Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: kiddylion on March 19, 2015, 06:38:48 PM
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Just Seen Jack Watts has died aged 96.
He took me a tour of Villa Park years ago,knew everything there was to know about villa.
Saw his 1st game in 1922 apparantly
RIP Jack
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RIP Jack
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Oh. Sad news.
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A proper Villa man - RIP Jack . God bless .
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I can remember taking a group of children for a tour of Villa Park as part of the volunteer work I do with the charity Barnardos, was one of the first trips i'd been involved with with them, the children we were working with at that time did have a few behavior issues, and can remember Jack giving them a strong word or two after one of them set the shower off in the dressing rooms!His passion for the club really showed as we went around the ground
RIP Jack.
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RIP Jack. Holte Ender in the Sky
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RIP Jack.
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In 1994 myself and a mate had a bunch of kids over for a football tour and a trip around Villa Park was on the itinerary, Jack took us around the place and had the kids (u17.s and mainly Manure and Liverpool fans) spellbound with his knowledge and stories.
RIP Jack, Villa man.
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Sad news.
Another great Villa man. Took me on a tour of the ground in the 80s, it was brilliant. Didn't he used to man the scoreboard too...
RIP
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RIP Jack. I remember him telling some kids that they should be supporting the Villa and not young start ups like Liverpool and Manchester United, "They have a bit of history, Aston Villa has heritage."
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What a great quote.
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Went on a tour probably over 10 years ago, and remember being chuffed he was our guide.He knew absolutely everything about the Villa.He spoke about the 1957 Cup win and how the press had said that Villa may as well not turn up.
The tour ended at the Corner Flag and I remember looking over at Jack having a meal and supping a pint of Bitter and thinking you've earned that son ten times over.
Great man.
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/df/24/0,,10265~9577695,00.jpg)
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RIP Jack. How fitting if we lift the Cup this year in his honour
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Sad news.
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RIP Jack.
HEITS
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For those who have it, dig out Terry Weir's "the weir and wonderful" page 137.
Can someone better qualified them me, scan that page and post on here.
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Sad to hear about the death of Jack.One of the nicest men you could wish to meet was "Mr Villa" When i was a kid i used to work for the Villa on match days and reserve games and got to know Jack fairly well. I once helped him in the Holte end scoreboard at a reserve game and i was amazed at his knowledge of all things Villa
R I P Jack
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There are so many stories. One of the last times I saw him was at a reserve game at Bescot. He must have been about 90 then but he looked at me and said "You're getting older."
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I'd take 96 years and I'd certainly take being around the club as much as he did.
RIP Jack. A gentleman.
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RIP
God bless
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Really sad to hear this, he was good friends with my mom and dad from years back and kept in touch right up till they died. He was a lovely man and over the years did every job you can imagine at Villa Park. Used to get me match day programmes when I was a kid and I've never forgotten it.
RIP, Jack. Up the Villa!
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PS - Lets win the FA Cup for him!
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Ah such a shame, the bloke is an Aston Villa legend.
He was the guide on a ground tour I did in the late 90s, he was pushing 80 then.
Hope he gets a good tribute on Saturday.
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Very sad news. RIP Jack
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Jack Watts is my Grandad- my friend signposted me to this thread.
Thanks for the lovely comments. Iam probably the only member of the family not into football (although Grandad never held it against me!!) so I am genuinely overwhelmed by all of the messages and stories about him on here and other sites. He clearly was a great man at the Villa. Thank you for the respect and love shown to such a wonderful man.
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I met him a few times. He would talk for as long as you wanted to talk about his love for the club. So proud was he of his association for so many years too. There would be a book or two out of him had he chronicled all those stories.
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Are there going to be black armbands tomorrow. There should be for a club stalwart such as Jack.
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emlouwat - You must be so proud of your grandfather - I met Jack a few times during my 50+ years of supporting this great club - He was one of the most gracious and honest people I have ever met - yes a true gentleman.
My thoughts are with your family
sincere condolences from Merseyside
VCTM and VCTM jnr
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Sad news.
A great Villa man and gentleman.
RIP Jack.
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It's people like Jack that put my misgivings about this great club to shame - he probably never used the term "role-model" in his life but I hope I can be a tenth of the Villa man he has been - hope there is some mention on Saturday
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RIP Jack. Holte Ender in the Sky
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A proper Villa man and will be missed.
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Take your place Jack amongst all those true Villa legends.