I won UK Snooker Championship but can’t remember any of it – all I can recall is the afterparty

JOHN HIGGINS has revealed however helium hardly remembers winning his archetypal UK Championship.

The erstwhile World No.1 has won the UK Championship 3 times from 5 appearances successful the final.

His archetypal quality ended successful decision to Stephen Hendry successful 1996.

But 2 years aboriginal the "Class of 92" prima was capable to observe becoming the UK Champion aft beating Matthew Stevens successful the final.

The 49-year-old has admitted helium doesn't retrieve overmuch of the lucifer itself excessively well, but does person memories of the afterparty.

When asked astir his memories from the archetypal triumph successful 1998 successful Reach's UK Championship publication, Higgins said: "None astatine all."

Higgins adjacent questioned: "Matthew Stevens successful the final?"

He continued: "All I tin retrieve is having a large enactment aft it.

"Me, Matthew and our dads, we had a close bully portion and a close bully party."

He said: "Back successful the day, that's what you utilized to bash astatine tournaments.

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"Win oregon lose, you enjoyed it. It's not the aforesaid anymore."

His archetypal UK Championship came disconnected the backmost of his archetypal World Championship crown.

The Wizard of Wishaw would spell connected to adhd 2 much UK Championships to his sanction successful 2000 and 2010 aft beating Mark Williams successful both.

Higgins believes the "stand out" 1 was his triumph successful 2010.

But speaking astir however the athletics has changed, helium said: "It's conscionable antithetic now.

"Obviously backmost past [in the 90s], you had baccy sponsorship and worldly similar that. It's present a spot sterile down the scenes.

"But it's evidently much professional. People are winning the large events and past having their ain enactment elsewhere. Back successful the day, it was different.

"Nowadays, you're older, you've got kids and I don't portion now. It's a antithetic portion of your life."

Higgins enters the 2024 UK Championship connected Monday against Guoqiang He successful the last-16.

He added: "I've had a large career, this crippled has fixed america truthful much. I've lone got bully things to accidental astir the game.

"I've ever said I'm a fortunate lad playing this crippled for a living."