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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #585 on: June 18, 2021, 02:53:21 PM »
FFS Fulham. Just accept that you're never gonna be big and leave your lovely ground alone.
In fairness, it is a terrific looking stand, and enhances the view from the river.

https://www.fulhamfc.com/riverside-development/



But I will still be upset if they don't reinstate the Neutral end.

If they needed a neutral section in the old ground, they'll certainly need one in the souped up version!

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #586 on: June 18, 2021, 02:55:23 PM »
If you get a rare clear day, the view from the top tier at Hampden is unsurpassed. And of course, you wouldn't want to look at the pitch.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #587 on: June 18, 2021, 03:01:58 PM »
They've been building it for years. In January 2020 they'd made very little progress and they'd been working on it since they were promoted the season before I think.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #588 on: June 18, 2021, 03:13:57 PM »
I think they started demolition of old stand in Summer 2019, and serious construction of new stand in Summer 2020, and its nearing completion now. Not rapid, buts its a big job, and its not as if they've needed the capacity for the last year.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #589 on: April 27, 2022, 05:50:28 PM »
https://www.avfc.co.uk/villa-park/villa-park-future/

Punchy 2 year programme, heading for 50k starting with the North Stand

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #590 on: April 29, 2022, 08:08:00 AM »
Wasn't sure where to post this, but the earliest known image of Villa Park


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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #591 on: April 29, 2022, 12:42:15 PM »
If you look really closely you can see Mac by the church, Dave chatting to John Devey and Brian Green on the terraces. John Russell is the guy with the pen and paper in the Trinity.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #592 on: April 29, 2022, 12:53:29 PM »
And Simon Page telling anyone who will listen how he never missed a game in our double winning season.(Copyright  D.Woodhall circa 1990)

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #593 on: April 29, 2022, 01:51:19 PM »
Wasn't sure where to post this, but the earliest known image of Villa Park



Would suggest this one is slightly earlier. From 1904. Can't even remember where I got the black and white original, but I colourised it.



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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #594 on: April 29, 2022, 02:32:53 PM »
That's not me on the Holte End it's my brother.  At that time I was otherwise engaged sticking it to the Boers at Rourke's Drift.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #595 on: April 29, 2022, 02:46:22 PM »
Wasn't sure where to post this, but the earliest known image of Villa Park



Would suggest this one is slightly earlier. From 1904. Can't even remember where I got the black and white original, but I colourised it.



That's pretty sever having guillotine on the pitch for players having a bad game!!

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #596 on: April 29, 2022, 03:41:19 PM »
That's not me on the Holte End it's my brother.  At that time I was otherwise engaged sticking it to the Boers at Rourke's Drift.

If you were fighting the Boers at Rourkes Drift then you were on your own Brian. Everyone else there was fighting the Zulus (the real ones).

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #597 on: April 29, 2022, 04:01:37 PM »
Good to see they installed a guillotine to encourage the slackers in training.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #598 on: April 29, 2022, 04:01:58 PM »
Wasn't sure where to post this, but the earliest known image of Villa Park



Would suggest this one is slightly earlier. From 1904. Can't even remember where I got the black and white original, but I colourised it.


That's pretty sever having guillotine on the pitch for players having a bad game!!

But it would go some way to explain why the year we went down the players ran around like headless chickens.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #599 on: April 29, 2022, 04:15:04 PM »
I wonder if we'll go similar to the new Anfield Road? They're not replacing the lower tier but refurbing it, which is different from us, but its final look might be indicative.

Retains four distinct stands and fills in the corners to maximise space. I had a look on their website and they're creating 1800 seats that give access to premium bars. I noticed on the survey we got sent the other day that some of the questions related to things like this.
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