Blatant bit of speculation here.
Tony tweeted about the VP redevelopment plans being really different and taking everyone by surprise. He also talked about the whole area becoming a centre for sports, which makes sense with Alexandra stadium redevelopment.
Commonwealth Games are here in 2022, VP will host the Rugby Sevens.
I would think there would be a bit of pressure (possibly even some cash ? probably not) to get any redevelopment done so the place is nice and spick and span by 2022.
Shame if its all still on hold because we're stuck in the Championship because we havent signed a striker.
What would we like to see?
If Dr Tony is serious about a major redevelopment at Villa Park, then we might find it doesn't happen till after the games. If the plans involve knocking down more than one stand and some reprofiling in the others, then in all likelihood we would need somewhere else to play for a season - it now just so happens that there will be a 40,000+ stadium available down the road after the summer of 2022.
For the games themselves, Villa Park will be fine as it is for the Rugby 7s (it looked great in the Rugby World Cup in 2015).
Liverpool have increased the capacity of Anfield from around what Villa Park holds up to 54,000, with an intended capacity of 59,000. So I see no reason why would need to vacate Villa Park for the season.
What would we like to see?
Blatant bit of speculation here.
Tony tweeted about the VP redevelopment plans being really different and taking everyone by surprise. He also talked about the whole area becoming a centre for sports, which makes sense with Alexandra stadium redevelopment.
Commonwealth Games are here in 2022, VP will host the Rugby Sevens.
I would think there would be a bit of pressure (possibly even some cash ? probably not) to get any redevelopment done so the place is nice and spick and span by 2022.
Shame if its all still on hold because we're stuck in the Championship because we havent signed a striker.
It would be nice to see a huge regeneration go on and see the city creep closer to B6.
Percy, the leisure centre is long gone, it was knocked down a couple of years ago.
I’d imagine that any improvements to VP will in some part be funded by the tax payer to bring them up to the required standard. It reminds me of when Sullivan and co were doing their best to get the council to build them a state of the art stadium for nothing. Okay, it’s not a new stadium we’re getting but we’ll still have noses helping fund an upgrade of our place.
I’d imagine that any improvements to VP will in some part be funded by the tax payer to bring them up to the required standard. It reminds me of when Sullivan and co were doing their best to get the council to build them a state of the art stadium for nothing. Okay, it’s not a new stadium we’re getting but we’ll still have noses helping fund an upgrade of our place.
I’m sure some improvements will be made and from what I’ve heard some of the funding for the games will come from the city. That will mean everyone helping fund it to some extent. If our place needs upgrading to hold the rugby event then rightly it should receive some funding multi millionaire owner or not.
I very much doubt the potless council will be giving money to the private business of a multi-millionaire, nor should it IMO.
Leave our villa park alone, don’t want the corners filled in, don’t want any new stand. Loves villa parkMate. The North Stand? It's got to go.
Leave our villa park alone, don’t want the corners filled in, don’t want any new stand. Loves villa parkMate. The North Stand? It's got to go.
Leave our villa park alone, don’t want the corners filled in, don’t want any new stand. Loves villa park
Witton Road? Schoolboy error son!!Leave our villa park alone, don’t want the corners filled in, don’t want any new stand. Loves villa park
Agree on the corners but I wouldn't be against something new in the witton road
What kind of things actually get built to build a sporting area, though? It sounds a bit pie in the sky, really.
What kind of things actually get built to build a sporting area, though? It sounds a bit pie in the sky, really.expanded villa park
I think John wants another fried chicken and chips outlet on Witton road I think.Witton Road? Schoolboy error son!!Leave our villa park alone, don’t want the corners filled in, don’t want any new stand. Loves villa park
Agree on the corners but I wouldn't be against something new in the witton road
Oh, and start calling the Witton Lane stand the Witton Lane stand again!
