7 Fascinating Abandoned Football Stadiums

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  • čas přidán 18. 10. 2019
  • From the Avanhard Stadium in Pripyat, Ukraine that was abandoned due to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, to the Stadion Za Lužánkami in Brno, Czech Republic which has been left to rot after being deemed not fit for purpose by FIFA, HITC Sevens takes a look at some interesting abandoned football stadia from across the globe.
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Komentáře • 251

  • @SeyrenaKatsuragi
    @SeyrenaKatsuragi Před 4 lety +286

    "Fifty thousand people used to live here" how could u not use this iconic line

  • @vdbjesper
    @vdbjesper Před 4 lety +160

    1:33 “abandoned football SRADIUMS”

  • @ironhammersfc
    @ironhammersfc Před 4 lety +275

    7 Largest Stadiums below the Championship

  • @tsetso99
    @tsetso99 Před 4 lety +10

    You forgot "Plovdiv Stadium" in Bulgaria. It used to be the largest stadium in the country with around 55 000 capacity, hosting matches of the local team Botev against Barcelona and Bayern, as well as a huge Metallica concert, but has been in disrepair since the 1990s due to numerous reasons.

    • @cameronclare2132
      @cameronclare2132 Před 2 lety +1

      Great shout, I've visited Plovdiv a few times, such a beautiful city, & this was the first thing that came into my mind when I watched the video.

  • @grdn2607
    @grdn2607 Před 3 lety +5

    My Grandad trained with Third Lanark as a teenager & played games at youth level but his Dad passed away so he had to give up on playing football to go and support the family. We never got the chance to take him back to Cathkin Park before he passed but I’ve been myself and it’s really emotional imagining the thousands in the terraces.

  • @MySadExistence
    @MySadExistence Před 4 lety +8

    Wageningse Berg in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Opened it's doors in 1899, but the first team playing in it was WVV Wageningen in 1911. WVV played in the 2nd tier of Dutch football after the introduction of it in 1956. It remained their ground up until 1978, when WVV's first team became FC Wageningen. They played Eredivisie football for 2 seasons, both of which they finished bottom of the league. They do hold the record for PSV's biggest ever home defeat, smashing them 6-1.
    FC Wageningen went bankrupt in 1992 after both the local authorities and the Dutch FA refused to cooperate with their plans. At that time Wageningen was a comfortable mid-table team in the 2nd tier.
    It's not allowed to tear the stadium apart, because it was build on a protected nature reserve. Now and then the University of Wageningen uses the ground to welcome new student, so I guess it's not completely abandoned, however they do nothing to stop the ground from rotting away.

  • @mjc8281
    @mjc8281 Před 4 lety +21

    As a kid I remember going with my friends to play football at the Fallowfield Stadium the venue of the 1893 FA Cup final, I think it was only finally knocked down the the mid 1990s by then it was owned by The University of Manchester

  • @cactusslack6971
    @cactusslack6971 Před 4 lety +93

    Also, can we do seven best players who are out of their depth? I mean like, players who are in great form playing above their level

  • @jeroenjanssen3941
    @jeroenjanssen3941 Před 4 lety +17

    Where's Doel? Doel is a small town in the city of Beveren. They used to have a small club named FC Scheldezonen Doel. Doel is located close to the port of Antwerp (2nd biggest port of Europe). In 1998 the Port of Antwerp wanted to expand so all the people who lived in the town would get to sell their house to the state for the price where they bought it for. Nearly everybody moved out of the town, except for a few people. To this day 18 people still live in Doel. It's one of the worst places to live in Belgium because a few miles from the town is a nuclear power plant named after the ghost town. In 2016 "New Saeftinghe FC" a club of 22 friends were forced to leave their field.

  • @mrgreatbritain
    @mrgreatbritain Před 4 lety +9

    The Stadion Za Lužánkami’s story is interesting, to host a game as recent as 2015 and look decent for that after the state it was in! Such a shame it was neglected again after the spectacular

  • @dylanlaher9534
    @dylanlaher9534 Před 4 lety +34

    7 players who played on with medical conditions (like saúl and Edgar davids)

  • @Edem-py1ij
    @Edem-py1ij Před 4 lety +5

    In Hungary there is a big abandoned stadium in town name Akasztó and the name of the stadium is Stadler stadium.

  • @thatSteveSmith
    @thatSteveSmith Před 4 lety +14

    The Ewood Bridge (Stand Athletic FC) ground is a 5-10 minute walk from my house.

