From 1925, it hosted early footballing duals between two adjacent municipalities, Castellammare Adriatico and Pescara. Despite the recent addition of solar-paneled canopies, the outline of the original curva can still be seen from aerial views.Ĭuriously, the riverside Campo Rampigna may be considered older than the city of Pescara itself. The Stadio Viale Brin fell into disrepair and the site was eventually turned over for use as an employee car park for the steelworks. In 1965, Ternana moved 3km across town to the modern and (needlessly) three-tiered Stadio Libero Liberati. It was known locally as La Pista (The Track) the pitch was surrounded by a concrete velodrome that provided the training ground for 1948 Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Renato Perona. The stadium was incrementally expanded through the ages, eventually holding 10,000 people just prior to its decommissioning. It was fitting therefore that, from 1925, Ternana played their football at a stadium built in the shadow of one of the vast mills. Stadio Viale Brin was a small, but perfectly formed venue, equipped with a neat English-style grandstand. The hot and dirty work of steel-making has provided jobs and income to sustain generations of Terni families. For better or worse, it’s a place defined by its industrial heritage. Part two takes us into the central regions of Marche, Abruzzo and Umbria… The first part of our journey around Italy saw us visiting the relics of south. Nature has silently reclaimed some, others have struggled on in a dilapidated state, whilst a few have received a new lease of life. Across the provinces, countless historic former homes stand as memorials to the triumph and emotion of yesteryear. With most stadia in municipal ownership and fulfilling a broader set of sporting needs, there is rarely such an imperative for scrapping the old venues. It is perhaps unsurprising to hear that things work a little differently in Italy. However, as the shine begins to wear off the new venue, it’s not uncommon to hear fans become nostalgic for the imperfections of the old place, yearning for just one more visit. Finance dictates that stands must be razed and a century of memories deleted, all in the name of progress. In the UK, the unveiling of a new football stadium almost always implies the demise of its predecessor.
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