Jimmy White, Hurricane Higgins & John Virgo Taxi Ride!

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  • čas přidán 23. 11. 2015
  • Liam Galvin shares a Taxi Ride with Snooker Legend Jimmy White & his Manager Kevin Kelly along with Hurricane Higgins & John Virgo. A must for Snooker fans! Contains Bad Language. Footage supplied by Liam Galvin & Yvette Rowland at www.unlicensedboxing.com
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Komentáře • 68

  • @denisbuckley4352
    @denisbuckley4352 Před 6 lety +15

    This video was gas!!!! It's nice to get a behind the scenes look at the life and conversation had between snooker players. John Virgo was the only one who didn't use bad language haha now I know why Jimmy White doesn't do TV commentary on matches 😃😃😃😃

  • @unclequack5445
    @unclequack5445 Před 7 lety +12

    John was like, what have I got myself into? Alex looked 1/2 dead here.

  • @m.s.gtarot6997
    @m.s.gtarot6997 Před 6 lety +3

    I have watched this episode , it has me in bits, with laughter, so witty,
    best I have EVER seen, looks like another day watching it, OVER & OVER AGAIN, ps GB, ALEXANDRA THE GREAT....

  • @humanforfreedom9583
    @humanforfreedom9583 Před 5 lety +8

    “He’s a spy” lol gotta love Alex

  • @andynlisahun
    @andynlisahun Před 7 lety +13

    dont half miss Alex.... say whatever you want but what a character.... he came to our house in Oswaldtwistle with his manager at the time Denis Broderick when I was about 9 years old in 1971/2 just before he won his first world title and Ive been smitten ever since....

    • @humanforfreedom9583
      @humanforfreedom9583 Před 5 lety +1

      Paul Gallagher I’m a republican but it’s stupid to make out only loyalists supported Alex and no catholics. Yes he was a Protestant but he didn’t have much good to say about the British establishment either. He transcends all that sectarian nonsense.

  • @DrumsTheWord
    @DrumsTheWord Před rokem

    Fascinating. Thank you uploading!

  • @chrislongley
    @chrislongley Před 6 lety +3

    Great being a fly on the wall with such legends

  • @Emmet21982
    @Emmet21982 Před 6 lety +4

    The guy at 10:45 is like, "That taxi is full of snooker nuts and their all pissed lol

    • @Emmet21982
      @Emmet21982 Před 6 lety

      TELE6220 Congratulations. You must of went to school

  • @sherbert500
    @sherbert500 Před 8 lety +7

    very sad seeing alex at the end but also seeing the man fight was awesome, I saw him at Bristol still playing and winning money off of the punters not long before he passed, smoking a joint with a half of Guinness and a vodka and orange all going for him.......

  • @COLEEN322
    @COLEEN322 Před 8 lety +1

    Another classic and the person responsible for truly putting snooker on the map was no other than Alex Higgins. One of the few players who could keep you on the very edge of your seat, the original anti hero, the peoples champion and the without a doubt the most talented snooker player ever seen, rip Alex.

  • @drover110
    @drover110 Před 8 lety +2

    I absolutely worshipped Alex when I was a lad- this is great footage but very painful for those of us who grew up loving the Huirricaine. Jimmy seems a real genuine lad as well mind. Great people.AS an aside- John virgo opened up the lcoal leasure centre around mine in about 1986/7 and the ex brother in law beat him 2-1- he wasn't happy I can tell you. r.ip. The Hurricaine.

  • @phildean3700
    @phildean3700 Před 6 lety +6

    Genius ...no more to be said..

  • @underneonloneliness2
    @underneonloneliness2 Před 7 lety +10

    Alex Higgins organs must of been struggling in that video. His heart would of been beating twice as fast, his liver was battered, his throat was shrivelled up and destroyed, and his whole body was weak

    • @hayleycomet632
      @hayleycomet632 Před 4 lety +8

      Apart from that he was ok

    • @dan32113
      @dan32113 Před 5 měsíci

      The Spirit is stronger than the body

  • @JamesCarmichael
    @JamesCarmichael Před 5 lety +6

    WHERE'S THE TAXI GOIN!

  • @neil2905
    @neil2905 Před 7 lety +14

    if that taxi blew up, organised crime in london would have plummeted over night.

    • @stevehigton5167
      @stevehigton5167 Před 6 lety

      papa smurf .... yeah, I think it’s £1 per mile or summert, at least that was what the cab driver was charging too, it’s no wonder the 5mil bankroll disappeared with the expenses that would mount up at that rate ??? !!!!! what a KUNT one of those are in the back..... S.H Manchester

    • @wombra8314
      @wombra8314 Před 5 lety

      papa smurf 😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @welshjohn
    @welshjohn Před 4 lety +1

    Higgins and jimmy legends jimmy il see u in Pattaya soon mukka

  • @dan32113
    @dan32113 Před 2 lety +3

    John went out for Pint of milk, bumps into Alex & Jim. Okay just a quick Pint.
    5hours later in a Cab to strip club.