Leave our villa park alone, don’t want the corners filled in, don’t want any new stand. Loves villa park
What kind of things actually get built to build a sporting area, though? It sounds a bit pie in the sky, really.
Given this is Birmingham we're talking about I'd like to see sports research centres and high-end manufacturing for sports equipment. That's the legacy that Birmingham should always aim for, we push the boundaries and build the future.
If you follow the A34 from Aston University up to the Alexandra Stadium thats a massive area for potential development / improvement including the area around Villa Park. If you look on Google Maps there is quite a lot of vacant land, steel warehouses and run-down public housing. All of that could be improved with a master plan for the area that brings an identity and a purpose for the area built on sport and recreation facilities alongside rebuilding and improving housing, transport links (eg mass transit system along the A34) and so on. Villa should be a very large part of that, to make this area the centre for sport in the Midlands. That is what the legacy of 2022 should be.
The Jewellery Quarter has a definite identity, Salford in Manchester was rebuilt as a 'Media Hub', Stratford as a sports centre and new residential area, Canary Wharf as a financial centre etc and there are numerous examples around the world. The main thing is for the games to create a theme which can then be built on. Birmingham and the Midlands as a whole would benefit enormously if this is done in the right way. The risk if its done poorly is that it just ends up mirroring the mistakes made in the 1960s.
It’s great news for the city and starts to give a bit of glimpse into what Xia’s been hinting at and what was suggested by Hollis/Lerner during the sale. He’s clearly also been networking hard to ensure Villa Park and indeed the entire area gets rebuilt and regenerated. What Man City have been able to accomplish is astonishing and I’m not expecting that. But done right it can vault us into a very exciting new era in the next 10 years.
It’s great news for the city and starts to give a bit of glimpse into what Xia’s been hinting at and what was suggested by Hollis/Lerner during the sale. He’s clearly also been networking hard to ensure Villa Park and indeed the entire area gets rebuilt and regenerated. What Man City have been able to accomplish is astonishing and I’m not expecting that. But done right it can vault us into a very exciting new era in the next 10 years.
Has he? When?
I'm not suggesting he hasn't but I haven't seen anything to suggest this.
You just know corners will get filled in during any upgrade.Yeah the Sudtribune is an awesome sight when used for standing. It has the same legendary status as the old Holte end terrace. If the club were to build us something similar at the Witton end that would rock the established "norm" of the Sky six.Can't see it happening but Dr Tony did say the plans were unique for England and I can't wait to see them. Throughout the history of Aston Villa we have always been proud to have one of the best stadiums in England even when the club has been in the doldrums. It's something that has always set the club apart from the average. Make us proud again Tony.
For me, I'd be happy if we flattened the North Stand and built one of these...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzF4WnfCAAALYBb.jpg)
It’s great news for the city and starts to give a bit of glimpse into what Xia’s been hinting at and what was suggested by Hollis/Lerner during the sale. He’s clearly also been networking hard to ensure Villa Park and indeed the entire area gets rebuilt and regenerated. What Man City have been able to accomplish is astonishing and I’m not expecting that. But done right it can vault us into a very exciting new era in the next 10 years.
Has he? When?
I'm not suggesting he hasn't but I haven't seen anything to suggest this.
Plenty of space around VP. The indoor Stumps place could be rebuilt into something to use 7 days a week rather than on matchdays.
That little community/basketball pitch opposite the Witton could be another area to get more productivity out of.
Have they said what the UCE building is going to be redeveloped into? I assume it will be the Athlete's village although not seen that anywhere.
You just know corners will get filled in during any upgrade.I prefer they flattened the Holte and replaced it with this. Dr Tony are you reading this. ?
For me, I'd be happy if we flattened the North Stand and built one of these...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzF4WnfCAAALYBb.jpg)
Plenty of space around VP. The indoor Stumps place could be rebuilt into something to use 7 days a week rather than on matchdays.
That little community/basketball pitch opposite the Witton could be another area to get more productivity out of.
