Hi, I have a large collection of snooker, pool,
World Cup football,
other sports and general interest videos, mainly transferred to DVD,
which I have compiled over a number of years. My pride and joy is my
Alex Higgins
collection, which contains very scarce, rarely seen
footage which I acquired from various sources. If you are interested in
learning more about my collection, please
me for a chat. I am starting a list of the main items on DVD below, and
will be adding to it as I go along.
Note: I have not updated this page for some time until now (January 2010), but I have a good proportion of all tournaments since the last item mentioned, including the World Champs 2008, so brilliantly dominated by Ronnie O'Sullivan (10 discs, all of his matches) and the World Champs 2009, the majority of matches complete.
Latest additions: The
Shanghai Masters 2009, which saw another virtuoso display by Ronnie
O'Sullivan and the rising star that is Chinese player Liang Wenbo. 9 DVDs
in total. I also have all tournaments from last season, including the best
matches from the World Championships 2009 and the UK Champs 2009.
STOP PRESS: Have
we just seen two of the greatest matches of all time? The Masters 2010 saw
a fantastic semi final between Ronnie O'Sullivan and a resurgent Mark
Williams, playing his best snooker for several seasons, followed by an
even better (probably) Final between Ronnie and Mark Selby, now becoming
one of the best match players in the world. I won't tell you the score,
just that Ronnie led 9-6 (first to 10) and then .... I have the whole
tournament (with a number of other thrilling matches) on 18 DVDs, Semi
Finals and Final on 4 DVDs.
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Please Note: This list of my DVDs is exactly that - a list of part of my own personal collection. No invitation to buy, sell or trade is implied. The two titles above are available from the links at Amazon.co.uk
1.
World Championships 2005: I have the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final
on 14 DVDs, averaging over 3 hours each. A nice digital quality collection
to view when there's no snooker on TV! I also managed to get the majority
of the better matches from the whole championship complete.
2. World Championships 2004: Ronnie O'Sullivan's matches, including every match he played in the 2004 World Championship (103 frames in total). Ronnie is described as a genius, and these DVDs show why! I have compiled these onto 11 DVDs averaging over 3 hours each. From the same championship I have almost all the better matches, including QFs, SFs and Final on 12 DVDs.
3. The Masters 2005. Almost every shot of every match in the tournament on 15 DVDs. Was Ronnie awesome or what?
4. The Grand Prix 2004. Most of the tournament.
5.
The China Open 2005, a tournament which produced a new local hero. All on
10 DVDs.
6. The Masters 2004, a tournament which produced the best Final (or indeed, the best match), between the late, hugely lamented Paul Hunter and Ronnie O'Sullivan, that I can remember, and I have watched snooker since the 1970's! (But see also No. 38 below - I can't decide which is better!) Final on 2 DVDs, complete tournament on 11 DVDs.
7. Alex Higgins v Steve Davis in the Coral UK Championship 1983. One of my favourite DVDs. Shows the final part of this thrilling match, lasting three hours in total.
8. Alex Higgins v Jimmy White in the Coral UK Championship 1985. Two great People's Champions in opposition! Good highlights lasting 3 hours.
9. 147's and Big Breaks. I've compiled 14 147's on to one DVD, including Ronnie's fastest at 5m 20s, several by John Higgins and Mark Williams' first in the World Champs 2005. Plus another 4 big breaks. DVD lasts 4 hours (Ronnie's Hotshots lasts 62 minutes by comparison)!
10. Snooker Flukes, Bloomers and Bizarre Incidents. I've put together lots of flukes, silly mistakes and strange events that have happened over the years onto 2 DVDs, lasting nearly 4 hours each. A lot of hilarious and interesting stuff on these!
11. Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White in the World Final 1990. The complete match on 2 DVDs.
12. Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White in the World Final 1992. The complete match on 3 DVDs
13. Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White in the World Final 1993. The complete match on 2 DVDs.
14. Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White in the World Final 1994. The complete match on 3 DVDs.