  • @yusufkassim8236
    @yusufkassim8236 Před 4 lety +8

    Please do more stadium related videos, as I find them fascinating to watch :)

  • @andrewdougal7258
    @andrewdougal7258 Před 4 lety +4

    Never related to this channel as much as I do now, absolutely love these stadium videos

  • @connortheandroidsentbycybe7740

    "50,000 thousand people used to live in this city. Now it's a ghost town"

  • @TroystonB
    @TroystonB Před 3 lety

    just subscribed. great ideas for videos thanks for doing these.

  • @gabrielrocha533
    @gabrielrocha533 Před 4 lety +10

    What about the Olympic Monumental Stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil? I heard that ghosts are haunting there.

  • @monkey567789oooyggcm
    @monkey567789oooyggcm Před 4 lety

    Loved the vid!

  • @-rikari-2069
    @-rikari-2069 Před 4 lety +5

    Love your vids

  • @apratimdas7652
    @apratimdas7652 Před 4 lety +1

    Great channel

  • @cactusslack6971
    @cactusslack6971 Před 4 lety +9

    You wrote a good book

  • @oggyoggyoggyoioioi7147
    @oggyoggyoggyoioioi7147 Před 4 lety +2

    I went to stand athletic last year to take some pics. Nice little explore the ground even has a bus stop and the remains of platform the Ewood Bridge and Edenfield railway station on the other side. There is (was) another abandoned ground about half an hour away at Rossendale fc's Dark lane

  • @romanrimeo
    @romanrimeo Před 4 lety +6

    I've been subbed a once early 2017
    It's been a journey bros.

  • @ViktorMorawitz
    @ViktorMorawitz Před 4 lety +1

    Number 1 is from my hometown. I rember as a kid, that 40 000+ fans on league games. It is very sad story and even if the movement between football fans to return back to this stadium is very strong the chances are almost none. Also the once quite good club Zbrojovka that was playing there is now playing only second division.

  • @redheadredemption1573
    @redheadredemption1573 Před 4 lety +14

    Please do every premier league team's most points earned in a season

  • @yusufkassim8236
    @yusufkassim8236 Před 4 lety +10

    7 Smallest Ever Top Flight Stadiums

    • @BrianStorm742
      @BrianStorm742 Před 4 lety +3

      That's going to be hard, because a lot of top flight teams in countries like Laos, Chad, the Comoros and Vanuatu use - or have previously used - stadiums with literally 0 capacity.

    • @samc9076
      @samc9076 Před 4 lety +1

      Brian Storm bet you’re fun at parties

    • @BrianStorm742
      @BrianStorm742 Před 4 lety +1

      @@samc9076 I wouldn't know, I rarely get invited to any 😉

    • @samc9076
      @samc9076 Před 4 lety +2

      Brian Storm you and me both 👍

    • @LiquidMorph
      @LiquidMorph Před 4 lety

      Bournemouth

  • @StephenOKane
    @StephenOKane Před 4 lety +1

    Have a look at Casement Park in Belfast. It's a Gaelic football stadium, but has been left to rot over the last 10 years.

  • @adamdickinson2894
    @adamdickinson2894 Před 4 lety +3

    Ngl I love ground hopping (visited Blyth Spartans recently which I really liked), and am a sucker for abandoned videos

  • @hypeclaneu
    @hypeclaneu Před 4 lety +35

    7 haunted football stadiums in the world

    • @zerotwogaming6924
      @zerotwogaming6924 Před 4 lety +5

      hype Clan fortnite is shit

    • @frantisekvtelensky820
      @frantisekvtelensky820 Před 4 lety +16

      Anfield, Liverpool, England. Rumors says that during the late evening, you can see there shadowy figures of FC Barcelona players, quietly waiting for the corner...

    • @lukak8289
      @lukak8289 Před 4 lety +2

      There are 0

    • @rhdrbob
      @rhdrbob Před 4 lety +1

      No such thing as ghosts

  • @Crogatho
    @Crogatho Před rokem

    There's also a Stadium in the netherlands that is technically abandoned, called "De Wageningse Berg" which was home to FC Wageningen, a former Eredivisie team, they last played in 1992. Their amateur branch is still active as WVV Wageningen, where I played for 18 years.

  • @marekulicny3483
    @marekulicny3483 Před 4 lety +1

    Stadion za luzankami is actually being used. The youth teams of Zbrojovka Brno play there and just 2 weeks ago the ground hosted a match with the zbrojovka Brno legends.

