Former Aston Villa chairman Sir Doug Ellis has died at the age of 94.

Ellis had two spells as chairman of the West Midlands club, with the second one running from 1982 to 2006.

After selling the club to American businessman Randy Lerner, Ellis became life president.

When Villa were relegated from the Premier League in April 2016 he told the BSports he "could not be any sadder" and hoped to live to see them return to the top flight.

He attended Villa's Championship play-off final defeat by Fulham at Wembley in May.

Ellis was knighted in 2012 for his services to charity.

He made his money in the travel industry and during his time in football earned the nickname Deadly Doug because of his reputation for sacking managers who under-performed.