Villa Park Capacity

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Bombs were dropped on the Witton Lane stand.

You can see where in this England v Scotland game played at VP in 1945.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/browns-day-at-villa-park/query/villa+park

[danlanza]

Bombs were dropped on the Witton Lane stand.

And the chippy down the road. Bastards.

[cdbearsfan]

They bombed Villa Park AND the chippy? Honestly, the more I learn about Hitler, the more I dislike him.

[Villafirst]

I think Sty Andrews got more of a pummelling from the German Bombers? Pity they didn't do a complete job!

[cdbearsfan]

It did mean the unwashed had to share our ground though.

[Steve R]

Aside from the repaired bomb damage, a few adverts and the addition of floodlights that was the Villa Park I first started watching football in.

I love those old films of the ground, thanks for posting.

[Dave Clark Five]

There were plans to take the capacity to 130000 at one point with an interim of 104000.

[Damo70]

I think Sty Andrews got more of a pummelling from the German Bombers? Pity they didn't do a complete job!

They must have done a pretty decent job because it still looked like a bombsite until the nineties.

[ventnor villain]

The luftwaffe bombed the sty and caused £2 million worth of improvements.

[peter w]

The luftwaffe bombed the sty and caused £2 million worth of improvements.

My mother-in-law come to stay last week...

[walsall villain]

Bombs were dropped on the Witton Lane stand.

You can see where in this England v Scotland game played at VP in 1945.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/browns-day-at-villa-park/query/villa+park

Never seen that before, great stuff. My father gave me the program for that game but I had no idea the crowd was so large. Matt Busby got injured, whatever happened to him?

[AstonTavernForever]

What a great video... Thanks for sharing that... Does anyone have any similar clips of villa games from that era? Cheers.

[cdbearsfan]

Just go to this website...

http://www.britishpathe.com/

Put "Aston Villa" or "Villa Park" into the Search box. Easy-peasy.

[AstonTavernForever]

Thanks, some great videos on there... Holte end looks amazing in that England v Scotland game.

[peter w]

This one is quality. Anyone know the players?

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/aston-villa-start-training-aka-football-is-coming/query/aston+villa