• By Sam Parton
• In Blog
• Nov 4, 2014

Premiership Football Pitch Sizes 2014 to 2015

A common misconception is that football pitch sizes must always be the same. This is simply not truth as it varies across all levels of the game whether on your local playing field or throughout the English Premier League and beyond. At grassroots level, football pitch dimensions are about as predictable as Mario Ballotelli. One week you could find yourself wedged in to someone's front lawn with a vertical slope, the week after roaming the African Savannah. Football pitch size consistency is certainly neither required nor expected and it certainly effects the gameplay. Managers such as Mauricio Pochettino have even gone as far to say that it has adversely effected their tactics and team ethos, whether that is just an excuse or not remains to be seen. So one of life's conundrums is, what is the correct football pitch size and how does it vary? Well as shown by the hand drawn diagram (see top right), the actual football pitch length can vary enormously from 100 yards (91.44m) to 130 yards (118.9m). Furthermore the width of a football pitch can vary enormously, sometimes by as much as 100% from just 50 yards (45.7m) to 100 yards (91.44m). So if you think that Tottenham's pitch at White Hart Lane appears to be small and must need your eyes testing, think again as your eyes might be fine. Sizes of Premiership football pitches do differ, but not by as much as you might think. Is there then an overlap between the success of the team and the pitch size? Mauricio Pochettino thinks so..we'll let you decide.

2014-2015 Premiership Football Pitches Sizes

1. Manchester City, The Etihad Stadium - 116.5 x 78 yards - 8932 sq.yards - Capacity: 48,000 (all seated) The Etihad Stadium Address: Etihad Campus, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 3FF The Etihad Stadium, home of Manchester City, is one of the premiership's largest stadiums 2. Hull City Football Club, KC Stadium - 114 x 78 yards - 8892 sq.yards - Capacity: 25,404 (all seated) The KC Stadium Address: The Circle, Walton St, Hull, HU3 6HU 3. Manchester United, Old Trafford 116 x 76 - 8816 sq.yards Ground - Capacity: 76,100 (all seated) Old Trafford Address: Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M16 0RA 4. Southampton Football Club, St Mary's Stadium - 115 x 74.5 yards - 8740 sq.yards - Capacity: 32,690 (all seated) St Mary's Stadium Address: Britannia Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 5FP 5. Stoke City, Britannia Stadium - 115 x 75 yards - 8625 sq.yards - Capacity: 28,383 (all seated) Britannia Stadium Address: Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4EG 6. Newcastle United, Sports Direct Arena - 115 x 74.4 yards - 8556 sq.yards - Capacity: 52,387 (all seated) Sports Direct Arena (St James's Park) Address: Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4ST 7. West Bromwich Albion, The Hawthorns - 115 x 74 yards - 8510 yards - Capacity: 28,003 (all seated) The Hawthorns Stadium Address: The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, B71 4LF 8. Swansea City, Liberty Stadium, 115 x 74 yards - 8510 sq.yards - Capacity 20,500 (all seated) Liberty Stadium Address: Landore, Swansea, SA1 2FA 9. Arsenal, Emirates Stadium - 114 x 74 yards - 8436 sq.yards - Capacity: 60,432 (all seated) Emirates Stadium Address: Highbury House, 75 Drayton Park, London, N5 1BU 10. Sunderland, Stadium of Light - 114 x 74 yards - 8436 sq.yards - Capacity: 49,000 (all seated) Stadium of Light Address: Sunderland, SR5 1SU 11. Burnley Football Club, Turf Moor - 115 x 73 yards - 8395 sq.yards - Capacity: 21,401 (all seated) Turf Moor Address:  Boleyn Ground, Green Street, Upton Park, London, E13 9AZ 12. Leicester City, King Power Stadium - 110 x 76 yards - 8360 sq.yards - Capacity 32,262 (all seated) King Power Stadium Address:  13. Aston Villa, Villa Park - 115 x 72 yards - 8280 sq.yards - Capacity: 42,640 (all seated) Villa Park Address: Villa Park, Birmingham, B6 6HE 14. Chelsea, Stamford Bridge - 113 x 74 yards - 8250 sq.yards - Capacity: 42,449 (all seated) Stamford Bridge Address: Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London, SW6 1HS 15. Liverpool FC, Anfield - 110 x 75 yards - 8250 sq.yards - Capacity: 45,362 (all seated) Anfield Stadium Address: Anfield Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 0TH 16. Crystal Palace FC, Selhurst Park - 110 x 74 yards - 8140 sq.yards - Capacity: 26,309 (all seated) Selhurst Park Address: Selhurst Park, London, SE25 6PU 17. Everton, Goodison Park - 110 x 74 yards - 8150 sq.yards - Capacity: 40,569 (all seated) Goodison Park Stadium Address: Goodison Road, Liverpool, Mereseyside L4 4EL 18. Queens Park Rangers, Loftus Road - 112 x 72 yards - 8064 sq.yards - Capacity 19,100 (all seated) Loftus Road Address:  South Africa Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 7PJ 19. Tottenham Hotspur, White Hart Lane- 110 x 73 yards - 8030 sq.yards - Capacity: 36,214 (all seated) White Hart Lane Address:  Bill Nicholson Way, 748 High Road, London, N17 0AP 20. West Ham United, Upton Park - 110 x 70 yards - 7700 sq.yards - Capacity: 35,016 (all seated) Upton Park Address:  Boleyn Ground, Green Street, Upton Park, London, E13 9AZ   In summary, your eyes are fine, football pitches do vary in length and width. Perhaps the difference is hardly worth batting an eyelid for and currently there is little correlation between league position and pitch size. If there was, we might see Southampton riding high and Liverpool and Manchester United riding low. Oh hang on a minute... By Sam Parton