  • @davidtaylor4860
    @davidtaylor4860 Před 3 lety +1

    When we had characters in this country

  • @thomassmith2227
    @thomassmith2227 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm drunk just watching this 🤪

  • @stephenmcphail9758
    @stephenmcphail9758 Před 7 lety +7

    Higgins was a geeza,top guy

    • @languageoffootball
      @languageoffootball Před 6 lety

      Paul Gallagher how did that manifest itself? In Manchester he’s mixed and played snooker with Catholics all the time without issue and always let on to people when he was well.

  • @robertbrown8362
    @robertbrown8362 Před 6 lety +4

    Its funny they talking over each other

  • @danielgrant3323
    @danielgrant3323 Před 6 lety

    Bunch of crooners! That was great

  • @timokautto7349
    @timokautto7349 Před 8 lety +4

    Sad to see Alex Higgins so sick - he looks to be in great pain.

    • @Csads
      @Csads Před 8 lety

      Thanks To WPSA
      WIll Thorne Got Bankrupt twice suicide attempt//
      Karma

  • @humanforfreedom9583
    @humanforfreedom9583 Před 5 lety +2

    God bless Alex. He literally looks like he’s just been released from one of Stalin’s gulags and is still going out for a night out! What a legend. RIP.

  • @hayleycomet632
    @hayleycomet632 Před 4 lety +1

    John Virgo loves Henry weston.

  • @littlefish1167
    @littlefish1167 Před 4 lety +1

    That's the longest I've seen that Kevin behaved himself and you can tell he got on John's nerves

  • @bunkerboy-hf4xh
    @bunkerboy-hf4xh Před 4 lety +1

    Kev's the main man.

  • @dannyflint5746
    @dannyflint5746 Před rokem

    John virgo is like WTF am i doing here 😅

  • @TheMimetolithman
    @TheMimetolithman Před 6 lety

    last night i was liking the147 time, 2day it is a ton
    ya

  • @markwestwood9730
    @markwestwood9730 Před 8 lety +3

    What I would have done to be in that London Cab. I'm guessing it must have been late 2009 early 2010.

    • @markwestwood9730
      @markwestwood9730 Před 7 lety

      +montgomery15 You're not wrong, I'd have given my left eye to have been with those absolute legends sitting there just listening to their stories. Amazing.

    • @markwestwood9730
      @markwestwood9730 Před 7 lety

      +montgomery15 You're not wrong, I'd have given my left eye to have been with those absolute legends sitting there just listening to their stories. Amazing.

    • @markwestwood9730
      @markwestwood9730 Před 7 lety

      +montgomery15 You're not wrong, I'd have given my left eye to have been with those absolute legends sitting there just listening to their stories. Amazing.

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb Před 4 lety

      @@markwestwood9730 you can say that again

  • @littlefish1167
    @littlefish1167 Před 4 lety +2

    life can be so cruel to be ill like Alex then your sharing a cab with horrible Kevin

  • @martygroves4865
    @martygroves4865 Před 7 lety

    I am in bits at alex, trying to spell, god bless him, GBNF, R.I.P ALEX......

  • @theamericanimmigrant201
    @theamericanimmigrant201 Před 8 lety +12

    poor alex its like watching alive corpse...its so sad.

    • @unclequack5445
      @unclequack5445 Před 6 lety

      Yeah so sad but he did look like a corpse , once again Alex was cutting a pathetic figure.

    • @humanforfreedom9583
      @humanforfreedom9583 Před 5 lety

      And still going out on the piss. Heart of a lion:

  • @LiamJLFoster
    @LiamJLFoster Před 8 lety +2

    The bit that made me sad is Alex Higgins saying “Driver, would you open the window?” then saying “Perfect, sweet”. His voice sounds unrecognisable.

  • @opollo
    @opollo Před 7 lety +5

    I hope they havent got a pool and snooker tables upstairs, cos Alex would of hustled god out of everything even the pearly gates 👍

  • @lifegoals9528
    @lifegoals9528 Před 6 lety +2

    Alex Higgins sounded a tad like Johnny Vegas here.

  • @eltonjohntributedeantorkin197

    played jimmy and nearly beat him!

    • @languageoffootball
      @languageoffootball Před 6 lety

      Elton John Tribute Dean Torkington you could have been a contender...

  • @tonyfinnegan2972
    @tonyfinnegan2972 Před 8 měsíci

    f

  • @edinsoncavani2160
    @edinsoncavani2160 Před 3 lety

    Nobody cared about alex when he was done