  • @alisondrew3710
    @alisondrew3710 Před 4 lety +38

    7 stadiums that sell more tickets than the ethiad

    • @mariewyatt2303
      @mariewyatt2303 Před 4 lety

      Wembley and maybe camp nou

    • @starman5316
      @starman5316 Před 3 lety

      Number 7, Bolton Wanderers

    • @inthearea-dn1tx
      @inthearea-dn1tx Před 3 lety

      That has to be the funniest thing I’ve ever read. Shat my pants laughing. Generational comedic genius. You should do stand up

  • @goncalosousa5335
    @goncalosousa5335 Před 4 lety

    One interesting of an abandoned stadium is a Portuguese club called Salgueiros. They used to be a big club in Portugal many decades ago, and had since dropped off. A couple of years ago when they were doing the subway system in the city of Porto, they wanted it to go right under the stadium but the club couldn’t continue playing in that ground if that were the case. The city bought their ground and built the metro and there is even a stop with the name of the club exactly where the stadium is. Some stands were taking down, but it’s still there. The interesting part is that the new ground was never built because the owners ran away with the money. The club even stopped existing for a bit. They’re back now playing on loaned grounds and focus mainly on their academies

  • @csansolo
    @csansolo Před 2 lety +1

    There are several big ones in Brazil. Pinheirao in coritiba, Olimpico in porto alegre,

  • @sloth-gaming
    @sloth-gaming Před 4 lety +2

    I've visited Ewood Bridge, it's a strange place, but worth a little mooch if your near

  • @Rurpott
    @Rurpott Před 4 lety

    Tivoli - Aachen. It is besides the new Tivoli but there is an residential area now. The intersting thing about it is that the stairs that lead to the south stand is still walkable and the south stand is still noticeable. The old Tivoli was known as the stadium with the best atmosphere in germany. just 22.000 capacity but everyone who had the play there knows that this Stadium was actually a hell for away teams. If you want proof look for the video Aachen - Bayern DFB Pokal 2006/07 ... Bayern never won a cup game in the old Tivoli. It is quite impressive.

  • @spinalcord9461
    @spinalcord9461 Před 4 lety +49

    7 players who snaked Ireland for england

  • @ewstr55
    @ewstr55 Před 4 lety +37

    “50,000 people used to live here. Now it’s a ghost town”

  • @jacekatalakis8316
    @jacekatalakis8316 Před 3 lety +1

    Worst nuclear accident in 1986?
    Tohoku
    2011 wants to shake things up...which makes me wonder if there's any football stadiums near the Fukushima plant, now I think about it. Everyone remembers the Ferris wheel, but I genuinely had no idea Pripyat even had a stadium. Or it was formed in 1970

  • @yashraj0766
    @yashraj0766 Před 4 lety +6

    bro please make a video on
    LUIS FABIANO he WAS SO UNDERATED!!! Not that many players in the world could do what he did in that game back then and still he never made it to a huge european force. It's a shame because now it is to late .

  • @MaxGotenks
    @MaxGotenks Před 4 lety +19

    top 7 closest stadium in europe, from the same division, that are not in the same city.

  • @Charles-SG
    @Charles-SG Před 4 lety +1

    This is an ok channel!

  • @aryanparikh9780
    @aryanparikh9780 Před 4 lety +6

    7 best attacking duos right now

  • @davemurphy9468
    @davemurphy9468 Před 4 lety +3

    The Donbass Area in Donetsk, Ukraine has not be used since 2014. Due to the conflict/war/invasion in the area (use your team of choice).

  • @DaveHogg
    @DaveHogg Před 4 lety

    I was not expecting my hometown stadium - Tiger Stadium in Detroit - to show up at 1:28. It was a soccer stadium in the 1960s, though, and it was abandoned for many years, but it has now been demolished.

  • @felixhhjbg9727
    @felixhhjbg9727 Před 4 lety +9

    I've been to cathcan park as my brother lives in Glasgow

    • @albertmonkMMA
      @albertmonkMMA Před 4 lety +1

      there is a group on facebook and twitter actually bringing this ground back to its old days cathcan park project i think its called and there making good progress

    • @ryanmcgrory6385
      @ryanmcgrory6385 Před 4 lety

      @Marq LOECSTA it's glasgow city council that owns it not South Lanarkshire Council, thats a good bit away from Glasgow

  • @victorsaade6098
    @victorsaade6098 Před 4 lety +1

    You showed the Mane Garrincha in Brazil but I'm Brazilian and I know that, that stadium was not abandoned, it is still used for neutral beginning round Cup Games, and teams that sell there home advantage, play there this season there have been 6 or 7 league games there.

