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Passed away at the age of 26
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Looks like hes standing now too.
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Farage taking over as leader of Reform
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A better poll for the Tories..
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Not going to happen but those numbers would make Ed Davey the leader of the opposition...
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It’s a render, not real
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Doesn’t look too bad
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He looks a unit doesn’t he
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Been recalled.
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Aston Villa’s president of football operations, Chris Heck, has revealed the club have paused plans to redevelop Villa Park.
Villa had planned to demolish the North Stand following a Foo Fighters concert at Villa Park next June before building an entirely new stand which would connect with the Trinity Road Stand and the Doug Ellis Stand. Heck views this as a "bad idea" considering it would mean the stadium's capacity would drop to 36,000 from the start of next season and until 2025/26.
The plans were due to increase the capacity at the stadium to 50,000, while knocking the North Stand down was viewed as the most efficient way to deliver greater capacity at the stadium, instead of building behind the current structure.
"The North Stand [rebuild] is a massive project," Heck told Villa TV. "When I came in it was right in front of me. There were extremely ambitious ideas and a lot of it was thoughtful.
"What I will say is this. Over the summer months I became more concerned we were adding too many seats too fast. It was important that we took a step back and re-evaluate what is best for our fans.
"I mention this with the transportation, I mention this with the parking situation. What I would also mention is that we have 42,000 plus seats. It is a substantial amount. To add on 10,000 right now doesn’t seem practical to me and I will tell you why.
"Number one, we talk about Villa Park being a fortress. It is true. There is no better home advantage than at Villa Park and I think it would be a bad idea to tear down one of the stands for a two year period while we are playing like we are. I think that going forward, everything should be about all fans and not just one particular stand."
Asked what redevelopment plans will go ahead, Heck said: "We are going to start renovating the Warehouse area. That is a massive space that we think can be a hospitality zone and an entertainment zone for 3,000 fans. Not only pre-game and post-game, but also for concerts and other shows that we have at Villa Park.
"We are going to do a lot of renovation at Bodymoor Heath to continue building our academy, our womens programme , to build more for our first-team and be more attractive to bring in talent around the world.
"Those components are really important. There is another one. We will enhance out technology and some of the practical facilities at Villa Park in all four stands. Don’t be surprised if you see our superstore double in size this summer as we are going to be very, very active with merchandising."
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Don’t know why but seemed to look a lot quicker yesterday.
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Jake Doyle-Hayes, former Villa player plays for our upcoming opponents Hibs. Can’t believe he’s only 24 as well!
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2 minutes ago, villaglint said:
An interesting project buy.
Got a touch of the Lukaku's about him.
God I hope he doesn’t have the touch of Lukaku
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1 hour ago, Demitri_C said:
What the hells happened in solihall people being pulled from a lake ?
I live near and rumours have it 5 lads fell in, 4 pulled out with one dead and they're still looking for a fifth
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fpl_lyric has changed his location for from Austin to Boston to Birmingham in the past few weeks, never mind the name change in the past hour.
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Will develop under Emery. Could only hear "YACOB. YACOB" all game from the touchline
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Just now, messi11 said:Visa office are gonna reject him aren't they
Let's hope Suella Braverman isn't dealing with this otherwise he'll be off to Rwanda
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2 minutes ago, RicRic said:
Whatever he says im going with he called the emery arrival way before
He also said Douglas Luiz wasn't signing a new contract and we wasn't signing Bednarek
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Football Insider posts Gerrard has been sacked and Twitter goes crazy
Vile Summer 2024 Far-right/Anti-immigrant Unrest
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The counter mob have attacked the clumsy swan pub up yew tree