tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34960693.post4368211991100503449..comments2023-05-10T10:03:59.011+01:00Comments on Long Despairing Young Something: All For Want Of A Bigger Cultural MetaphorGareth Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420082463890261627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34960693.post-50837595795891199642007-12-31T18:51:00.000+00:002007-12-31T18:51:00.000+00:00Well I'm also an American Football fan so my confu...Well I'm also an American Football fan so my confusion would be even greater!<BR/><BR/>The way soccer specifies the size is rather odd; Rugby at least says "the pitch shall be the maximum size unless it can't be", which seems slightly more sensible than completely making it up as you go along.<BR/><BR/>Certainly most professional leagues have a size specification, as do the continental competitions; Hearts used to have trouble with Tynecastle because the UEFA length spec was longer than the Scottish League one.Gareth Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420082463890261627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34960693.post-65034624985049086932007-12-31T18:39:00.000+00:002007-12-31T18:39:00.000+00:00Being more of a rugby man myself I would suggest t...Being more of a rugby man myself I would suggest that you reclaim the word anyway, and have "football" pitches, and "soccer" pitches!<BR/><BR/>But it does just show how big a difference there could be in soccer with players having to cover poteentially nearly twice as much ground on the biggest pitches as the smallest. I presume there is some standardization in the higher echelons of the game?Jock Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550558005508328017noreply@blogger.com