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Offline conman

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #60 on: January 27, 2016, 04:19:15 PM »
Car auctions on Witton Lane before a midweek game.

All midweek games on a Wednesday.

half 7 kick off

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #61 on: January 28, 2016, 03:52:41 PM »
The Trinity Road frontage - best in British football.

The AV Floodlights.

Nigel Kennedy's battered car with home made graffiti all over it in the car park.

'Dalian Atkinson drives Rover' - even when he was banned.

Offline castlefields_villan

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #62 on: January 28, 2016, 04:01:23 PM »
The clock in the middle of the old Witton Lane Stand

The old manual halftime scoreboards - Corner of Holte/Trinity & Witton Lane/Witton End

The Witton End being called "The Witton End"

Games finishing at little more than a couple of minutes after twenty to five

Offline Pete

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #63 on: February 02, 2016, 02:01:09 PM »


Games finishing at little more than a couple of minutes after twenty to five

Which meant that a swift walk got us to the Sacks of Potatoes in Gosta Green just as they opened at five, for egg and chips and pints of Springfield, then on to the Bull and/or the Old Royal in time for the bloke touring the pubs selling the Argus.

Offline conman

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #64 on: February 02, 2016, 05:32:43 PM »


Games finishing at little more than a couple of minutes after twenty to five

Which meant that a swift walk got us to the Sacks of Potatoes in Gosta Green just as they opened at five, for egg and chips and pints of Springfield, then on to the Bull and/or the Old Royal in time for the bloke touring the pubs selling the Argus.
Before all day drinking we would walk it into town for the  pubs  that opened at half 5 such as the exchange under the ramp going up to new st , the shakespere , the windsor , the costers or the red lion

Offline Ron Manager

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #65 on: February 02, 2016, 06:45:30 PM »
The Trinty serving Bovril with tubs of pepper on the brown counter  wooden spoons to stir it in.

Offline castlefields_villan

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #66 on: February 02, 2016, 11:14:22 PM »
Buying a ticket for the Upper Trinity from the kiosk outside and hoping you hadn't bought one where one of the goals would be obstructed by one of the pylons.

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #67 on: February 03, 2016, 08:10:33 AM »
Buying a ticket for the Upper Trinity from the kiosk outside and hoping you hadn't bought one where one of the goals would be obstructed by one of the pylons.

And the ball disappearing from view behind the Trinity roof from  high clearences leaving you guessing which part of the pitch it would land.

Offline castlefields_villan

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #68 on: February 03, 2016, 10:32:06 AM »
Buying a ticket for the Upper Trinity from the kiosk outside and hoping you hadn't bought one where one of the goals would be obstructed by one of the pylons.

And the ball disappearing from view behind the Trinity roof from  high clearences leaving you guessing which part of the pitch it would land.

Yes, I remember that !

Offline simon ward 50

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #69 on: February 03, 2016, 01:45:02 PM »
Reserve matches at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon!

Offline conman

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #70 on: February 03, 2016, 05:40:28 PM »
Reserve matches at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon!
and the generation game on the telly when you get home

Offline Rudy Can't Fail

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #71 on: February 03, 2016, 05:47:24 PM »
Buying a ticket for the Upper Trinity from the kiosk outside and hoping you hadn't bought one where one of the goals would be obstructed by one of the pylons.

And the ball disappearing from view behind the Trinity roof from  high clearences leaving you guessing which part of the pitch it would land.

Balls being kicked over the Witton Lane stand and a steward running outside to retrieve it.

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #72 on: February 03, 2016, 06:06:20 PM »
Standing on the Holte End and getting a whiff of one of those God-Awful farts that smelled like the perpetrator had followed through and shit themselves.I definitely don't smell them now , maybe they disappeared when it went all seater or my sense of smell has diminished over the years.

Offline conman

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #73 on: February 03, 2016, 06:17:18 PM »
it would be  indecent assault now and was then really but remember in the 70s at the back of the holte  if there was a bird there  sometimes 5 or 6 villa fans  would all try to feel her tits at the same time and she would scream and laugh

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Re: Villa Park as I know it
« Reply #74 on: February 03, 2016, 06:20:04 PM »
Standing on the Holte End and getting a whiff of one of those God-Awful farts that smelled like the perpetrator had followed through and shit themselves.I definitely don't smell them now , maybe they disappeared when it went all seater or my sense of smell has diminished over the years.
oh god yeah , thinking about it , i can smell one now , while i am eating my dinner

 


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