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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on March 15, 2021, 10:51:50 PM

Title: Blue seats and private boxes
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on March 15, 2021, 10:51:50 PM: Gary Newbon talks to Doug Ellis about plans to build boxes which will include a bar and waiter service.

https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-04081972-interview-doug-ellis-aston-villa-chairman
Title: Re: Blue seats and private boxes
Post by: usav on March 18, 2021, 08:05:21 PM: Kind of enjoyed that......thanks.
Title: Re: Blue seats and private boxes
Post by: wittonwarrior on March 19, 2021, 04:30:21 PM: Even now he still gets to me.
Title: Re: Blue seats and private boxes
Post by: LeeB on March 21, 2021, 04:47:09 PM: Quote from: wittonwarrior on March 19, 2021, 04:30:21 PM
Even now he still gets to me.

Me too pal, me too.
Title: Re: Blue seats and private boxes
Post by: Damo70 on March 21, 2021, 04:55:13 PM: Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on March 15, 2021, 10:51:50 PM
Gary Newbon talks to Doug Ellis about plans to build boxes which will include a bar and waiter service.

https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-04081972-interview-doug-ellis-aston-villa-chairman

The only thing I took from that was that Doug seemed to want us to know he had been to the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City.
Title: Re: Blue seats and private boxes
Post by: London Villan on March 22, 2021, 07:16:51 PM: Those blue seats didn’t last long. Early Doug was forward thinking, almost visionary. what he turned into from the late 70s was the problem...
Title: Re: Blue seats and private boxes
Post by: Des Little on March 23, 2021, 09:54:42 AM: Quote from: London Villan on March 22, 2021, 07:16:51 PM
Those blue seats didn’t last long. Early Doug was forward thinking, almost visionary. what he turned into from the late 70s was the problem...

I was thinking that. I had my first ST in Trinity lower in 1980, and the seats were wooden. What happened to the blue?