Iconic ex-Premier League stadium unrecognisable as luxury flats as trophy is shown there on TNT Sports

A FORMER stadium looks unrecognisable as it housed the Premier League trophy.

Highbury Stadium was the old home of Arsenal and was the setting for TNT Sports pre-match build-up.

The Premier League trophy in its full glory at the site of Arsenal’s former Highbury stadium

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TNT SPORTSThe Premier League trophy was at the site of an old stadium[/caption]

TNT SPORTSIt was at Arsenal’s old ground Highbury[/caption]

TNT SPORTSThe abandoned stadium looks unrecognisable[/caption]

TNT SPORTSIt has been converted into a luxury flats[/caption]

The Gunners face Bournemouth in a must-win game as they aim to win their first league title since 2004.

The last time the club won the Premier League, they were playing at Highbury, compared to their new home of the Emirates.

The former ground has been demolished and replaced with luxury flats.

There are still some nods to the famous past of the ground as the exteriors of the East and West Stands remain.

A bust of former Gunners manager Herbert Chapman remains in the same marble corridors, while the players’ tunnel is also intact.

The pitch is long gone but has been replaced by gardens.

However, some fans questioned the positioning of the trophy with many backing Manchester City to retain the title.

One fan posted: “What is our trophy doing there?”

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A second asked: “Why’s our trophy at Arsenal’s former end.”

A third commented: “The blue ribbons lol.”

A fourth wrote: “Our trophy with light blue ribbons at the Highbury hahaha.”

A fifth said: “Just in case they don’t win it, they’ll have had a chance to see it once more 20 years is a long time without a glance at it.”

Another added: “If that isn’t tempting fate, I don’t know what is!”

For the Premier League trophy to remain in North London, Arsenal need to win their remaining three games and for Manchester City to slip up.

GettyThe site has 650 flats[/caption]

GettyFans can still walk past the entrance to the old West Stand[/caption]

GettyBalconies look out onto where the pitch used to be[/caption]

GettyFlats vary in price between around £400k and £800k[/caption]

Getty – ContributorGardens now lie where the Highbury pitch used to be[/caption]

GettyArsenal moved to the Emirates in 2006[/caption]

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