Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Off Topic => Sports Arena => Topic started by: four fornicholl on January 17, 2016, 09:33:11 PM
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just watched his docu again
Loved him like I loved the Villa
such a sad story
those were the days my friends
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Same , absolutely magic . Big part of my childhood watching him . Just amazing
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those last few clips of him playing had me peeling onions :'(
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Couldn't stand him. Total prized dick.
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Couldn't stand him. Total prized dick.
in very much the same mould as Paul Mcgrath in a lot of ways though
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just watched his docu again
Loved him like I loved the Villa
such a sad story
those were the days my friends
what channel was it on , bbc4
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just watched his docu again
Loved him like I loved the Villa
such a sad story
those were the days my friends
what channel was it on , bbc4
not sure ;)
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just watched his docu again
Loved him like I loved the Villa
such a sad story
those were the days my friends
what channel was it on , bbc4
not sure ;)
the peoples champion is on at quarter past midnight
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just watched his docu again
Loved him like I loved the Villa
such a sad story
those were the days my friends
what channel was it on , bbc4
not sure ;)
the peoples champion is on at quarter past midnight
sorry, thought you were taking the piss
it was on earlier on 2 because the snooker finished early
excellent and thought provoking docu
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just watched his docu again
Loved him like I loved the Villa
such a sad story
those were the days my friends
what channel was it on , bbc4
not sure ;)
the peoples champion is on at quarter past midnight
sorry, thought you were taking the piss
it was on earlier on 2 because the snooker finished early
excellent and thought provoking docu
oh right , well i will watch it at 00.15
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FFS you can not share the Villa with any other sporting entity. Only your family comes before the Villa.
And I agree with Peter W.
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Just posted on the film thread before noticing this. "The Rack Pack", despite the shit name, is a very good watch on BBC iPlayer. It's mostly about Higgins/Davis.
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just watched his docu again
Loved him like I loved the Villa
such a sad story
those were the days my friends
what channel was it on , bbc4
not sure ;)
the peoples champion is on at quarter past midnight
sorry, thought you were taking the piss
it was on earlier on 2 because the snooker finished early
excellent and thought provoking docu
I've seen it before and Higgins' daughter could handle my cue.
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I've seen it before and Higgins' daughter could handle my cue.
She could erm, put her hands in the pocket and get my balls out.
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I've seen it before and Higgins' daughter could handle my cue.
She could erm, put her hands in the pocket and get my balls out.
how about potting the brown
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Flawed Genius was invented for him.
Saw doco when it was on before. Thought it well worth the watch.
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I met him once, in a bar in Manchester about 25 years ago .He was pished up but quite friendly and chatty. I got his autograph in the end - he wrote "get boozed, love Alex Higgins".
I lost it somewhere
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As a young student I spent a few hours with him in the bar of a snooker club in Manchester, it was the night of the Simod Cup semi-final against Boro in 1990. I doubt he would normally have spoken to me but I had my Villa shirt on and he had money on Boro to win so was happy to talk for a while.
He had several 'hangers on' with him and was totally arseholed but actually came across as a fairly quiet and shy guy. I always remember leaving and thinking how sad it was to see one of snooker's greats in that state.
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should have put this in the claim to fame thread but anyway
I seen Graham miles playing snooker in the Arcardian snooker club by the Brookhill Pub in alum rock in 1975
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should have put this in the claim to fame thread but anyway
I seen Graham miles playing snooker in the Arcardian snooker club by the Brookhill Pub in alum rock in 1975
IIRC, Grahame Miles RIP honed his snooker skills in the snooker hall on Kingstanding Cirlcle. I saw him in there enough times.
Does that snooker hall still exist, does anyone know? Also the one at the top end of the Hawthorn Road?
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Not sure. I know the British Legion in Selly Park where (Alex) Higgins won his first title and the venue of the first World Championship (also in Birmingham) have both been knocked down. Worth a couple of blue plaques though, I reckon.
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should have put this in the claim to fame thread but anyway
I seen Graham miles playing snooker in the Arcardian snooker club by the Brookhill Pub in alum rock in 1975
IIRC, Grahame Miles RIP honed his snooker skills in the snooker hall on Kingstanding Cirlcle. I saw him in there enough times.
Does that snooker hall still exist, does anyone know? Also the one at the top end of the Hawthorn Road?
The Kingstanding Circle one by the Cop shop is now a club I think, the one up the Hawthorn is still open.
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The Kingstanding Circle one by the Cop shop is now a club I think, the one up the Hawthorn is still open.
Ah...Fun times, fun times. Thanks for that.
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Back in the news again...
http://tinyurl.com/hqw8gku
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I seen the mural of Alex Higgins in Belfast a few years ago , but i think they have painted over it since
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It's still there according to Google Street View, although there's a painter and decorator's fan parked outside so maybe they were just about to get rid of it.
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It's still there according to Google Street View, although there's a painter and decorator's fan parked outside so maybe they were just about to get rid of it.
Not sure whether it was supposed to but that just made me laugh out loud - properly rather than In a lol sense - which was good having spend much of the day at a funeral
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It's still there according to Google Street View, although there's a painter and decorator's fan parked outside so maybe they were just about to get rid of it.
i might have got mixed up , its probably still there
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Not too sure but, I think there's now a statue standing there.
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It's still there according to Google Street View, although there's a painter and decorator's fan parked outside so maybe they were just about to get rid of it.
Not sure whether it was supposed to but that just made me laugh out loud - properly rather than In a lol sense - which was good having spend much of the day at a funeral
Happy I could cheer you up, hopefully Villa won't make your day worse.
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Just read Jimmy White's Autobiography. A fascinating read especially the chapter on Higgins. The bloke was mad! But equally charismatic at the same time. Some of his antics were hilarious.
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Not sure. I know the British Legion in Selly Park where (Alex) Higgins won his first title and the venue of the first World Championship (also in Birmingham) have both been knocked down. Worth a couple of blue plaques though, I reckon.
remember it well alex stayed at bobs cafe while in birmingham had a few beers in the selly park
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Me and Our Dad went to one of the nights at the Selly Park Legion when Higgins won the title. The final was spread over the week and the night we went he won 6-0.
Graham Miles was often in The Arcadian when I used to play there. He was usually playing cards though.
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Recommend anyone who loves there snooker to read Steve Davis' autobiography.
Pretty clear from reading it that he had little sympathy for Alex in the end and that he went out of his way to avoid socialising with him away from the table.
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Well it's arguable, and the rack pack argued it that way, that Higgins had a big hang-up about Steve Davis anyway and they way that those with more flair were not getting the money. Given his infamous, "I hate Steve Davis" quote that I remember him making after some victory in the mid 80s its hardly surprising that Davis had any sympathy with or for him. Plus I find it not that too difficult for him to avoid socialising with him.
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In fairness Davis hardly mixed with any players during his prime.