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RIP Terry Griffiths

Sad news about Terry Griffith.I took my son and his friend to a snooker match when he was playing Alex Higgins,The ‘Hurricane’ was so rude to the boys that lovely Terry spent ages chatting with them.A real star .

Susan Jacques ● 139d6 Comments

My best mate's brother was the breakfast chef at a fancy hotel near Preston,at which most of the snooker stars stayed when there was a competition on at the Guild Hall.Higgins came in at about  3am,well worse for wear and abusive to an old boy who was the night porter.Brian,my mate's brother,like some chefs had a hair trigger temper sometimes and the story he regaled in a broad no nonsense Lancashire accent was 'I went up to him,sparked him,put him to bed'

Keith Iddon ● 139d

"I was fortunate enough to meet Alex Higgins on my 39th birthday and he was kind enough to play a couple of frames with me" I met Alex and his mate in a bar in swallow street. He was a bit drunk and he left. I left 30 mins later for green park Tube. I could see in front of me some flashing blue lights. As i got to the Ritz Casino 3 policeman were ontop of a bloke on the pavement outside the door. Yep,it was Alex and he along with his mate were thrown in the back of meat wagon. Went to a party in new mordan once and jimmy white was at the party along with tony meo. Remember Tony? Well his partner was a bit of a punk rocker. The two never looked a match which was funny and surprising

Julian Pavey ● 139d

I remember when Big Bill stretched for a shot and his trousers split.

Keith Iddon ● 139d

Remember Bill Werbeniuk? Apparently he used to drink 40/50 pints of lager every day. I remember watching him on Pot Black I think it was, when the players could drink and smoke as they wished.  "Doctors advised him to drink alcohol to counteract a familial benign essential tremor. Later in his career he also took propranolol, a beta blocker, to cope with the effects of his alcohol consumption on his heart". Sadly, but not unexpectedly, he died of heart failure at the age of 56.

Brian Coyle ● 139d

Nice anecdote Susan.Sadly, alcohol was no friend to either Alex Higgins or his Belfast prodigy George Best.Master of the snooker table Terry Griffiths sadly died from a form of dementia, a disease affecting many sportsmen; and I bet TG never headed a football in his life.

Denis I. Fox ● 139d

I was fortunate enough to meet Alex Higgins on my 39th birthday and he was kind enough to play a couple of frames with me.He came across as not over friendly but not cold,not really intersted in anyone else's story and certainly  not as an approval seeker,so I understand what you mean.Fair play to Terry Griffiths,he won the world championship as a qualifier,rare in itself.I hope they are up there having a frame together.

Keith Iddon ● 139d