Have they said what the UCE building is going to be redeveloped into? I assume it will be the Athlete's village although not seen that anywhere.
Isn't stumps used for the academy in the week?
I'd like heated seats as well, please. Maybe a telly in the back of the seat in front for when I get bored.
I would like a curtain between the Upper Holte and the Witton that we can shut when it gets a bit nippy.
I would like a curtain between the Upper Holte and the Witton that we can shut when it gets a bit nippy.
And while we're at it I'd like one across the front of each stand that we can shut when we're capitulating to teams like QPR.
If I built a football stand, I'd make sure anybody over 6 foot can sit down comfortably. Only sat in the North Stand once and I can only assume it was built with children and midgets in mind.I seem to remember there was a bit of a kerfuffle regarding the dimensions of the North stand was built in the70's......
If I built a football stand, I'd make sure anybody over 6 foot can sit down comfortably. Only sat in the North Stand once and I can only assume it was built with children and midgets in mind.
I would like us to build a new stand in place of the North Stand but I like many others don't want the corners filled in keep it as it is.I want the corners to be taken properly.
If I built a football stand, I'd make sure anybody over 6 foot can sit down comfortably. Only sat in the North Stand once and I can only assume it was built with children and midgets in mind.You can't build a football stadium to cater for freaks. :)
Steve Wyness is talking about 60,000. The only way that will happen is by a horse shoe design and leaving the holte free standing. But it's all academic until we establish the club as a Premier league club top 6/8. Until then it would be financial suicide.
We'd get bigger crowds if we showed more ambition.
One thing that always made me feel a bit sorry for Lerner was that when MON was spending huge amounts of money, he spunked it mostly on solid but uninspiring players in the 5-6m mark. What he didn't get for his money was a single bums-on-seats player.
Ashley Young was closest and even then, he wasn't much of a sells-tickets player.
Another unfortunate thing about the MON era was that even when we were finishing sixth, we were doing so by way of being brilliant to watch away from home when we got to counter attack and extremely uninspiring (by comparison) at home.
Yes, we were much better at home than in the last seven years or so, but other than our annual five goal drubbing of Bolton, we were hardly entertaining - take away that once a year five goal game and we averaged about a goal a game at home. Poor return and hardly a putter of bums on seats, but even then, we had 40k averages.
Doh 😕Steve Wyness is talking about 60,000. The only way that will happen is by a horse shoe design and leaving the holte free standing. But it's all academic until we establish the club as a Premier league club top 6/8. Until then it would be financial suicide.
Indeed, the financial pressure has forced us to merge Steve Round and Keith Wyness :)
You're not going to be able to dramatically do anything about the Witton Lane without purchasing the open space behind the Witton Lane and likely the houses, shifting the road- which just isn't worth it for another 4-5000 seats there.
You're not going to be able to dramatically do anything about the Witton Lane without purchasing the open space behind the Witton Lane and likely the houses, shifting the road- which just isn't worth it for another 4-5000 seats there.
I may have made this up, but when the Witton Lane stand was rebuilt, didn't we buy all the houses opposite and flatten them with this very intention only to have planning permission refused? This is why there's now a park over there.
Just show us these plans FFS!
Idea scenario you'd buy the land behind the Witton, flatten that and the North, wrap the Trinity round in a giant horseshoe, make the Holte a single tier behemoth and sit back to look at the best ground... in the world.
Idea scenario you'd buy the land behind the Witton, flatten that and the North, wrap the Trinity round in a giant horseshoe, make the Holte a single tier behemoth and sit back to look at the best ground... in the world.
I agree, I suspect part of the reason they're talking investing heavily in the whole area is to allow for that sort of development.
I think internal re-design of the older parts in the Witton and perhaps areas of the lower Holte etc is the more straight forward aspect to accomplish.
