747-600X From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2742 posts, RR: 17 Posted (10 years 5 months 17 hours ago) and read 9234 times:
Yeah. They say you can find anything on the Internet. Rrrrrrright. Try wanting something a little unusual. Eh? Why is it that I can't find the area of a friggin' football field?
If anyone should happen to know how many acres a football field covers, please have some pitty and be so kind as to let the rest of the world know. Thank you!!!
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747-600X From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2742 posts, RR: 17 Reply 2, posted (10 years 5 months 17 hours ago) and read 9230 times:
Thank you - but, I don't play football so I don't know what a "pitch" is - is that the goalish thing at the end? I thought those were "endposts" or something akin. Does a "pitch" define the boundaries of the field? Sorry for my lack of jargon!!!
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Aviatsiya From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (10 years 5 months 15 hours ago) and read 9228 times:
Football fields differ in size.
SCG 147m x 136m
Colonial Stadium - Melbourne 159m x 130m
Football Park - Adelaide 165m x 133m
The Gabba") - Brisbane 160m x 139m
MCG - Melbourne 160m x 139m
Optus Oval - Melbourne 160m x 139m
Manuka Oval - Canberra 164m x 136m
Subiaco - Perth 170m x 122m
York Park - Launceston 165m x 135m
Skilled Stadium - Geelong 169m x 115m
Stadium Australia - Sydney 159m x 118m
The MCG is basically 17553 m2 = 4.33 acres = 20994 square yards = 188870 square feet.
747-600X From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2742 posts, RR: 17 Reply 7, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 9210 times:
Aaah - this is not good. I'm American. Does that change things? Not soccer here, this is American football we're talking about. What on Earth is "gridiron football"???
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Mls515 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 3069 posts, RR: 9 Reply 8, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 9203 times:
Gridiron football is American-style since the lines on the field resemble a gridiron, especially when there used to be lines running the long way of the field under old rules.
MD-90 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 8418 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 9199 times:
Hehe...I can confuse you even worse. Here in America, a football field is 160 22.5" step long. Those are 8 to 5 steps (8 steps for every 5 yards, and you'd better hit that yardline squarely in the middle [arch] of your right foot!).
Pick up the tempo a little bit, and it's only 120 30" (6 to 5) steps long.
(Note, those are goal line to goal line to goal line figures, obviously. We never march in the end zones, unless we're coming on or off the field. There aren't any lines there to march by).
747-600X From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2742 posts, RR: 17 Reply 10, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 9194 times:
MD-90, what is the syntax of your numbers?
120 30"
??? What does that mean???
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Mls515 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 3069 posts, RR: 9 Reply 11, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 9193 times:
KCLE From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 686 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 9180 times:
MD-90,
Ah yes, the good old 22.5" step, and if you are on the wrong foot or don't hit the yard line at the precise moment you have to, may God have pity on your soul!
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