The North Stand

[bobdylan]

What are our average attendances over the last say 10 years?

[PeterWithesShin]

What are our average attendances over the last say 10 years?

Just under 37K for the last 10 full seasons.

[class_of_82]

The Ron Saunders stand or the 82 stand it should be called. It was the greatest achievement of our famous club and he should be honoured with that stand named after him.

[Ad@m]

The 'European Cup Winners When You Actually Had to Be Champions To Enter The Damn Competition' Stand?

[Toronto Villa]

What are our average attendances over the last say 10 years?

Just under 37K for the last 10 full seasons.

When you consider some of the dross served up at home in that period it's a miracle as much as it is impressive it is that high.

[Tony Erdington]

The Ron Saunders stand or the 82 stand it should be called. It was the greatest achievement of our famous club and he should be honoured with that stand named after him.

get in yes "Saunders", with "Fucking Legend" after it

[bones.]

If its going to be named after the greatest moment in our history then please include Tony Bartons name in it somewhere.

[class_of_82]

Bones
Tony Barton should have a plaque with his name on it somewhere on that stand or even the gates to the stand but for me it should be named after Ron Saunders.

[peter w]

Couldn't agree more. It ended badly but he turned us from a Division Two side to European Champions in only 8 years. Absolutely his name should be prominently placed somewhere. I wonder though, if he had been approached by Lerner asking questions, whether seeing his shying away from the media, he might have said to Lerner that he'd rather not have a stand named after him as it would mean more exposure to the media.

[dcdavecollett]

Tony Barton takes the credit for the EC win.

If Ron takes the credit for it then surely Vic Crowe takes the glory of the promotion and league cup double in 1975?

[peter w]

Yeah, give it to Vic Crowe. I don't know. I don't remember the 74-77 period. My first game from memory is the QPR Semi-final in 77. But I do remember the 80-82 team and as much as I wanted Tony Barton to succeed in our greatest era, the side that won the European Cup was Ron Saunders'. And I'll go out on a limb and say most Villa fans thought of it at the time as every bit as much Ron Saunders' win was much as ours.

[dave.woodhall]

I don't think Saunders would have won it.

[oldtimernow]

How about the Saunders and Barton stand?

[Smirker]

It annoys me that we are discussing this with no grounding. I'd like an update from the club regarding this. The North Stand is fucking horrible. It needs to be done.

[peter w]

I don't think Saunders would have won it.

Why?