John Higgins plays one of the greatest clearances in snooker history | Eurosport Snooker
Mark Allen won maiden Northern Ireland Open title with victory against John Higgins, who left one of the best clearances you will ever witness.
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These old snooker players are showing how much class they have , great to see
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My favourite thing in snooker, a clearance to nick a frame by a point. Higgins is the best there ever has been at it. Great to watch...
That's the best kind of pinch to watch for
Ronnie O' Sullivan is the best by quite a distance
Best at cheating
@@Jtuesday51 clearly you know nothing about Ronnie and snooker.....sit down boy
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John has been playing some awesome snooker lately he is so focused amazing!
Amazing what a Diet can do.
His clearance against Mark Williams in the world final a few years back was infinitely better. Williams missed an easy pink that would have won him the match, the title. Higgins came to the table, clearance needed to stay in the match, and he sunk every one. If the clip is on here and you haven't seen it please watch it, see what Johnno can do in a real situation. The king of composure!
Yeah that 2010 UK championship final holds special memories for me particularly, I totally agree with you’re comment.
@Dave Shields I'm talking about the world final in 2018. Just tried to find the clearance but I'm having trouble. I'll try and find it and leave it here for you in a comment
@@Justdisco2 kzhead.info/sun/qKejksmqp6BnanA/bejne.html This is the frame, 6:15 onwards. Enjoy!
@@mikeabba1990 aye well I thought his Three ball clearance in the final frame of the 2010 UK final was better , Given a couple of factors, The controversy over that summer with matching fixing and how John lHiggins responded, The fact that Higgins came back from 9-5 down to draw level, And the balls he had to pot that final Brown in the final frame. Just opinion of course, But what a player.
What a fabulous clearence by legend Higgins. 🔥🔥
Mr. Higgins ,, for a man his age he is simply spectacular, he absolutely shines at showing the " young crowd " how to play this game.
He could show them how to rip the game off using underhand means to make quick cash also. A villa in the sun and no mortgage sounds nice.
I am proud of the dedicated photo with John and Judd. John is a great talent and a legend.
Brilliant
He always beat Ronnie when he is at his best. Such a dangerous and complete player. The master class Higgins
To get the two reds from one side of the table and then reach back for the pink/black on the other side, it was some clearance!! Higgins showing his class
Gan on Hizza bonny lad!
My favourite clearance was the one in the penultimate frame of the WSC 2018 final against Williams. That was steel!
Steel and a steal lol
@@jimboslice314 steely steal!
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John Higgins is the Wizard! The Magician known as Shaun Murphy
Chacha Higgins genius
When was this?
Ice in his veins 🥶🥶
Eurosport clickbaits again. Higgins has at least 100 better counter clearances in his career than this one.
as if it is Crucible final decider on black with comeback from 17:0 ))
That's why he's one of top three ever .
Hendry n ronnie the other two of coarse
I don't know about ever.
@@seanscanlon9067 o yeah he is . hendry n ronnie other two.
@@ianwilliamson2980 It is a matter of opinion and the likes of older players like Joe and Fred Davis, Ray Reardon and Steve Davis are in the mix and even Mark Selby from the current ones.
@@seanscanlon9067 not really Davis lost to hendry a lot .reardon mabey but not as good as these three for sure
Honest John eh ? you wouldn`t bet against him !!
BRILLIANT, JOHN HIGGINS!!!!!
When was this? Says today but I can’t see result
Shouldve won this or the english open, but atleast he has a trophy this season from the championship league W. Nice consolation i suppose
2 lucky kisses. Green was a good shot
John looked a bit pissed off with the referee for not getting out and putting away the rest for him when he needed the extensions. 😄
Higgins seems to be getting better and sharper these last couple years. Awesome.
Pure class, John Higgins is a true legend of snooker. He also looks as if he has slimmed down a fair bit.
A class act John is
First class
Great player
The best clearance ever
it was a great finish but alot of it was self inflicted with for positional shots
You don't really stop players like John, Mark William's, Ronnie O'Sullivan, etc. They generally only stop when they make an error. Bad kiss, miscue, heavy contact, etc. that changes a shot.
John is better than Roonie O´Śullivan now, no doubt about that.
Man you guys get really moist for Higgins don't you?
How'd ya swallow three hundred thousand John?
Relax Eurosport
that was last october, practically clickbait really
Don’t get me wrong this is a very good clearance but its not one of the greatest in history for sure, he had to make a lot of tough shots because he got out of position a lot but with that being said there were definitely some lovely pots.
I thought the same at first glance but where the blue and green were, the first red, the other 2 reds at the top of the table having to come back for pink or black,it was a pretty unreal clearance..in a final too last frame of the session to not fall 2 behind..its top 50 ever clearances put it that way lol
Must have had a bet
Almost makes you forget he agreed to fix matches for cash
Definitely a great break...but one of the best in the history of snooker is bit exxagerated...
Playing for the blue off the last red is what seperates these boys, doesnt land on the blue hes on pink to middle or green even better..green to brown to leave the right angle to get on the blue would have been super tough..what a player
Not a fan of John Higgins but his safety play and clearances under immense pressure are unparalleled
🏴🇬🇧 Sad that he lost the final, But there. Just no doubting John Higgins talent
he obviously had a fiver on over 63.5 points scored
I hear you big dog. 👏
Sorry but that black at 0:38 would not have gone in on our club table. Ridiculous the pockets on some of the pro games.
Great clearance but not close to one of the best in history
that would be Alex Higgins semi final vs white
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Did he have a bet on himself..?
Agreed a great clearance. People forget so quickly that this guy tried to tarnish both himself and the game of snooker through shear greed. His respect for the game was waining at that time, being beaten by a shot Steve Davis was the last straw. A very good player of course but forever stigmatised. Punishment not fitting the crime comes to mind but that's a rant for another day.
