz7qw]

Fantastic! Great moment for a wonderful player

[@johnorourke2279]

Golden memories from the golden era of snooker, I'd forgotten that he sealed it with such a big break, brilliant

[@jdgonzo1982]

wow...i'm nearly crying...my dad loved snooker and i thought i'd watch this match and see how i felt...what a game!! every single shot of higgins was absolute gold...he was just flying round the table...barely a ball brushed it's feet on the way into the pocket...just straight in!! and his face when he won...such emotion...amazing...!! anyone recommend some good games to watch? are there any recordings of higgins losing it?? people keep saying he was a bit scary at times...

[@jamboz]

Would bring a tear to a glass eye.

[@JohnCAgnew]

Great memories

[@pearcegreatesteverleftback03]

The Greatest player in snooker history who made the sport what it is today. RIP HURRICANE HIGGINS

[@TablaUK]

Stuart Flethcer that comment can't be topped !!

[@smilodontiger5675]

No he wasn't. None of the players from the 70's would get anywhere near the top 16 nowadays. The modern players are far superior break builders.

[@andrewarmstrong8651]

If it wasn't for Alex you wouldn't have had the interest, snooker would have still been pot black at nine o'clock for half an hour. The robots with no soul have killed the game.

[@smilodontiger5675]

What killed the game was the saturation coverage. The BBC started putting every tournament on TV rather than just the WC as it was cheap to do. You may call the modern players robots, but they did go round punching officials or turning up drunk at press conferences or are you in favour of that ?

[@NothingSuitsMeLikeASuit]

He was nowhere near the best but certainly a legend and great ambassador for the sport.

[@sufiyankhan4459]

Such a great entertainer...discoverer developer of spin shots Snookers best ever produced player... Big fan

[@cantrait7311]

Remember watching him in Canada tv He was always my favourite God loves you great man RIP

[@y-cphoto]

Alex changed the face of snooker! We love you so much! God bless you!

[@plasticbudgie]

Such a gifted player, will always remain in the top ten greatest.

[@Fthosssain]

Alex played snooker from the heart...

[@visheshpatel5490]

Greatest of all time 🙏🏻

[@kevinprior3549]

Ray the gentleman v Alex the showman. An iconic ending to this too

[@lucybarney1]

He took the game to the next level that the 80,s champions found themselves at ,,,,,,,,,a genius at any level

[@McElhinney65]

I'm the son of an Irishman. We loved snooker, we loved Alex. We shook our heads at his antics yet we never stopped supporting him. Great days.

[@ifukill7538]

I cried with him ....awe you can see how much it meant to him. What a talent to be able to do that and in the final. Nerves of steel. To see everyone pleased for him was lovely. Amazing final. Alex will never be forgotten ☺ 20th January 2020

[@bobsmodelrailways]

What a great shame he couldn’t hold himself together throughout his career. RIP Alex.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Just think about how much better he would have been if he’d learned to keep his head down on the follow through like Steve Davis did.

[@terrynoonan6141]

Alex and Ray 2 Legends of Snooker knew the fans had to be entertained and Alex god rest you snooker just not the same without you.

[@piyakuslanukhun9185]

็He is my Snooker Idol forever :)

[@dummyspitter1106]

loved snooker in the 80s

[@officekemastikhor1899]

Such a emotional moment for him 😊

[@DonLusher]

This always makes me cry.

[@Mark64W]

You used to make me cry when you played the trombone ! ..... and is me thinking you were no longer around ? !

[@DonLusher]

@@Mark64W not that Don! He is sadly long departed.

[@Mark64W]

@@DonLusher I know indeed ! I miss Alex Higgins and Don Lusher very much . They were both brilliant at what they did .

[@craig0weston20]

Truly wonderful

[@giochinina100]

Great Ray reardon

[@mikebest634]

Great quality

[@paulwalker2401]

Such a player, should and could have won so much more,

[@gwynmaverickjames6098]

That first red he potted to get position on the black was perfection ,no other player like Alex I don’t think , and when he won it ,and held his daughter was just magical to watch sadly missed

[@bondoqbn7318]

LEGEND ALEX HIGGINS RIP. LEGEND RAY REARDON.

[@pauloalvarenga7260]

Um cara humilde. O verdadeiro campeão!

[@MrEkaito]

wow! Alex really inspired me

[@YudiMuchanis]

He really sets the standard for modern snooker player... Wow...

[@thetruth156real3]

We all loved watching Dracula in the day.

