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A football pitch or soccer field is the playing surface for the game of association football. ... (102.4 to 105.2 metres) long and 70 to 75 yards (64.0 to 68.6 metres ...
Diagram of a modern American football field. Diagram of an early 20th century version of an American football field. The rectangular field of play used for American football games measures 100 yards (91.44 m) long between the goal lines, and 160 feet (48.8 m) (53.3 yards) wide.
The penalty area with penalty box marking and the penalty arc in parallel to the goal. The smaller box is often called the 6-yard box Penalty area (1898) Schematic of an association football pitch, the penalty areas are the larger of the two rectangular regions surrounding the goals at both ends of the pitch Penalty arc.
Football pitch (also known as football field, football ground, ... In 2008, the IFAB initially approved a fixed size of 105 m (115 yd) long and 68 m ...
The field dimensions are within the range found optimal by FIFA: 110–120 yards (100–110 m) long by 70–80 yards (64–75 m) wide. [2] These soccer field dimensions are wider than the regulation American football field width of 53 + 1 ⁄ 3 yards (48.8 m), or the 65-yard (59 m) width of a Canadian football field.
Two mini sports pitches have been approved near Milford despite objections from neighbours. The football grounds will form part of a development of 200 homes and a farm shop north-east of Milford ...
Yet Georgia State’s 32,000 students are still required to cover much of the costs. Over the past five years, students have paid nearly $90 million in mandatory athletic fees to support football and other intercollegiate athletics — one of the highest contributions in the country.
The pitch is prepared differently from the rest of the field, to provide a harder surface for bowling. A pitch is often a regulation space, as in an association football pitch. The term level playing field is also used metaphorically to mean fairness in non-sporting human activities such as business where there are notional winners and losers. [1]