  • @white_will_smith
    @white_will_smith Před 3 lety

    I love HITC sevens

  • @joaofidalgo6947
    @joaofidalgo6947 Před 4 lety

    The channel has reached the 200 000

  • @memphisdaniels3218
    @memphisdaniels3218 Před rokem

    I was hoping to see 2 grounds in this video, Cathkin Park was included but I think Bradford Park Avenues old Park Avenue Ground should have been included over Ewood, they were a top flight (Division One) side when they played there and the main stand is back to back with what was at the time a county standard cricket ground that hosted Yorkshire games.

  • @DBuckyBoy
    @DBuckyBoy Před 4 lety

    Subbed at 198k. GL

  • @raoulduke8720
    @raoulduke8720 Před 4 lety +3

    this video's kind of sad...still good... but sad

  • @michalvalko248
    @michalvalko248 Před 3 lety

    Czechia, world leader in abandoned stadiums

  • @NobbyXCVII
    @NobbyXCVII Před 3 lety +1

    Is the Donbass Arena still classed as abandoned? Since Shaktar Donesk havent played there since 2014 due to the conflict

  • @aghatozhimomi
    @aghatozhimomi Před 4 lety +7

    The longest intro ever in a video.

  • @SirNilooo
    @SirNilooo Před 4 lety

    Wow! 😯😯

  • @dayneroberts8856
    @dayneroberts8856 Před 4 lety +1

    Riverside stadium , northern Ireland. Its abandoned. Flooding and the discovery of Japanese knot weed means institute couldn't move back in

  • @Burcaldinho
    @Burcaldinho Před 4 lety +2

    Anyone else who is surprised that Donbass Arena is not on the list?

  • @yashraj0766
    @yashraj0766 Před 4 lety +11

    7 footballer you may have forgot 🙁

  • @kenneth5595
    @kenneth5595 Před 4 lety

    Fascinating to you maybe !!!

  • @Gbearguy89
    @Gbearguy89 Před 3 lety +1

    The Empire Stadium in Malta could of been on this list.

  • @ryescott9445
    @ryescott9445 Před 4 lety

    Mill Moore? Probably spelt it wrong but it’s the old Rotherham ground. It’s still there! It could be on the list but I got excited straight away lol. I’m a blade but it’s the next town to me

  • @theunknownstuntman4010

    Millmoor, Rotherham Uniteds old ground. Land is owned by former Rotherham Chairman and when he sold the club would not allow them to use the ground so they had to build a new stadium, a big chunk of which funded by the local council, the new one holds only slightly more than the previous and is about half a mile from the old one anyway but Millmoor still stands slowly rotting away

  • @davidhale4519
    @davidhale4519 Před 4 lety +1

    Abandoned football stadiums without the RICOH ARENA???

  • @Dubbudha
    @Dubbudha Před 4 lety

    There is another famous abandoned stadium in Switzerland. The Hardturm Stadion in Zurich, home of GC Zurich.

  • @Nic_Holas
    @Nic_Holas Před 2 lety

    Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, World Cup 1990, abandoned 2017.

  • @benwright7023
    @benwright7023 Před 4 lety +2

    You misspelled stadium at the beginning of the video

  • @shinvelcro
    @shinvelcro Před 4 lety +1

    in the picture at 8:36 I'm sure the red thing is a bin but.....it looks a lot like the worlds most dedicated posty is doing his rounds.

  • @adammoorby99
    @adammoorby99 Před 4 lety

    Millmoor in Rotherham is Abandoned and it seems weird as it’s just been left To Rot right across the road pretty much from their new home

  • @marcusjohns5166
    @marcusjohns5166 Před 3 lety +1

    Just about EVERY Chinese city has an "abandoned" (ie. Unused) stadium. Almost every Chinese city has a large enough population to justify a stadium. But VERY few have a football team good enough to get people to want to pay money to watch it.

  • @oagv9938
    @oagv9938 Před 4 lety +1

    The leagues from all the continents

  • @nabeelmalikofficial5795

    Thy are Soo lucky he have many stedium

  • @saintroddy
    @saintroddy Před 4 lety +1

    7 most violent football matches next?

  • @petkokotov7265
    @petkokotov7265 Před 4 lety +1

    There is a stadium in Plovdiv Bulgaria which is the wargest stadium in Bulgaria but it isn't used.

    • @cameronclare2132
      @cameronclare2132 Před 2 lety

      Great shout, I've visited Plovdiv a few times, such a beautiful city, & this was the first thing that came into my mind when I watched the video.

  • @erikthehalfabee6234
    @erikthehalfabee6234 Před 4 lety

    I had expected the shaktar Donetsk stadium to feature.

