Villa Park Redevelopment

[chrisw1]

I always felt agreeing to pay the quid to mind your car was pretty much payment for it not to be keyed the moment you walked away.  In that context it felt like reasonable value to me.  I always expected the kid to be at home watching telly until 4.40pm.

[Percy McCarthy]

I can’t remember the gates opening at half-time down the Villa. The first time we legged it from the Holte was to have a look at the view from the new North Stand, and that didn’t open until ten minutes (or thereabouts) from the end of the game. We also used to go in ten minutes from the end of the cup semi-finals, and also on one memorable occasion to sit by some bluenoses we’d spotted in the Trinity. We sat around them and had some ‘bantz’, but nothing more. They were a well-known family of nutters and weren’t the least bit intimidated. On the night I went to a bluenose’s birthday or engagement party at Lea Hall Legion, where I was, as far as I know, the only Villa fan. Needless to say, my ‘victims’ from the Trinity earlier were all there and remembered me well.  I somehow managed to laugh it off.

[Des Little]

Whilst we are talking about youth enterprise, I’m setting up a system whereby a local youth will get to Aston or Witton Station (your choice) 20 minutes before the final whistle and reserve you a space in the queue for the train for the very reasonable fee of £10. PM me for details.

[VillaTim]

I remember the gates opening in the Trinity lower (laste 70's early 80's) but not at HT , more like on 75/80 mins . And yes i remember loads of local youth used to come in then and catch the final minute free

[tomd2103]

I always felt agreeing to pay the quid to mind your car was pretty much payment for it not to be keyed the moment you walked away.  In that context it felt like reasonable value to me.  I always expected the kid to be at home watching telly until 4.40pm.

I think keying a car was too sophisticated and just smashing the windows was more the style!  Anyone remember the old bloke with a flat cap and thick glasses who used to do it outside his house (presume it was his house) on the corner of Trinity Road and I think Endicott or Jardine Road?

Just talking about it seems like a very different time.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I remember the gates opening in the Trinity lower (laste 70's early 80's) but not at HT , more like on 75/80 mins . And yes i remember loads of local youth used to come in then and catch the final minute free

I remember Chelsea trying to get into the Holte when the gates were opened on about 75mins. Early-mid 80s

[PeterWithesShin]

Over in Barcelona

https://twitter.com/mundodeportivo/status/1678346148635979777

[VILLA MOLE]

Over in Barcelona

https://twitter.com/mundodeportivo/status/1678346148635979777

They knocking it all down ?

[VillaTim]

I remember the gates opening in the Trinity lower (laste 70's early 80's) but not at HT , more like on 75/80 mins . And yes i remember loads of local youth used to come in then and catch the final minute free

I remember Chelsea trying to get into the Holte when the gates were opened on about 75mins. Early-mid 80s

Yes I remember that. We also had about 20 Stoke fans Trinity lower who ran onto the edge of the pitch then got escorted to the away pen. Was like a badge of honour back then to do that . This was about 85 I think

[Dave P]

Did you buy the home tunic?

Anyone know when the away tabard is released?

[chrisw1]

I remember the gates opening in the Trinity lower (laste 70's early 80's) but not at HT , more like on 75/80 mins . And yes i remember loads of local youth used to come in then and catch the final minute free

I remember Chelsea trying to get into the Holte when the gates were opened on about 75mins. Early-mid 80s

Yes I remember that. We also had about 20 Stoke fans Trinity lower who ran onto the edge of the pitch then got escorted to the away pen. Was like a badge of honour back then to do that . This was about 85 I think

I'm sure I was at that game, had no idea what was going on.  Can you imagine that now, just chucking another 20 fans behind the 12ft fences?

[pauliewalnuts]

I remember the gates opening in the Trinity lower (laste 70's early 80's) but not at HT , more like on 75/80 mins . And yes i remember loads of local youth used to come in then and catch the final minute free

I remember Chelsea trying to get into the Holte when the gates were opened on about 75mins. Early-mid 80s

I remember that as well.

Funny, I hadn't given that a second's thought in almost 40 years until reading it mentioned here.

[dave.woodhall]

I remember the gates opening in the Trinity lower (laste 70's early 80's) but not at HT , more like on 75/80 mins . And yes i remember loads of local youth used to come in then and catch the final minute free

I remember Chelsea trying to get into the Holte when the gates were opened on about 75mins. Early-mid 80s

Yes I remember that. We also had about 20 Stoke fans Trinity lower who ran onto the edge of the pitch then got escorted to the away pen. Was like a badge of honour back then to do that . This was about 85 I think

I'm sure I was at that game, had no idea what was going on.  Can you imagine that now, just chucking another 20 fans behind the 12ft fences?

There weren't many standing there in the first place and the Stoke fans in the Trinity hadn't had much say in the matter.

[PeterWithesShin]

Pretty sure that Stoke game was in 1983, we played them at VP in April and November but I can't remember which one. I was in the Upper Trinity and remember it happening. Attendances were 20,944 and 19,272 respectively. Which are a lot better than the 10,874 that were there in 1985.

[Des Little]

Interesting to read that Sheff Wednesday fans are experiencing similar shit bar service at Hillsborough that we have at VP.  A local businessman who runs bars in the city wants to get onboard and advise Chansiri how they can (in his view) treble their revenue from bars simply by installing fast pour systems.  Chansiri isn't interested.