15. Premier League 2004-5, complete tournament on 12 DVDs. Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams, Paul Hunter, Steve Davis & Marco Fu.
16. World Final 1985: Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor. One of the great sporting events of all time. Including Steve & Dennis' own recollections and a one hour snooker documentary.
17. Alex Higgins & Jimmy White v Steve Davis & Tony Meo, HofmeisterDoubles 1984. Four of the best players of their time in action.
18. Alex & Jimmy v Cliff Thorburn & Willie Thorne, also in the above event.
19. World Championship 2003. Apart from excellent coverage of the whole Championship, the highlights are the late, great Paul Hunter v Ken Doherty Semi Final (great comeback) and the Final - Mark Williams v Ken Doherty (a real thriller).
20. World Championship 2002. The highlight - the Final between Peter Ebdon and Stephen Hendry - what a thriller!
21. Pot Black 1983. One of those great old series, with most of the old favourites: Higgins, Reardon, Charlton, Davis, White... Almost all the matches from the event which sparked television interest in snooker. 2 hours 45 minutes of nostalgia.
22. Fourteen years later, a lot of these were back again for Pot Black Seniors 1997. Perhaps not playing quite so well, but loads more nostalgia from these great old players! 2 DVDs of great fun!
23. Alex Higgins and the World Championship 1982. Good highlights plus a documentary and several clips showing Alex or about him.
24. Alex Higgins v Jimmy White World Semi Final 1982. The last five frames, including that 69 break.
25. World 8 Ball 2005. QFs 3 & 4, SFs and Final on 2 DVDs.
26. Wimbledon Tennis 2005. Recordings of most of the best matches, including Andy Murray, Nadal, Sharapova.
27. Northern Ireland Trophy 2005. A new snooker tournament on 6 DVDs.
28. US Open Tennis 2005. A number of excellent matches, including Singles Semis and Finals.
29. The Ashes Cricket 2005. Highlights of the matches and the Victory Parade in full.
30. Grand Prix (Snooker) 2005. Most of the better matches, many of them complete, on 16 DVDs, including a fantastic performance of four consecutive centuries (World ranking event record) by one player in the Final.
31. World Championship 2001. Semi Finals and Final on 8 DVDs. Includes Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Matthew Stevens and Joe Swail.
32. Pot Black Cup 2005. The revival of one of the great snooker tournaments of bygone years. One frame shootouts, QFs to Final on one DVD, almost 3 hours. Eight of the top players in action. Including the tournament's highest ever break and some fantastic nostalgia from the original series.
33. Football: England v Argentina in Geneva, November 2005. The whole of this fantastic and thrilling match, plus studio comment.
34. The UK Championships 2005. I have compiled most of the best matches up to and including the Final on 21 DVDs. Featuring Ding Junhui and all the other top players. I even managed to get both tables simultaneously on some occasions!
35. (Football) George Best DVD. Three and a half hours about George Best and Manchester United.
36. Olympic Table Tennis Championships 2004. Several DVDs of brilliant action.
37. Women's 9 Ball Pool from the USA. Several DVDs, including action from former snooker players and World Champions Allison Fisher, Karen Corr and Kelly Fisher. Just completed: The Florida Classic 2006, including Karen, Allison, Jeanette Lee and Monica Webb, SFs & Final on one DVD.
38. The Saga Insurance Masters 2006. An outstanding tournament (the last at Wembley, and a magnificent tribute to 27 years at the venue), and a Final that surpasses anything I have ever seen in terms of quality and excitement! 17 DVDs in total, most lasting over 3 hours.
39. The Malta Cup 2006. A selection of early matches, plus Quarter Final and Semi Final matches from the main table and, apart from two early frames, the whole roller-coaster Final. 8 DVDs.
40. The Welsh Open 2006. The important action on 12 DVDs, averaging over 3 hours each.
41. The China Open 2006, including an enthralling Final! Action on 8 DVDs.
42. The World Championship 2006. (Almost!) every ball of every match! Including those Hendry v Bond, Dott v Robertson, O'Sullivan v Williams and Ebdon v Fu classic thrillers!