The design for a new North stand is where the difficulty lies as whatever comes has to blend what people almost universally love about Villa Park, that it is the finest "football" stadium in the country, with modernity. There is absolutely acres of space to work with, which helps and it would likely lead to an improvement in the Witton as you could focus an area around where block R is now for concourse space for the upper and lower Witton that would dramatically improve it.
I would like to see a horseshoe myself. I think it would be the best way to utilise the space available and lead to improvements in the Trinity and Witton as a result too. You could have a large two tier that wraps around from the Trinity [sort of like St Jame's Park] and then you'd likely need to take out Q3/2 and P11/10 of the Witton for a smoother joining of the stands.
End result is you have a large North stand, with all the improvements that brings. You've got additional concourse space in the Trinity corner and Witton corner to alleviate issues that may exist there. I think atmosphere would improve as the noise would be retained in the U of the design of the ground and the lower North would have far more depth to it. You're not going to be able to dramatically do anything about the Witton Lane without purchasing the open space behind the Witton Lane and likely the houses, shifting the road- which just isn't worth it for another 4-5000 seats there.
As an aside, I'd like the Pavilions between the Holte and Trinity to go.
We'd get bigger crowds if we showed more ambition.
One thing that always made me feel a bit sorry for Lerner was that when MON was spending huge amounts of money, he spunked it mostly on solid but uninspiring players in the 5-6m mark. What he didn't get for his money was a single bums-on-seats player.
Ashley Young was closest and even then, he wasn't much of a sells-tickets player.
Another unfortunate thing about the MON era was that even when we were finishing sixth, we were doing so by way of being brilliant to watch away from home when we got to counter attack and extremely uninspiring (by comparison) at home.
Yes, we were much better at home than in the last seven years or so, but other than our annual five goal drubbing of Bolton, we were hardly entertaining - take away that once a year five goal game and we averaged about a goal a game at home. Poor return and hardly a putter of bums on seats, but even then, we had 40k averages.
Another factor I forgot to add was the number of people living in and around Brum who do not support local clubs - ie the amount of "plastic" Liverpool/Citeh/Man Utd/ fans there appears to be - I've not lived in Brum for over 20 years but when last working in the City I was astonished by the number of locals who claimed to support Man Utd or Liverpool- Likewise whenever I meet Brummies on holiday or through work I seem to get the same response to my question (when I realise they are are Brummie)- "Villa or Small Heath?"
"Neither I'm a Red"
I don't know why This is- I don't believe it's like this in Manchester, Liverpool or Newcastle where the locals support the local teams
We appear to have a large catchment of fans in the West Country though!
I appreciate that kids want to support a successful team but maybe if the club did more to recruit fans from schools across the City as well as in B6 we would see an upswell in support
But even so it's still a big leap of faith to start pulling in an extra 20k+
Finally we now have a generation who probably no longer consider football (playing or watching) top of the list of favourite things to do - it saddens me that even in a soccer mad city like Liverpool parks are empty on beautiful sunny days like today and its half term - when I was a kid growing up in Hall Green I'd spend every minute I could playing football in the road or Trittiford/Shirley parks. Now there appears more bloody dogs in parks than kids !!!!! I know ........jumpers for goalposts etc
We'd get bigger crowds if we showed more ambition.
One thing that always made me feel a bit sorry for Lerner was that when MON was spending huge amounts of money, he spunked it mostly on solid but uninspiring players in the 5-6m mark. What he didn't get for his money was a single bums-on-seats player.
Ashley Young was closest and even then, he wasn't much of a sells-tickets player.
Another unfortunate thing about the MON era was that even when we were finishing sixth, we were doing so by way of being brilliant to watch away from home when we got to counter attack and extremely uninspiring (by comparison) at home.
Yes, we were much better at home than in the last seven years or so, but other than our annual five goal drubbing of Bolton, we were hardly entertaining - take away that once a year five goal game and we averaged about a goal a game at home. Poor return and hardly a putter of bums on seats, but even then, we had 40k averages.
