United thread 2013/14 (continued)

[mad4city]

MOTD say 54 yards, who to believe..

MOTD definitely. Famously, the pitch at Upton Pk is actually 124 yds long and their statistic would agree with that.

 

[lancs blue]

MOTD say 54 yards, who to believe..

MOTD definitely. Famously, the pitch at Upton Pk is actually 124 yds long and their statistic would agree with that.

I thought all PL pitches had to be a standard size now, 105m long = 114 yds. So the far edge of the centre circle would be around 47 yards out from goal.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Surely it was a mis-hit cross , eh mr. Owen?

 

[mad4city]

MOTD say 54 yards, who to believe..

MOTD definitely. Famously, the pitch at Upton Pk is actually 124 yds long and their statistic would agree with that.

I thought all PL pitches had to be a standard size now, 105m long = 114 yds. So the far edge of the centre circle would be around 47 yards out from goal.

No, that's the old rule. It's been changed very, very recently. I think it's something to do with widescreen tellies... For example, if a game is on Sky HD, the pitch is actually 140 yards long... apparently.

 

[Balti]

massive goal that

 

[Allnightlong]

I see that Carvalho has signed for the rags and Kroos is next....... (bbc via Sunday people )

 

[alky313]

<a class="postlink" href="https://jacksongs.wistia.com/medias/9ha99lv5pr#_media_6369759" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://jacksongs.wistia.com/medias/9ha ... ia_6369759</a>

We still own the player with the best goal of the week.

 

[IH8MUFC]

The rags now have the most points away from home in the prem.

 

[mike channon´s windmill]

The rags now have the most points away from home in the prem.

Staggering frankly and still shows that there are still too many teams having their bellies tickled at home v this shite

 

[Pigeonho]

The rags now have the most points away from home in the prem.

Staggering frankly and still shows that there are still too many teams having their bellies tickled at home v this shite

More a case of them not having the pressure of being at home I would say.

 

[Paladin]

Am I right in thinking each segment, or shade of green, is 6 yards?..

You are correct, and the subsequent poster confirms this with his observations of the 6 yard measurements.

So on that basis, the shortest distance from the kick to the goal line is 48 yards. The ball goes in the centre of the goal, and the shortest distance to the centre of the pitch is 16 yards. So the distance between the kicker and the point where the ball crosses the goal line is the square root of (48 squared plus 16 squared), which is 50.6 yards.

If the BBC would give the maximum height of the arc of the ball, I could get my 14 year old lad to calculate the approximate distance travelled also.

 

[jacko74]

The rags now have the most points away from home in the prem.

Staggering frankly and still shows that there are still too many teams having their bellies tickled at home v this shite

Yeah, still plenty of small minded teams and players who are playing the occasion not the opposition.

 

[citysix]

Sly sports..mr potato head scores the greatest goal ever scored and are likely to win the league now

 

[poyntonblue]

Shit keeping...

 

[bluethrunthru]

The rags now have the most points away from home in the prem.

Staggering frankly and still shows that there are still too many teams having their bellies tickled at home v this shite

Yeah, still plenty of small minded teams and players who are playing the occasion not the opposition.

Hmmm..... so they are struggling on their own midden then?

Roll on Tuesday................

 

[Anonymous]

Are we really that arsed about whether it was 48 or 58 yards out?

 

[mainemanc1066]

With all this talk of Beckham or Rooney it makes me think that just coz they play for the rags a goal is given more credit. For example I think this one from Figueroa is better than both but he's not fashionable is he...? <a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/jpwaEdC3hnE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/jpwaEdC3hnE</a>

 

[aguero93:20]

With all this talk of Beckham or Rooney it makes me think that just coz they play for the rags a goal is given more credit. For example I think this one from Figueroa is better than both but he's not fashionable is he...? <a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/jpwaEdC3hnE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/jpwaEdC3hnE</a>

That was much better that goal.

 

[oman0115]

Fair play Teddy Sheringham, rates the Norwich lads goal above Wazza's. FWIW I rate Yaya's higher, a decent keeper wouldve assessed the situation set himself and simply caught the Rooney goal.

 

[smeeagain]

With all this talk of Beckham or Rooney it makes me think that just coz they play for the rags a goal is given more credit. For example I think this one from Figueroa is better than both but he's not fashionable is he...? <a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/jpwaEdC3hnE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/jpwaEdC3hnE</a>

excellent call !! that was a better goal than rooneys or beckhams ,but strangely seems to have disappeared off the face off the earth ?<br /><br />-- Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:59 pm --<br /><br /><a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xowj6Qx78so" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xowj6Qx78so</a>

and heres an even better one !