Willie Thorne gone

Aged 66, didn't quite reach frame ball :-(

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

Aged 66, didn't quite reach frame ball :-(

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Was he the fat lad who drank about 30 pints of lager a day?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Was he the fat lad who drank about 30 pints of lager a day?

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:hehe: No, I would say Bill Werbeniuk is your man there.

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

:hehe: No, I would say Bill Werbeniuk is your man there.

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I assume he's also gone.

The day England played Switzerland at Wembley to open Euro 96, I was in the coach station at Hounslow trying to get a coach to Bromley, when I found Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, drunk and insensible, wearing full black tie and slumped on a waiting room bench. :hehe:

Only 19k on his Go Fund Me

But that ol’ geezer got 20 million for faffing about in his back yard :yikes:

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I assume he's also gone.

The day England played Switzerland at Wembley to open Euro 96, I was in the coach station at Hounslow trying to get a coach to Bromley, when I found Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, drunk and insensible, wearing full black tie and slumped on a waiting room bench. :hehe:

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Hehe brilliant. Yeah Bill is long gone, this is fantastic from Wiki;

Werbeniuk was noted for the copious amounts of alcohol he consumed before and during matches – at least six pints before a match and then one pint for each frame. In total, he drank between 40 and 50 pints of lager per day.

Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include: 76 cans of lager during a game with John Spencer in Australia in the 1970s;[1] 43 pints of lager in a snooker match/drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair in which, after Sinclair had passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say "I'm away to the bar now for a proper drink";[6] 28 pints of lager and 16 whiskies over the course of 11 frames during a match against Nigel Bond, in January 1990 – after which Werbeniuk then consumed an entire bottle of Scotch to "drown his sorrows" after losing the match.

What an absolute fúcking legend :bow:

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

Hehe brilliant. Yeah Bill is long gone, this is fantastic from Wiki;

Werbeniuk was noted for the copious amounts of alcohol he consumed before and during matches – at least six pints before a match and then one pint for each frame. In total, he drank between 40 and 50 pints of lager per day.

Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include: 76 cans of lager during a game with John Spencer in Australia in the 1970s;[1] 43 pints of lager in a snooker match/drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair in which, after Sinclair had passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say "I'm away to the bar now for a proper drink";[6] 28 pints of lager and 16 whiskies over the course of 11 frames during a match against Nigel Bond, in January 1990 – after which Werbeniuk then consumed an entire bottle of Scotch to "drown his sorrows" after losing the match.

What an absolute fúcking legend :bow:

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"Werbeniuk died of heart failure on 20 January 2003, six days after his 56th birthday" :rubchin:

https://drunkard.com/wp-content/uplo...-werbeniuk.jpg

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

Hehe brilliant. Yeah Bill is long gone, this is fantastic from Wiki;

Werbeniuk was noted for the copious amounts of alcohol he consumed before and during matches – at least six pints before a match and then one pint for each frame. In total, he drank between 40 and 50 pints of lager per day.

Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include: 76 cans of lager during a game with John Spencer in Australia in the 1970s;[1] 43 pints of lager in a snooker match/drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair in which, after Sinclair had passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say "I'm away to the bar now for a proper drink";[6] 28 pints of lager and 16 whiskies over the course of 11 frames during a match against Nigel Bond, in January 1990 – after which Werbeniuk then consumed an entire bottle of Scotch to "drown his sorrows" after losing the match.

What an absolute fúcking legend :bow:

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Famously needed six pints just to steady his hand. Quality.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Famously needed six pints just to steady his hand. Quality.

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And how many people have a line like: 'Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include' on their Wiki page :hehe: Forgetting the fact that not everyone is called Werbeniuk of course.

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

And how many people have a line like: 'Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include' on their Wiki page :hehe: Forgetting the fact that not everyone is called Werbeniuk of course.

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Puts us to shame, b

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Originally Posted by barrybueno

Hehe brilliant. Yeah Bill is long gone, this is fantastic from Wiki;

Werbeniuk was noted for the copious amounts of alcohol he consumed before and during matches – at least six pints before a match and then one pint for each frame. In total, he drank between 40 and 50 pints of lager per day.

Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include: 76 cans of lager during a game with John Spencer in Australia in the 1970s;[1] 43 pints of lager in a snooker match/drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair in which, after Sinclair had passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say "I'm away to the bar now for a proper drink";[6] 28 pints of lager and 16 whiskies over the course of 11 frames during a match against Nigel Bond, in January 1990 – after which Werbeniuk then consumed an entire bottle of Scotch to "drown his sorrows" after losing the match.

What an absolute fúcking legend :bow:

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Fair ****s, the boy could clearly hold his ale.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Fair ****s, the boy could clearly hold his ale.

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Imagine his farts, though. :-(

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Puts us to shame, b

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Think he almost puts the whole Arsenal '91 team to shame tbf.

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Originally Posted by Burney

Imagine his farts, though. :-(

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Better than the farts of a bitter drinker, surely? There’s got to be more biological consequences from bitter.