Football Pitch Performance Standards (E)

17) Appearance.
18) Line markings.
19) Surface debris.
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Football Pitch Performance Standards (UEFA)

UEFA also has a range of performance standards for professional pitches.
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Football Pitch Performance Standards, Introduction to

A range of performance standards can and should be used to manage a football pitch and these can help provide for well informed decisions on the effective and efficient use of resources needed to maintain the pitch to meet the needs of the club and league in which the club plays.
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Football Pitch Pests

Earthworm activity when it is moist and mild can produce anything from a nuisance which is readily managed to significant smothering of a sward.
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Football Pitch Pitch preparation

Appropriate pitch preparation is needed to ensure that a pitch is safe to play on and meets the requirements of the Laws of the game is essential prior to each match.
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Football Pitch Playing Surface

Football is played on a rectangular surface, with adult pitches typically being 100m in length and 60m to 70m in width (the FA’s suggestion is for a pitch to be 64m in width); there is also to be a 3m safety run-off width on each side.
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Football Pitch Quarterly Maintenance Plan for Autumn

Autumn (September / October / November) example maintenance plan.
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Football Pitch Quarterly Maintenance Plan for Spring

Spring (March / April / May) example maintenance plan.
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Football Pitch Quarterly Maintenance Plan for Summer

Spring (June / July / August) example maintenance plan.
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Football Pitch Quarterly Maintenance Plan for Winter

Winter (December / January / February) example maintenance plan.
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