gmckennasell
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we need more shit on our pitch , can we loan some yooonited players.
You can easily compare pitch width. Penalty box always 44 yards wide and the 10 yard tick marks from the corners give something like 5 yards from box edge to tick.bluebrickroad said:Hihosilva said:bluebrickroad said:I am lead to believe that presently all Premier League pitches are exactly the same size.
No.
Manchester City currently have the largest pitch size 116.5 x 78 yards & West Ham have the smallest at 110 x 70 yards.
I bow to your superior knowledge Hihosilva and thanks for correcting me.
In future, before I commit my fingers to the keyboard, I promise to do some research on the subject I am attempting to discuss. ;)
Sheikh Rattle n Roll said:Carver said:Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:I noticed that there was a bit of threadbare-ness around the corner down by CB and SS. I put it down to all the times Navas has been tempting defenders to dive in!!
I think they only have to get the sewing machine out again to make it the green sward it normally is at the beginning of the season.
Some of the "Rewind" videos show how pitches have come on since the seventies and eighties. The Swamp must be the only PL pitch that has retained its 80's credentials.
The swamp is a damn site better this season because they have got rid of the pitch that they had and installed a Desso, similar to City's pitch and installed at many of the World's leading stadia. They had the same kind of pitch that also gave problems at Wembley before this was also replaced with a Desso Grassmaster pitch. I don't know what it is with those fuckers, they always have to do their own thing, know better than anyone else.
Must be the secret of why their home form is shite, teams are going to the swamp and finding a modern premier league football pitch instead of something that is a throwback to 1979.
City led the way with under-soil heating at Maine Road. I recall there was many occasion in the late 70's early 80's when ITV and BBC would rush to get the cameras to Maine Road in the winter for Match of the Day and The Big Match, knowing that a City home game would not be postponed because of snow and ice.
The Rags eventually caught on with under-soil heating, but had to choose a system all of their own, an electric one I recall, which totally fucked up their pitch even more!
Hihosilva said:bluebrickroad said:Hihosilva said:When the academy is open they will most likely stop training at the stadium as the first team training pitches will be identical in size.
I am lead to believe that presently all Premier League pitches are exactly the same size.
No.
Manchester City currently have the largest pitch size 116.5 x 78 yards & West Ham have the smallest at 110 x 70 yards.
Slight typo there, should be 105m x 68m.Carver said:From the 2013-14 season Premier league pitch size has been standardised at 115 x 68m, which is also the UEFA standard size.
Clubs must make their pitch this size unless it is impossible to do so and they had to apply to the FA premier league for an exemption.
You will notice that the stadia with small pitches are all old.
It surprises me that Chelsea didn't have the foresight or to leave sufficient room when they rebuilt their ground in the 1990's, particularly as they used to have a running track around the pitch and the ends in particular were a long distance from the pitch. Did they consult with UEFA as to what future requirements would be and did UEFA already have ideal dimensions at the time?
The FA handbook was published before the season started. Those that were willing to comply gave the new dimensions immediately.
As it went to press I'm sure that Stoke and maybe Hull were still arguing the toss and it's possible that they were made to comply.
The others that couldn't comply were asked to make their pitches as big as they could, some of the run off areas are quite small.
You will notice that some grounds have gone to 68m wide and there is very little run off.
Yes, I remember the shite electrical system at the swamp and the balloon thingy that they had at Chelsea
ColinLee said:Slight typo there, should be 105m x 68m.Carver said:From the 2013-14 season Premier league pitch size has been standardised at 115 x 68m, which is also the UEFA standard size.
Clubs must make their pitch this size unless it is impossible to do so and they had to apply to the FA premier league for an exemption.
You will notice that the stadia with small pitches are all old.
It surprises me that Chelsea didn't have the foresight or to leave sufficient room when they rebuilt their ground in the 1990's, particularly as they used to have a running track around the pitch and the ends in particular were a long distance from the pitch. Did they consult with UEFA as to what future requirements would be and did UEFA already have ideal dimensions at the time?
The FA handbook was published before the season started. Those that were willing to comply gave the new dimensions immediately.
As it went to press I'm sure that Stoke and maybe Hull were still arguing the toss and it's possible that they were made to comply.
The others that couldn't comply were asked to make their pitches as big as they could, some of the run off areas are quite small.
You will notice that some grounds have gone to 68m wide and there is very little run off.
Yes, I remember the shite electrical system at the swamp and the balloon thingy that they had at Chelsea