Except that he didn't and you are naively believing everything via a gotcha from the News of the World. Whatever happened to that fine newspaper anyway?
@@seanscanlon9067 Come on Sean the information about this was from various sources plus he was found guilty. He used every avenue he could to lesson his charge throwing people under the bus as he went. Don't be surprised to hear more about this guy in the future, probably when he retires(that won't be for a while as we know he yearns for a payday).
@@jonathanlegg4308 Yeah the only flaw in your argument was that he was not found guilty of match-fixing and was actually cleared over it. That's the trouble when you believe the News of the World and do not bother with the follow-up outcome.
@@seanscanlon9067 He was found out before he could match fix, that's not to say he hadn't done it beforehand. He was guilty of blatantly trying. He's a tainted man, that's why he has no outside employment like the rest of the top guys. You see very little of him commentating. Let's call a spade a spade he's a thief and everyone knows it.
@@jonathanlegg4308 Except that he wasn't and he isn't. He was snooker world champion at the time and with the blessing of Barry Hearn and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and his then manager Pat Mooney (who was a WPBSA board member at the time), as the reigning world champion John Higgins was asked to go over to the ex-Soviet Union countries on a PR initiative to help promote the game to a wider audience. No doubt whoever was reigning world champion would have been asked to do the same, but at the time it just happened to be Higgins. Higgins was cleared of the most serious charges, of agreeing to accept a bribe and agreeing to engage in corrupt or fraudulent conduct, but found guilty of failing to report the illegal approach and intentionally giving the impression he was prepared to act in breach of betting rules. Well since it was sprung on him minutes earlier by Mooney just before they went into the meeting in a hotel room Kiev with people Higgins was concerned about, being that the Russian mafia was an emerging thing back then, I know if it was me I would have agreed to anything just to get out of there safely and then swiftly taken a flight back home, which oddly enough is exactly what Higgins did.
He's good at cleaning up taking bungs and match fixing is old john boy
👏 Steven Lees best buddy.
Imagine being that good at something, to be given an amazing life from playing a game - which you have no respect for, willing to destroy it all for greed. Snooker is unwatchable when John is playing and for the fact that he is still.
Slight clickbate in the Title in my opinion
Not one the best clearances thou is it? Let's be honest.
Nobody will ever beat the hurricanes 59 break against white world champs semi final .
I wouldn't go as far as saying this was one of the greatest clearances in snooker history, I mean, don't get me wrong, it was a very good pressure clearance by a class act, but it will never be up there with Alex Higgins' 69 break in '82 or O'Sullivan' a 92 break in the '12 final against Carter. Those are truly the best clearances of all time!
Pretty lucky I reckon!
Easy with the superlatives.
Not a greatest clearance at all..lot more better than this
try do this yourself in less than 500 tries and tell me if you did it or not
Yes it’s hard but not that hard for a pro.. Ronnie has at least 10 better clearances then this
“ONE OF”. Learn to read
Let's get this right about higgins..he was on video taking a 100k bung for throwing a match, but his manager or agent took the fall, and he came out squeaky clean.the man is a disgrace to snooker yet unbelievable he got away with it..GOOGLE IT!!!.
bit of an over exaggeration with the title.
I don't like cheats
Your point?
@@Teeb2023 I'm not anti any one person. I just don't like people who would throw a match. That's my opinion.
@@iano6944 He didn't, so what's your point?
@@Teeb2023 Correct, he didn't. But the video evidence was there to back up bringing the game into disrepute, through agreeing to throw 4 frames a year. He only said something when the evidence was presented to him, so as I said previously, it's my opinion. That's my point.
Shouldn’t be allowed to ever play again IMO. His manager got a lifetime ban!? 🤔
£300k
.......
This clearance is great but doesn't compare to Ronnie's 92
Clearance there's only 4 reds . What a load of crap
Not many players are capable of that. Under pressure and faultless.
Yep a masterclass of boring snooker;
Really not the best ever clearance 😂
Why was his cheating and match fixing swept under the table?
Maybe because he didn't cheat or fix any matches?
@@Teeb2023 what did he do then?
@@artomarto679 You just claimed he cheated and threw matches. Prove it.
In my opinion, the governing body of snooker were desperate to protect the image of the game and because he's one of the greatest players, they panicked and did the minimum they felt they could credibly do - a back-dated six month ban and a £75,000 fine. They found no evidence of match fixing because they didn't try to find any and it's not the kind of thing that people talk freely about. They appointed a RETIRED senior police office who happened to be on the snooker governing body to oversee a 'full' investigation. This gave the 'investigation' credibility by using the reputation of the RETIRED senior police officer but no actually criminal investigation or charges took place. Snooker took care of the situation 'in-house'. The outcome was a half-baked result that said that Higgins 'failed to report' this incident kzhead.info/sun/l7eAYJyFkKCYop8/bejne.html and 'gave the impression' that he would fix matches. Higgins basically kept his mouth shut about this and has ridden out the storm to the point where it's for the most part, forgotten. Watch the link for yourself and make your own mind up. I think the allegations were true and this event forever tarnishes a great player
@@Teeb2023 There's no concrete proof but there is this - kzhead.info/sun/l7eAYJyFkKCYop8/bejne.html so down to each individual to decide
Not being funny done them in practice ... nothing is really awkward .... you new to snooker?
Who ever owns this channel needs to pack it in with the boy who cries wolf.. it’s decent clearance, not greatest of all time by a mile
Oh it's John chiggins... Yawn. Boring. Cheat. 😴
whats great about it? showcase of inconsistancy?
Brilliant