Anfield pitch size

[LFC 6 Times]

Not by any means making excuses for yesterday, it's just something that I've always felt hinders us against teams defend deep and park the bus, the compactness of the pitch is surely helpful to them. I know the premier league apparently imposed regulations regarding pitch length and width but oura doesnt look anything as big as the ethihad, the emirates, old trafford or even the liberty stadium today.

[Faustus]

We got 99 problems but the pitch ain't one.

[Trumo]

It already matches the regulation width but is short by 4m. The pitch size regulations only apply to new stadia. Grounds that were built prior to this stipulation are exempt if they don't meet it.

[FanchesterCity]

Not by any means making excuses for yesterday, it's just something that I've always felt hinders us against teams defend deep and park the bus, the compactness of the pitch is surely helpful to them. I know the premier league apparently imposed regulations regarding pitch length and width but oura doesnt look anything as big as the ethihad, the emirates, old trafford or even the liberty stadium today.

 

Bit of an urban myth this on the whole.

They used to say it about Wembley being some big open space that stretched legs... it was utter bollocks, pitches differ by a few feet at the most.

 

However, it seems you do have a point at Anfield.

United:     116 x 76 – 8816 sq.yards

City:         116.5 x 78 – 8932 sq.yards 

Liverpool: 110 x 75 – 8250 sq.yards

 

However, Everton, QPR, Spurs and West Ham are even smaller, so in that sense it's a hard sell that it's affecting performances very much. It doesn't stop Suarez playing well.

 

All in all, a lot of it seems to be optical illusion and the way the grounds are built. Some pitches do look a LOT bigger, and in reality, they aren't.

[Lario]

We got 99 problems but the pitch ain't one.

Top work fella.

[Section_31]

You talk as though we're a mid 90s Juventus, the pitch could be wider than the Grand Canyon and we'd still pose all the attacking threat of a dead Pug.

[Einch]

You talk as though we're a mid 90s Juventus, the pitch could be wider than the Grand Canyon and we'd still pose all the attacking threat of a dead Pug.

And still be all over the place at the back.

[jimmycase]

size of the pitch didnt stop us becoming champions of England 18 times, champions of europe 5 times not to mention UEFA Cups, FA Cups and League Cups.

 

Besides, a bigger pitch now would just mean we've got more space to waste!

[Mathewbet1]

a bigger pitch would'unt stop lovren being turd my friend

[Boss]

What we need is the widest and longest pitch in the league and then to start all the players on a EPO programme so they can cover 15km per game... except Lovren of course, who'll be in a catatonic stupor after every game trying to keep up with them all. Punishment for being a knob.

[Evelyn Tentions]

I tend to think the "small" size is an optical illusion - most of the newer grounds have a much larger space between the touchline and the crowd, one of the reasons Anfield has (had) such a magical atmosphere (for us anyway).