Old Chestnut #1,045 - Rebuild The North Stand

[Lastfootstamper]

This....

lick of paint in these times of austerity please

...or at least this...

A bit of sand-blasting wouldn't go amiss. Or a good scrub down with a power washer.

And a special mention for "most Brummie-sounding" post to

 

I love it. The tiny concourse, tight stairwells, the boxes with curtins, that original concrete finish, the chocolate brown steelwork everything about it screams the 70's.

Keep it.

Forever.

Bostin.

[villasjf]

That would look pretty snazzy.

Looks good to me

[cdbearsfan]

I'd like them to put something like the lion that used to be on the Trinity on top of it, make it look a bit different and special rather than looking like any stand anywhere.

[Des Little]

It just needs to be wider - the width of the pitch - so with some create architecture and planning surely we could extend the top tier and remodel the lower?  Then we could put the away fans in the top corner and minimise their support and create a safe standing are downstairs should we ever get the chance.

From the back it looks like a tinker's caravan with those awful curtains.

[Lastfootstamper]

Maybe hang on to see if anything develops regarding the safe-standing initiative. I can't imagine it'd be cheap to convert a section of The Holte, and I can't envisage anything in there other than the "terrace" section being confined to the lower wings. If standing does return, a purpose-built lower Witton End would be the way to go.

Until then, just clean the sodding thing.

[PeterWithesShin]

It looks a right state from the outside. It really could do with a good clean. Seats are cramped in the lower as they just bolted them onto the terracing, i'd be fecked if I didn't have an aisle seat. I still quite like it though, probably because it's the only original stand left from my early days.

[maidstonevillain]

I still quite like it though, probably because it's the only original stand left from my early days.

It's an abomination. Bring back the grassy knoll from my early days.

[not3bad]

That would look pretty snazzy.

Looks good to me

Yeah I like it.

[DB]

Big no to rounded corners.  I much prefer 4 distinct stands.  I actually think replacing the seats and fittings and giving the whole thing a bit of cladding would enough - think the New Street Redesign - the time and cost of knocking it down isn't really worth it for me.

Like Anfield. Not one angled seat in the place? It's awful. Rounded corners maximise space and veiwing quality.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

I think the old North Stand unfortunately serves a purpose. It allows those who maybe can't afford or are unwilling to pay Premier League prices the opportunity to watch the Villa. A new stand would need paying for, and no doubt it would come from the fans pockets. I reckon that if we we're to have a new stand where it costs the same as the Holte End we'd have a stadium with 10,000 empty seats. Apart from Liverpool and Man Utd you can roll up to Villa Park the day before the game and buy a ticket anyway, never mind with an extra 10,000 seats in a new stand.

[Brend'Watkins]

A sustained period of success including silverware and the odd stint in the CL and maybe there might be a need for a new North Stand/Witton End.  Otherwise just clean up what's there, a lick of paint and put a few lights around the place.

[Ger Regan]

Legroom might be tight, but the view from the upper tier of the existing North is very good.

[paul_e]

Big no to rounded corners.  I much prefer 4 distinct stands.  I actually think replacing the seats and fittings and giving the whole thing a bit of cladding would enough - think the New Street Redesign - the time and cost of knocking it down isn't really worth it for me.

Like Anfield. Not one angled seat in the place? It's awful. Rounded corners maximise space and veiwing quality.

No character though, rounded corners and oval stadiums all have a bit of an 'identikit' feel to them.  I'd prefer another stand similar to the holte at that end, with the brick front, etc.  It just makes the club and ground feel like the historic place it is.

[TonyD]

Big no to rounded corners.  I much prefer 4 distinct stands.  I actually think replacing the seats and fittings and giving the whole thing a bit of cladding would enough - think the New Street Redesign - the time and cost of knocking it down isn't really worth it for me.

Me to. I like 4 stands.  I would simply have c5,000 seat on the bottom leading up to a big concourse and then a wider version on top 5,500- maybe with a roundish frame - like The Oval

[bertlambshank]

A massive one tier stand please, when the need is there.