[@MysteryManfrom79]

Great Sportsmanship - he pots the ball to win and the first thing he thinks of doing is shaking Ray's hand.... And Ray, despite seeing the title slipping away, was really enjoying himself watching Higgins nonetheless - a truly memorable game!

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

Great quality, thanks for the upload

[@stanleyharrison7031]

just look at how each ball goes bang in the middle of the pocket. Simply the greatest genius in snooker history.

[@TUNADOG2GO]

Reardon looks like count Dracula......

[@billymatthews9802]

Michael Paul get that piece of shit off your profile pic

[@billymatthews9802]

Michael Paul but I’m not Scottish am I ? I don’t like people who are patriotic towards England because they are greedy citizens don’t reply with a massive comment to me again

[@billymatthews9802]

Michael Paul they won’t do shit don’t waste your time

[@duncanbirss4333]

Gavin WJ and you are an inbred, so what

[@isiahfriedlander5559]

Richard Nixon also

[@husainshaikh718]

Who dislikes videos like these? these are so emotional moments plus there is such a cute baby at the end

[@aspiknf]

Ray Reardon's descendants XD

[@anselmofernandes4255]

you can say whatever you want about this man. Just don't say that he didn't have the heart and soul of a great champion. Forever Alex "The hurricane" Higgins ...

[@davecooke914]

Alex at his best never be anyone like him again r.i.p Alex

[@Griddys]

I remember watching this when it happened. I miss Alex, met him once at Sheffield, having a drink with Cliff Thorburn in the hotel, Alex walks by and we invite him for a drink , "Eff off !" was his reply lol. He was such a character eh. RIP mate.

[@rebeccaryan3621]

no way are you serious...why would he say Feck off

[@lostthe80s]

The great days of snooker - characters, ripped trousers, risk taking, beer, raw talent and would you see the emotion from today's snooker robots.

[@UnleashTheGreen]

you forgot to mention smoking

[@virupakshakalburgi5544]

You can see this all in India still today 😅

[@robmiljus]

@@UnleashTheGreen how weird would it look if the players of today smoked like that during matches and got drunk with vodka or johnny Walker on the table next to where they sit.

[@RetroTekGuyAU]

And along came Hearn!

[@andraskoleszar9759]

Honestly I think I would rather describe this type of play as sloppy. I really doubt snooker would be where it is as a sport if the stricter regulations you're critisizing would not have been intorduced. It has made snooker so much more enjoyable in my opinion, and bread absolute talents like Ronnie and his peers.

[@drstew1]

I came here because the announcer at this years WC said with a Robertson shot against John Higgins this was like the Clearance of 82. Just that . So I typed those words ,numbers and here I found a remarkable player.

[@EdnaMillion.]

13 centuries in the entire tournament. Things have changed a bit. But you had to a real genius to play like Alex Higgins. Even O'Sullivan is all technique by comparison.

[@ianharrison2490]

Andrew Parry yeah..tables and balls are easier

[@ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣΔΗΜΑΣ-δ4ψ]

Another level at all🌼

[@smilodontiger5675]

A paid up member of the All Ireland drinking squad: Alex Higgins George Best Peter O Toole Richard Harris

[@stewartsanders8196]

Smilodon Tiger yeh but the best in the world --""""-----

[@СергейСмирнов-ю4й5г]

Алекс хидинг это будущий Ронни осаливан the best

[@ramjins8946]

The LEGEND in snooker is Alex higgins

[@danhabu4731]

I'm not a snooker player but..... does Higgins 1.move his head while shooting? 2. pushes his stroke? 3.lifts his head after shooting? 4. aims while down in his stance? All no nos in pool and billiards. I mean, snooker is hard enough but watching this guy you wonder how he pockets a ball. Was that part of his allure?

[@aspiknf]

All the shots Alex played, even modern pros now wouldn't be able to play them with such natural talent that Alex had

[@josephharley9448]

there is a fantastic collage to the song of the way we were. out there somewhere

[@TheMinuama]

It is disheartening that Alex was a terrific player.But he could not fight his own demons.Had it not been the case he could have won a lot more...RIP The Hurricane..The people's champion

[@juv7]

What a talent it’s heartbreaking 💔 they way he ended up but nobody will entertain the crowds like The Hurricane did Requiescat in Pace Alex 🙏🌹🙏🌹

[@discmotoslots]

what a masterful display!

[@chrisrogers8111]

Still is after Nrly 40years ITS classic Alex Hurricane Higgins