Weeds and dirt and worms and flowers. Soon enough, every sinew of our being will be overloaded with the stuff. There’s no escaping it in our mortal flesh, and the corroding effect of time even conspires to destroy man’s most hallowed creations.
Here are 20 once-great footballing grounds that have since been decimated by the ravages of old age.
Estadio Lluís Sitjar in Mallorca, Spain
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Estadio Insular in Las Palmas, Spain (Converted into a park)
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Stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia
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Buckingham Road in Chesham, England
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Central Dynamo Stadium in Moscow, Russia
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Stadion Za Luzankami in Brno, Czech Republic (Has since been rebuilt)
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Boothferry Park in Hull, England
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Feethams Stadium in Darlington, England
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Sealand Road in Chester, England
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Nene Park Stadium in Irthlingborough, England
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Millmoor Ground in Rotherham, England
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Stadion Dziesieciolecia Manifestu in Warsaw, Poland
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Invicta Ground in London, England
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Campo Testaccio in Rome, Italy
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Vetch Field in Swansea, Wales
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Victory Stadium in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine
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Lenin Stadium in Ukraine (has since been fully renovated)
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Bezigrad Stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Avangard Stadium in Pripyat, Ukraine
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Jose Marti Parque Stadium in Havana, Cuba
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