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At what again Howdi?
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read article suicide attempt
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turning down the easy pink for the difficult brown
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Picked up Jimmy White's second (and counting) autobiography "Second Wind" from the library the other day for just a speed read.
Crazy crazy stories. How some of those Snooker players survived the 70s 80s and beyond is a miracle. |
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Willie Thorne has written two autobiographies ( and probably another one to come) following his revelations on This Morning.
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It was said of good snooker players, that it was a sign of a mis spent youth. Certainly would account for a lack of education.
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he's had more autobiographies than haircuts
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Hard to feel sorry for these people. Colin Hendry was another who gambled his lot away yet others suffered.
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bitto
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apart from the world champs,where does he get his wages from?,certainly not from his books.
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Willie Thorne. His wife must find sex painful.
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TSO doesn't like him. Called him a pain in the 4rse.
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Willie never suffered from a lack of education. From a very reputable family.
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Snooker's a tw@ts game. He's had to play snooker for a living professionally and then had to commentate on it for the diabolical BBC coverage, alongside amongst others the hapless Dennis Taylor. On top of that he is a heavy (losing) gambler.
Willie Thorne deserves a break. No pun intended. |
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Blackrock 19 May 15 10:50
Willie never suffered from a lack of education. From a very reputable family. Malcolm was the bright one. |
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Vivks Synax
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I worked in a Burger King in Leicester as a student and in about 1993 he caused a right stink coz his kid had a whopper meal which didn't qualify for the free toy - only kid's size meals did.
I mean, if your kid's still of an age to want the free toy, then maybe a little portion control is in order. I just hope he's kept hold of the spinning Taz, as it could raise valuable revenue on Ebay. |
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Snooker is a great game. I bet you're a rugger man.
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As i posted recently, he once put his Leicester snooker club in the name of his mother, to escape re-paying creditors due to an addiction to horses and dogs.
That was a time well before the mirror claim of 15 years, once again willie will walk away and make an income way above the average man, thanks to the bbc and gentlemen`s dinners. Always looked a sad sight when rushing to place a wad of cash on some dodgy dog at the Leicester track. |
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used to hate it when he left the rest on the table for ref to put away
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they were all at it back in the day. Virgo liked a punt didn't he? And Parrot.
The new crop it's all kick boxing and protein sheikhs. |
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haha you mean like a blended Saudi?
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I used to see Virgo at Windsor amongst other tracks, he had a sprinter called Jokist and was ok to talk to. White was always at Wimbledon dogs and he done absolute fortunes, that was common knowledge that Tony Morris took him to the cleaners. I never met Thorne but it's well documented he had deep rooted gambling issues for decades and he's bleating that those he credit bet with and borrowed off now have the cheek to want their money back. Absolutely pathetic that he is airing his well known dirty laundry in public for the sake of a fee from the Sunday Mirror. No sympathy for him whatsoever. You borrow money from your mates, you pay it back, end of story. Thorne is a complete and utter wrongun.
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never forgave him for what he did at ascot when he bent his head and blinded ile de chypre
cost me £30  |
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Leicester dogs, Thursday and Saturday night at the speedway track takes me back to my youth. For some reason I remember loads of dogs with the prefix Gan On, though we are miles from Newcastle. |
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 I had almost forgotton that fact Paddy,think the owner had a soft spot for the horse called "Gan On Geordie", do miss the days when the dogs were a short taxi ride from a club on a Thurs/Sat night. |
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Blackbird Road ?
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Parker Drive !
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Spot on Slippy Blue lad! Absoluteness fed up with these "sportsmen" crying to he press about their gambling problems and making out they are warning the public of the perils of betting/gambling. We are all reasonable for our own actions are we not? People like this should just take themselves off and get some help in private instead of looking for sympathy all the time. In the end they always come up smelling of roses because the BBC, who love a sad case, will make sure they do alright.
I wonder what it will be tomorrow? Some ex soap "actor" who is so addicted to eccles cakes that their life has been left in ruins! |
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Absolutely
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I like absoluteness
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slippy, i used to ride jokist at home. bringing back some good memories there
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Good story DancingBraveTheBest, John Virgo lives in Cobham not far from my brothers house or at least he used to anyway. He was a regular at Sandown back in the day as well, nice bloke. Jokist used to win now and then but never when I backed him !
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Read this hilarious piece on John Virgo
http://eveningharold.com/2014/01/16/john-virgo-living-under-a-bridge/ |