"The present board will resign when I want them to. I have not decided yet how many of the present board will remain." Pat Matthews sounding worryingly dictatorial. --- "If Mr. Matthews thinks he can play the power game with us, he is wrong. "I should think new directors would want to choose their own men. "They wouldn't want a certain person thrust down their throats. I am not criticising Tommy Docherty. simply the method of doing it. "In this Association Mr. Matthews is dealing with people who fought for years for shares out of sheer love of the club." Fred Foster. secretary of Aston Villa Shareholders' Association --- “If my fellow Birmingham City directors give me their blessing I will begin to investigate the various commitments of Aston Villa together with all the other circumstances surrounding this unusual situation. "Hundreds of people have been trying to persuade me to take this position in recent weeks, but I have not solicited the office. I have been invited." Travel agent Herbert Douglas Ellis appears on the Villa scene for the first time.