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Offline Villan82

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1455 on: September 07, 2022, 04:41:25 PM »
The strange thing about the new Trinity Road Stand is that, 6 years earlier, we did such a fine job on the new Holte's exterior.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1456 on: September 07, 2022, 05:34:40 PM »
Does anyone know what's going on at the side of the expressway where the burger vans park? It looks for all the world like they're building an access ramp. Would be great if it was. Wishful thinking though I guess.

Offline TheMalandro

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1457 on: September 07, 2022, 07:18:40 PM »
Does the page that documented the demolition and rebuild of the Trinity still exist?
I was addicted to that when I lived abroad.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1458 on: September 07, 2022, 08:58:23 PM »
I was really impressed with the Trinity hospitality. The range of booze  champagne, gin lists, good beer (not like what you don't get served in time on the concourse..) on offer was cracking and the food, which I was expecting to be bog standard British industrial pub fare (no disrespect to my kind host) was really good (I'm talking French people not getting sniffy about it good). And you get to rub shoulders with Sir Brian, Orange Boy, etc  and see Tyrone stride past you after the game.

Offline TheMalandro

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1459 on: September 07, 2022, 09:14:32 PM »
I was really impressed with the Trinity hospitality. The range of booze  champagne, gin lists, good beer (not like what you don't get served in time on the concourse..) on offer was cracking and the food, which I was expecting to be bog standard British industrial pub fare (no disrespect to my kind host) was really good (I'm talking French people not getting sniffy about it good). And you get to rub shoulders with Sir Brian, Orange Boy, etc  and see Tyrone stride past you after the game.

You must know a good chap BE!

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1460 on: September 07, 2022, 09:16:01 PM »

Offline algy

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1461 on: September 07, 2022, 10:17:14 PM »
I hate them, but this is how you modernise a piece of architectural genius




I agree totally. Not a huge fan of the team that plays there, but Ibrox is a stunning stadium from the outside.

Offline IFWaters

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1462 on: September 08, 2022, 04:58:23 AM »
Ibrox main stand is close to the look of the outside of the stands at Villa Park that I think we should have. I don't really have any problem with the inside of the new stand but the outside could be anywhere.

Offline ADVILLAFAN

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1463 on: September 08, 2022, 07:25:05 AM »
Like Villa Park, Ibrox was designed by architect Archibald Leitch.

You probably all knew that, but it is a beautiful stadium.

Shame about Rangers being horrible.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1464 on: September 08, 2022, 08:57:42 AM »
I hate them, but this is how you modernise a piece of architectural genius




I agree totally. Not a huge fan of the team that plays there, but Ibrox is a stunning stadium from the outside.
The one stand is incredibly beautiful.  The rest look more like a cross between a 70's office building and a multi storey car park.

Offline Dazvillain

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1465 on: September 08, 2022, 10:03:10 AM »
All looks very impressive. Not sure if been mentioned but I was surprised to see that on 1 labelled pictorial image, there was a site noted as future training ground !
Surely having ploughed all the cash into BMH, that’s not a consideration in the next 10 years or so ?

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1466 on: September 08, 2022, 10:20:21 AM »
I hate them, but this is how you modernise a piece of architectural genius




I agree totally. Not a huge fan of the team that plays there, but Ibrox is a stunning stadium from the outside.
The one stand is incredibly beautiful.  The rest look more like a cross between a 70's office building and a multi storey car park.

When I was staying in Glasgow this summer I went to look at Ibrox. It's striking how similar it is to Villa Park in style and also how their rampant lion emblem and motto (Ready) are similar to Villa's.

Online Billy Walker

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1467 on: September 08, 2022, 10:40:38 AM »
Villa's rampant lion and "Prepared" motto came a good fifty/ sixty years before Rangers came up with their facsimile - something I love to point out to their deluded supporters, along with the fact their future monarchs are Villans.

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1468 on: September 08, 2022, 10:44:39 AM »
I was really impressed with the Trinity hospitality. The range of booze  champagne, gin lists, good beer (not like what you don't get served in time on the concourse..) on offer was cracking and the food, which I was expecting to be bog standard British industrial pub fare (no disrespect to my kind host) was really good (I'm talking French people not getting sniffy about it good).

French people not getting sniffy about it? You all* shop at Iceland Picard Surgelés!

* Obviously not you, Big Fella.;)

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Re: Villa Park Redevelopment
« Reply #1469 on: September 08, 2022, 11:37:35 AM »
Some of Picard's frozen desserts are worth a nibble.

 


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