BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted February 28, 2012 Just remembered something (and I haven''t seen anybody else raise it [:S]) I glimpsed a bit of the Stoke vs Swansea match on TV in passing on Sunday and there were clear old pitch markings at one end which would have made the pitch shorter if repeated at the other. They have quite evidently recently either shortened the pitch or shifted it. I know a season or two ago they shrank their pitch to the minimum dimensions to complement their then ultra strong arm tactics, but this is oviously a recent thing. Anybody know for a fact what they are doing - and what do you think suits us better at the moment - a large or small pitch? OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,963 Posted February 28, 2012 I would imagine it''s something to do with European competition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,273 Posted February 28, 2012 What''s so difficult about a ruling that all pitches should be the same size whatever? There''s always twenty-two yards in a cricket pitch after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Jenkins 0 Posted February 28, 2012 [quote user="BroadstairsR"]What''s so difficult about a ruling that all pitches should be the same size whatever? There''s always twenty-two yards in a cricket pitch after all.[/quote]They use a small pitch for EPL games for obvious reasons. For European games the minimum dimensions are greater and they have to play on a bigger pitch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted February 28, 2012 [quote user="BroadstairsR"]What''s so difficult about a ruling that all pitches should be the same size whatever? There''s always twenty-two yards in a cricket pitch after all.[/quote] But the boundaries are all higgledy-piggledy OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,963 Posted February 28, 2012 [quote user="BroadstairsR"]What''s so difficult about a ruling that all pitches should be the same size whatever? There''s always twenty-two yards in a cricket pitch after all.[/quote] Hi BroadyIndeed they are. Just as all penalty areas are the same size. But is there a regulation size from the square to the boundary? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted February 28, 2012 [quote user="Smokebomb"][quote user="BroadstairsR"]What''s so difficult about a ruling that all pitches should be the same size whatever? There''s always twenty-two yards in a cricket pitch after all.[/quote]They use a small pitch for EPL games for obvious reasons. For European games the minimum dimensions are greater and they have to play on a bigger pitch! [/quote] But they were evidently playing on the bigger pitch against Swansea, soooo......back to square one I guess. OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Jenkins 0 Posted February 28, 2012 They had played at home to Valencia 10 days earlier, perhaps they decided to stay with the bigger pitch if they had been training for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shiplee15 0 Posted February 28, 2012 This somehow came up at uni the other week and someone was telling me they change it a lot. Apparently there is a loophole in the regulations and you can change it through the season. He also said that Stoke do it so often depending on the other team, so if they''re playing a team who likes width, they''ll make it as narrow as they can, etc... If this is legal as he reckons it is, it makes you wonder why more teams don''t do it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 4,736 Posted February 28, 2012 [quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]But they were evidently playing on the bigger pitch against Swansea, soooo......back to square one I guess.[/quote][quote user="shiplee15"]This somehow came up at uni the other week and someone was telling me they change it a lot. Apparently there is a loophole in the regulations and you can change it through the season. He also said that Stoke do it so often depending on the other team, so if they''re playing a team who likes width, they''ll make it as narrow as they can, etc... If this is legal as he reckons it is, it makes you wonder why more teams don''t do it[/quote]I''m fairly certain that once you tell the Premier League what your pitch dimensions are for the season, then you cannot change them. In the past you could- I remember Everton once narrowed their pitch for Man Utd when they had Giggs and Beckham- but it is no longer allowed, I''m 99% sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,273 Posted February 28, 2012 [quote user="BlyBlyBabes"][quote user="BroadstairsR"] What''s so difficult about a ruling that all pitches should be the same size whatever? There''s always twenty-two yards in a cricket pitch after all.[/quote] But the boundaries are all higgledy-piggledy OTBC[/quote] Fair enough. Hoist by my own petard. What''s the situation in RU then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted February 28, 2012 The answers to all our questions are set out in The FA Premier League Handbook 2011-12 on pp. 137-138 http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/handbooks/premier-league-handbook-2011-12.pdf And to think that some people sneer at modern technology...............such as Google searches. OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
