a m ole Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-watch-sir-doug-10825037 Quote Sir Doug Ellis’ Aston Villa connections have prompted an act of kindness benefiting a Birmingham hospital. The former Villa chairman has funded a £250,000 piece of equipment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital after being touched by the plight of Steve Stride’s son. RIP Deadly Edited October 12, 2018 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MellbergsBeard Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 He was sat behind me in the holte end back in the o’Neil days, spoke to everyone around him and signed programmes for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 13 hours ago, mjmooney said: Like BOF, I'm still biting my tongue... You better bite it harder then, as I just read a report that there are "calls" for Herbert statue to be put up. From who, I don't know 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 11 hours ago, CosmicVillan said: Remember him being bloated and on the decks at The Pink Coconut What a night that must have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRO Posted October 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Zatman said: Sad to hear though he has lived a good and long life, i met him once and seemed a nice man. Was a quick conversation Outside of Villa fans and in the media he would probably be Mr Aston Villa This is not the time to be saying this but there was only one Mr Aston Villa imo William McGregor. Edited October 12, 2018 by TRO 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 30 minutes ago, TRO said: This is not the time to be saying this but there was only one Mr Aston Villa imo William McGregor. you may be right....but why say it then.....why not wait??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 12, 2018 Moderator Share Posted October 12, 2018 47 minutes ago, TRO said: This is not the time to be saying this but there was only one Mr Aston Villa imo William McGregor. I think George Ramsey has now been dead for long enough that it's OK to say it, TRO 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, TRO said: This is not the time to be saying this but there was only one Mr Aston Villa imo William McGregor. the media and other teams fans dont tend to write about him much though do they? i think to almost 2 generations of neutral football fans and journalists he probably is the character synonymous with the club, unfortunately more so than any player or manager which says a lot about us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Quote 'I stayed at his house' Former Aston Villa favourite on why the players loved Sir Doug Ellis Sir Doug Ellis was popular with the AVFC players The tributes continue to flood in for Sir Doug Ellis following his death at the age of 94. England manager Gareth Southgate is the latest to remember the former Aston Villa chairman and owner with affection. Southgate captained Villa during the late 1990s and has fond memories of when he first joined the club from Crystal Palace, especially how welcoming Ellis was. "He was a brilliant chairman from a players perspective," he said. "I think slightly hard work for some of the managers but brilliant as a player. "The day I signed he took me to dinner with Brian Little and then I stayed at his house rather than having to travel back to London. He made me welcome right from the start. "He was hugely passionate about the club. He was a fantastic custodian for the club. "When you look at his period in charge, not only were we always competitive in the top six, but the club owned their own fantastic training ground and ground and had no debt when he sold it on." You can watch Southgate's tribute in the video at the top of this piece. Dion Dublin's tribute Did Sir Doug Ellis invent the bicycle kick? Former Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin has paid a lovely tribute to Sir Doug - and posed the question we've all been asking. Sir Doug has passed away at the age of 94. Dublin joined fellow members of the Villa family and the wider footballing world in mourning the loss of the club's former owner. He took to Twitter to pay his respects and even mentioned Sir Doug's claim to fame. Sir Doug Ellis factfile 1924: January 3 - Born, Chester. 1968: Ellis, a millionaire from his business in package holidays, takes over as chairman at Aston Villa for the first time. 1970: Sacks manager Tommy Docherty with club struggling at bottom of old Second Division. 1975: Steps down as chairman. 1979: Leaves Villa board. 1982: Returns to Villa - then European champions - as major shareholder and chairman after a brief spell as a director at Wolves. 1987: Villa relegated from old First Division. 1990: Villa finish second in First Division under Graham Taylor; Appoints England's first foreign manager in Jozef Venglos after Taylor takes up England post. 1994: Sacks Ron Atkinson as manager just months after winning League Cup. 1996: Sells shares following Stock Exchange flotation, reducing his stake to from 47% to 39%. 1998: Manager Brian Little resigns. 2002: Undergoes treatment for prostate cancer; Manager John Gregory resigns. 2003: Rejects takeover bid from former Manchester City defender Ray Ranson. 2004: Relinquishes role as chief executive, appointing Bruce Langham. 2005: Awarded OBE for services to football; Undergoes heart bypass surgery; Langham resigns after apparent bust-up with Ellis. 