Villa Park Redevelopment

[Olneythelonely]

Ignoring the ‘Peep Show’ reference.

[Drummond]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

[Brazilian Villain]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

Not necessarily, if the owners are suitably compensated to cushion the blow.

[The Edge]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

[dave.woodhall]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

What if they don't want to go?

[Gareth]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

Me too

If it was done the right way (good offers made and accepted not coerced) maybe but CPOs for a football stadium is wrong & is also very easy for us to suggest as most if not all of us don’t live on those roads

[thick_mike]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

What if they don't want to go?

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[Risso]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

What if they don't want to go?

CPOs I guess.

[Percy McCarthy]

There may well be 200 empty seats on average but a lot of that is down to the perception that you can't buy them. If the club announced at the start of the week how many were left and they're on general sale, then updated two days before the match, they'd sell.

There was a game a while ago where the away side didn't take the upper tier so it was available to Villa fans. From memory there was nothing from the club about it and I think it was Percy that said he grabbed tickets there but only knew about them because someone on here mentioned it.

Close. I would have done but found out too late, like, from a pic in the match thread or something. Me and the kids are members but we don’t go as often as we’d like as it’s still a ball-ache to get tickets. Can anyone tell me if there’s a set time they go on sale to members? The club don’t seem to bother informing me.

[dave.woodhall]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

What if they don't want to go?

CPOs I guess.

Lovely. Kicking people out of their homes to help a football club would be such good publicity.

[paul_e]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

What if they don't want to go?

CPOs I guess.

Lovely. Kicking people out of their homes to help a football club would be such good publicity.

It's better than the alternative of doing what Liverpool did.

[TelfordVilla]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

What if they don't want to go?

CPOs I guess.

Lovely. Kicking people out of their homes to help a football club would be such good publicity.

  it's not like they would be made homeless. The compensation would get them somewhere much nicer than witton.

[Risso]

I think it's only councils who can apply for a CPO, so I suppose they'd have to agree there was a need to use them. But hopefully most people would choose to take the opportunity to move somewhere a bit nicer.

[PeterWithesShin]

Much as I want us to be competing and winning trophies, it isn't worth acting like scumbags and kicking people out of their homes just so as we can make some extra money. We certainly couldn't claim to be a community club.

It's also easy to support it when it isn't your home.

[dave.woodhall]

Is it just me that baulks at the suggestion of 'just clearing the houses away l' behind the Witton Lane?

I get your point but it wouldn't be like that. AVFC could afford to compensate people handsomely and I think they would take the offer. We could offer vastly over the going rate for a terraced house in those streets and it might cost the club in the region of 5 million quid which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.

What if they don't want to go?

CPOs I guess.

Lovely. Kicking people out of their homes to help a football club would be such good publicity.

  it's not like they would be made homeless. The compensation would get them somewhere much nicer than witton.

Perhaps they like living in Witton.