43. Tennis: Andy Murray in the SAP Open Tournament, San José, his Semi Final v Andy Roddick and the Final v Hewitt. Over 3 hours, great stuff!
44. Two CD ROMs of Alex Higgins, including musical slideshows of his early years and typical poses, and a collection of 300 images of Alex and his life.
45. UK Champs 2000, SFs & Final. Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams.
46. Welsh Open 2004, including Ronnie O'Sullivan v Steve Davis in the Final!
47. UK Champs Final 1997: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stephen Hendry! One DVD.
48. (Tennis) French Open Final 2005. Rafael Nadal (Spain) v Mariano Puerta (Argentina). 3 hours 50 mins of enthralling action!
49. Tennis: French Open 2006. Many of the better matches, including Nadal, Federer, Sharapova, Vaidisova (the new glamour girl on the circuit), etc.
50. Football: The World Cup 2006. Did you miss any of the matches? I have all the better matches and most of the others complete (not highlights) on DVD.
51. Tennis: Wimbledon 2006. Most of the better singles matches, in many cases complete, including Federer, Nadal, Murray, Sharapova, Mauresmo, etc, QFs, SFs and Finals, including the spell-binding Federer v Nadal in the Men's Final and Mauresmo v Henin-Hardenne in the Ladies' Final.
52. Golf: The (British) Open 2006 from Hoylake. Last day closing holes. Almost 4 hours of gripping action.
53. (English) 8 Ball World Champs 2006. 1. The Ladies' Final and the Men's Team Final. 2. The Men's Singles QFs to Final, including Chris Melling, Mick Hill, snooker star Mark Selby, Jason Twist and Darren Appleton. 5 DVDs of great action. Also includes the 2006 Pub Pool Challenge. Exciting 'winner stays on' tournament!
54. The new IPT
8 Ball Tour 2006. 1. The King of the Hill and The Battle of
the Sexes. Legend Mike Sigel takes on another legend - Efren Reyes and
Loree Jon Jones in special Challenge matches.
2. The North American Open, including Ronnie O'Sullivan, making his
first appearance in this format, Allison Fisher and many others! Ronnie
featured on the TV table much of the time, so I have several of his
matches! 6 DVDs.
55. The Northern Ireland Trophy 2006. Wow! Have we just witnessed the greatest exhibition of sustained brilliance ever? Ronnie's six frames completed in 52 minutes, with 7 breaks over fifty plus a century (fastest best of 11 match on record)? How can anyone do better than that (except Ronnie)? Tournament coverage on 9 DVDs, including complete Final.
56. Tennis: The US Open 2006. So far I have the first three Andy Murray matches (including his roller-coaster encounter with Fernando Gonzalez), Rafa Nadal v Luis Horna, most of that thrilling match between Andre Agassi and Marcos Baghdatis and Andre's tearful farewell after his match with Benjamin Becker.
57. Snooker: The Pot Black Cup 2006. One frame shootouts. Extended highlights of the Quarter Finals, plus complete Semi Finals and Final, all on one DVD, including the highest break ever made in the tournament, and another 'illegal' century. DVD also includes Celebrity Pot Black, played earlier in aid of Sportrelief, featuring Ronnie O'Sullivan and Steve Davis.
58.
Snooker: The Grand Prix 2006 produced
a new (and deserving) ranking event winner. Well, if you can beat Ronnie
5-1 you must deserve something! I have most matches from the main tables,
most of Ronnie's matches and all but two of the winner's matches,
including the round robin stage. All matches on 27 DVDs, Last 16 to Final
on 13 DVDs.
59. Paul Hunter Tribute:
Paul's wins in the Wembley
Masters 2001, 2002 & 2004
on 5 DVDs. The 2004 is complete, with good coverage of the other two
matches. I also have the British Open Final 2002
on 1 DVD.