  • @dorresnorre1345
    @dorresnorre1345 Před 4 lety +2

    I have one for the Q&A when did you and the Irish Guy met

  • @notoriousdog8942
    @notoriousdog8942 Před 4 lety

    Picture of Millmoor shown. Rotherham fans cheer

  • @kieronparr3403
    @kieronparr3403 Před rokem

    Near 500k now Alfie

  • @samuelecrotti9456
    @samuelecrotti9456 Před 4 lety

    Get well soon after the cold!

  • @gabrieldonaldson4160
    @gabrieldonaldson4160 Před 4 lety

    I’ve played at Cathkin park before

  • @shibisuresh3437
    @shibisuresh3437 Před 4 lety

    Best Clubs in Southern Asia

  • @arannblanchfield3963
    @arannblanchfield3963 Před 4 lety +1

    Fifty thousand people used to live here now its a ghost town" Captain Macmillian

  • @mfooty7
    @mfooty7 Před 4 lety +1

    Best footballer fromm every country from asean please

  • @rockylikm
    @rockylikm Před 4 lety +1

    Toronto FC in 07?
    Seattle Sounders in 09 (or the 70s)
    Portland Timbers in '12 (or the 70s)

    • @upperleftcoastchelseafan7718
      @upperleftcoastchelseafan7718 Před 4 lety

      Providence Park (old civic stadium) was built in 1926 and until the Timbers were awarded an MLS franchise and it was refurbished it used to be an utter craphole. I've worked on two different refurbishments at different times over the past 25 years and while doing foundation work, we discovered human remains that had been buried for at least 50 years. Also some of the biggest rats outside of NY City, size of small dogs (Beagle or Terrier size) and absolutely unafraid of humans. A co-worker whacked one with a shovel and it ran up the handle and bit him in the face, true story. Great iconic small stadium now, very reminiscent of the great old small European football stadiums (except for the damn field turf). Even though it's the latest generation of field turf it's still artificial, there's no reason that a hybrid pitch like the one's used in England couldn't be installed.

  • @raoulduke8720
    @raoulduke8720 Před 4 lety

    you cool, man

  • @andreiarama8745
    @andreiarama8745 Před 4 lety

    Check out the Bacau stadium in Romania

  • @reecequirk5211
    @reecequirk5211 Před 4 lety

    Doesn't have to be a list video just curious to your favourite stadium right now

  • @brzilac9889
    @brzilac9889 Před 4 lety

    Former Mallorca stadium?

  • @ushmiaster
    @ushmiaster Před 4 lety

    Probs on the pronunciations btw 👏

  • @DanZorny
    @DanZorny Před 4 lety +2

    7 most expensive goals

  • @bohsgerry
    @bohsgerry Před 4 lety

    I SUGGEST YOU CHECK THE HISTORY OF FLOWER LODGE,ONCE HOME OF CORK HIBERNIAN AND IT'S SAD CHANGE FROM THE STADIUM WITH THE BEST FOOTBALL PITCH IN IRELAND TO A GAELIC FOOTBALL STADIUM,AND MILLTOWN THE FORMER STADIUM OF SHAMROCK ROVERS IN DUBLIN AND IT'S DUBIOUS SALE AND REDEVELOPMENT AS A HOUSING ESTATE SESPITE HUGE OPPOSITION.

  • @scouser5039
    @scouser5039 Před 4 lety +2

    It's "Stožice" stadium where Olimpija Ljubljana are playing not "Stoichic" stadium hahah, I see that our language is really the hardest in the world

    • @m9801
      @m9801 Před 4 lety

      Because too many foreigners don't know how to map your sounds and your letters correctly!

  • @tomclarkin1862
    @tomclarkin1862 Před 4 lety

    Riverside in derry ?

  • @LeicesterTillIDieTV2
    @LeicesterTillIDieTV2 Před 4 lety

    7 stadiums that is bigger than its support base

  • @1ha1ves1er1
    @1ha1ves1er1 Před 2 lety

    I find fascinating, how big inluence had Za Lužánkami stadium on the Brno fans. There was always big crowd regardless on importance of the game, but ever since relocation, the attendance is rather laughable.

  • @barrymancini
    @barrymancini Před 4 lety

    Didn't include Leyton FC in Walthamstow!
    Used as a carpark for a curry house now, all they did was smash through the turnstiles and let cars park on the pitch!

  • @iangascoigne8231
    @iangascoigne8231 Před 3 lety

    After the stadium opened it hosted the 2012 Miss World Pageant won by the Chinese contestant. Quelle surprise!

  • @ourhandsaretied
    @ourhandsaretied Před 4 lety +1

    "Nuclear"...

  • @stevenkilpatrick6397
    @stevenkilpatrick6397 Před 3 lety

    Third lanark where some team dominated Scottish football for a while even with rangers then celtic in the league