how good villa park could have been...

[Ad@m]

The fact they could have added boxes is a total irrelevance.

Of course it isn't.

The point made was that we wouldn't build a single tier stand because we wouldn't turn down the opportunity of selling corporate boxes. Pointing out a club that's doing just that is hardly an irrelevance.

[PeterWithesShin]

It really is as you missed out all the other stuff.

[TheMalandro]

Villa Park is fabulous, that’s all.

[West Derby Villan]

Villa Park is fabulous, that’s all.

I agree wholeheartedly and wouldn't swap it for any other ground in the country

[paul_e]

Replace the north stand and, as part of the work, reclad the outside of the Trinity and DE and I think it could look amazing. I just hope they keep it as 4 separate stands.

[IFWaters]

Villa Park should never be a bowl. It's identity is 4 stands, perhaps joined at the bottom by a few rows like the Trinity and Holte corner. The North and DE should be levelled and rebuilt as 2 tiers. I like the idea of the Holte as single tier, but it would have to be the biggest end stand in the country for me, it's part of the DNA.

[adrenachrome]

Villa Park should never be a bowl. It's identity is 4 stands, perhaps joined at the bottom by a few rows like the Trinity and Holte corner. The North and DE should be levelled and rebuilt as 2 tiers. I like the idea of the Holte as single tier, but it would have to be the biggest end stand in the country for me, it's part of the DNA.

I like your vision, but we would have to move grounds for a season, and unlike Sperms and The Aymers, there are no obvious loations for temporary accommodation.

I remember a game against Bradford in PL when Gareth Southgate scored at the height of his disaffection with club, and the ongoing building works meant you could see vast swathes of north Birmingham and beyond.

[PeterWithesShin]

You'd do it 1 stand at a time, the North holds about 7K so while that was down we'd still have a 35k capacity.

[adrenachrome]

You'd do it 1 stand at a time, the North holds about 7K so while that was down we'd still have a 35k capacity.

Makes sense. But we would see scaffolding, and cranes, and the motorway, and cranes. Bring back Henry Blofeld to do the commentary; he was a great man for the cranes.

[PeterWithesShin]

Plenty of times this would have been more enjoyable to watch than the football

[adrenachrome]

Someone once shouted out "My word, a cormorant just flew by!", but he was always trying to recruit us into the RSPB and suggesting outings to Sutton Park. Had some very impressive binoculars.

[IFWaters]

Villa Park should never be a bowl. It's identity is 4 stands, perhaps joined at the bottom by a few rows like the Trinity and Holte corner. The North and DE should be levelled and rebuilt as 2 tiers. I like the idea of the Holte as single tier, but it would have to be the biggest end stand in the country for me, it's part of the DNA.

I like your vision, but we would have to move grounds for a season, and unlike Sperms and The Aymers, there are no obvious loations for temporary accommodation.

I remember a game against Bradford in PL when Gareth Southgate scored at the height of his disaffection with club, and the ongoing building works meant you could see vast swathes of north Birmingham and beyond.

And another thing about VP. I agree with the other poster that all metal cladding should be removed. We aren't an effing Homebase. All of it should be brick and glorious mosaic detail. And in the corners 4 ruddy great brick towers like castle towers, a true fortress, holding catering, club offices, museum and something else I can't think of. I don't want a modernist masterpiece I want something that has teleported from 1895 built by a megalomaniac who wanted to say this is Aston Villa, you are entering the largest most frightening stadium you will ever lace your boots in.

[Ads]

I'd quite like a horseshoe up to a huge single tiered Holte.

[AV82EC]

My ideas as well as a large single tiered Holte would be to knock down the Witton and North. The North should be a wrap around extension of the Trinity, and we should come up with a totally random design for the Witton Lane stand that tries to make use of what little space we have got.

Agree completely with those who say it should be clad entirely in red brick and mosaics with big fuck off gables and loving the idea of towers in the corners of the ground. Fuck your identikit Emirates/Etihad/Spurs bowls give us a quirky design that says this is Aston, we do things differently here.

[Ads]

If you're going to do the Witton you'd need to buy more land behind it.