The only time we have bought bums on seats players that other top sides would have coveted was under BFR.
We'd get bigger crowds if we showed more ambition.
One thing that always made me feel a bit sorry for Lerner was that when MON was spending huge amounts of money, he spunked it mostly on solid but uninspiring players in the 5-6m mark. What he didn't get for his money was a single bums-on-seats player.
Ashley Young was closest and even then, he wasn't much of a sells-tickets player.
Another unfortunate thing about the MON era was that even when we were finishing sixth, we were doing so by way of being brilliant to watch away from home when we got to counter attack and extremely uninspiring (by comparison) at home.
Yes, we were much better at home than in the last seven years or so, but other than our annual five goal drubbing of Bolton, we were hardly entertaining - take away that once a year five goal game and we averaged about a goal a game at home. Poor return and hardly a putter of bums on seats, but even then, we had 40k averages.
The only time we have bought bums on seats players that other top sides would have coveted was under BFR.
"When the best players in the land become available, Aston Villa should be signing them." - BFR, 1992.
Admittedly he said that after the signing of Earl Barrett, but so what.
I doubt anyone thought "Earl Barrett has signed, i'm definitely going down the Villa this weekend". collymore is probably the biggest bums on seat player we've signed in my time.
We don't need the best architects to build a proper North Stand - just copy this one:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wx9eu_2hA6E/maxresdefault.jpg)
I doubt anyone thought "Earl Barrett has signed, i'm definitely going down the Villa this weekend". collymore is probably the biggest bums on seat player we've signed in my time.
I doubt anyone thought "Earl Barrett has signed, i'm definitely going down the Villa this weekend". collymore is probably the biggest bums on seat player we've signed in my time.
Ginola? Merson? Bent? Carew? Carbone? JPA?
Andrew "Greavesie" Greaves?
I doubt anyone thought "Earl Barrett has signed, i'm definitely going down the Villa this weekend". collymore is probably the biggest bums on seat player we've signed in my time.
Ginola? Merson? Bent? Carew? Carbone? JPA?
Who was that tennis player we signed.
I doubt anyone thought "Earl Barrett has signed, i'm definitely going down the Villa this weekend". collymore is probably the biggest bums on seat player we've signed in my time.
Ginola? Merson? Bent? Carew? Carbone? JPA?
Who was that tennis player we signed.
I doubt anyone thought "Earl Barrett has signed, i'm definitely going down the Villa this weekend". collymore is probably the biggest bums on seat player we've signed in my time.
Ginola? Merson? Bent? Carew? Carbone? JPA?
I would go with Angel, although we didn't know as much about him as we did about Saunders and Collymore. Bent was a pretty big statement signing at the time too. I would also go with Merson and Carew as big signings. Ginola was a big name but tainted a bit by the fact George Graham seemed so happy to get rid. I wouldn't class Carbone as a big signing.
I don't think Carew was big signing (well he was a bigger than me and you signing but...) as such, it's was more, for me, that we signed him and Young within a day and suddenly we looked like we had an owner willing to throw some money about and get the players to push us on.
Deano, Collymore and Angel are the big signings I can think of since the premier league started, which sort of sums up Lerner (and more importantly mon)
I still think the ground can retain a traditional feel and escape the blandness of uniformity. I agree about consistent heights, but as somebody who sits Upper Holte, I think looking out onto a large horseshoe Trinity/North/Witton would be very impressive. The areas of Aston and beyond you can see to the sides of the North are a bit meh. Equally, away fans in the Witton corner would be dwarfed by the North and you'd get a good atmosphere.
A single banked Holte end, 13,500 strong, the largest in the country, would be magnificent.
I think given the the way the ground could look from the outside, blended with how impressive it would be inside would help us retain tradition and give visiting fans that bollock tightening feeling that they're somewhere sacred and perhaps for the first time, intimidating.
