Quote from: usav on October 12, 2018, 06:37:30 PMQuote from: Chris Harte on October 12, 2018, 05:47:38 PMQuote from: Mortimer's Bear on October 12, 2018, 10:06:30 AMMaybe as a mark of respect the club could put the tickets prices up by a fiver for the Swansea match (joke), RIP Doug HEITSThat did make me laugh.Or maybe announce the attendance as 28,000 when it's clearly 10k more than that.Excellent post.
Quote from: Chris Harte on October 12, 2018, 05:47:38 PMQuote from: Mortimer's Bear on October 12, 2018, 10:06:30 AMMaybe as a mark of respect the club could put the tickets prices up by a fiver for the Swansea match (joke), RIP Doug HEITSThat did make me laugh.Or maybe announce the attendance as 28,000 when it's clearly 10k more than that.
Quote from: Mortimer's Bear on October 12, 2018, 10:06:30 AMMaybe as a mark of respect the club could put the tickets prices up by a fiver for the Swansea match (joke), RIP Doug HEITSThat did make me laugh.
Maybe as a mark of respect the club could put the tickets prices up by a fiver for the Swansea match (joke), RIP Doug HEITS
Quote from: dave.woodhall on October 12, 2018, 04:45:35 PMQuote from: XXVilla on October 12, 2018, 04:17:44 PMDave Woodhall unusually quiet. No article or commentMany years ago I decided that when this happened there was nothing I could say that wouldn't sound either disrespectful or hypocritical. I think you're being a bit hard on yourself there. I think most people's stance has changed over the years.
Quote from: XXVilla on October 12, 2018, 04:17:44 PMDave Woodhall unusually quiet. No article or commentMany years ago I decided that when this happened there was nothing I could say that wouldn't sound either disrespectful or hypocritical.
Dave Woodhall unusually quiet. No article or comment
Quote from: Risso on October 12, 2018, 04:48:23 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on October 12, 2018, 04:45:35 PMQuote from: XXVilla on October 12, 2018, 04:17:44 PMDave Woodhall unusually quiet. No article or commentMany years ago I decided that when this happened there was nothing I could say that wouldn't sound either disrespectful or hypocritical. I think you're being a bit hard on yourself there. I think most people's stance has changed over the years.Mine hasn't and I can totally see where DW is coming from.
Like him or loathe him, he had the clubs interests at heart. RIP.
I don't see why anyone should be compelled to contribute to this thread if they don't care to, just as I don't think a few kind words about a pivotal figure in our lives is rewriting history. He is a devisive figure but he's no Margaret Thatcher. She was a awful person who divided the country, so no Sir Doug was not in the same category. Less old hits than me will have seen a ma devoted to Villa and I accept that, he continued to see his team till the end. I will always remember how he was trying to get rid of the greatest manager in our history and if he had won that vote, I am 110% certain we would have not have won the league and the proper european cup. I will stay silent next weekend, but as someone said earlier, if Sir Ron Saunders passes away there will be proper tears from me
Doug simply looked after the pounds and the Villa.
He had his faults but the club was in a better state when he was chairman than it has been since and you could argue that without Doug there would now be no Aston Villa so please pay your respects next Saturday.
Whatever the views, the stories from ex-staff paint the picture of a thoroughly decent chap. Ironic that he was lambasted for safeguarding the financial state of the club even though the last few years have seen the current board accused of wild spending. The grass isn't always greener. Yes, the 90s were frustrating but when you look at the club now it's nice to have those memories of competing in Europe and winning cups.