Does Size Matter?

oldyouth

A question about LOI pitches.

Someone mentioned to me the other day that Ferrycarrig Park is the largest pitch in the LOI but I personally think it is deceptive because of the space around it between the touchline and the fence.

Obviously, the Salthill pitch was only big enough for U12 football and Tolka feels very tight, but does anyone know the actual size of the pitch for their own club

Mars Bar

I don't know the dimensions of Terryland but it feels massive when you're standing on it

Lovely Bloke

Size does matter, yes, the wider the pitch the harder it is to defend pacey wingers on.

If you remember back to Highbury, there was about five yards between the edge of the box and the sideline, and teams like United that utilised speedy wingers like Giggs often struggled, and Arsenal themselves based their defensive game on keeping it tight and not allowing space.

The longer a pitch the easier it is for "off the shoulder" pacey forwards to find gaps if a defence steps up to the midfield.

CSF

The phrase 'it's what you do with it that counts' has never been more relevant than this thread.

Dozen Wicked Words

Buckley Park was 107 yards by 78 yards apparently, Wikipedia has its dimensions, maybe the other grounds are there too.

A fine pitch, with not so much fine football played on it.

Mars Bar

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Buckley Park was 107 yards by 78 yards apparently, Wikipedia has its dimensions, maybe the other grounds are there too.

A fine pitch, with not so much fine football played on it.

Wiki tells me that EDP/Terryland is 102 by 66 metres so that's approx. 112 yards by 72.

losthorizon

I remember when Cork City used to play at Flower Lodge it was Gigantic. To this day its the biggest pitch ive seen in Ireland or abroad and ive seen a lot of grounds. Turners Cross pitch seems tiny by comparison.

hjkl

losthorizon wrote: »

I remember when Cork City used to play at Flower Lodge it was Gigantic. To this day its the biggest pitch ive seen in Ireland or abroad and ive seen a lot of grounds. Turners Cross pitch seems tiny by comparison.

The Cross is tiny compared to every pitch.

Seaneh

oldyouth wrote: »

A question about LOI pitches.

Someone mentioned to me the other day that Ferrycarrig Park is the largest pitch in the LOI but I personally think it is deceptive because of the space around it between the touchline and the fence.

Obviously, the Salthill pitch was only big enough for U12 football and Tolka feels very tight, but does anyone know the actual size of the pitch for their own club

The "pitch" might be the biggest but the playing area would have to be within FIFA regulations.

Athlone town's pitch is marked to the in and around the same size as Old Trafford, Wembley, San Siro, Aviva, etc.

105m x 70m seems to be the *standard* for a modern football pitch.