A lot stands out about the Holte End - and especially it's name. Stands are usually named after players, sponsors and club legends - and no ‘Holte’ has ever stood out for the Villa over the years.
Allow Rob Bishop to explain where the Holte got it’s name, before we speak to a handful of former Villa heroes to find out what it’s like to play in front of...
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احب نادي استون فيلا في خريف سنة 1998 كانت بطولتنا المدرسية في منطقتنا واخذنا المركز الاول وكنت حارس مرمى فريقنا وكنت ارتدي قميص استون فيلا الذي لا اعرف عنه شيئا واصبحت اتفائل بشعار استون فيلا ،، والى اليوم لا اعرف عن هذا الفريق سوى الشعار
I was in the Holte End against Barcelona. I remember their CB taking a swipe at Sid Cowans after he scored a penalty in front of the Villa fans. “yippee Ihhh ahhhh yippee ihhhhh ohhhhh Holte Enders in the sky”!!!!! Loved Ian Taylor. Box to box and gave 100% in every single game he played for us. He scored some important, as well as cracking goals. I watched him play for Burton a few times, as a friend of mine was also playing for them at the time. Who’d have thought I’d be watching him in a Villa shirt a few years later. Big up Taylor!!!! UTV.
First time in the holte, 1968, rammed, breathtaking and them AV floodlights. Watched most games half way up them. Over 28,000 in one end. Never forget those days. VTID
I have that certificate still. Holte End is the first stand I ever went to. And is the best in Europe. Beautiful amd hope it never changes, one of the last of the old school stands in one of the last old school stadiums
First stood on the Holte end in the 1950's Charlie Aitken and others forgotten now. Was a magical place to be!
How impressive is Ian Taylor’s record collection!!
I got a paper round aged 13 just so I had the money to get to Villa Park and watch my hero Brian Little from my beloved Holte End. I was heartbroken when they knocked down the Holte End, just stood on it after the match not wanting to leave and as I walked away from the ground I just kept stopping for one last look. Credit where its due though, the frontage of the new Holte is beautiful and pays homage to the original Trinity, shame the outside of the new Trinity doesn't as it would just make Villa Park even more beautiful.
You’re must be around my age. I Jacked my paper round in in early March ‘75 as I could no longer stand missing games in that glorious promotion season due to my Saturday afternoon round delivering the Evening Mail.
The “prepared” motiff that adorned the old Trinity Rd stand should never have left in my opinion. Apart from that Perfection
Visited 1976 with Grangetown Boys Club, 0.0 with Liverpool, great football experience, thanks to organiser Ted Ryan M.B.E. R.I.P. ( our club was claret and blue).
I was just thinking of the Barcelona game just before tales said it was his best memory of the Holte, It was amasing.
man... really shouldn't have watched this - closest I'll get to the team this season is friday vs boro u-23s and believe me neither that nor any other footballing experience comes close to being home on the Holte :( Walking up those 'magical' steps before games - no matter the weather, or how far and long we'd travelled to be there, always worth it. Miss it so bad, but don't want to dwell on it - so instead am going to say to those lucky enough to be beginning their adventure on the majestic Holte, home to the best fans in the country; you are about to embark on a journey so wonderous that no poet I ever met/heard or read has come close to depicting the emotional rollercoaster it provides. Those nights when we underperform, or when officials steal pooints away, those nights when the away fans can be heard more than the other three stands... those are there because the universe has to balance out the majesty of those nights when the whole ground joins the Holte in raising our prayer to the heavens : YIPEE AI AYE YIPEE AI OOOOH HOLTE ENDERS IN THE SKY! UTV VTID
When The Holte end rocks, it sends shivers through me, both when it was standing and seating
Not many fans know but it used to be known as The Red Brick Palace
Never heard that before UTV
Absolute master stroke, let's share to every villa contact in our phones and get the magical Villa Park rocking this Saturday and show the newbies and the watching worldwide TV audience what our clubs fans are all about, no negativity, let the past 18 months of no fans come out and pass the positive energy to our team,UTV ✌️🦁
What an iconic opening montage that was, Simply sensational work! Rollo at his finest 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We can also thank Jonny Cash for our *Holte Enders In The Sky* chant.
I started standing on the holte when I was 13 with my sister in 1977 and I grew up there, I felt part of something ,every game, left side and singing my heart out. Feelings and memories that are with me every day. We ARE Aston Villa.
My best memory of the Holte End was when we beat Inter Milan!! Absolutely incredible night ! I took my sister (baggies fan) and showed her what a big club is! 😂VTID ❤
I've still got my certificate from 1994's last game. Amazing stand new and old
The whole of the lower Holte needs to have safe standing.
Who remembers February 1971, Wednesday night match, 2nd leg League Cup semi-final against Man Utd. Villa were in the 3rd division, 1-1 after the 1st leg, we beat them 2-1 to reach the final. I was 11 years old, standing at the back of the Holte End, what a night!!
Me i was there a 10 year old standing up the witton end then went to Wembley miss standing terrace
The Holte End is my favourite place in the world to be a truly magnificent stand.
I don't want to be that guy, but Phil King's penalty was definitely, absolutely 100% in front of the North Stand. Used to have a season ticket in the NS and can still see the crossbar shaking from Ruben Sosa's missed pen.
Sack the research department
Gives you goosebumps what memories utv
The Holte is like no other football stand I have ever experienced. UTV
The Holte End has always been the most magical football stand in the world. Some amazing nights there both joyous and heartbreaking. UTV. Great video 👍
The Famous Holte End can’t beat it on match day UTV
One of the best vidoes you have ever done.Great memories I first stepped on to the Holte 07/08/1971 50 years ago.I am tearful with joy in northeast Brasil.This is great,thank you..