I don't think Carew was big signing (well he was a bigger than me and you signing but...) as such, it's was more, for me, that we signed him and Young within a day and suddenly we looked like we had an owner willing to throw some money about and get the players to push us on.
Deano, Collymore and Angel are the big signings I can think of since the premier league started, which sort of sums up Lerner (and more importantly mon) because we spent a fortune in his first 3 seasons and not one of those signings was a 'missing piece' signing who had all the fans thinking we were on our way. When we get back up Xia needs to pull one of those out of the bag fairly quickly to show that he's not all talk.
I think the ship has sailed on any notition of the Holte being a single tier.
I think the ship has sailed on any notition of the Holte being a single tier.
I agree, but the North Stand would be perfect for it with the amount of space we have behind it.
Are we talking about possibly migrating the main 'end' from the Holte to the new North?
Are we talking about possibly migrating the main 'end' from the Holte to the new North?
We don't need to do we?
The Holte End will always be special. Nothing we do to the other stands will change that. It doesn't mean the North Stand needs to be shit by comparison.
Anyway, Wolves have two "main" behind-the-goal stands and everyone knows they're going to be Champions League winners in two years time and will probably win the 2022 World Cup too!!
I think the ship has sailed on any notition of the Holte being a single tier. There are other priorities.
I think the ship has sailed on any notition of the Holte being a single tier.
I agree, but the North Stand would be perfect for it with the amount of space we have behind it.
I think the ship has sailed on any notition of the Holte being a single tier.
I agree, but the North Stand would be perfect for it with the amount of space we have behind it.
Thought this before. A one tier north stand would be great.
It would, however wouldn't this detract from the Holte? Also, why do what Dortmund are doing? Lets do our own thing - if that means, for instance, bricking up those pointless windows at the back of the Lower Holte and painting the whole brick wall there with a claret and blue mural or some sort of artwork then the appearance from elsewhere could be quite impressive.I think the ship has sailed on any notition of the Holte being a single tier.
I agree, but the North Stand would be perfect for it with the amount of space we have behind it.
Also, why do what Dortmund are doing?
It is fantastic, but why not do something slightly different but equally or possibly more fantastic?Also, why do what Dortmund are doing?
Because it's bloody fantastic!
It is fantastic, but why not do something slightly different but equally or possibly more fantastic?Also, why do what Dortmund are doing?
Because it's bloody fantastic!
Well I just gave one idea on the fly above.It is fantastic, but why not do something slightly different but equally or possibly more fantastic?Also, why do what Dortmund are doing?
Because it's bloody fantastic!
Like?
We sacrificed making the Holte End a single tier due to accommodating hospitality boxes, most of them usually empty, otherwise it would have matched the Dortmund mountain of humanity. More's the pity.
Liverpool have a single tier behind goal stand. It’s about 11k-12k of seats. Spurs’ version will be 15k.
We sacrificed making the Holte End a single tier due to accommodating hospitality boxes, most of them usually empty, otherwise it would have matched the Dortmund mountain of humanity. More's the pity.
Distance issue could have been solved by making it steeper. Cheap and nasty? That's a matter of opinion.We sacrificed making the Holte End a single tier due to accommodating hospitality boxes, most of them usually empty, otherwise it would have matched the Dortmund mountain of humanity. More's the pity.
No we didn't. It couldn't be a single tier because of distance from the pitch, and also because single tier stands look cheap and nasty.
It couldn't be a single tier because of distance from the pitch, and also because single tier stands look cheap and nasty.Distance issue could have been solved by making it steeper. Cheap and nasty? That's a matter of opinion.
all this let's be like Dortmund talk forgets one thing - no club in England has got an end like Dortmund. This isn't Germany.
all this let's be like Dortmund talk forgets one thing - no club in England has got an end like Dortmund. This isn't Germany.
What does that even mean?
