Vale park pitch.

[THE DAD]

Biggest pitch used to be Doncaster's old Belle Vue ground. Don't know what it is now.

Asda I think

[Jacko51]

"The largest pitch in the English Football League (72 clubs) is Leyton Orient at 9200 sq yds and the smallest is Crewe Alexandra and Wigan Athletic at 6600 sq yds.

115 x 80 9200 Leyton Orient
115 x 78 8970 Nottingham Forest
117 x 76 8892 Leeds United
115 x 77 8855 Shrewsbury Town
114 x 77 8778 Port Vale
115 x 76 8740 Blackburn Rovers, Huddersfield Town
112 x 78 8736 Oxford United
113 x 77 8701 Hartlepool United
114 x 76 8664 Rochdale, Notts County
115 x 75 8625 Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol City, Sheffield Wednesday, Wycombe Wanderers
116 x 74 8584 Wolverhampton Wanderers
114 x 75 8550 Gilligham
112 x 76 8512 Peterborough United
115 x 74 8510 Milton Keynes Dons, Coventry City
110 x 77 8470 Preston North End
114 x 74 8436 Norwich City , Newcastle United
115 x 73 8395 Portmouth
110 x 76 8360 Morecambe
116 x 72 8352 Northampton Town
111 x 75 8325 Grimsby Town
114 x 73 8322 Exeter City
112 x 74 8288 Fleetwood Town, Blackpool, Carlisle United
115 x 72 8280 Aston Villa, Yeovil Town
110 x 75 8250 Barnsley, Cardiff City, Wimbledon,
109 x 76 8284 Doncaster Rovers
112 x 73 8176 Bury, Charlton Athletic, Plymouth Argyle
110 x 74 8140 Southend United, Cambridge United
111 x 73 8103 Scunthorpe United
112 x 72 8064 Sheffield United, Newport County, Queens Park Rangers, Newport County
110 x 73 8030 Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Walsall
111 x 72 7992 Accrington Stanley, Cheltenham Town
111 x 72 7990 Barnet (102m x 65.5m)
114 x 70 7980 Mansfield Town
110 x 72 7920 Crawley Town, Burton Albion, Rotherham United, Luton Town
113 x 70 7910 Bradford City
111 x 71 7881 Chesterfield,
112 x 70 7840 Ipswich Town
109 x 71 7739 Fulham
110 x 70 7700 Swindon Town, Colchester United, Stevenage
106 x 72 7632 Oldham Athletic
105 x 68 7140 Millwall, Derby County, Bolton Wanderers
102 x 70 7140 Reading
110 x 60 6600 Wigan Athletic
100 x 66 6600 Crewe Alexandra"
 

[Jacko51]

That Orient one is wrong - just checked it on wiki and it's down as 110x76.

[Jacko51]

And Leeds is 115x74.  That list is pants!

[THE DAD]

I'm sure vale have the potential to be the biggest pitch because of the grassed area not used?

[Santa]

Vale Park is far from being a tight ground and I think there's a psychological factor to players thinking it's bigger than it is.

[Doha]

37 minutes ago, THE DAD said:

I'm sure vale have the potential to be the biggest pitch because of the grassed area not used?

Can't find it now but someone had a photo on twitter last week taken from the southwest corner of the bycars and the distance between the touchline and the edge of the grass/track is insane. Must have been taken in since Adams, can't remember it ever looking that massive before. 

 

[pensioner]

39 minutes ago, THE DAD said:

I'm sure vale have the potential to be the biggest pitch because of the grassed area not used?

In the early 60s most of that unused grass was actually used. Around 65/66 Vales width was cut by 2 yds either side under the direction of Stan Matthews when he started playing the Youth . I think someone else too another yard off in the 70s, but am not sure about that one  though.

[NEV]

15 hours ago, Santa said:

Vale Park is far from being a tight ground and I think there's a psychological factor to players thinking it's bigger than it is.

some men think that ill get me coat