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Author Topic: What is the future of Villa Park?  (Read 58819 times)

Offline Irish villain

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #120 on: April 20, 2012, 03:56:34 PM »
Is the ground in Aston or Witton?
Are you that bloke who walks up and down outside Villa Park saying 'are the Villa playing today?' and 'what's the score going to be?' ?
He then asks the same questions to the next person he encounters.

Ha! I don't get over often but I've met that bloke outside the club shop! He doesn't go to games, he just hangs around asking people if villa will win.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #121 on: April 20, 2012, 04:59:04 PM »
Is the ground in Aston or Witton?
Are you that bloke who walks up and down outside Villa Park saying 'are the Villa playing today?' and 'what's the score going to be?' ?
He then asks the same questions to the next person he encounters.

Ha! I don't get over often but I've met that bloke outside the club shop! He doesn't go to games, he just hangs around asking people if villa will win.

I think I'm his first port of call.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #122 on: April 20, 2012, 07:08:03 PM »
Is the ground in Aston or Witton?
Are you that bloke who walks up and down outside Villa Park saying 'are the Villa playing today?' and 'what's the score going to be?' ?
He then asks the same questions to the next person he encounters.

Ha! I don't get over often but I've met that bloke outside the club shop! He doesn't go to games, he just hangs around asking people if villa will win.

I think I'm his first port of call.
The times he has bounded out of his door just as we pass, I am convinced he lies there in wait. 'Are Villa going to win?' Yes. 'What's the score going to be, are they going to win?'

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #123 on: April 20, 2012, 09:02:36 PM »
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In excess of 50,000 tickets have been sold for the opening game at Old Trafford on 26 July and a double-header friendly featuring both the men's and women's teams will be confirmed for a date in July, with the event expected to take place in the north east.


David Beckham on course for London 2012 football team


We better not be missing out again  :-\

Missing out on what? Villa Park is for Aston Villa. Anything else is sacrilege.

So if the FA wanted to stage an England vs Brazil friendly at Villa Park you would kindly refuse their offer I take it?

FA Cup semi finals (and Euro championships/world cup) are the only other events acceptable at Villa Park. I couldn't give a shit about anything else. No one should ever put their feet on our sacred turf other than Villa and the team they are playing. The Olympics can go and f#ck right off. Football has no place at the Olympics anyway.

I think everyone will buy into the Olympic football when it comes around.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #124 on: April 20, 2012, 09:03:57 PM »
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In excess of 50,000 tickets have been sold for the opening game at Old Trafford on 26 July and a double-header friendly featuring both the men's and women's teams will be confirmed for a date in July, with the event expected to take place in the north east.


David Beckham on course for London 2012 football team


We better not be missing out again  :-\

Missing out on what? Villa Park is for Aston Villa. Anything else is sacrilege.

So if the FA wanted to stage an England vs Brazil friendly at Villa Park you would kindly refuse their offer I take it?

FA Cup semi finals (and Euro championships/world cup) are the only other events acceptable at Villa Park. I couldn't give a shit about anything else. No one should ever put their feet on our sacred turf other than Villa and the team they are playing. The Olympics can go and f#ck right off. Football has no place at the Olympics anyway.

I think everyone will buy into the Olympic football when it comes around.

Wrong.

« Last Edit: April 20, 2012, 09:11:48 PM by dave.woodhall »

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #125 on: April 20, 2012, 09:09:21 PM »
Not interested in it at all.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #126 on: April 20, 2012, 09:10:57 PM »
You couldn't pay me to watch Olympic Football. 

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #127 on: April 20, 2012, 09:31:15 PM »
I didn't think I would be interested in Olympic football, but now I've checked the official site which explains how it will work I can't wait !

http://www.london2012.com/football

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The basics

The aim of Football, to score more goals than the opposition, is both simple and universally known. Teams of 11 players compete across two 45-minutes halves, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide drawn matches during the knockout stages of the competition.

Did you know?

During the London 2012 Football competition, approximately 2,400 footballs will be used

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Advantage:Played by the referee after a foul if he feels that the team that has been fouled wouldn’t benefit from a stoppage in play.
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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #128 on: April 20, 2012, 09:32:40 PM »
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The aim of Football, to score more goals than the opposition, is both simple and universally known.

Are you paying attention, Alex?

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #129 on: April 20, 2012, 09:36:18 PM »
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The aim of Football, to score more goals than the opposition, is both simple and universally known.

Are you paying attention, Alex?

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with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide drawn matches during the knockout stages of the competition.

Take no notice of him, Alex.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #130 on: April 20, 2012, 10:43:12 PM »
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In excess of 50,000 tickets have been sold for the opening game at Old Trafford on 26 July and a double-header friendly featuring both the men's and women's teams will be confirmed for a date in July, with the event expected to take place in the north east.


David Beckham on course for London 2012 football team


We better not be missing out again  :-\

Missing out on what? Villa Park is for Aston Villa. Anything else is sacrilege.

So if the FA wanted to stage an England vs Brazil friendly at Villa Park you would kindly refuse their offer I take it?

I've seen Brazil at Villa Park.

They were shit.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #131 on: April 22, 2012, 02:36:46 PM »
On the subject of safer standing, I was informed yesterday that only the Lower North Stand would qualify due to having been a previous standing area. The hurdle to get over is the Council.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #132 on: April 22, 2012, 02:49:28 PM »
On the subject of safer standing, I was informed yesterday that only the Lower North Stand would qualify due to having been a previous standing area. The hurdle to get over is the Council.

Isn't it actually against the law to have standing sections at Premier League grounds though?

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #133 on: April 22, 2012, 02:52:25 PM »
I've seen Brazil at Villa Park. He was shit-faced.

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Re: What is the future of Villa Park?
« Reply #134 on: April 22, 2012, 02:53:30 PM »
On the subject of safer standing, I was informed yesterday that only the Lower North Stand would qualify due to having been a previous standing area. The hurdle to get over is the Council.

Isn't it actually against the law to have standing sections at Premier League grounds though?

I think it all assumed that the legislation was changed. Something was said about the other stands were not tested to the required loadings of stands where standing is permitted. It reminds me of our first visit to the new Leicester ground. That concrete was bouncing.

 


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