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Interesting debate and nice to see fans from different clubs chatting. Villa fan in peace here. There are a few mentions of Villa selling their ground to themselves (like Derby) to pass P&S. Although this is not against the rules albeit not in the spirit of P&S, it is not the case that Villa has sold Villa Park. Since buying Villa NSWE have been putting a lot of money into the club and with each investment Xia's shareholding is further diluted, apparently he now owns less that 20% of AVFC whereas he had 45% the day the sale went through. The name of the Villa Park holding company was changed and the directors of the holding company were also changed. It went from Recon (A Xia owned company) to Aston Villa (an NSWE owned company) with Xia removed as a shareholder. There was no sale of Villa Park, it was simply a further dilution of Xia's equity on AVFC

Did Ian Baird then ask you how many fingers he was holding up?

Hmmm. When Brentford move into their new ground, Griffin Park will be empty - a football ground with real stands and no tents. Dwayne Sports has an unexplained office in London. Becoming Brentford Rovers wouldn’t even require a change to their initials. All of their home game would effectively be played well away from Bristol, guaranteeing massive travelling support (because that’s just what they do). I think they’re on the move! Bloody clever these Jordanians.

They had to fund it though rather than steal it so Rovers would have been ****** whether they were in Bristol or West London to be fair..

Brentford's new stadium, though smallish, looks very impressive from the M4 elevated and high fives to the person who sussed it would fit between the railway tracks. Shows what can be fine when you've a local authority who are supportive (Bristol to note.)

It will be something to do with the planes company I suspect

Every footballer looks better in red.

Ha, funnily enough that's exactly what I am, although add in the word season between Stand and ticket. I'm certain (because I don't have any inside information) that if you go through my posts and search anything that I've put you will find it somewhere, if not then it's probably something that was in one of the televised fan forums that we've had, or possibly a radio interview, which it's possible may not be transcribed in an article anywhere.

Agreed, make me think that the adverts will mainly be either "in-house" ,for the Bank of Jordan or for the hotel the family have got a share in.

Wally was told we need to put more bums on seats so that's exactly what the nice man has done reduced the capacity of the tip. Unfortunately for him one of the bum's has gone to Walsall

Drawn into pool four with Stade, Zebre and Brive. Could have been worse.

I had the impression at the time that it was done purely so that the owners could say that they have made improvements to the ground if they were accused of not doing anything. No other explanation makes much sense.

The could charge £1m but someone has to agree to pay it !

No, I'm just a fan, someone else asked the same question previously. I'm not sure what you mean by the tone of my posts, if you mean because I stand up for my club, then doesn't everyone? I'm not saying anything that's not public knowledge - because I don't have any inside information.

Are the EFL planning on buying their own board room table off themselves?

I understand your negative feelings about New Road, but it really is one of the most picturesque grounds in County Cricket; almost as pretty as The County Ground at Taunton ?. The entire ground staff have always been extremely friendly and accommodating whenever I have been there and it is just a short walk in to the town should there be a lengthy delay due to rain or whatever - plus no hassle going in and out of the ground.

Their only intention is to not pay for any stadium. Always has been. They have never been knocked back in their plans (planning permission) to build a stadium; they've just never been able to afford it.

The response to any old man who says "Be a Rovers fan" is well documented...

Wally's wallet...........empty.