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It’s surprising what range of pitch size and slope are allowed in professional football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch https://en.wikipedia.org/
by rhplus 1y ago
It’s surprising what range of pitch size and slope are allowed in professional football.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pitch
While FIFA recommends a specific size for pro teams, a legal pitch can have widths range from 46 to 91 metres and lengths of 91 to 119 metres. That’s a possible ratio range of 1:1 to 1:2.58.
I could imagine that stadium upgrades have meant that pitches don’t have as much variation as in the past too.
- mfro 1y agoFortunately most of the top level teams stick to the same dimensions: https://soccerfeed.net/premier-league-pitch-sizes/ https://soccerfeed.net/premier-league-pitch-sizes/ https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/pitch-sizes-of-stadiums-in-top-european-soccer-leagues-20230509-WST-432102.html https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/pitch-sizes-of-stadiums-in-...
- PJDK 1y agoIt makes sense when you remember that the vast majority of football is played by purely amateur players - the rules need to handle a village school as well as the world cup final.
- brudgers 1y agoThere are so many football matches that anything that can happen probably will happen if it hasn’t already. The LOTG reflect that statistical reality.
- nsavage 1y agoIn case anyone is interested, baseball has a similar variety in stadiums. Fenway Park comes to mind as a field with particular unique circumstances, like the Green Monster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Monster). It also feels relevant to note that air pressure plays a role, and that players have an easier time hitting home runs in high altitude places like Colorado, so the game isn't the same everywhere.
- mauvehaus 1y agoRelevant: a Red Sox fan goes to Wrigley Field and finds it better[0]. For my money: Fenway Park is a goddamn terrible place to watch a ballgame, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Parking sucks, traffic sucks, the seating is cramped, and the food is expensive, but it's idiosyncratic, weird, and not designed to create an experience to within an inch of its life. Love that ballpark, and I say that as a Guardians fan by birth. https://www.overthemonster.com/2025/7/23/24472798/fenway-park-could-take-some-notes-from-wrigley-field https://www.overthemonster.com/2025/7/23/24472798/fenway-par...
- lenzm 1y agoA tall wall is nothing, there used to be a stadium with a hill in play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikin_Park#Tal's_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikin_Park#Tal's_Hill
- olddustytrail 1y agoRelevant Guinness ad https://youtu.be/4zaxppM-P9Y https://youtu.be/4zaxppM-P9Y
- thewileyone 1y agoI've noticed teams that are used to playing on larger fields often have more inaccurate crosses when they play on narrower fields. Probably due to muscle memory on where their targets should be.