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‘DEADLY’ DOUG WILL BE SADLY MISSED…

INCORRIGIBLE would be a word to sum up Sir Doug Ellis. He would think about the description for a while and then probably enjoy it, writes John Wragg.
His office at Aston Villa was the top end of the boardroom table. He loved to be seen as being in power.
I was once summoned there because he didn’t like what I was writing at a time when he was cutting back on everything, ready to sell the club.
When I said I was only there to do an exclusive interview, he replied ‘Oh no, no, that is not what you are here for.’ But the tape recorder was slid towards him and he couldn&rsq...

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