Amex pitch to be biggest in the country?

[Jimmy's gonna get ya!]

Sorry if fixtures.....

Tommy Elphick mentioned on Late kick off last night that the Amex pitch would be the biggest in all professional leagues in England. Was not aware of this until now.
Can anyone confirm this in any way
My understanding is as follows....... F.A. pitch lengths must be 100-130 yards, widths must be 50-100 yards. Man City currently have the biggest at 116 x 77.
Thoughts? Comments? Corrections?

 

[clippedgull]

Biggest in Football League, I was led to understand. Same size as Wembley?

 

[Rugrat]

They said same size as Wembley on Tele the other night

 

[Mr Smggles]

i heard it was either same sized as wembley or very close to it. if we can keep up our current style of play and spread the ball on the deck out wide, the amex could become a massive fortress

 

[Jimmy's gonna get ya!]

Wembley: 115x76 ??

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Wembley 115 x 75
Eastlands 116 x 77. The largest in England.

from what i remember i believe old trafford is the LONGEST but Everton is the WIDEST.

Either way, Falmer will look MASSIVE compared to the tiny tiny withdean pitch

 

[Lady Whistledown]

It's what you do with it that counts. Typical men.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Remember when Alan Pardew tried (after his Reading team had lost to us again) that our pitch was illegal because it was too small?

Like the FA would have allowed us to use Withdean if the pitch didn't meet the required dimensions

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

Either way, Falmer will look MASSIVE compared to the tiny tiny withdean pitch

Falmer: 110m long x 68m wide
Withdean: 110m long x 75m wide

 

[Titanic]

It's what you do with it that counts. Typical men.

and clearly WIDTH is more important than LENGTH!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

and clearly WIDTH is more important than LENGTH!

Or not, if Boris Yeltsin's reply is true.

 

[ROSM]

Remember when Alan Pardew tried (after his Reading team had lost to us again) that our pitch was illegal because it was too small?

Like the FA would have allowed us to use Withdean if the pitch didn't meet the required dimensions

Actually he had a point. To allow space for throw ins and corners the club when they got permission to use withdean offered two options to the league.

1) Temporary carpet style 2g astroturf on the track or
2) a pitch that was one metre narrower than the recommended.

The agreement was on the latter. BTW we were (and maybe still are) one of a number of clubs who had this agreement

 

[Titanic]

Falmer: 110m long x 68m wide
Withdean: 110m long x 75m wide

There is NO way Withdean pitch is 75m wide.

18+18+10+10+8+4=68 yards

The 10 yard marks from the corner flags are only a couple of yards from the penalty box.

 

[GOM]

Wembley 115 x 75 yards
Falmer 115 x 75 yards

1. Manchester City, City of Manchester Stadium, 116 x 77 yards, 8932
2. Manchester United, Old Trafford, 116 x 76 yards, 8816
3. Blackburn Rovers, Ewood Park, 115 x 76 yards, 8740
4. Everton, Goodison Park, 112 x 78 yards, 8736
5. Aston Villa, Villa Park, 114 x 75 yards, 8550
6. Middlesbrough, Riverside, 114 x 75 yards, 8550
7. Arsenal, Emirates Stadium, 114 x 74 yards, 8436
8. Derby County, Pride Park, 114 x 74 yards, 8436
9. Reading, Madjeski Stadium, 111 x 76 yards, 8436
10. Sunderland, Stadium of Light, 114 x 74 yards, 8436
11. Wigan Athletic, JJB Stadium, 114 x 74 yards, 8436
12. Portsmouth, Fratton Park, 115 x 73 yards, 8395
13. Chelsea, Stamford Bridge, 110 x 75 yards, 8250
14. Fulham, Craven Cottage, 110 x 75 yards, 8250
15. Liverpool, Anfield, 110 x 75 yards, 8250
16. Birmingham City, St. Andrews, 110 x 74 yards, 8140
17. Newcastle United, St. James’s Park, 110 x 73 yards, 8030
18. Tottenham Hotspur, White Hart Lane, 110 x 73 yards, 8030
19. Bolton Wanderers, Reebok Stadium, 110 x 72 yards, 7920
20. West Ham United, Boleyn Ground, 110 x 70 yards, 7700

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[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Falmer: 110m long x 68m wide
Withdean: 110m long x 75m wide

Wrong. You've got your yards and meters in a muddle.

Here insider says the Withdean is 110 yards x 70 yards (100M x 64M) which is the smallest in the football league.
Falmer will be 115 yards x 75 yards (105M x 68M) Webley is 1m wider but the same length.
New Pitch Size?

Falmer is much bigger

Withdean was given special dispensation.

 

[Jimmy's gonna get ya!]

Suspect Boris has this the wrong way round, and meant yrds not metres

 

[Deleted member 18477]

lets just go with the same size pitch we have at Withdean. it clearly works...

 

[8ace]

Wasn't this a joke from Elphick after the Murty/Fletcher piece?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

It will be around the 4th largest domestic pitch.

 

[GOM]

Wrong. You've got your yards and meters in a muddle.

Here insider says the Withdean is 110 yards x 70 yards (100M x 64M) which is the smallest in the football league. Falmer will be 115 yards x 75 yards (105M x 68M) Webley is 1m wider but the same length.
New Pitch Size?

Falmer is much bigger

Withdean was given special dispensation.

Withdean same as West Ham