Yes, i remember when i first started going when i was very young, i paid £1:50 cash on the gate and some games there really was just about standing room only.
I can't remember who we played at my first game at Villa Park, but i know it was in the Holte end though, wanna say it was sometime in 1988 or 89 when I was 5 or 6, Me,my dad and my brothers and a couple of their friends used to be our little crew. We used to stand in the Top left side if you were standing in there looking at the pitch. I used to sit on the metal bars that you used to lean on because I couldn't see. So many great memories, the first time I swore was down the Villa, and I was allowed to, just don't tell mom the Oldman used to say lol One of the best games I went to for Atmosphere was Tranmere rovers, coca cola Cup semi final. Epic that day. ❤✌🏼 UTV
Villa fan since I was 6 I remember Andy lochead , seen us win everything than the fa cup was there against Chelsea and then gunners , this is one trophy I want to see them win before I meet my maker ,,, iv been a HOLTEENDER since 1971 ... Ilove this club so much , my son CEIRAN was mascot against Wimbledon fa cup 05 th Jan 1991 will never forget it talking to Ian Ross Bruce rioche toney daily David platt Paul rather aka god ,,, my son committed suicide 4 th July 2021 , I love and miss my son so much
Brilliant podcast and one that can be repeated with fans recollections and more memories. As a teenager, in the early 1970s, I used to stand in a block in front of the back block in the middle witha gang of mates. Every goal had us all fall down the stand twenty yards, after which one would turn and shout in celebration, climbing back up to get to one's original spot. Magic days. The back block was where most of the chants started and grew in volume but we had a small group of constantly singing songs fans. They didn;t shut up for the whole match no matter what was going on on the pitch. Nine out of ten songs were anti-Blues. "Zigger, zigger yackity yak --- Tiptoe through the Tilton ---- None of them contained swear words, just fun and stupidity. Pre-Covid, U134, Lower Holte was my domain. Still the fun with the fans around me was an every game constant. Comraderie is a massive part of being a Holte Ender. Almost sixty years now, forst match attended was in 1963, I have times when my Villa support is a bit distant; an adventure cycling from Lima to Amazonia in Peru in 2018, didn't stop me from listening to Villa vs Fulham in the failed Play Off final. Yet The Holte will always bring me back. VILLA 'TIL I DIE! As for Brian, did any of his overhead flicks ever come off? LOL. Thanks Brian. Loved every moment you gave us. One last memory, a reverse of Taylor getting in when they opened the doors in the second half. I used this moment at one match to go out, get to a telephone booth, tell my then girlfriend I didn;t want to see her again and went back to the match. Sorry Carol!
Wasnt scott sinclairs goal in the cup against the baggies at the holte end?we went on the pitch at full time couldnt believe how bright the pitch was,was like summer time in the sun even though it was closer to 1030.
First game I ever went to was the villa park centennial match against spurs sat in the Holt it was amazing, they had a legends match against Blackburn if memory serve before the main event great times.
What a great, iconic stand. My first three seasons were on the terrace (the left side!) and I took photos of the final day in May 1994, demolition and rebuilding to what we see today. Superb foresight and vision to design the new stand with the brick frontage which looks better than any other. I had season tickets in both the upper and lower. Would be brilliant if they introduced rail standing on the lower tier like some grounds are now doing. UTV!
Holte Enders in the sky!!
Superb! Brian Little was my footballing hero as a kid! Do another one with some of the guys not on here, like Gary Shaw, "Sid", Gareth Barry, Paul McGrath or Benteke
Brings a tear to my eye but the tears for pure joy the greatest feeling ever utv sotc ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍💪👊
I know when my son & I go back this week, it will be really emotional. UTV.
Great video, can't wait to be back there for the first time in over 2 years... What a stadium had some great feelings and moments in there over the years, look forward to many more over the coming years. Goosebumps on Saturday I'm sure UTV 🙌💜💙
Well written introduction
Great days on the old terrace. Standing on the Holte on a wet Wednesday night was a rites of passage. For me it was left side at the back, and I remember we also used to have banter with the guys on the right side back then. "THE LEFT SIDE"
"THE RIGHT SIDE" 😁😁
Great video guys!
Thank you. 👏 👏👏👏. Feel the Love.
My brother was in the police and was put on to supervise the match but was outside the ground and was gutted because all the family are fans
North Stand was Phil King
There is STILL only one Ian Taylor
Some fantastic memories standing on the holte watching some great teams but i would have to say the greatest player the greatest plater i saw live at villa park was cruyff.
UTV! Great content boys!
Awesome 👍 UTV💪
Aston Villa's Villa park Stadium should be at least a 60K capacity. All the stadium needs is an upgrade & 4 quadrants to link all the stands together to justify the capacity cos since Ron Saunders days they've underperforming as a Club that effected the City!
Good one guys.
Did Scholes score his screamer at the holte end?
Now can you see what you give up jack
Who were the footballers interviewed? I knew Ian Taylor
Rob Bishop (ex programme writer, Birmingham Mail), Ian Taylor, Brian Little, Steve Froggatt, Andi Weimann, John Gregory
@@ClaretBluePod - I should have known them being a Villa fan since the 70's. thanks!
Grant Holt(e) ?
Gabby never scored at the holte end in the 5-1!!
Bloody hell , I’ve had a nightmare
@@ClaretBluePod nah, great vid either way
UTV!