Yes, Witton End for that one, what a day that was.
Aston Villa: Memory Lane
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Yes what a night that was. I was in the Holte End, my brother fainted and St Johns Ambulance had to sort him out.
Villa since '63
Vital Youth Team
I was 16 at the time and was at both the Bournemouth and Santos games standing to the left of the middle of the Holte, my spiritual home for more than half a century now. Agree with all, the noise and atmosphere of that Bournemouth game will be never repeated. It was an explosion of relief and belief in the resurrection of our great club after all the years of mismanagement, lack of ambition and under funding. To have been around from the mid60's till now has been such a privilege albeit a rollercoaster of events and emotions......long may it continue VTID
Gillette
Vital Squad Member
Thomas Holte
Vital Football Legend
Yes, I was at Villa V Wrexham both home and away and of course the Villa Park game against Bournemouth in February 1972.
Standing on the Holte that day was unbelievable, but never in a million years did I imagine that 3 years later I would be moving to Bournemouth to live for the next 34 years where I would get married and have 2 children born at Poole hospital.
Talking of which............Up the Poole Pirates Speedway my second love in sport
Standing on the Holte that day was unbelievable, but never in a million years did I imagine that 3 years later I would be moving to Bournemouth to live for the next 34 years where I would get married and have 2 children born at Poole hospital.
Talking of which............Up the Poole Pirates Speedway my second love in sport
CHTIDYes, I was at Villa V Wrexham both home and away and of course the Villa Park game against Bournemouth in February 1972.
Standing on the Holte that day was unbelievable, but never in a million years did I imagine that 3 years later I would be moving to Bournemouth to live for the next 34 years where I would get married and have 2 children born at Poole hospital.
Talking of which............Up the Poole Pirates Speedway my second love in sport
Thomas Holte
Vital Football Legend
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Thomas Holte
Vital Football Legend
Fulford
Vital Football Legend
I think it means Cradley Heath Till I Die
BobVilla
Vital Youth Team
I remember as an 8-10 year old paying sixpence (2 &1/2p) to watch the reserves match. If you had no money you could get in for free at half time. 1964-66
villasince67
Vital Football Hero
I remember Villa v Northampton in the League Cup in 1970, it was October. I was outside the ground before kickoff but didn't quite have the funds to get in due to an unfortunate meeting at a certain railway station. I remember being outside The Holte in Witton Lane, somehow I got in. Another world ... and we won 3-0
LewChatterley'sLover
Vital 1st Team Regular
Come on, don't be coy, I want the full facts please.
Thomas Holte
Vital Football Legend
This really is a trip down memory lane with memories of great friends and sometimes foes who dared to enter the sacred ground commonly known as the Holte End
Notice that disgusting cheap cladding on the outside which has cheapskate Ellis's signature all over it.
Notice that disgusting cheap cladding on the outside which has cheapskate Ellis's signature all over it.
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sirdennis
Alert Team
This really is a trip down memory lane with memories of great friends and sometimes foes who dared to enter the sacred ground commonly known as the Holte End
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I remember the first game I went to on my own I would have been about 14 and I think my Dad was ill or something but he told me not to stand at the back . Needless to say it was exactly where my cousin and I went . It wasn't for the faint hearted.
Villa since '63
Vital Youth Team
TH what great photos, boy do they take me back a few years!
For those old enough to remember the "knees up mother brown" song, did Barbara actually exist of was it just a name to fit the sound, I have always wondered?
For those old enough to remember the "knees up mother brown" song, did Barbara actually exist of was it just a name to fit the sound, I have always wondered?
