Villa rips the heart out of the North Stand Lower

Villa fans who have enjoyed years of sitting in the cheap seats in the North Stand Lower are receiving letters saying that will have to move.

Incredibly, the club are removing seven rows from the back of the stand to provide improved wheelchair access.

While providing disabled access is laudable and legally necessary, these plans amount to barbarism.

The North Stand Lower fans can be very vocal and often banter with the away support. Ripping out the back seven rows of what is already a shallow area will kill that atmosphere stone dead.

Yet another example of terrible Villa decision making where the needs and desires of the loyal fan come last.

Villa are also closing the less popular and far more pricey Trinity Road Upper.