60. Snooker: The Maplin UK Championships 2006: Last 16 Round matches on 11 DVDs, Quarter Finals to Final on 10 DVDs.
61. Asian Games 2006: Ding Junhui v Liang Wenbo in the Snooker Singles Final (1 DVD).
62. The Masters 2007: More or less complete coverage of all matches played (16 DVDs).
63. The Welsh Open 2007: Good coverage, including highlights and complete matches (12 DVDs).
64. The China Open 2007: Some complete matches (including two riveting Quarter Final & Semi Final matches) and good highlights of others, including the Final (8 DVDs).
65. Great Snooker Moments from the past. Key Action from the World Championships of 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990 and 1992, including Steve Davis, Alex Higgins, Ray Reardon, Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White. One DVD, about 3 hours 50 minutes of treasured memories.
66. The World Championships 2007. Some super performances by a number of players. The Quarter Finals to Final in full on 22 DVDs and I have most other matches complete also.
67. Jimmy White: Footage from the 1980's. The visual quality is not the greatest in some parts, but some very rare and interesting footage from Jimmy's early career, including a number of whirlwind breaks, interviews and background info. About 3 hours on 1 DVD.
68. Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1997. At last! I have finally tracked down a copy of this fantastic match, in which Stephen Hendry led Ronnie O'Sullivan 8-2, Ronnie came back to level at 8-8 and then ....! Stephen knocked in a 147 in the final frame! What could be more thrilling than that? Good coverage of around 2 hours, including everything shown on TV.
69. The Shanghai Masters 2007. Good coverage from the wildcard round through to the Final of this first ranking tournament of the new season. Two very unexpected finalists and some high quality play! 11 DVDs.
70. The Northern Ireland Trophy 2007. Another great tournament. One match stands out: Ronnie made 5 centuries, including a 147 in a 5-2 victory over Ali Carter. This is a world record performance in a 9 frame match!
71. The World Championships 2008: Another Master Class by Ronnie O'Sullivan, including yet another 147 (the first time ever that there were two in one tournament)! I have all of Ronnie's matches, more or less complete, on 10 DVDs, and the Quarter Finals to Final on 18 DVDs. I also have most of the better matches from the whole championship.
72. Wimbledon 2008: The most fantastic, gripping and pulsating Men's Final ever played? No doubt about it. Federer v Nadal. All seven hours of it, including rain intervals, brilliant background items, chat between Sue Barker and her guests (McEnroe, Becker, etc): 2 DVDs. I also have many of the QFs & SFs and the Ladies' Final.
73. (Snooker) Northern Ireland Trophy 2008: Ronnie once more at his superb best (all of his matches), and with more than his fair share of scares along the way, including two or three gripping comebacks. 9 DVDs of superb action.
74. US Open Tennis 2008: I have many of the better matches complete, or near complete, including Andy Murray's fantastic semi final match with Rafa Nadal, and, of course, the other Semi Finals and Finals of the singles and most of the Mixed Doubles Final featuring Jamie Murray.
75. World Championships 2009. Most matches, including many complete. QFs, SFs and Final on 16 DVDs.
76. Wimbledon 2009. The Ladies Singles Final, Serena v Venus Williams and the awesome Men's Final, Federer v Roddick, complete on 2 DVDs.
77. World Final 1995. Stephen Hendry v Nigel Bond. Some frames from the match, including the final session. 1 DVD.
78. World Final 1996. Stephen Hendry v Peter Ebdon. The latter part of the match (about 3 hours or so). 1 DVD.
79. The B &
H Masters Final 1997. Ronnie O'Sullivan v Steve Davis in
this great match, including the famous streaker incident! 2 DVDs.
80. Grand Prix 2009. A great tournament for the Australian Neil Robertson, and some fantastic nail-biting matches, including Higgins v Ronnie and Higgins v Robertson Semi Final. 18 DVDs.
I'm still adding .............................