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Daily Mirror
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Chiara Fiorillo & Chloe Shakesby

Incredible images of abandoned football stadium that hasn't seen fans in a decade

Incredible images have emerged of an abandoned football stadium that hasn't welcomed fans in over a decade.

The Leyton Football Club Stadium was once one of London's oldest sports venues but was abandoned in 2011 when the non-league team dissolved after 143 years of existence.

In October 2009, following an investigation by HMRC, the club's chairman Costas Sophocleous and former director Philip Foster pleaded guilty to their part in a £16m VAT fraud.

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