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Villa Park stadium history

oldbrit said:
As a Villa fan from the 1950s, It was pretty rough those days
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I went to my first Villa match in the 1950s and stood at the front of the Holte End. From that time until I went for the last time in the 1990s the only "rough" time I experienced was when Rangers played us in a friendly. We didn't stay for the rest of the match. I only experienced friendliness, camaraderie and wonderful humour.
 
A little adjustment to the thread title: I’ve added ‘history’ to the title so that new posts focus on the Park over time. Also the thread is being moved to the Birmingham Sports History section. Thanks all. Viv.
 
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oldbrit said:
As a Villa fan from the 1950s, It was pretty rough those days
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Especially if you were a young lad stood right down the front. I will say no more than that, not great memories, even when they won. Best moment was if the football special was one of the remaining 1930s AEC buses to take you home.
Bob
 
Villa Park will have been the home of Aston Villa for 125 years this weekend. It has been a ground that Villa fans have over all those years, left in both sadness and in joy (dependent on Villa's results) since it staged it's first home game on 17th April 1897 against Blackburn (a 3-0 win during our League & FA Cup double winning season).

The record attendance at Villa Park is 77.558 on 2nd March 1946 for an FA Cup 6th Round tie against Derby. Villa Park has staged more FA Cup semi-finals (55) than any other football stadium, has hosted 11 full England internationals and is the only ground that England have played at in three different centuries. It hosted 3 World Cup group games in 1966, the 2nd leg of the first League Cup Final in 1961 and the 2nd leg of the European Cup Semi Final in 1982 (we won them both!).

Great players such as Best, Charlton, Moore, Matthews, Finney, Edwards, Beckenbauer, Platini, Pele, Cruyff, Billy Walker, Pongo Waring, Eric Houghton, Peter McParland, Paul McGrath and Brian Little have graced the Villa Park turf over the years. Here are a few photographs, that show how the ground has changed over the years:

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Mark Tooze said:
No - it was the old Villa offices - when the North Stand was completed they were moved into the stand and the old buildings were demolished.
And now - and I dont care if anyone moans its not history or off thread - WELL DONE TO THE VILLA LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!:party:
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mark i wonder what was the building before villa used it for their offices...and yes congratulations to the villa..as far as i am concerned it is all good news for birmingham..i like to see all midland clubs do well...listened to the match on the radio...and of course it is aston villas history... :) :) :)

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Mark Tooze said:
No - it was the old Villa offices - when the North Stand was completed they were moved into the stand and the old buildings were demolished.
And now - and I dont care if anyone moans its not history or off thread - WELL DONE TO THE VILLA LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!:party:
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There is more on this area of the ground in the previous thread "Aston Villa History" (opened 2/4/12 & last post 1/4/26) from page 7 post #183 onwards. Mark, last night was a night that will live in Villa fans memories that were in Istanbul, as long as the last such occasion has, for those of us that were in Rotterdam 44 years ago. UTV! :)
 
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