[Football] Metric Measurements On The Continent

[Bodian]

That's correct. In German it's an Elfmeter, which treanslates a an eleven metre

An Elf Metre? Really? That's brilliant.

 

[lasvegan]

God bless the USA, feet and inches it is.

 

[Eeyore]

In Spain they just say the area, or penalty area (area de penalti) for the 18-yard box. Area de meta (goal area) for the six-yard box.

Since when did the penalty area become an 18 yard box anyway ? I'm clearly not up with this modern football speak.

 

[Eeyore]

God bless the USA, feet and inches it is.

If anyone quotes me anything in metres I always instinctively reply ' What's that in English ?' They always know what I mean.

I always look at metre to feet conversion. In fact, I didn't know how many centimeters there were to a metre until recently. I guessed from the Latin

 

[AZ Gull]

If anyone quotes me anything in metres I always instinctively reply ' What's that in English ?' They always know what I mean.

I always look at metre to feet conversion. In fact, I didn't know how many centimeters there were to a metre until recently. I guessed from the Latin