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Seeing an abandoned football stadium in footy-mad Italy is like seeing an abandoned Greggs in the north of England \u2013 it makes no scientific sense.<\/p>\n

The Stadio Flaminio in Rome might not be as iconic as the San Siro, nor as famous as the Stadio Olimpico down the road, but it has (or at least had<\/i>) enough simplistic architectural beauty to rival any other in the country. The stadium, which was opened in 1959, fell into disrepair over a decade ago and is now a vandalised, overgrown and disintegrating mess.<\/p>\n

A jagged maze of thorns, bushes and trees stands where the pitch used to be while the terraces and gangways are littered with graffiti and crumbling lumps of rubble. Various attempts to restore the ground to its former glory have been made over the years, but none have come to fruition.<\/p>\n

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As recently as two years ago, Lazio president Claudio Lotito made what was described as an "important and serious proposal" to revamp the stadium and increase its capacity with the intention of adopting it as the club's new permanent home. With an ability to house just over 30,000 spectators Stadio Flaminio is bigger than six current Premier League grounds, including Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park and Fulham's Craven Cottage.<\/p>\n

It was built to host the 1960 Rome Olympics, though was mainly used for football and rugby after its inauguration. During the 1989-90 season, both Roma and Lazio, who share the Stadio Olimpico less than two miles away, played their home matches there while their ground was undergoing renovations.<\/p>\n

Which Premier League ground is most likely to look like the Stadio Flaminio in 30 years time? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Roma continued using the building for a number of years afterwards and occasionally held fan events and high-profile player-unveilings there, such as when Adriano joined the club from Flamengo in 2010.<\/p>\n

It was also the home of Atletico Roma, who spent years hopping between Italy's third, fourth and fifth tiers, before they were dissolved in 2011. Additionally, Italy's national rugby team played their Six Nations matches there for over a decade after joining the competition in 2000, but moved to the Stadio Olimpico in 2011 amid concerns over Stadio Flaminio's capacity.<\/p>\n

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England's rugby team will be aiming for glory in France, with Umbro supplying their kits for the tournament. It is the first time that the supplier have been handed the chance to produce the kits, with a traditional white home shirt emblazoned with the iconic red rose.<\/p>\n

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Plans were hastily drawn up to increase its capacity to 42,000, and Italian rugby chiefs promised to move back once renovations were complete, but said renovations never actually got off the ground, nor did plans to make the stadium the home of a brand new rugby called Praetorians Roma – and it quickly and quietly fell into disuse.<\/p>\n

Away from sport, the ground has staged several high-profile concerts and events over the years, with the likes of Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and Pink Floyd all playing there in the late 80s and early 90s in front of sell-out crowds.<\/p>\n

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Various Italian politicians have also held rallies there, and the stadium was even transformed into a makeshift market for a few months back in 1994.<\/p>\n

It is named after the Via Flaminia, an ancient Roman Road which ran from the city over the Apennine Mountains to the coast of the Adriatic Sea. The section running through northern Rome is where Constantine the Great had his famous vision of the Chi Rho, leading to his conversion to Christianity and the Christianization of the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n

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