Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on September 12, 2024, 09:48:04 PMSo hand on heart are we moving stadium then or not? What are Atairos on board for if not? You'd think we'd have Stella in the ground with their connection not pissy Carlsberg
So hand on heart are we moving stadium then or not? What are Atairos on board for if not?
I knew I’d seen this before I just couldn’t put my finger on it, and then it came to me,it’s definitely a remodelling and mock up of the first motorway services at Newport Pagnell built in the 1950sFair play to the Villa going for the retro feel
It looks like the kind of flat-roofed pub on an estate that fey boys from the Shires like me are too scared to enter.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on September 12, 2024, 10:30:23 AMIt looks like the kind of flat-roofed pub on an estate that fey boys from the Shires like me are too scared to enter.The Gladiator at Druids Heath, and you’re absolutely right not to enter. Does anybody know if it’s still open?
I think we used to be justifiably proud of Villa Park, and it was admired by a lot of away supporters “proper ground genuine experience “ etc but now I’m not so sure,increased ticket prices the fans want more. I think the only way forward is to increase our capacity by at least ten thousand or move.
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on September 12, 2024, 11:41:56 PMQuote from: Sexual Ealing on September 12, 2024, 10:30:23 AMIt looks like the kind of flat-roofed pub on an estate that fey boys from the Shires like me are too scared to enter.The Gladiator at Druids Heath, and you’re absolutely right not to enter. Does anybody know if it’s still open? Unless (the younger) I needed to buy drugs, I know where to avoid, Percy. Unless and until you want to accompany me, I'm staying away!Edit: I'm casting no aspersions towards the Gladiator at Druids Heath, which I'm sure has a robust policy around law-breaking. I've never heard of the place, so no harm meant, patrons/owners of the Gladiator*.*Seriously though, I'm never going into a flat-roofed pub called The Gladiator. You might as well walk into a pub in Niddrie called The Chib.
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on September 12, 2024, 11:41:56 PMQuote from: Sexual Ealing on September 12, 2024, 10:30:23 AMIt looks like the kind of flat-roofed pub on an estate that fey boys from the Shires like me are too scared to enter.The Gladiator at Druids Heath, and you’re absolutely right not to enter. Does anybody know if it’s still open? No, it became The Phoenix for a while but it was converted to flats a few years back,
It reminds me of this place in Salford:Flat roof pub just outside Salford train station, Chico of these parts probably remember it. I went in once to order a taxi.