2006: Criticised in a statement to the media purported to have been made by players; Indicates willingness to sell stake in club and instigates takeover talks. August 14 - Accepts takeover bid from American billionaire Randy Lerner. September 19 - Sells the club to Lerner and is given the title President Emeritus (Life President). 2013 - Birmingham City University name a sports centre after him. 2015 - Donates more than £1 million to the University of Birmingham School and the Institute of Translational Medicine. 2018: Sir Doug Ellis dies at the age of 94. During his many years in football Ellis boasted that he had invented the bicycle kick - including telling the story to Dublin on the day he joined from Coventry City in 1998. Here's what Dublin tweeted: "Mr Chairman Sir! A man that would have undoubtedly bled Claret & Blue. Thank you for the opportunity to play for your GREAT CLUB!! @AVFCOfficial “Did you really invent the overhead kick ?” "That’s what he told me, in his office, when I signed haha! "Rest In Peace my friend." fghttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/i-stayed-house-former-aston-15271722 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markavfc40 Posted October 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, TRO said: This is not the time to be saying this but there was only one Mr Aston Villa imo William McGregor. In fairness mate why is it not the time? None of us should feel like we have to go along with this Mr Aston Villa bollocks just because he has died at 94 after a great innings. Given our long and illustrious history there is no way that an owner that was associated with us for 30 years and who oversaw us winning two league cups should be proclaimed as Mr Aston Villa. That isn't an insult or disrespectful to Ellis that is an insult to the genuinely great owners, managers and players that have graced our football club. I am genuinely sorry for Doug's family and friends who will miss him but I can't play along with this rewriting history in terms of his association with our football club. Edited October 12, 2018 by markavfc40 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 hours ago, rjw63 said: You better bite it harder then, as I just read a report that there are "calls" for Herbert statue to be put up. From who, I don't know In place of or as well as the stand that currently bears his name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, John said: In place of or as well as the stand that currently bears his name? Eggzackley! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I could live with a vending machine being erected in his honour, especially if it's one of those that eats your cash and then the crisp packet gets stuck. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 12, 2018 Nobody seems to have mentioned that Big Fat Ron is in hospital, and was late in hearing about Doug's demise. Talking about the death of his former boss Big Ron said: “The one thing I would say to his credit is that he developed Villa Park very, very well. He had made it into a super stadium and that is his legacy.” Either he's a master of sarcasm or he's seriously losing his marbles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 A further tribute to Doug from the jack of kent blog "I date the beginning of the decline to the then manager Martin O’Neill’s dreadful and eternally unforgivable decision to deliberately play an under-strength team in a UEFA cup match in Moscow in 2009. " http://jackofkent.com/2018/10/a-posthumous-apology-to-sir-doug-ellis/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 27 minutes ago, John said: In place of or as well as the stand that currently bears his name? I have a feeling we will be left lumbered with his name adorned on the Witton Lane Stand for good now. I guess it must have been early 90's that he gratified it. That probably is a fitting reflection of his time at the club though in fairness as he put it there himself which pretty much sums up what owning the club was all about for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 8 hours ago, sheepyvillian said: What a night that must have been. I think it was more of a residency to be fair..that guy really let himself go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 12 hours ago, Eastie said: JG said he decided not to go for Keane and Doug had given him the ok to get him , however Gregory said on watching him again at wolves he found it odd that wolves fans were urging him to buy Keane and it was then that JG decided not to proceed with things . As a Black Country villan who knows a lot of wolves fans - I can assure you the dingles really idolised Robbie Keane. i think JG was very cute where Doug was concerned and knew which side his bread was buttered imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockport_Villain Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 He did some good and some not so good, and I’ve lived all through it. Whatever he did do I think he always had the best intentions for Villa. RIP Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rjw63 Posted October 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2018 54 minutes ago, Stockport_Villain said: He did some good and some not so good, and I’ve lived all through it. Whatever he did do I think he always had the best intentions for his own bank account. RIP Doug 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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