Football ground widths

[Olly]

An obscure subject, but I knew you'd just love to know, that mention is made from time to time of how wide other club's pitches are, and how well or not we cope on them.

Sunderland......68 (Yards)

West Ham.......70

Aston V..........72

QPR...............72

Burnley...........73

Spurs.............73

Chelsea..........74

Crystal P.........74

Newcastle.......74

Southampton...74

Swansea.........74

WBA...............74

Arsenal...........75

Stoke.............75

Liverpool.........75

Leicester........76

Man U............76

Man C............77

Everton..........78

Hull...............78

[Kirill]

I am surprised that in this day and age this is not strictly standardised, at least in the upper divisions.

[Olly]

Billy Davies when at Notts Forest, deliberately narrowed the pitch while he was manager. Maybe that was to stop Mackie using up too much energy when he was there.

[Kirill]

But surely there must be at least minimum and maximum allowed values? Although clearly they are very liberal.

[MYU]

Could you do the same for snooker?

The way people the media made it out to be, I thought we did have the smallest in the EPL.

[Maidohoops]

The pitch must be between 50 to 100 Yards - Seems a fairly relaxed regulation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/rules_and_equipment/4200666.stm

[Kirill]

Alright then, when we move to our new glorious stadium let us have a nice square pitch of 100x100 yards as those rules actually permit it

[Hitman34]

Could you do the same for snooker?

The way people the media made it out to be, I thought we did have the smallest in the EPL.

even paddington rec is bigger than our pitch.

[Hitman34]

Alright then, when we move to our new glorious stadium let us have a nice square pitch of 100x100 yards as those rules actually permit it

does the pitch need to be rectangular?

would love a circular pitch with oval goals.

[Hitman34]

this is the type of goal i want.

[Kirill]

this is the type of goal i want.

Wouldn't mind that at all.
Is this photoshopped or real?

[Hitman34]

its real. its called kroaksback park.

here are some more............

https://borussiabeefburg.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/odd-grounds-and-pitches/

[Kevster269]

Alright then, when we move to our new glorious stadium let us have a nice square pitch of 100x100 yards as those rules actually permit it

Sorry mate,

they can be ANY combination from 50 to 100 yds wide and 100 to 150 yards long EXCEPT 100 x 100 !

[SuperHoopNik]

Our pitch has to be the smallest in the premier league, in fact most champs clubs pitches are bigger. Saw somewhere that ours, Lutons and Scunthorpes are exactly the same size. Heard many times from our players and opposition players refer to our pitch as a tight one. It definitely isn't an illusion or whatever due to the closeness of the stands, our pitch is genuinely small...width ways not so much, 6 yards isn't a lot, but length ways, definitely.

[Kevster269]

Our pitch has to be the smallest in the premier league, in fact most champs clubs pitches are bigger. Saw somewhere that ours, Lutons and Scunthorpes are exactly the same size. Heard many times from our players and opposition players refer to our pitch as a tight one. It definitely isn't an illusion or whatever due to the closeness of the stands, our pitch is genuinely small...width ways not so much, 6 yards isn't a lot, but length ways, definitely.

And as I don my tin hat and bullet proof vest....

i think this is one of the reasons that SWP never made any impact. His forte (when he used to be bothered) was to run into the space between the midfield and defence but with our short pitch, there just isnt the space for that to happen.

Of course it could be just because he's rubbish....