WittyFuttyFootball culture archive and pitch & grounds tools

Pitch & grounds

Guides

Four reference guides that sit behind the tools: what the dimensions actually are, how to set a pitch out, how to work out paint quantities, and what to check before kick-off.

  • Football pitch dimensions

    The dimensions that come from IFAB Law 1, the ones that do not change with pitch size, and where small-sided youth sizes come from instead.

  • How to mark out a football pitch

    Setting out a square rectangle, getting the penalty areas and centre circle right, and the order of work that stops you painting yourself into a corner.

  • How much line marking paint does a football pitch need?

    The line length of a full-size pitch, how to turn it into litres using your own product's coverage figure, and the allowances worth adding.

  • Matchday grounds checklist

    A printable walk-round for the people who open up on a Saturday: goals, markings, surface, boundaries and the things that stop a match.