What do my colleagues on H&V think of this?
http://www.heraldscotland.com/resources/images/3997291.jpg?display=1&htype=0&type=responsive-gallery
Something like that for the Trinity. It would be cheap enough to do and a massive improvement over what we have right now.
https://i2-prod.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/article11210558.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/JS27035470.jpg
Thoughts.
No we didn't. It couldn't be a single tier because of distance from the pitch, and also because single tier stands look cheap and nasty.
Where are the Hospitality boxes in the Holte out of interest?
Where are the Hospitality boxes in the Holte out of interest?
I assume this refers to the bricked up / boarded up sections at the back of the Holte Lower. It looks like they intended to install boxes but never got round to opening them.
It doesn't look like much of an improvement. I don't like them very much, but the Zombies clearly have the most attractive stadium in Glasgow.
Apologies for digging up an old thread but it seems Villa Park won't now be a Commonwealth Games venue because the 2022/23 season will need to start early because of the timings of the Qatar World Cup.
Birmingham 2022: Villa Park no longer a Commonwealth Games host venue - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/49563621
Apologies for digging up an old thread but it seems Villa Park won't now be a Commonwealth Games venue because the 2022/23 season will need to start early because of the timings of the Qatar World Cup.
Birmingham 2022: Villa Park no longer a Commonwealth Games host venue - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/49563621 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/49563621)
I don't really see the logic of this. Think we were only due to host the Rugby Sevens, which only takes a weekend. The Commonwealth Games schedule will be known well in advance of the football fixtures being decided so no reason whatsoever why the league couldn't have just ensured that we were away from home that weekend.
Was thinking of going to the Sevens but fuck going Coventry.... a terrible ground in the middle of nowhere for those who travel by public transport.
It does also seem to suggest that they are fairly confident that the Ricoh still won't be hosting a football team in three years, which might be of some concern to Coventry fans.
And in any case what if Wasps are at home?
This is how I want to celebrate if/when we rebuild the North or move to a new stadium. Estudiantes new stadium opening.
Wtf have i just watched?
This is how I want to celebrate if/when we rebuild the North or move to a new stadium. Estudiantes new stadium opening.
That is brilliant. Amazing.
It's worth pointing out that, as far as I know, that was all a CGI film including the stadium and crowd, and was shown on screens rather than people in the stadium saw the lion.Now it makes sense. Not that good then for cgi! The lion wasn't very well done and i've no idea what the message was.
Wtf have i just watched?
This is how I want to celebrate if/when we rebuild the North or move to a new stadium. Estudiantes new stadium opening.
That is brilliant. Amazing.
Apparently we’re replacing the big screens at Villa Park in time for the Newcastle game. Assuming they’re gonna be bigger and better than the existing ones??
Apparently we’re replacing the big screens at Villa Park in time for the Newcastle game. Assuming they’re gonna be bigger and better than the existing ones??
I think these are the screens outside the ground
Apparently we’re replacing the big screens at Villa Park in time for the Newcastle game. Assuming they’re gonna be bigger and better than the existing ones??
I think these are the screens outside the ground
That’s a shame if so. I’d thought I’d read (could be wrong?) we upgraded the internal screens close season (to be VAR complaint or something) and was pretty unimpressed if so.
Apparently we’re replacing the big screens at Villa Park in time for the Newcastle game. Assuming they’re gonna be bigger and better than the existing ones??
I think these are the screens outside the ground
Substantial work is being undertaken at this time to achieve this. We are already advanced with our plans to improve the PA system in this timeframe and we will also be replacing the in-stadium big screens this summer.
Update on when the screens will be fitted.
The screen in Doug Ellis/North Stand corner is being replaced, repositioned and will be operational from our next match versus Newcastle on Mon 25th November. The screen in Holte End/Trinity Road Stand corner will be replaced and operational from our match versus Leicester City on Sunday 8th December.
A massive new screen being hoisted into place today at the corner of North Stand and Witton Lane.
I don’t there can be “VAR compliant” screens when both Man Utd and Liverpool don’t have any at all.